STAFF
	Shigeto WATANABE	PhD	Professer	Science of Terretial planet's atmosphere and cosmic space
	Kiyoshi KURAMOTO	PhD	Professer	Earth and Planetary science
	Masaki ISHIWATARI	PhD	Associate professer
	Mitsuteru SATO	PhD	Lecturer
	Masatsugu ODAKA	PhD	Associate
Researcher
	Jun KIMURA	PhD
	Koichiro SUGIYAMA	PhD
Graduate students
	Yohei SASAKI	D3		Numerical simulation of dynamo
	Takashi FUKUI	D3		Material and chemical evolution of early Solar system
	Takahisa OHISHI	D3		Observations of Venus by using UV wavelength
	Tomoko IWAHORI	D2		Thermal history of Mercury
	Tatsuya YAMASHITA	D1
	Hiroaki SAITO	M2
	Yoshiya TOKUNAGA	M2
	Kengo YOSHITA	M2
	Toshitaka ADACHI	M1
	Tsutomu KONDO	M1
	Shotaro SAKAI	M1
	Naoki TAKE	M1
	Takeaki BABA	M1
	Yoshinori YANAGI	M1
Undergraduate Students
	Takafumi UMEMOTO	B4
	Hidetaka OKADA	B4
	Yasuto TAKAHASHI	B4
	Fumiyoshi HAYASHI	B4
	Keisuke YAMADA	B4

Astrophysics and Cosmochemistry
Snow and Ice Physics/Planetary Sciences (in Inst. Low Temp. Sci.)
Earth and Planetary Atmospheric Science (in Kobe Univ.)
Center for Planetary Science (in Kobe Univ.)

Phenomena and Structures (Chief=Watanabe and Sato)

• Targets
• Structure and dynamics of planetary atmospheres, ionospheres and magnetospheres
• Atmospheric escape
• Planetary auroras
• Discharge phenomena: Sprite, Lightning, etc.
• Methods
• Observations from space and ground
• Data analysis: Akebono, Nozomi, etc.
• Numerical modeling

Origin and Evolution (Chief=Kuramoto)

• Targets
• Planetary differentiation processes (formation of atmosphere, mantle and core)
• Evolution of materials in primitive solar nebula
• Evolution of planetary interiors and surface environments
• Methods
• Theoretical analysis
• Numerical modeling

Geophysical Fluid Dynamics (Chief=Ishiwatari and Odaka)

• Targets
• Aerography: Earth, Mars, Jupiter, etc.
• Runaway greenhouse effect
• Snowball earth
• Atmospheric convection: Mars
• Cloud convection: Jupiter
• Dynamo
• Methods
  • Theoretical analysis
  • Numerical modeling