Papers



2017


12. Sato, M., T. Adachi, T. Ushio, T. Morimoto, M. Kikuchi, H. Kikuchi, M. Suzuki, A. Yamazaki, Y. Takahashi, R. Ishida, Y. Sakamoto,
K. Yoshida, and Y. Hobara,
Identification of sprites in JEM-GLIMS nadir observations and their spatial distributions,
Terr. Atmos. Ocean. Sci., in press, doi:10.3319/TAO.2016.09.21.02, 2017.


11. Kikuchi, H., M. Sato, T. Ushio, T. Morimoto, M. Kikuchi, A. Yamazaki, M. Suzuki, R. Ishida, Y. Sakamoto, T. Wu, and Z-I. Kawasaki,
Simultaneous observations of optical lightning from space and LF band lightning waveforms from the ground,
Geophys. Res. Lett., 44, doi:10.1002/2016GL071783, 2017.



2016


10. Morimoto, T., H. Kikuchi, M. Sato, T. Ushio, A. Yamazaki, M. Suzuki, R. Ishida, Y. Sakamoto, K. Yoshida, Y. Hobara, T. Sano, T. Abe, and
Z-I. Kawasaki,
An overview of VHF lightning observations by digital interferometry from ISS/ JEM-GLIMS,
Earth, Planets and Space, 68, 145, doi:10.1186/s40623-016-0522-1, 2016.


9. Adachi, T., Sato, M., T. Ushio, A. Yamazaki, M. Suzuki, M. Kikuchi, Y. Takahashi, U. Inan, I. Linscott, Y. Hobara, H. Frey, S. Mende, A. Chen,
R-R. Hsu, and K. Kusunoki,
Identifying the occurrence of lightning and transient luminous evetns by nadir spectrophotometric observation,
J. Atmos. Solar-Terr. Phys., 145, pp. 85-97, doi:10.1016/j.jastp.2016.04.010, 2016.


8. Sato, M., M. Mihara, T. Adachi, T. Ushio, T. Morimoto, M. Kikuchi, H. Kikuchi, M. Suzuki, A. Yamazaki, Y. Takahashi, U. Inan, I. Linscott,
R. Ishida, Y. Sakamoto, K. Yoshida, and Y. Hobara,
Horizontal distributions of sprites derived from the JEM-GLIMS nadir observations,
J. Geophys. Res. - Atmos., 121, pp. 3171-3194, doi:10.1002/2015JD024311, 2016.


7. Kikuchi, H., T. Morimoto, M. Sato, T. Ushio, M. Kikuchi, A. Yamazaki, M. Suzuki, R. Ishida, Y. Sakamoto and Z-I. Kawasaki,
Direction of arrival estimation of VHF signals recorded on the International Space Station and simultaneous observations of optical lightning,
IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 54(7), pp. 3868-3877, doi:10.1109/TGRS.2016.2529658, 2016.



2015


6. Sato, M., T. Ushio, T. Morimoto, M. Kikuchi, H. Kikuchi, T. Adachi, M. Suzuki, A. Yamazaki, Y. Takahashi, U. Inan, I. Linscott, R. Ishida,
Y. Sakamoto, K. Yoshida, Y. Hobara, T. Sano, T. Abe, M. Nakamura, H. Oda, and Z.-I. Kawasaki,
Overview and early results of the Global Lightning and Sprite Measurements mission,
J. Geophys. Res. - Atmos., 120, pp. 3822-3851, doi:10.1002/2014JD022428, 2015.



2011


5. Kikuchi, M., M. Sato, A. Yamazaki, M. Suzuki, and T. Ushio,
Development of Science Data Handling Unit (SHU) for Global Lightning and Sprite Measurements (GLIMS) onboard Japanese Experiment
Module (JEM) of ISS,
IEEJ Trans. FM, 131 (12), pp. 989-993, 2011.


4. Morimoto, T., H. Kikuchi, M. Sato, M. Suzuki, A. Yamazaki, and T. Ushio,
VHF Lightning Observations on JEM-GLIMS Mission - Gradual Approach to Realize Space-borne VHF Broadband Digital Interferometer -,
IEEJ Trans. FM, 131 (12), pp. 977-982, 2011.


3. Sato, M., Y. Takahashi, M. Suzuki, A. Yamazaki, and T. Ushio,
Six-Channel Spectrophotometers (PH) Onboard JEM-GLIMS,
IEEJ Trans. FM, 131 (12), pp.1000-10005, 2011.


2. Sato, M., Y. Takahashi, M. Kikuchi, M. Suzuki, A. Yamazaki, and T. Ushio,
Lightning and Sprite Imager (LSI) onboard JEM-GLIMS,
IEEJ Trans. FM, 131 (12), pp. 994-999, 2011.


1. Ushio, T., M. Sato, T. Morimoto, M. Suzuki, H. Kikuchi, A. Yamazaki, Y. Takahashi, Y. Hobara, U. Inan, I. Linscott, Y. Sakamoto, R. Ishida,
M. Kikuchi, K. Yoshida, and Z. Kawasaki,
The Global Lightning and Sprite Measurement (GLIMS) Mission of the International Space Station - Concept and Overview -,
IEEJ Trans. FM, 131 (12), pp. 971-976, 2011.