Curriculum Vitae

 

Yoshihide Takano

 

Education

 

       l    B.S., Hokkaido University, 1975

       l    M.S., Tohoku University, 1977

       l    Ph.D., Tohoku University, 1982

       l    Ph.D., University of Utah, 1987

 

Positions

 

       l    Postdoctoral fellow, Tohoku University/Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 4/1983 - 8/1983

l         Postdoctoral fellow, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, 1983 – 1984

       l    Research Associate, University of Utah, 1987 - 1990

       l    Research Assistant Professor, University of Utah, 1990 - 1997

l         Research Associate Professor, University of Utah, 1997 - 1997.

l    Associate Researcher, University of California at Los Angeles, 1997 - present.

 

Professional Memberships

 

Meteorological Society of Japan, American Meteorological Society, Optical Society of America, American Geophysical Union

 

Reviewed Scientific Publications

 

1.            Takano, Y., and M. Tanaka, 1980: Phase matrix and cross section for single scattering by circular cylinders: A comparison of ray optics and wave theory. Appl. Opt., 19, 2781-2793.

 

2.             Takano, Y., and S. Asano, 1983: Fraunhofer diffraction by ice crystals suspended in the atmosphere.  J. Meteorol. Soc. Japan, 61, 289-300.

 

3.            Takano, Y., and K. Jayaweera, 1985: Scattering phase matrix for hexagonal ice crystals computed from ray optics.  Appl. Opt., 24, 3254-3263.

 

4.         Takano, Y., and K. N. Liou, 1989: Solar radiative transfer in cirrus clouds. Part I: Single-scattering and optical properties of hexagonal ice crystals.  J. Atmos. Sci.,  46,  3-19.

 

5.             Takano, Y., and K. N. Liou, 1989: Solar radiative transfer in cirrus clouds. Part II: Theory and computation of multiple scattering in an anisotropic medium. J. Atmos. Sci., 46, 20-36.

 

6.         Liou, K. N., Y. Takano, S. C. Ou, A. Heymsfield, and W. Kreiss, 1990: Infrared transmission through cirrus clouds:  A radiative model for target detection.  Appl. Opt., 29, 1886-1896.

 

7.             Takano, Y., and K. N. Liou, 1990: Halo phenomena modified by  multiple scattering.  J. Opt. Soc. Amer. A, 7, 885-889.

 

8          Liou, K. N., S. C. Ou, Y. Takano, F. P. J. Valero, and T. P. Ackerman, 1990: Remote sounding of the tropical cirrus cloud temperature and optical depth using 6.5 and 10.5 mm radiometers during STEP.  J. Appl. Meteor., 29,             716-726.

 

9.         Liou, K. N., J. L. Lee, S. C. Ou, Q. Fu, and Y. Takano, 1991: Ice cloud microphysics, radiative transfer and large scale processes. Meteorol. Atmos. Phys., 46, 41-50.

 

10.       Takano, Y., and K. N. Liou, 1992: Infrared polarization signature from cirrus clouds. Appl. Opt.,  31,  1916-1919.

 

11.       Takano, Y., K. N. Liou, and P. Minnis, 1992: The effects of small ice crystals on cirrus infrared radiative properties. J. Atmos. Sci., 49,  1487-1493.

 

12.       Ou, S. C., K. N. Liou, W. Gooch, and Y. Takano, 1993: Remote sensing of cirrus cloud parameters using advanced very-high-resolution radiometer 3.7- and 10.9-mm channels.  Appl. Opt.,  32, 2171-2180.

 

13.       Minnis, P., K. N. Liou, and Y. Takano, 1993: Inference of cirrus cloud properties using satellite-observed visible and infrared radiances.  Part I: Parameterization of radiance fields.  J. Atmos. Sci.,  50, 1279-1304.

 

14.       Takano, Y., and K. N. Liou, 1993: Transfer of polarized infrared radiation in optically anisotropic media: Application to horizontally oriented crystals. J. Opt. Soc. Amer. A, 10, 1243-1256.

 

15.       Takano, Y., and K. N. Liou, 1994: Transfer of polarized infrared radiation in optically anisotropic media: Application to horizontally oriented ice crystals. reply to comment.   J. Opt. Soc. Amer. A,  11, 1378.

 

16.       Liou, K. N., and Y. Takano, 1994: Light scattering by nonspherical particles: Remote sensing and climate implications. Atmos. Res., 31, 271-298.

 

17.       Fu, Q., and Y. Takano, 1994: On the limitation of using asymmetry factor for radiative transfer computation involving cirrus clouds. Atmos. Res., 34, 299-308.

 

18.       Sassen, K., N. C. Knight, Y. Takano, and A. J. Heymsfield, 1994: The effects of ice crystal structure on halo formation: Cirrus cloud experimental and ray tracing modeling studies. Appl. Opt., 33, 4590-4601.

 

19.       Takano, Y., and K. N. Liou, 1995: Radiative transfer in cirrus clouds. Part III: Light scattering by irregular ice crystals. J. Atmos. Sci., 52, 818-837.

 

20.       Ou, S. C., K. N. Liou, Y. Takano, N. X. Rao, Q. Fu, A. J. Heymsfield, L. M. Miloshevich, B. Baum, and S. A. Kinne, 1995: Remote sounding of cirrus optical depths and ice crystals sizes from AVHRR data: Verification using FIRE II IFO measurements. J. Atmos. Sci., 52, 4143-4158.

 

21.       Takano, Y., and K. N. Liou, 1997: Origin of Kern’s arc. Appl. Opt., 36, 3560-3564.

 

22.       Liou, K. N., P. Yang, Y. Takano, K. Sassen, T. Charlock, and W. Arnott, 1998: On the radiative properties of contrail cirrus. Geophys. Res. Lett., 25, 1161-1164.

 

23.       Minnis, P., D. P. Garber, D. F. Young, R. F. Arduini, and Y. Takano, 1998: Parameterizations of reflectance and Effective emittance for satellite remote sending of cloud properties. J. Atmos. Sci., 55, 3313–3339.

 

24.       Barkey, B., K. N. Liou, Y. Takano, W. Gellerman, and P. Sokolsky, 1999: Analog light scattering experiment of hexagonal ice like particles. Part II: Experimental and theoretical results. J. Atmos. Sci., 56, 613-625.

 

25.              Liou, K. N., Y. Takano, and P. Yang, 2000: Light scattering and radiative transfer in ice crystal clouds: Applications to climate research. In Light Scattering by Nonspherical particles: Theory, Measurements, and Geophysical Applications, Eds. M. I. Mishchenko, J. W. Hovenier, and L. D. Travis, Academic Press, New York, 417 - 449.

 

26.              Barkey, B., K. N. Liou, Y. Takano, and W. Gellerman, 2000: Experimental and theoretical spectral reflection properties of ice clouds generated in a laboratory, chamber. Appl. Opt., 39, 3561-3564.

 

27.              Liou, K. N., Y. Takano, S. C. Ou, and M, Johnson, 2000: Laser transmission through thin cirrus. Appl. Opt., 39, 4886-4894.

 

28.       Gerber, H., Y. Takano, T. Garrett, and P. V. Hobbs, 2000: Nepherometer measurement of the asymmetry parameter, volume extinction coefficient and backscatter ratio in arctic clouds. J. Atmos. Sci., 57, 3021-3034.

 

29.       Liou, K. N., Y. Takano, P. Yang, and Y. Gu, 2000: Radiative transfer in cirrus clouds: Light scattering and spectral information. In Cirrus Cloud, Eds. D. K. Lynch and K. Sassen, Oxford University Press, (in press).

 

30.       Sassen, K., and Y. Takano, 2001: Parry Arc: A polarization lidar, ray tracing, and aircraft case study. Appl. Opt., (in press).