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).