The Aota Masaaki Award 2017 The 32nd International Symposium on Okhotsk Sea & Polar Oceans
Polar Technology Section
Mr. Hiroshi Morishita (Kitami Institute of Technology)
Title:Study on prediction of sailing speed through ice covered waters on the northern sea route
Physical Oceanography Section
Mr. Kaoru Ito (Hokkaido University)
Title:Classification of interaction between a vortex and internal waves, and estimates of
interaction-induced mixing in the North Pacific Ocean
Marine Biology Section
Mr. Naoto Matsubara (Hokkaido University)
Title:Sound production by Steindachner (Sebastes taczanowskii); relationship between received
sounds and fish density
The Aota Masaaki Award 2016 The 31st International Symposium on Okhotsk Sea & Sea Ice
Polar Technology Section
Mr. Sadaoki Matsui, National Maritime Research Institute
Title:Analysis of structural response of ice-class vessel due to impact of ice and energy-saving device
Physical Oceanography Section
Ms. Eri Yoshizawa, Graduate School of Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology
Title:Estimation of mechanical increases in Arctic sea ice thickness due to sea ice rafting using
satellite-derived sea ice velocities
Marine Biology Section
Ms. Aya Takada, Tokyo University of Agriculture
Title:Clarification of Japanese lamprey parasitic mechanism
The Aota Masaaki Award 2015 The 30th International Symposium on Okhotsk Sea & Sea Ice
Polar Technology Section
- Mr. Toshinari Shiga
- Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, the University of Tokyo
- Title:Analysis of sea spray characteristics in large vessels -Case study of the icebreaker Shirase
Physical Oceanography Section
- Ms. Dulini Yasara Mudunkotuwa
- Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, the University of Tokyo
- Title:Parametric study of assimilating sea ice concentration in a coupled ice-ocean model using nudging
Marine Biology Section
- Dr. Yukiko Taniuchi
- Tohoku National Fisheries Research Institute
- Title:Distribution of the phytoplankton community in the southwestern Okhotsk Sea during the summer
The Aota Masaaki Award 2014 The 29th International Symposium on Okhotsk Sea & Sea Ice
Polar Technology Section
- Dr. Liyanarachchi Waruna Arampath De Silva
- National Institute of Polar Research /The University of Tokyo
- Title:A high-resolution hindcast study for the northern sea route
Physical Oceanography Section
- Mr. Keisuke Nagakawa
- The University of Tokyo
- Title:Numerical study on a self-melting system of sea ice through eddy formation
Marine Biology Section
- Ms. Motoha Ojima
- The Graduate University for Advanced Studies
- Title:Sea ice may be a direct food source for fish