Member
Dr. Takuji KUBOTA
Senior Researcher
Earth Observation Research Center
Satellite Mission Decorate I
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
kubota.takujijaxa.jp

Biography

Dr. Takuji Kubota received his B. S., M. S., and Ph. D. degree in science from Kyoto University in 1999, 2001, 2004, respectively.

He was with Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, from 2004 to 2005 as a postdoctoral researcher and with Japanese Science Technology Agency from 2005 to 2007. Since 2007 he has been a researcher at Earth Observation Research Center, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Tsukuba, Japan. His current research interests are in algorithm development for spaceborne radar and microwave radiometers for the TRMM, GPM, and EarthCARE missions.

Dr. Kubota is a member of the Remote Sensing Society of Japan, Meteorological Society of Japan, Japan Geoscience Union, American Meteorological Society and American Geophysical Union. Dr. Kubota was the recipient of Prizes for Science and Technology in the Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology in 2016, and the Gambo-Tatehira Award by the Meteorological Society of Japan in 2019.

Education/Degress

1999 B.A., Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
2001 M.S., Earth and Planetary Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
2004 Ph.D., Earth and Planetary Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

Professional Experience

2020 Senior Researcher, Earth Observation Research Center, JAXA
2015 Associate Senior Researcher, Earth Observation Research Center, JAXA
2014 Associate Senior Engineer, Earth Observation Research Center, JAXA
2007 Researcher, Earth Observation Research Center, JAXA
2005 Researcher, Japan Science Technology Agency, May 2005 - Sep. 2007 (under Prof. Ken'ichi Okamoto, Osaka Prefecture University)
2004 Postdoctoral fellow, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University

Expertise

Atmospheric Physics
Satellite Remote Sensing

Research Interests

Algorithm development for spaceborne radar and microwave radiometers for the TRMM, GPM, and EarthCARE missions.

Professional Societies

IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society
Remote Sensing Society of Japan
American Geophysical Union
American Meteorological Society
Meteorological Society of Japan
Japan Geoscience Union

Awards

JMSJ Award 2021 (Seto, S., T. Iguchi, R. Meneghini, J. Awaka, T. Kubota, T. Masaki, and N. Takahashi, 2021: The Precipitation rate retrieval algorithms for the GPM Dual-frequency Precipitation Radar. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 99, 205-237.) [JMSJ][JMSJ]
The Gambo-Tatehira Award, the Meteorological Society of Japan in 2019 (Kazumasa Aonashi and Takuji Kubota), as "Achievements related to development of global precipitation map by satellite observations and promotion of its applications in society" [JAXA]
Prizes for Science and Technology (Science and Technology Promotion Category), the Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology in 2016 (Riko Oki, Misako Kachi, Takuji Kubota), as "Promotion of Technology in Near-real-time Satellite Global Precipitation Map"
NASA Agency Group Achievement Award, 2015, "For exceeding all expectations for GPM operations, data processing, algorithm performance, science impact, and education and public outreach within one year after launch", as a member of GPM Post-Launch Team.
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Robert H. Goddard Award (Team), 2015, "For outstanding precipitation retrieval algorithm development to support the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission", as a member of GPM Algorithm Team.

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Publications

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Refereed Journal Papers

  • S. Seto, T. Iguchi, R. Meneghini, J. Awaka,T. Kubota, T. Masaki and N. Takahashi, 2020: The Precipitation Rate Retrieval Algoirthms for the GPM Dual-frequency Precipitation Radar, J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, accepted.
  • T. Masaki, T. Iguchi, K. Kanemaru, K. Furukawa, N. Yoshida , T. Kubota, and R. Oki, 2020: Calibration of the Dual-frequency Precipitation Radar (DPR) Onboard the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Core Observatory, IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., accepted.
  • T. Kubota, S. Seto, M. Satoh, T. Nasuno, T. Iguchi, T. Masaki, J. M. Kwiatkowski, and R. Oki, 2020: Cloud assumption of Precipitation Retrieval Algorithms for the Dual-frequency Precipitation Radar, J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol. 37, 2015-2031, https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-20-0041.1
  • T. Tashima, T. Kubota, T. Mega, and T. Ushio, and Riko Oki, 2020: Precipitation extremes monitoring using the near-real-time GSMaP product, IEEE J. Sel. Topics Appl. Earth Observ. Remote Sens., https://doi.org/10.1109/JSTARS.2020.3014881.
  • M. Yamaji, H. G. Takahashi, T. Kubota, R. Oki, A. Hamada, and Y. N. Takayabu, 2020: 4-year Climatology of Global Drop Size Distribution and its Seasonal Variability Observed by Spaceborne Dual-frequency Precipitation Radar, J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, Vol. 98, Issue 4, Pages 755-773. https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2020-038
  • K. Yamamoto, T. Kubota, N. Takahashi, K. Kanemaru, T. Masaki and K. Furukawa, 2020: A Feasibility Study on Wide Swath Observation by Spaceborne Precipitation Radar, IEEE J. Sel. Topics Appl. Earth Observ. Remote Sens., vol. 13, pp. 3047-3057, 2020, doi: 10.1109/JSTARS.2020.2998724.
  • Y. You, N.-Y. Wang, T. Kubota, K. Aonashi, S. Shige, K. Kachi, C. Kummerow, D. Randel, R. Ferraro, S. Braun, Y. Takayabu, Comparison of TRMM Microwave Imager Rainfall Datasets from NASA and JAXA, JHM, Comparison of TRMM Microwave Imager Rainfall Datasets from NASA and JAXA. J. Hydrometeor., 21, 377-397, https://doi.org/10.1175/JHM-D-19-0022.1.
  • K. Kanemaru, T. Iguchi, T. Masaki, and T. Kubota, 2020:Estimates of Spaceborne Precipitation Radar Pulsewidth and Beamwidth Using Sea Surface Echo Data, IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens, pp.1-13, https://doi.org/10.1109/TGRS.2019.2963090.
  • B. Nyamsuren, K. N. Nasahara, T. Kubota,T. Masaki, 2019: Vegetation Mapping by Using GPM/DPR over the Mongolian Land, Remote Sens. 2019, 11(20), 2386; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs11202386.
  • A. Okazaki, T. Honda, S. Kotsuki, M. Yamaji, T. Kubota, R. Oki, T. Iguchi, and T. Miyoshi, 2019: Simulating precipitation radar observations from a geostationary satellite, Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 12, 3985-3996, doi: 10.5194/amt-12-3985-2019.
  • M. Kikuchi, R. Oki, T. Kubota, M. Yoshida, Y. Hagihara, C. Takahashi, Y. Ohno, T. Nishizawa, T. Y. Nakajima, K. Suzuki, M. Satoh, H. Okamoto and E. Tomita, 2019, Overview of Earth, Clouds, Aerosols and Radiation Explorer (EarthCARE) - Integrative Observation of Cloud and Aerosol and Their Radiative Effects on the Climate System - (in Japanese). J. Remote Sens. Soc. Japan, 39, 3, 181-196.
  • K. Kanemaru, T. Kubota, and T. Iguchi, 2019: Improvements in the beam-mismatch correction of Precipitation Radar data after the TRMM orbit boost, IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens, 57, 9, pp. 7161-7169.
  • Y. Kuleshov, K. Inape, A. B. Watkins, A. Bear-Crozier, Z.-W. Chua, P. Xie, T. Kubota, T. Tashima, R. Stefanski, T. Kurino, 2019. Climate Risk and Early Warning Systems (CREWS) for Papua New Guinea. IntechOpen, DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.85962.
  • Y. Kuleshov, T. Kurino, T. Kubota, T. Tashima, P. Xie, 2019. WMO Space-based Weather and Climate Extremes Monitoring Demonstration Project (SEMDP): First outcomes of regional cooperation on drought and heavy precipitation monitoring for Australia and South-East Asia. IntechOpen, DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.85824
  • T. Mega, T. Ushio, T. Matsuda, T. Kubota, M. Kachi and R. Oki, 2019: Gauge-Adjusted Global Satellite Mapping of Precipitation, IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens, vol. 57, no. 4, pp. 1928-1935, doi: 10.1109/TGRS.2018.2870199.
  • S. Kotsuki, K. Terasaki, K. Kanemaru, M. Satoh, T. Kubota T. and Miyoshi, 2019: Predictability of Record-Breaking Rainfall in Japan in July 2018: Ensemble Forecast Experiments with the Near-real-time Global Atmospheric Data Assimilation System NEXRA. SOLA, 15A, in press, doi: 10.2151/sola.15A-001.
  • K. Okamoto, T. Ishibashi, S. Ishii, P. Baron, T. Tanaka, K. Gamo, K. Yamashita, and T. Kubota, 2018: Feasibility Study for Future Space-Borne Coherent Doppler Wind Lidar, Part 3:Impact Assessment Using Sensitivity Observing System Simulation Experiments, J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, vol. 96, no. 2, pp. 179-199.
  • K. Kanemaru, T. Kubota, T. Iguchi, Y. N. Takayabu, and R. Oki, 2017: Development of a precipitation climate record by spaceborne precipitation radar. Part I: Mitigation in effects of switching to redundancy electronics in the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission Satellite Precipitation Radar, J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., vol. 34 No. 9, 2043-2057.
  • P. Baron, S. Ishii, K. Okamoto, K. Gamo, K. Mizutani, C. Takahashi, T. Itabe, T. Iwasaki, T. Kubota, T. Maki, R. Oki, S. Ochiai, D. Sakaizawa, M. Satoh, Y. Satoh. T. Tanaka, M. Yasui, 2017: Feasibility study for future spaceborne coherent Doppler Wind Lidar, Part II: Measurement simulation algorithms and retrieval error characterization, J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, No. 5 p. 319-342.
  • S. Ishii, P. Baron, M. Aoki, K. Mizutani, M. Yasui, S. Ochiai, A. Sato, Y. Satoh, T. Kubota, D. Sakaizawa, R. Oki, K. Okamoto, T. Ishibasi, T. Y. Tanaka, T. T. Sekiyama, T. Maki, K. Yamashita, T. Nishizawa, M. Satoh, T. Iwasaki, 2017: Feasibility Study for Future Space-Borne Coherent Doppler Wind Lidar, Part 1: Instrumental Overview for Global Wind Profile Observation, J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, No. 5 p. 301-317.
  • K. Aonashi,K. Okamoto, T. Tashima,T. Kubota, K. Ito,2016: Sampling Error Damping method for a Cloud-Resolving Model using a Dual-Scale Neighboring Ensemble Approach, Mon. Wea. Rev., 144 (12), 4751-4770.
  • J. Awaka, M. Le, V. Chandrasekar, N. Yoshida, T.Higashiuwatoko, T. Kubota, and T. Iguchi, 2016: Rain type classification algorithm module for GPM dual frequency precipitation radar, J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 33(9), pp. 1887-1898.
  • T.Kubota, T.Iguchi, M. Kojima, L. Liao, T Masaki, H. Hanado, R. Meneghini, R. Oki, 2016: A statistical method for reducing sidelobe clutter for the Ku-band precipitation radar onboard the GPM Core Observatory, J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 33 (7), 1413-1428.
  • T. Hashino, M. Satoh, Y. Hagihara, S. Kato, T. Kubota, T. Matsui, T. Nasuno, H. Okamoto, and M. Sekiguchi, 2016: Evaluating Cloud Radiative Effects in Arctic simulated by NICAM with A-train, JGR-Atmos.,121, doi:10.1002/2016JD024775..
  • K. Okamoto, K. Aonashi, T. Kubota, T. Tashima, 2016: Experimental assimilation of the GPM-Core DPR reflectivity profiles for Typhoon Halong, Mon. Wea. Rev., 144 (6), 2307-2326.
  • T. Matsui, J. Chern, W.-K. Tao, S. Lang, M. Satoh, T. Hashino, and T. Kubota, 2016: On the land-ocean contrast of tropical convection and microphysics statistics derived from TRMM satellite signals and global storm-resolving models. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 17 (5), 1425-1445.
  • S. Ishii, K. Okamoto, P. Baron, T. Kubota, Y. Satoh, D. Sakaizawa, T. Ishibashi, T. Y. Tanaka, K. Yamashita, S. Ochiai, K. Gamo, M. Yasui, R. Oki, M. Satoh, and T. Iwasaki, 2016: Measurement performance assessment of future space-borne Doppler Wind Lidar for Numerical Weather Prediction. SOLA, 12, 55-59.
  • N. Takahashi, H. Hanado, K. Nakamura, K. Kanemaru, K. Nakagawa, T. Iguchi, T. Nio, T. Kubota, R. Oki, and N. Yoshida, 2016: Overview of the End-of-Mission Observation Experiments of Precipitation Radar onboard the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission Satellite, IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens, 54, 6, 3450-3459.
  • K. Takido, O. C. Saavedra Valeriano, M. Ryo, K. Tanuma, T. Ushio, and T. Kubota, 2016: Spatiotemporal Evaluation of the Gauge Adjusted Global Satellite Mapping of Precipitation at the Basin Scale, J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 94, 185-195.
  • A. J. Illingworth, H. W. Barker, A. Beljaars, M. Ceccaldi, H. Chepfer, N. Clerbaux, J. Cole, J. Delanoe, C. Domenech, D. P. Donovan, S. Fukuda, M. Hirakata, R. J. Hogan, A. Huenerbein, P. Kollias, T. Kubota, T. Nakajima, T. Y. Nakajima, T. Nishizawa, Y. Ohno, H. Okamoto, R. Oki, K. Sato, M. Satoh, M. W. Shephard, A. Velazquez-Blazquez, U. Wandinger, T. Wehr, and G.-J. van Zadelhoff, 2015: The EarthCARE Satellite: The Next Step Forward in Global Measurements of Clouds, Aerosols, Precipitation, and Radiation. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 96, 1311-1332.
  • T. Kubota, N. Yoshida, S. Urita, T. Iguchi, S. Seto, R. Meneghini, J. Awaka, H. Hanado, S. Kida, and R. Oki, 2014: Evaluation of precipitation estimates by at-launch codes of GPM/DPR algorithms using synthetic data from TRMM/PR observations,” IEEE J. Sel. Topics Appl. Earth Observ. Remote Sens., vol.7, no.9, pp.3931-3944. doi: 10.1109/JSTARS.2014.2320960
  • A. Taniguchi, S. Shige, M. K. Yamamoto, T. Mega, S. Kida, T. Kubota, M. Kachi, T. Ushio, and K. Aonashi, 2013: Improvement of High-Resolution Satellite Rainfall Product for Typhoon Morakot (2009) over Taiwan. J. Hydrometeor, 14, 1859-1871.
  • Hashino, T., M. Satoh, Y. Hagihara, T. Kubota, T. Matsui, T. Nasuno, and H. Okamoto, 2013: Evaluating cloud microphysics from NICAM against CloudSat and CALIPSO, J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 118, 7273-7292, doi:10.1002/jgrd.50564.
  • Shige, S., S. Kida, H. Ashiwake, T. Kubota, and K. Aonashi, 2013: Improvement of TMI rain retrievals in mountainous areas. J. Appl. Meteor. Climatol., 52, 242-254.
  • Misako Kachi, Takuji Kubota, Tomoo Ushio, Shoichi Shige, Satoshi Kida, Kazumasa Aonashi,Ken'ichi Okamoto, Riko Oki, 2011: Development and utilization of "JAXA Global Rainfall Watch" system based on combined microwave and infrared radiometers aboard satellites, IEEJ Trans., vol. 131, no. 9, pp. 729-737.
  • M. S. Shrestha, K. Takara, T. Kubota, S. R. Bajracharya, 2011: Verification of GSMaP Rainfall estimates over the central Himalayas. Journal of Japan Society of Civil Engineers, Ser. B1 (Hydraulic Engineering), Vol.67, No. 4, pp. I37-I42.
  • Yasuhisa Iida, Takuji Kubota, Toshio Iguchi, and Riko Oki, 2010: Evaluating Sampling Error in TRMM/PR Rainfall Products by the Bootstrap Method: Estimation of the Sampling Error and Its Application to a Trend Analysis, J. Geophys. Res., doi:10.1029/2010JD014257.
  • Yudong Tian, Christa D. Peters-Lidard, Robert F. Adler, Takuji Kubota and Tomoo Ushio, 2010: Evaluation of GSMaP Precipitation Estimates over Contiguous U.S., J. Hydrometeor., 11, 566-574.
  • Shige, S., T. Yamamoto, T. Tsukiyama, S. Kida, H. Ashiwake, T. Kubota, S. Seto, K. Aonashi and K. Okamoto, 2009: The GSMaP precipitation retrieval algorithm for microwave sounders. Part I: Over-ocean algorithm. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens, Vol.14, No.9, pp. 3084-3097.
  • Takuji Kubota, Tomoo Ushio, Shoichi Shige, Satoshi Kida, Misako Kachi, and Ken'ichi Okamoto, 2009: Verification of high resolution satellite-based rainfall estimates around Japan using gauge-calibrated ground radar dataset. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 87A, 203-222. https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.87A.203
  • Shinta Seto, Takuji Kubota, Toshio Iguchi, Nobuhiro Takahashi, Taikan Oki, 2009: An evaluation of over-land rain rate estimates by the GSMaP and GPROF algorithms;The role of lower-frequency channels. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 87A, 183-202. https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.87A.183
  • Satoshi Kida, Shoichi Shige, Takuji Kubota, Kazumasa Aonashi, and Ken'ichi Okamoto, 2009: Improvement of rain/no-rain classification methods for microwave radiometer observations over ocean using the 37-GHz emission signature. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 87A, 165-181. https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.87A.165
  • Takuji Kubota, Shoichi Shige, Kazumasa Aonashi, Ken'ichi Okamoto, 2009: Development of nonuniform beamfilling correction method in rainfall retrievals for passive microwave radiometers over ocean using TRMM observations. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 87A, 153-164. https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.87A.153
  • Ushio, T., K. Sasashige, T. Kubota, S. Shige, K. Okamoto, K. Aonashi, T. Inoue, N. Takahashi, T. Iguchi, M. Kachi, R. Oki, T. Morimoto, Z, Kawasaki, 2009: A Kalman filter approach to the Global Satellite Mapping of Precipitation (GSMaP) from combined passive microwave and infrared radiometric data. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 87A, 137-151. https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.87A.137
  • Aonashi, K,, J. Awaka, M. Hirose, T. Kozu, T. Kubota, G. Liu, S. Shige, S. Kida, S. Seto, N. Takahashi, and Y. N. Takayabu 2009: GSMaP passive mocrowave precipitation retrieval algorithm: Algorithm description and validation.J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 87A, 119-136. https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.87A.119
  • Toshiaki Kozu, Toshio Iguchi, Takuji Kubota, Naofumi Yoshida, Shinta Seto, John Kwiatkowski, and Yukari N. Takayabu, 2009: Feasibility of Raindrop Size Distribution Parameter Estimation with TRMM Precipitation Radar. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 87A, 53-66. https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.87A.53
  • Shinta Seto, Takuji Kubota, Nobuhiro Takahashi, Toshio Iguchi, and Taikan Oki, 2008: Advanced Rain/No-rain Classification Methods for Microwave Radiometer Observations over Land, J. Appl. Meteorol. Climatol., Vol. 47, pp. 3016-3029. https://doi.org/10.1175/2008JAMC1895.1
  • Shoichi Shige, Tomonori Watanabe, Hiroshi Sasaki,Takuji Kubota, Satoshi Kida, and Ken'ichi Okamoto, 2008: Validation of western and eastern Pacific rainfall estimates from the TRMM PR using a radiative transfer model, J. Geophys. Res., https://doi.org/10.1029/2007JD009002
  • Shunsuke Noda, Kazushi Sasashige, Daisuke Katagami, Tomoo Ushio, Takuji Kubota, Ken'ichi Okamoto, Yasuhisa Iida, Satoshi Kida, Shoichi Shige, Takashi Shimomura, Kazumasa Aonashi, Toshiro Inoue, Takeshi Morimoto, and Zen-Ichiro Kawasaki 2007: Mapping global precipitation with satellite born microwave radiometer and infrared radiometer using Kalman filter (in Japanese). J. Remote Sens. Soc. Japan, 27, 474-482. https://doi.org/10.11440/rssj.27.474
  • Takuji Kubota, Shoichi Shige, Hiroshi Hashizume, Kazumasa Aonashi, Nobuhiro Takahashi, Shinta Seto, Masafumi Hirose, Yukari N. Takayabu, Tomoo Ushio, Katsuhiro Nakagawa, Koyuru Iwanami, Misako Kachi, and Ken'ichi Okamoto, 2007: Global Precipitation Map using Satelliteborne Microwave Radiometers by the GSMaP Project : Production and Validation, IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., Vol. 45, Number 7, pp.2259-2275. https://doi.org/10.1109/TGRS.2007.895337
  • Yoshimitsu Chikamoto, Hitoshi Mukougawa, Takuji Kubota, Hitoshi Sato, Akira Ito, Shuhei Maeda, 2007 : Evidence of Growing Bred Vector Associated with Tropical Intraseasonal Oscillation, Geophys. Res. Lett., Vol. 34, L04806, https://doi.org/10.1029/2006GL028450.
  • Toru Terao and Takuji Kubota, 2005: East-West SST contrast over the tropical oceans and post El Nino western North Pacific summer monsoon, Geophys. Res. Lett., Vol. 32, No. 15, L1570610.1029/2005GL023010 https://doi.org/10.1029/2005GL023010
  • Takuji Kubota and Toru Terao, 2004: Interdecadal Variability of the Seasonal-scale Persistece in the Tropical Mean Tropospheric Temperature, J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, Vol. 82, 1213-1221. https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2004.1213
  • Takuji Kubota and Toru Terao, 2003: The Seasonal-scale Persistence of Tropical Tropospheric Temperature Associated with the El Nino/Southern Oscillation, J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, Vol. 81, 581-598. https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.81.581

Book Chapters and Reports

  • T. Kubota, K. Aonashi, T. Ushio, S. Shige, Y. N. Takayabu, M. Kachi, Y. Arai, T. Tashima, T. Masaki, N. Kawamoto, T. Mega, M. K. Yamamoto, A. Hamada, M. Yamaji, G. Liu and R. Oki, 2020: Global Satellite Mapping of Precipitation (GSMaP) products in the GPM era, Satellite precipitation measurement, Springer, vol. 67, pp.355-373. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-24568-9_20.
  • C. Kidd, Y. N. Takayabu, G. Skofronick-Jackson, G.J. Huffman, S. Braun, T. Kubota, and J. Turk, 2020: The Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Mission, Satellite precipitation measurement, Springer, vol. 67. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-24568-9_1.
  • Y. Kuleshov, T. Kubota, T. Tashima, P. Xie, T. Kurino, P. Hechler, L. V. Alexander, 2020: WMO Space-based Weather and Climate Extremes Monitoring Demonstration Project for East Asia and Western Pacific, WMO Bulletin.
  • Y. Kuleshov, L. Bettio, T. Kubota,T. Tashima, P. Xie, T.Kurino and P. Hechler, 2020: DROUGHT MONITORING IN AUSTRALIA UTILIZING PRODUCTS FROM THE WMO SPACE-BASED WEATHER AND CLIMATE EXTREMES MONITORING DEMONSTRATION PROJECT, WMO Statement on the State of the Global Climate 2019, pp.24.
  • T. Kubota, 2019: GSMaP: Monitoring Rainfall from Space to Protect Communities, Scientia, https://doi.org/10.33548/SCIENTIA392
  • S. Kida, T. Kubota, S. Shige, and T. Mega, 2017: Development of a Rain/No-Rain Classification Method over Land for the Microwave Sounder Algorithm, Remote Sensing of Aerosols, Clouds, and Precipitation, Chapter 12, 249-265.https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-810437-8.00012-8
  • Misako Kachi, Takuji Kubota, and Riko Oki, 2015: Application and utilization of Global Precipitation Measurement Mission (GPM), Aeronautical and Space Sciences Japan, 63, 10, 321-325.
  • Riko Oki, Takuji Kubota, Misako Kachi, Takeshi Masaki and Yuki Kaneko, 2015: Ground System Overview and Initial Outcome of Global Precipitation Measurement Mission(GPM) : (2) Data-processing Algorithms and Initial Observation Results, Aeronautical and Space Sciences Japan, 63, 9, 281-287.
  • Takuji Kubota, Misako Kachi and Riko Oki, 2013: Rainfall Observation from Space toward Monitoring of Water-related Disasters, The Journal of The Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan, Vol. 133, No. 3, P 141-143.
  • Shige, S., Kida, S., T. Yamamoto, T. Kubota, and K. Aonashi, 2010: High-Temporal Global Rainfall Maps from Satellite Passive Microwave Radiometers, Microwave and Millimeter Wave Technologies: Modern UWB antennas and equipment, Igor Mini (Ed.), INTECH, 301-312. https://doi.org/10.5772/9027
  • Takuji Kubota, Misako Kachi, Shuji Shimizu, Naofumi Yoshida, Riko Oki, 2008: Precipitation Monitoring of Cyclone Nargis from Satellites, Journal of The Remote Sensing Society of Japan, Vol. 28, No. 4, pp. 361-365.