News Index

December 10, 2009 COP15/CMP5 side event "Low-Carbon Asia: Visions and Actions" was held at Copenhagen, Denmark
November 11, 2009 Report "Japan Roadmaps towards Low-Carbon Societies (LCSs)"are available on the website "Japan Low Carbon Society Scenarios toward 2050"
November 11, 2009 [Press Release] Japan's National Greenhouse Gas Emissions in FY 2008 (The Preliminary Figures)
October 15, 2009 The 17th NIES supercomputer workshop
October 6, 2008 English Summary Available:
CGER'S SUPERCOMPUTER MONOGRAGH REPORT Vol.12
Climate Change Simulations with a Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere GCM Called the Model for Interdisciplinary Research on Climate: MIROC
September 29, 2008 The portal site to the Center for Global Environmental Research's Global Environmental Database has been updated
August 14, 2008 CGER'S SUPERCOMPUTER MONOGRAPH REPORT Vol.14
Development of Process-based NICE Model and Simulation of Ecosystem Dynamics in the Catchment of East Asia (Part II)
August 14, 2008 CGER'S SUPERCOMPUTER MONOGRAPH REPORT Vol.13
Simulations of the Stratospheric Circulation and Ozone during the Recent Past (1980-2004) with the MRI Chemistry-Climate Model
August 14, 2008 CGER'S SUPERCOMPUTER MONOGRAGH REPORT Vol.11
Development of Process-based NICE Model and Simulation of Ecosystem Dynamics in the Catchment of East Asia (Part I)
April 8, 2008 GOSAT Project - Global Greenhouse Gas Observation by Satellite
January 10, 2008 New Report:
"National Greenhouse Gas Inventory Report of JAPAN -May, 2007- " [PDF format]
November 28, 2007 Renewal of Pamphlet: GOSAT Project
July 10, 2007 2000 embodied emission intensities on a comsumer's price basis have been released. (Embodied Energy and Emission Intensity Data for Japan Using Input-Output Tables(3EID) Website)
June 28, 2007 New Report :
"Proceedings of the 4th Workshop onGreenhouse Gas Inventories in Asia" [PDF format]
June 5, 2007 The AsiaFlux website has moved to a new location. Please bookmark the new site as the old site will no longer be maintained.
The New site is "http://www.asiaflux.net/"(external site).
May 31, 2007 The GHGs Emissions Data of Japan (2005)
May 31, 2007 National GHGs Inventory Report of JAPAN (2007)
May 29, 2007 Global Drainage Basin Database (GDBD) Database Online.
May 28, 2007 East Asian Air Pollutant Emissions Grid (EAGrid2000) Database Online.
May 7, 2007 METEX has been updated with new functions for air trajectory calculation.
Its new URL is "http://db.cger.nies.go.jp/metex/"
April 17, 2007 New Report :
"Aligning Climate Change and Sustainability
- Scenarios, modeling and policy analysis -" [PDF format]
April 9, 2007 New Report :
"CGER'S SUPERCOMPUTER MONOGRAPH REPORT Vol.12 - Climate Change Simulations with a Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere GCM Called the Model for Interdisciplinary Research on Climate: MIROC-" [PDF format]
March 22, 2007 Agenda and presentation materials of the 4th WGIA are now available on the WGIA webpage
March 16, 2007 New Report :
Proceedings of the First Workshop of Japan-UK Joint Research Project "Developing Visions for a Low-Carbon Society through Sustainable Development" [PDF format]
February 22, 2007 New Report :
"CGER' S SUPERCOMPUTER ACTIVITY REPORT Vol.14-2005" [PDF format]
January 26, 2007 Released of the special issue of AsiaFlux Newsletter
New Report :
"National GreenhouseGas Inventory Report of JAPAN -August, 2006-" [PDF format]
December 27, 2006 Released of the 20th issue of AsiaFlux Newsletter
December 14, 2006 Renewal of Web site: Embodied Energy and Emission Intensity Data for Japan Using Input-Output Tables (3EID)
December 11, 2006 2nd Asian Water Cycle Symposium will be held on 9-10 January 2007
GEOSS-AP Symposium will be held on 11-12 January 2007
November 20, 2006 Website Open : Office for Coordination of Climate Change Observation, Japan (OCCCO) was established.
October 4, 2006 New Report :
"Greenhouse Gas Inventory Development in Asia - Experiences from Workshops on Greenhouse Gas Inventories in Asia -" [PDF format]
September 26, 2006 Release of the 19th issue of AsiaFlux Newsletter
September 7 , 2006 New Report :
Material Flow Data Book “World Resource Flows around Japan” - Second Edition - [PDF format]
August 30, 2006 National GHGs Inventory Report of JAPAN (August 2006) for Assigned Amount Report
August 30, 2006 The revised GHGs Emissions Data of Japan (2004)
August 1, 2006 Open Seminar "Trends and Challenges in Flux Studies"
June 26, 2006 Release of the 18th issue of AsiaFlux Newsletter
June 26, 2006 Release of the 18th issue of AsiaFlux Newsletter
June 8, 2006 New Report :
Greenhouse Gas Emissions Scenarios Database and Regional Mitigation Analysis [PDF format]
June 1, 2006 UNFCCC SB24 Side Event (May 23, 2006. Bonn)
May 26, 2006 The GHGs Emissions Data of Japan (2004)
May 26, 2006 National GHGs Inventory Report of JAPAN (2006)
May 8, 2006 Third International Workshop on Greenhouse Gas Measurements from Space (IWGGMS) International Conference Hall, Tsukuba Center for Institutes, Tsukuba, Japan 30th - 31st, May 2006
April 12, 2006 Message from the New Director of the Center for Global Environmental Research.
April 12, 2006 International Workshop on Flux Estimation over Diverse Terrestrial Ecosystems in Asia - AsiaFlux Workshop 2006-
April 12, 2006 Release of the 17th issue of AsiaFlux Newsletter
April 6, 2006 New Report :
CGER' S SUPERCOMPUTER ACTIVITY REPORT Vol.13-2004 [PDF format]
March 8, 2006 New Report :
CGER'S SUPERCOMPUTER MONOGRAGH REPORT Vol.11 (Development of process-based NICE model and simulation of ecosystem dynamics in the catchment of East Asia (Part I))
January 26, 2006 3EID based on the 2000 Input-Output Tables was released.
December 1, 2005 Renewal of GIO Website!
November 29, 2005 Website Open: Mekong River Ecosystem Monitoring (MeREM) was established.
  MeREM stands for "Mekong River Ecosystem Monitering" and the Environmental Biology Division is in charge of carrying out this project.
It is now formulating a multilateral monitoring consortium based on universities and research institutes in Mekong basin countries such as Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Viet Nam as a part of the International network, GEMS/Water program.
It also aims to establish a fundamental method for implementation of long-term monitoring.
November 11, 2005 GOSAT (Greenhouse Gases Observing SATellite) Pamphlet (PDF format)
August 29, 2005 Result of Lake Mashu -- "Transparency of the Lake Mashu is 14.0 m (Measured on August 24-25, 2005)"
July 11, 2005 Announcement of the AsiaFlux Workshop 2005 on Aug.24-26, 2005, Fujiyoshida, Japan
May 16, 2005 CGER'S SUPERCOMPUTER ACTIVITY REPORT Vol.12-2003 (PDF format)
April 11, 2005 CGER’S SUPERCOMPUTER MONOGRAPH REPORT Vol.10 ( Modeling of Daily Runoff in the Changjiang (Yangtze) River Basin and Its Application to Evaluating the Flood Control Effect of the Three Gorges Project (PDF format))
March 10, 2005 The URL of GHGs Emissions of Japan was changed to http://www-gio.nies.go.jp/database/db-e.html.
November 1, 2004 EOS of American Physics Union introduces CGER-METEX
  Online Trajectory Calculation/Meteorological Field Display system(CGER-METEX) is introduced in EOS vol.85(46) (16 Nov, 2004)
September 1, 2004 Online Trajectory Calculation/Meteorological Field Display
  You can calculate air trajectories and plot wind fields and contours of meteorological parameters using the reanalysis data of National Center for Environmental Prediction(NCEP) (available from 1978 to the present, two months delay).
August 24, 2004 Result of Lake Mashu : Transparency of the Lake Mashu is 19.0 m. (Measured on Aug.17-18, 2004)
July 14, 2004 New Report : Data Book: Material and Carbon Flow of Harvested Wood in Japan (PDF format)
May 27, 2004 The GHGs Emissions Data of Japan (1990-2002) added to the site
April 30, 2004 "GOSAT (Greenhouse Gases Observing SATellite) Research Team" made a start from April, 2004 under the direction of the Executive Director of the Center for Global Environmental Research (CGER).
April 21, 2004 New Report : CGER'S SUPERCOMPUTER MONOGRAPH REPORT Vol.9 (PDF format)
March 17, 2004 GHGs Monitoring at Hateruma Island and Cape Ochi-ishi Database
  You can download the data collected at the both stations, including data on tracer gases and meteorological data (hourly, daily, and monthly means).
March 10, 2004 Tomakomai Flux Research Site Database (The data of CO2 flux,sensible heat and latent heat flux,water density as well as meteorological elements are available.)
 NIES has been conducting the CO2 flux monitoring at Tomakomai, since July 2000. The flux data and meteorological data obtained in 2000 and 2001 are now available.
November 17, 2003 The URL of "Diagnose on reductional effect of global and regional environmental load in an office building with low-environmental load technologies" was changed to http://www-cger.nies.go.jp/ichinose/ccrh-e.htm.
October 10, 2003 The URL of AsiaFlux was changed to http://www-cger2.nies.go.jp/asiaflux/index.html.
September 16, 2003 Result of Lake Mashu : Transparency of the Lake Mashu is 20.4 m. (Measured on Sep. 6-7, 2003)
July 17, 2003 Hateruma and Cape Ochi-ishi GHG Database
  NIES has been conducting greenhouse-gas monitoring at two ground-based stations. The data of CO2,CH4,N2O and meteorological elements are available.
June 9, 2003 New Report : Material Flow Data Book -World Resource Flows around Japan- Second Edition (ZIP)
May 8, 2003 New Report : CGER'S SUPERCOMPUTER MONOGRAPH REPORT Vol.8 (ZIP)
April 23, 2003 New Report : Data Analysis and Graphic Display System for Atmospheric Research Using PC
April 1, 2003 Seto Inland Sea Nutrients Database
  Spacial distribution, seasonal and year to year variations of nutrients(N,P,Si) and phytoplankton in Seto Inland sea from 1994 to 2001, moinitored byShip of Opportunity, are available.
January 9, 2003 GIO adds GHG emissions data of Annex I countries on Emissions Data
December 24, 2002 "The Polar Vortex Forecasts by STRAS" was established newly.
  It is displayed in terms of potential vorticity maps calculated by CGER, using the National Center for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) weather forecast data.
December 16, 2002 H-IIA rocket (#4 Vehicle) was successfully launched on December 14, 2002. Related ILAS-II Homepage was renewed.
  ADEOS-II (Advanced Earth Observing Satellite-II) was lifted off as scheduled on December 14, 2002 from Tanegashima Space Center. ADEOS-II was onboard the H-IIA #4 rocket, developed by NASDA (the National Space Development Agency of Japan). ILAS-II (Improved Limb Atmospheric Spectrometer-II) , which is mounted on ADEOS-II, was developed by the Ministry of the Environment to observe ozone layer. The operational data processing will be done by the ILAS-II Data Handling Facility, which belongs to CGER. Please refer to the ILAS-II Homepage for the detailed information.
December 6, 2002 New Report : STUDY ON THE PROCESSES AND IMPACT OF LAND-USE CHANGE IN CHINA -FINAL REPORT OF THE LU/GEC SECOND PHASE (1998-2000)-
December 3, 2002 Website Open !
The Greenhouse Gas Inventory Office (GIO) was established.
September 6, 2002 Result of Lake Mashu : Transparency of the Lake Mashu is 18.0 m. (Measured on Aug. 22-23, 2002)
September 6, 2002 New Report "Integration and Regional Researches to Combat Desertification -Present State and Future Prospect- The 16th Global Environment Tsukuba"
August 6, 2002 New Report "Proceedings of the International Workshop on Marine Pollution by Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)"
June 28, 2002 New Report "Indonesian Forest Fire and its Environmental Impacts-The 15th Global Environment Tsukuba-"
May 10, 2002 Embodied Energy and Emission Intensity Data for Japan Using Input-Output Tables (3EID) - Inventory Data for LCA -
May 10, 2002 Embodied Energy and Emission Intensity Data for Japan Using Input-Output Tables (3EID) - Inventory Data for LCA -
November 15, 2001 New Report "Lake Kasumigaura Database(CD-ROM)"
October 17, 2001 The 2nd International Workshop on Advanced Flux Network and Flux Evaluation (Jan.9-11, 2002)
June 11,2000 Global Environment Outlook 2000 (Update)