2007 - Ph.D. (Department of Urban and Environment Engineering),
Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
2004 - M.Eng. (Department of Global Environment Engineering),
Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
2002 - B.Eng. (Undergraduate School of Global Engineering),
Faculty of Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
Research Interests
Large-Scale and Meso-Scale land-atmosphere interaction
Asian-Australian monsoon system
Hydrometeorological modeling
Professional Experience
Postdoctoral Fellow, International Pacific Research Center, SOEST,
University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, August 2007 – January 2010
Postdoctoral Fellow, Kyoto University Pioneering Research Unit
for Next Generation, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, April 2007 –
July 2007
Research Assistant , Disaster Prevention Research Institute,
Kyoto University, Kyoto University, July 2006 – March 2007 and July
2005 – May 2006
Teaching Assistant, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto
University, April 2004 – July 2004 and October 2002 – January 2003
Refereed Publications
Souma, K., and Y. Wang: A Comparison between the Effects of Snow Albedo and
Infiltration of Melting Water of Eurasian Snow on East-Asian Summer Monsoon Rainfall.
J. Geophys. Res.-Atmos., in press.
Souma, K., and Y. Wang, 2009 Improved simulation of the East Asian
summer monsoon rainfall with satellite-derived snow water equivalent
data. Mon. Wea. Rev., 137 (6),1790 – 1804.
Souma, K., K. Tanaka, E. Nakakita, and S. Ikebuchi, 2005: Coupling
a mosaic land surface scheme (SiBUC) with a nonhydrostatic
atmospheric model (ARPS). Proceedings of 85th American
Meteorological Society Annual Meetings (Proceedings), P3.18.
Tanaka, K., K. Souma, E. Nakakita, and S. Ikebuchi, 2005: The
Importance of Surface Heating in Short-term Numerical Weather
Prediction. Annuals of Disaster Prevention Research Institute
(Bulletin), Kyoto University, No.48 C, 97 – 109.
Moteki, Q., Y. Ito, K. Yorozu, K. Souma, A. Sakakibara, K.
Tsuboki, T. Kato, K. Tanaka, and S. Ikebuchi, 2005: Estimation for
Effects of Existence of Urban on Development of Cumulonimbus Clouds
Using Atmosphere-Land Coupled Model of CReSiBUC. Annuals of
Disaster Prevention Research Institute (Bulletin), Kyoto
University, No.48 C, 197 – 208.