Tsukuba Geoenvironmental Sciences

• ISSN 2759-4416

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‣ Vol. 1 (2005)	‣ Vol. 2 (2006)	‣ Vol. 3 (2007)	‣ Vol. 4 (2008)
‣ Vol. 5 (2009)	‣ Vol. 6 (2010)	‣ Vol. 7 (2011)	‣ Vol. 8 (2012)
‣ Vol. 9 (2013)	‣ Vol. 10 (2014)	‣ Vol. 11 (2015)	‣ Vol. 12 (2016)
‣ Vol. 13 (2017)	‣ Vol. 14 (2018)	‣ Vol. 15 (2019)	‣ Vol. 16 (2020)
‣ Vol. 17 (2021)	‣ Vol. 18 (2022)	‣ Vol. 19 (2023)	‣ Vol. 20 (2024)

Tsukuba Geoenvironmental Sciences Vol. 1 (2005)

Preface	1
Original papers
Hori, M. E. and Watarai, Y. Observation of thermal belt on an open slope by use of infrared thermography	3
Watarai, Y., Hori, M. E. and Hayashi, Y. Vertical structure of the thermal belt in the western slope of Mt. Tsukuba: an observational study on 10 - 11 December, 2004	11
Matsukura, Y. and Obanawa, H. Effect of grain diameter and packing condition on the avalanching depth on a slope composed of dry granular materials	19
Resarch reports
Iida, S., Kakubari, J. and Tanaka, T. "Litter marks" indicating infiltration area of stemflow-induced water	27
Ogata, T. Peaty hummocks as an environmental indicator: a case of Japanese upland mire	33
Matsuoka, N., Ikeda, A., Sueyoshi, T. and Ishii, T. Monitoring frozen ground (2004-2005) at Madoi in the source area of the Yellow River, China	39
Organization and Activities of the Doctoral Program in Geoenvironmental Sciences for the Academic Year 2004	45
List of Publications	55

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Tsukuba Geoenvironmental Sciences Vol. 2 (2006)

Preface	1
Original papers
Matsukura, Y., Hattanji, T., Oguchi, C. and Hirose, T. Rates of chemical weathering of porous rhyolites: ten-year measurements using a weight-loss method	3
Zhao, Y. and Murayama, Y. Urban dynamics analysis using spatial metrics: A case study of Yokohama city	9
Resarch reports
Hayashi, Y. and Research Group for Intramural Project (S), University of Tsukuba Meteorological Observation Station at the summit of Mt. Tsukuba	19
Matsuoka, N., Ikeda, A., Sueyoshi, T. and Ishii, T. Frozen ground monitoring (2004-2006) in the source area of the Yellow River, China	25
Yabusaki, S., Tase, N. and Tsujimura, M. Temporal variation of stable isotopes in precipitation at Tsukuba City	31
Organization and Activities of the Doctoral Program in Geoenvironmental Sciences for the Academic Year 2005	37
List of Publications	45

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Tsukuba Geoenvironmental Sciences Vol. 3 (2007)

Preface	1
Original papers
Thapa, R. B. and Murayama, Y. Image classification techniques in mapping urban landscape: A case study of Tsukuba city using AVNIR-2 sensor data	3
Yamanaka, T. and Tsunakawa, A. Isotopic signature of evapotranspiration flux and its use for partitioning evaporation/transpiration components	11
Resarch reports
Jiang, J., Xu X. B., Hayashi, Y. and Tao, F. Overview of the Impacts of Climate Warming on Paddy Rice Production in Heilongjiang Province, the north most of China	23
Ueno, K., Watarai, Y., Kusada, A., Hirose, N. and Shimizu, S. Spatial heterogeneity of snow covers in Sugadaira, central Japan	33
Organization and Activities of the Doctoral Program in Geoenvironmental Sciences for the Academic Year 2006	41
List of Publications	51

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Tsukuba Geoenvironmental Sciences Vol. 4 (2008)

Preface	1
Resarch reports
Hattanji, T., Yamamoto, M. and Matsukura, Y. Dissolution rates of limestone tablets in a flow-through system: A laboratory experiment	3
Sugita, M., Asanuma, J., Tsujimura, M., Mariko, S., Minjiao, L. U., Kimura, F., Azzaya, D. and Adyasuren, T. Rangelands Atmosphere-Hydrosphere-Biosphere Interaction Study Experiment in Northeastern Asia (RAISE) Database	9
Ueno, K., Morimoto, T., Sugimoto, S., Asanuma, J., Haginoya, S., Takahashi, K., Okawara, N., Shimizu, A., Dairaku, K., Mano, M. and Miyata, A. Establishment of CEOP Tsukuba Reference Site	17
Vista, B. M. and Murayama, Y. Internet GIS for historical regional statistics	21
Organization and Activities of the Doctoral Program in Geoenvironmental Sciences for the Academic Year 2007	25
List of Publications	35

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Tsukuba Geoenvironmental Sciences Vol. 5 (2009)

Preface	1
Original papers
Futami, M., Ohba, M. and Ueda, H. Role of Soil Moisture in the Seasonal Progress of the Asian Summer Monsoon	3
Kamae, Y. and Ueda, H. Suppressant effect of instantaneous CO2 doubling on global precipitation	11
Kubo, T. Japanese Housing Market and the Roles of Condominiums in Local Cities: A Case Study of Mito City, Ibaraki Prefecture	17
Saito, J. and Matsui, K. Characteristics of Tourism in Tateyama : Tourist Area in the Southern Region of the Tokyo Metropolitan Area	31
Resarch Report
Thapa, R. B. and Murayama, Y. WebGIS for evaluating walkability environment in urban center of Tsukuba	41
Organization and Activities of the Doctoral Program in Geoenvironmental Sciences for the Academic Year 2008	47
List of Publications	57
Instructions for Contributors	65

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Tsukuba Geoenvironmental Sciences Vol. 6 (2010)

Preface	1
Original Paper
Jin, Y. Behavioral space of Chinese tourists in Japan	3
Research Reports
Lamjav, O. and Hayashi, Y. Performance of a MIROC3.2-hires climate scenario in eastern Mongolian Steppe and its improvement by statistical downscaling	17
Lwin, K. K. and Murayama, Y. Urban thermal fringes detection and environmental quality assessment: A case study of Tsukuba City	23
Organization and Activities of the Doctoral Program in Geoenvironmental Sciences for the Academic Year 2009	29
List of Publications	39
Instructions for Contributors	47

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Tsukuba Geoenvironmental Sciences Vol. 7 (2011)

Preface	1
Original Paper
Xie, L. and Ueno, K. Differences of synoptic fields depending on the location of MCS genesis in southwest China	3
Research Reports
Lwin, K. K. and Murayama, Y. Mapping the human settlement of South East Asian cities using ALOS AVNIR-2	13
Hattanji, T. and Matsushi, Y. Channel initiation in a mountain basin underlain by granodiorite: A case study in the Abukuma Mountains, Japan	19
Organization and Activities of the Doctoral Program in Geoenvironmental Sciences for the Academic Year 2010	25
List of Publications	35
Instructions for Contributors	41

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Tsukuba Geoenvironmental Sciences Vol. 8 (2012)

Preface	1
Original Paper
Estoque, R. C. and Murayama, Y. Introducing new measures of accuracy for land-use/cover change modeling	3
Research Report
Lwin, K. K. and Murayama, Y. Mapping the housing types from LIDAR data for micro-scale spatial analysis: A case of Tsukuba City	9
Organization and Activities of the Doctoral Program in Geoenvironmental Sciences for the Academic Year 2011	17
List of Publications	27
Instructions for Contributors	33

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Tsukuba Geoenvironmental Sciences Vol. 9 (2013)

Preface	1
Original Paper
Uda, T., Mashita, M., Hosoya, M., Jin, J., Kubo, T. and Matsui, K. Discussions on the regional characteristics of the Jodo Shinshu (True Pure Land Buddhism) association in the Kurobe River alluvial fan - A case study of Doichi, Nyuzen Town	3
Research Reports
Matsuoka, N. Time-lapse photography applied to monitoring of alpine slope processes	13
Matsui, K., Kaneko, J., Hashimoto, A. and Oishi, T. Fieldwork education practice in graduate schools: A case study on human geography and regional geography classes at the University of Tsukuba	21
Kaneko, J. Development of a land-use map database for urban areas: The case of a fieldwork program at the University of Tsukuba	31
Yamashita, A. and Maruyama, H. A cultural ecological study on traditional farm management in Maues, Brazilian Amazon	37
Lwin, K. K., Yifei, Z. and Murayama, Y. Identification of bicycle lane steepness from high resolution LIDAR data for Campus Geographical Information System	43
Organization and Activities of the Doctoral Program in Geoenvironmental Sciences for the Academic Year 2012	49
List of Publications	59
Instructions for Contributors	67

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Tsukuba Geoenvironmental Sciences Vol. 10 (2014)

Preface	1
Original Papers
Estoque, R. C., Murayama, Y., Kamusoko, C. and Yamashita, A. Geospatial analysis of urban landscape patterns in three major cities of Southeast Asia	3
Isono, T. Regional characteristics of a kleingarten in Saku City, Nagano Prefecture	11
Zhou, W. Development and characteristics of the Japanese enclave in Pudong New Area of Shanghai	21
Research Reports
Greger, K. and Murayama, Y. Measuring mobility and urban structure: A case study of four capital cities in Asia	33
Yamashita, A. Aspects of water environmental issues in Jakarta due to its rapid urbanization	43
Lwin, K. K., Murayama, Y. and Hashimoto, M. Experimental study on smart tracking and geo-event data warehousing system for person trip surveying	51
Organization and Activities of the Doctoral Program in Geoenvironmental Sciences for the Academic Year 2013	57
List of Publications	67
Instructions for Contributors	75

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Tsukuba Geoenvironmental Sciences Vol. 11 (2015)

Original Papers
Isono, T. Development process of geotourism in the Kanawinka Region in the context of the Australian geopark movement	1
Estoque, R. C., Murayama, Y., Tadono, T. and Thapa, R. B. Measuring urban volume: geospatial technique and application	13
Research Report
Gong, H. and Murayama, Y. WEB-GIS for visualizing land use/cover change in mega-cities in developing countries	21
Organization and Activities of the Doctoral Program in Geoenvironmental Sciences for the Academic Year 2014	27
List of Publications	37
Instructions for Contributors	43

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Tsukuba Geoenvironmental Sciences Vol. 12 (2016)

Original Paper
Yamashita, A. Regional characteristics of water use system in the Ashida River Basin in terms of water supply and demand balance	1
Research Reports
Zhang, X. and Murayama, Y. Urban growth monitoring and prediction with remote sensing and GIS in Wuhan region, China	11
Sugita, T., Kubota, A., Higuchi, M., Matsuno, A. and Tanaka, H. Continuous soil moisture monitoring under high salinity conditions by dielectric sensors: a reliability test	17
Hattanji, T. Suspended sediment transport in two headwater basins with different bedrock: A case study in the Ashio Mountains, Japan	23
Organization and Activities of the Doctoral Program in Geoenvironmental Sciences for the Academic Year 2015	29
List of Publications	39

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Tsukuba Geoenvironmental Sciences Vol. 13 (2017)

Original papers
Ueno, K., Ueda, S., Kanai, R., Masaki, D., Sato, M., Rin, S. and Hirota, M. Diurnal and seasonal variation of air temperature profile in the mountain forest at Sugadaira, central Japan	1
Estoque, R. C., Murayama, Y., Ranagalage, M., Hou, H., Subasinghe, S., Gong, H., Simwanda, M., Handayani, H. H. and Zhang, X. Validating ALOS PRISM DSM-derived surface feature height: Implications for urban volume estimation	13
Resarch reports
Yamashita, K., Hattanji, T., Tanaka, Y., Doshida, S. and Matsushima, T. Topographic characteristics of rainfall-induced shallow landslides on granitic hillslopes: A case study in Hofu City, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan	23
Organization and Activities of the Doctral Program in Geoenvironmental Sciences for the Academic Year 2016	31
List of Publications for the Academic Year 2016	39

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Tsukuba Geoenvironmental Sciences Vol. 14 (2018)

Original papers
Akasofu, S. and Tanaka, H. L. On the natural component of climate change	1
Ueno, K. and Yamada, H. Modulation of diurnal precipitation occurrences observed in the Tibetan Plateau during monsoon season of 1998	9
Ranagalage, M. and Murayama, Y. Measurement of urban built-up volume using remote sensing data and geospatial techniques	19
Resarch reports
Fuse, T. and Ikeda, A. Shape of sand particles transported by glaciers or through rock avalanches: A preliminary trial for discriminating the origin of coarse deposits	31
Wang, R. and Murayama, Y. Spontaneous simulation of land surface temperature in Tianjin city, China	37
Organization and Activities of the Doctral Program in Geoenvironmental Sciences for the Academic Year 2017	45
List of Publications for the Academic Year 2017	53

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Tsukuba Geoenvironmental Sciences Vol. 15 (2019)

Original papers
Sawada, M., Anzai, R. and Ueno, K. Continuous heavy precipitation with a winter occluding cyclone captured by GPM satellite in central Japan	1
Organization and Activities of the Doctral Program in Geoenvironmental Sciences for the Academic Year 2018	13
List of Publications for the Academic Year 2018	23

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Tsukuba Geoenvironmental Sciences Vol. 16 (2020)

Original paper
Hagiwara, M. and Tanaka, H. L. A theoretical analysis of the atmospheric gravity wave that connects the thermosphere and the troposphere	1
Resarch report
Yoshihara, N., Hattanji, T., Doshida, S., Tanaka, Y. and Furuichi, T. Geomorphological features of shallow landslides in hillslopes underlain by mixed rock of sandstone and mudstone: A case of heavy rainfall on August 20, 2014 in Hiroshima City, Japan	15
Organization and Activities of the Doctral Program in Geoenvironmental Sciences for the Academic Year 2019	27
List of Publications for the Academic Year 2019	37

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Tsukuba Geoenvironmental Sciences Vol. 17 (2021)

Original paper
Masaki, A. and Kubo, T. Does the introduction of bus rapid transit affect car use? Travel mode choice among high-income households in Bogotá, Colombia	1
Organization and Activities of the Doctral Program in Geoenvironmental Sciences for the Academic Year 2020	19
List of Publications for the Academic Year 2020	29

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Tsukuba Geoenvironmental Sciences Vol. 18 (2022)

Organization and Activities of the Geoenvironmental Science field for the Academic Year 2021	1
List of Publications for the Academic Year 2021	10

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Tsukuba Geoenvironmental Sciences Vol. 19 (2023)

Research report
Yamashita, A., Pan, Y. and Yan, M. Characteristics of population and land cover changes in the Korean local depopulating cities	1
Organization and Activities of the Geoenvironmental Science field for the Academic Year 2022	11
List of Publications for the Academic Year 2022	19

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Tsukuba Geoenvironmental Sciences Vol. 20 (2024)

Original paper
Jayarathne, D. K. Diachronic and viewshed analyses on early settlements at Ihala Kalawella Ulpatha in Anuradhapura District, Sri Lanka	1
Research report
Ueno, K., Kusunoki, K., Namima, Y., Kako, Y., Kanai, R., Inami, A., Kenta, T. and Seino, T. Meteorological data archive monitoring snow cover and forest environment at Sugadaira and Yatsugatake field stations of the Mountain Science Center, central Japan	14
Organization and Activities of the Geoenvironmental Science field for the Academic Year 2023	26
List of Publications for the Academic Year 2023	34

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