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Senior Researcher, National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES)

Urban climate, building energy, and extreme heat

My research focuses on urban climate, building energy, anthropogenic heat, extreme heat events, and climate change adaptation using observations, numerical models, and social data.

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NEWS

  • 14 June 2025
    Launched a personal website (GitHub Pages)
  • 1 April 2025
    New position: Senior Researcher at the Center for Climate Change Adaptation (CCCA), National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES), Tsukuba, Japan.
  • 31 March 2025
    Retired: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, Japan.

Research Interests

  • Urban climate and building energy modeling for global cities

    Developing scalable urban canopy and building energy models for applications from individual cities to global simulations.

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  • Urban climate, energy, climate change and interaction between human behaviour in cities

    Quantifying two-way interactions among climate, anthropogenic heat, energy demand, human behaviour, and health in cities.

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  • Climate change adaptation and mitigation in urban areas

    Assessing mitigation and adaptation options in urban areas using physics-based models, observations, and impact-oriented analyses.

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  • Mechanism of heat wave and urban heat island in urban areas

    Investigating the mechanisms of extreme heat, heat waves, and foehn-like local winds, especially in Japan and densely urbanized regions.

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Current Projects

  • JST FOREST

    Exploring the feedback between two types of warming and human activities.

  • Environmental Research Fund S-24-3(3)

    Wide-area assessment of urban thermal environments and evaluation of heat-risk reduction measures including mitigation options.

  • GuCM project

    Integrated framework on multi-scale urban-centered global climate modeling.

Selected published papers

  • Takane, Y., Kikegawa. K. Nakajima, and H. Kusaka, 2024: SLUCM+BEM (v1.0): a simple parameterisation for dynamic anthropogenic heat and electricity consumption in WRF-Urban (v4.3.2). Geoscientific Model Development, 17, 8639-8664. doi: 10.5194/gmd-17-8639-2024

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  • Takane, Y., K. Nakajima, K. Yamaguchi, and Y. Kikegawa, 2023: Decarbonisation technologies can halve the nonlinear increase in electricity demand in densely populated areas due to climate change. Sustainable Cities and Society, 99, 104966. doi: 10.1016/j.scs.2023.104966

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  • Takane, Y., K. Nakajima, and Y. Kikegawa, 2022: Urban climate changes during the COVID-19 pandemic: Integration of urban-building-energy model with social big data. NPJ Climate and Atmospheric Science, 5, 44. doi: 10.1038/s41612-022-00268-0

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  • Takane, Y., Y. Kikegawa, M. Hara, and C. S. B. Grimmond, 2019: Urban warming and future air-conditioning use in an Asian megacity: Importance of positive feedback. NPJ Climate and Atmospheric Science, 2, 39. doi: 10.1038/s41612-019-0096-2

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  • Takane, Y., H. Kusaka, and H. Kondo, 2015: Investigation of a recent extreme high-temperature event in the Tokyo metropolitan area using numerical simulations: the potential role of a 'hybrid' foehn wind. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 141, 1857–1869. doi: 10.1002/qj.2490

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About Me

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Center for Climate Change Adaptation (CCCA)

National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES)

Senior Researcher

Yuya Takane

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  • Education

    • Mar 2008

      BSc, Department of Biosphere-Geosphere Science, Okayama University of Science, Okayama, Japan (Supervisor: Prof. Yukitaka Ohashi)

    • Mar 2010

      MSc in Science, Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba. Tsukuba, Japan (Supervisor: Prof. Hiroyuki Kusaka)

    • Mar 2013

      PhD in Science, Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan (Supervisor: Prof. Hiroyuki Kusaka)

  • Research Experiences

    • Apr 2013-Sep 2017

      Researcher (tenure-track), Environmental Management Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

    • Feb 2017-Jan 2019

      Visiting Researcher (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Overseas Research Fellow), Department of Meteorology, University of Reading, Reading, England, United Kingdom (hosted by Prof. Sue Grimmond)

    • Oct 2017-Mar 2025

      Senior Researcher (tenure), Environmental Management Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

    • Oct 2023-present

      Visiting Associate Professor, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science

    • Apr 2025-present

      Senior Researcher (tenure), Center for Climate Change Adaptation (CCCA), National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

  • Awards

    • May 2025

      Shono Award 2025, Meteorological Society of Japan

    • Sep 2021

      Best Paper and Presentation Award, Heat Island Institute International

    • Jun 2014

      The 6th International Symposium on Computational Wind Engineering (CWE2014) Poster Award

      ・Takane, Y., H. Kusaka, and H. Kondo, 2014: Mechanisms of foehn wind and a recent record-breaking high temperature in the Tokyo metropolitan area using the WRF model.

    • Jul 2013

      Best Paper and Presentation Award, Heat Island Institute International.

    • Jul 2008

      Best Paper and Presentation Award, Heat Island Institute International.

  • Academic Affiliations

Research Performance

Peer-reviewed publications
Grants & Projects
Awards
Presentations at international conferences (lead author only)
Referees
  • Park, C.Y., V.L.H. Phung, K. Nakajima, Y. Takane, and H. Kondo, 2026: Heat-related mortality mapping to inform heat adaptation measures. Landscape and Ecological Engineering, 22, 211–223. doi: 10.1007/s11355-026-00701-z
  • Nemoto, M., K. Yamaguchi, Y. Takane, T. Suzuki, Y. Kokubu, and T. Ihara, 2026: Modeling outdoor heatstroke morbidity to improve urban climate adaptation strategies. SOLA, 22, 5. doi: 10.1007/s44393-025-00005-9
  • Sun, Y., Y. Takane, K. Yamaguchi, and T. Ihara, 2026: The photovoltaic heat island effect in Tokyo: Morphological dependence and spatiotemporal dynamics of PV-induced urban warming. Building and Environment, 288, 113941. doi: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2025.113941
  • Yamaguchi, K., Y. Takane, and T. Ihara, 2025: Urban cooling and CO2 reduction potentials of mass deployment of heat pump water heaters in Tokyo. Urban Climate, 61, 102374. doi: 10.1016/j.uclim.2025.102374
  • Meili, N., X. Zheng, Y. Takane, K. Nakajima, K. Yamaguchi, D. Chi, Y. Zhu, J. Wang, Y. Qiu, A. Paschalis, G. Manoli, P. Burlando, T. Puay Yok, and S. Fatichi, 2025: Modeling the effect of trees on energy demand for indoor cooling and dehumidification across cities and climates. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 17, e2024MS004590. doi: 10.1029/2024MS004590
  • Ohashi, Y., K. Nakajima, Y. Takane, Y. Kikegawa, T. Ihara, and K. Oka, 2025: Predicting the reduction in heatstroke and heart disease-related mortality under urban modification scenarios using machine learning. Environmental Research: Health, 3, 025001. doi: 10.1088/2752-5309/ada96e
  • Takane, Y., Kikegawa. K. Nakajima, and H. Kusaka, 2024: SLUCM+BEM (v1.0): a simple parameterisation for dynamic anthropogenic heat and electricity consumption in WRF-Urban (v4.3.2). Geoscientific Model Development, 17, 8639-8664. doi: 10.5194/gmd-17-8639-2024
  • Langendijk, G. S., T. Halenka, P. Hoffmann, M. Adinolfi, A. A. Campino, O. Asselin, S. Bastin, B. Bechtel, M. Belda, A. Bushenkova, A. Campanale, K. P. Chun, K. Constantinidou, E. Coppola, M. Demuzere, Q.-V. Doan, J. Evans, H. Feldmann, J. Fernandez, L. Fita, P. Hadjinicolaou, R. Hamdi, M. Hundhausen, D. Grawe, F. Johannsen, J. Milovac, E. Katragkou, N. El I. Kerroumi, S. Kotlarski, B. Le Roy, A. Lemonsu, C. Lennard, M. Lipson, S. Mandal, L. E. M. Pabón, V. Pavlidis, J.-P. Pietikäinen, M. Raffa, E. Raluy-López, D. Rechid, R. Ito, J.-P. Schulz, P. M.M. Soares, Y. Takane, C. Teichmann, M. Thatcher, S. Top, B. V. Schaeybroeck, F. Wang, and J. Yuan, 2024: Towards better understanding the urban environment and its interactions with regional climate change - The WCRP CORDEX Flagship Pilot Study URB-RCC. Urban Climate, 58, 102165. doi: 10.1016/j.uclim.2024.102165
  • Kawase, H., T. Ito, Y. Sakamoto, and Y. Takane, 2024: Impacts of local topography on snowfall distribution in the Kanto Plain: A case study. SOLA, 20, 323-330. doi: 10.2151/sola.2024-043
  • Yamaguchi, K., Y. Takane, and T. Ihara, 2024: Climate change adaptation and mitigation potential of EVs in Tokyo Metropolitan Area. Urban Climate, 55, 101859. doi: 10.1016/j.uclim.2024.101859
  • Yamasaki, L., Kamada, T., C. F. S. Ng, Y. Takane, K. Nakajima, K. Yamaguchi, K. Oka, Y. Kim, and M. Hashizume, 2024: Heat-related mortality and ambulance transport after a power outage in the Tokyo metropolitan area. Environmental Epidemiology, 8, e292. doi: 10.1097/EE9.0000000000000292
  • Chua, P. L. C., Y. Takane, C. F. S. Ng, K. Oka, Y. Honda, Y. Kim, and M. Hashizume, 2023: Net impact of air conditioning on heat-related mortality in Japanese cities. Environmental International, 181, 108310. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2023.108310
  • Lipson, M., C. S. B. Grimmond, M. Best, G. Abramowitz, A. Coutts, N. Tapper, J.-J. Baik, M. Beyers, L. Blunn, S. Boussetta, E. Bou-Zeid, M. G. De Kauwe, C. de Munck, M. Demuzere, S. Fatichi, K. Fortuniak, B.-S. Han, M. Hendry, Y. Kikegawa, H. Kondo, D.-Il Lee, S.-H. Lee, A. Lemonsu, T. Machado, G. Manoli, A. Martilli, V. Masson, J. McNorton, N. Meili, D. Meyer, K. A. Nice, K. W. Oleson, S.-B. Park, M. Roth, R. Schoetter, A. Simón-Moral, G.-J. Steeneveld, T. Sun, Y. Takane, M. Thatcher, A. Tsiringakis, M. Varentsov, C. Wang, Z.-H. Wang, and A. Pitman, 2023: Evaluation of 30 urban land surface models in the Urban-PLUMBER project: Phase 1 results. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 150, 126–169. doi: 10.1002/qj.4589
  • Ohashi, Y., T. Ihara, K. Oka, Y. Takane, and Y. Kikegawa, 2023: Machine learning analysis and future risk prediction of weather-sensitive cardiovascular disease mortality during summer in Tokyo, Japan. Scientific Reports, 13, 17020. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-44181-9
  • Takane, Y., K. Nakajima, K. Yamaguchi, and Y. Kikegawa, 2023: Decarbonisation technologies can halve the nonlinear increase in electricity demand in densely populated areas due to climate change. Sustainable Cities and Society, 99, 104966. doi: 10.1016/j.scs.2023.104966
  • Zhao, Y., S. Sen, T. Susca, J. Iaria, A. Kubilay, K. Gunawardena, X. Zhou, Y. Takane, Y. Park, X. Wang, A. Rubin, Y. Fan, C. Yuan, R. Bardhan, D. Derome, D. Ürge-Vorsatz, and J. Garmeliet, 2023: Beating urban heat: Multimeasure-centric solution sets and a complementary framework for decision-making. Sustainable Energy Reviews, 186, 113668. doi: 10.1016/j.rser.2023.113668
  • Nakajima, K., Y. Takane, Y. Kikegawa, and K. Yamaguchi, 2023: Improvement of WRF–CM–BEM and its application to high-resolution hindcasting of summertime urban electricity consumption. Energy and Buildings, 296, 113336. doi: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2023.113336
  • Ohashi, Y., Y. Takane, and K. Nakajima, 2022: Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on changes in temperature-sensitive cardiovascular and respiratory disease mortality in Japan. PLoS ONE, 17, e0275935. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0275935
  • Takane, Y., K. Nakajima, and Y. Kikegawa, 2022: Urban climate changes during the COVID-19 pandemic: Integration of urban-building-energy model with social big data. NPJ Climate and Atmospheric Science, 5, 44. doi: 10.1038/s41612-022-00268-0
  • Kikegawa, Y., K. Nakajima, Y. Takane, Y. Ohashi, and T. Ihara, 2022: A quantification of class but unquantified positive feedback effects in the urban-building-energy-climate system. Applied Energy, 307, 118227. doi: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2021.118227
  • Nakajima, K., Y. Takane, S. Fukuda, K. Yamaguchi, and Y. Kikegawa, 2022: Urban electricity-temperature relationships in the Tokyo Metropolitan Area. Energy and Buildings, 256, 111729. doi: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2021.111729
  • Sugawara, H., S. Ishidoya, Y. Terao, Y. Takane, Y. Kikegawa, and K. Nakajima, 2021: Anthropogenic CO2 emissions changes in an urban area of Tokyo, Japan due to the COVID-19 pandemic: A case study during the state of emergency in April-May 2020. Geophysical Research Letters, 48, e2021GL092600. doi: 10.1029/2021GL092600
  • Nakajima, K., Y. Takane*, Y. Kikegawa, Y. Furuta, and H. Takamatsu, 2021: Human behaivour change and its impact on urban climate: Restrictions with the G20 Osaka Summit and COVID-19 outbreak. Urban Climate, 35, 100728. doi: 10.1016/j.uclim.2020.100728
  • Takane, Y., Y. Ohashi, C. S. B. Grimmond, M. Hara, and Y. Kikegawa, 2020: Asian megacity heat stress under future climate scenarios: Impact of air-conditioning feedback. Environmental Research Communications, 2, 015004. doi: 10.1088/2515-7620/ab6933
  • Takane, Y., Y. Kikegawa, M. Hara, and C. S. B. Grimmond, 2019: Urban warming and future air-conditioning use in an Asian megacity: Importance of positive feedback. NPJ Climate and Atmospheric Science, 2, 39. doi: 10.1038/s41612-019-0096-2
  • Takane, Y., H. Kondo, H. Kusaka, J. Katagi, O. Nagafuchi, K. Nakazawa, N. Kaneyasu, and Y. Miyakami, 2017: Foehnlike wind with a traditional foehn effect plus dry-diabatic heating from the ground surface contributing to high temperatures at the end of a leeward area. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 56, 2067–2079. doi: 10.1175/JAMC-D-16-0257.1
  • Takane, Y., Y. Kikegawa, M. Hara, T. Ihara, Y. Ohashi, S. A. Adachi, H. Kondo, K. Yamaguchi, and N. Kaneyasu, 2017: A climatological validation of urban air temperature and electricity demand simulated by a regional climate model coupled with an urban canopy model and a building energy model in an Asian mega city. International Journal of Climatology,, 37 (Suppl. 1), 1035–1052. doi: 10.1002/joc.5056
  • Takane, Y., H. Kusaka, H. Kondo, M. Okada, M. Takaki, S. Abe, S. Tanaka, K. Miyamoto, Y. Fuji, and T. Nagai, 2017: Factors causing climatologically high temperature in a hotted city in Japan: a multiscale analysis of Tajim. International Journal of Climatology,, 37, 1456–1473. doi: 10.1002/joc.4790
  • Takane, Y., H. Kusaka, and H. Kondo, 2015: Investigation of a recent extreme high-temperature event in the Tokyo metropolitan area using numerical simulations: the potential role of a 'hybrid' foehn wind. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 141, 1857–1869. doi: 10.1002/qj.2490
  • Takane, Y., H. Kusaka, and H. Kondo, 2014: Climatological study on mesoscale extreme high temperature events in inland of the Tokyo metropolitan area, Japan, during the past 22 years. International Journal of Climatology, 34, 3926–3938. doi: 10.1002/joc.3951
  • Kusaka, H., K. Nawata, A. Suzuki-Parker, Y. Takane, and N. Furuhashi, 2014: Mechanism of precipitation increase with urbanization in Tokyo as revealed by ensemble climate simulations. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 53, 824–839. doi: 10.1175/JAMC-D-13-065.1
  • Takane, Y., Y. Ohashi, H. Kusaka, Y. Shigeta, and Y. Kikegawa, 2013: Effects of synoptic-scale wind under the typical summer pressure pattern on the mesoscale high-temperature events in the Osaka and Kyoto urban areas by the WRF model. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 52, 1764–1778. doi: 10.1175/JAMC-D-12-0116.1
  • Kusaka, H., M. Hara, and Y. Takane, 2012: Urban climate projection by the WRF model at 3-km grid increment: Dynamical downscaling and predicting heat stress in the 2070's August for Tokyo, Osaka, and Nagoya metropolieses. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan, 90B, 47-64. doi: 10.2151/jmsj.2012-B04
  • Takane, Y., and H. Kusaka, 2011: Formation mechanisms of the extreme high surface air temperature of 40.9ºC observed in the Tokyo metropolitan area: Considerations of dynamic foehn and foehnlike wind. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 50, 1827-1841. doi: 10.1175/JAMC-D-10-05032.1
  • Kusaka, H., T. Takata, and Y. Takane, 2010: Reproducibility of regional climate in central Japan using the 4-km resolution WRF model. SOLA, 6, 113-116. doi: 10
  • JSPS KAKENHI Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), GuCM: Integrated framework on multi-scale urban-centered global climate modeling, Project Year: Apri 2025–Mar 2028.
  • MOE/ERCA Environmental Research and Technology Development Fund, 極端高温等が暑熱健康に及ぼす影響と適応策に関する研究, Project Year: Apri 2023–Mar 2026, Investigator(s): Kazutaka Oka, Yuya Takane, and co-investigators
  • JSPS KAKENHI Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A), Establishment of a physical quantitative evaluation for wildfire susceptibility and climate change impact assessment, Project Year: Apri 2024–Mar 2028, Investigator(s): Yoshiya Touge, Tomoaki Nishino, Hiroyuki Kai, Yuya Takane, and Shinya Nakashita, ¥47,710,000 Link
  • JSPS KAKENHI Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), A quantification of classic positive feedback gains caused by anthropogenic heat in the urban-building-energy-climate system, Project Year: Apri 2023–Mar 2027, Investigator(s): Yukihiro Kikegawa, and Yuya Takane, ¥18,070,000　 Link
  • JSPS KAKENHI Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A), 見過ごされてきた都会の微生物進化：都市化が微生物を介して自然環境に与える影響, Project Year: Apri 2023–Mar 2026, Investigator(s): Yuya Sato, Mayumi Yoshioka, Kyosuke Yamamoto, Yuya Takane, and Tomohiro Inaba, ¥47,190,000 Link
  • JSPS KAKENHI Fund for the Promotion of Joint International Research (Fostering Joint International Research (B), Global roof albedo database development and its application for urban climate change mitigation and adaptation, Project Year: Oct 2020–Mar 2024, Investigator(s): Yuya Takane, Shiho Onomura, Makoto Nakayoshi, and Masuo Nakano, ¥18,720,000　 Link
  • JSPS KAKENHI Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), Hydrological Evaluation of Extreme Dryness Hazard for Large Scale Wildfire, Project Year: Apri 2020–Mar 2024, Investigator(s): Yoshiya Touge, Tomoaki Nishino, Yoshinobu Kido, and Yuya Takane, ¥17,680,000　 Link
  • JSPS KAKENHI Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), The risk assessment of cardiovascular diseases under hot climate conditions and the development of AI-based prediction method, Project Year: Apri 2020–Mar 2024, Investigator(s): Yukitaka Ohashi, Yukihiro Kikegawa, Tomohiko Ihara, and Yuya Takane, ¥17,550,000　 Link
  • MOE/ERCA Environmental Research and Technology Development Fund, Development of high accuracy estimation method for carbon and anthropogenic heat emissions with a building energy model and monitoring data, Project Year: Apri 2019–Mar 2022, Investigator(s): Masayuki Hara, Yuya Takane, and co-investigators
  • JSPS KAKENHI Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), Quantification and intercomparison of the positive feedback interaction between urban climate and air-conditioning energy demand in international megacities, Project Year: Apri 2016–Mar 2019, Investigator(s): Yukihiro Kikegawa, Tomohiko Ihara, Yukitaka Ohashi, and Yuya Takane, ¥11,830,000　 Link
  • Interaction between urban climate and human activities in a mega city, Japan society for the promotion of science: JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship for Research Abroad, Project Year: Feb 2017–Jan 2019, Investigator(s): Yuya Takane, ¥11,534,000
  • JSPS KAKENHI Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), Corroborative application of a numerical urban weather forecasting model coupled with a building energy model to prediction of thermal environment and electricity supply-demand in an urban area, Project Year: Apri 2012–Mar 2016, Investigator(s): Yukihiro Kikegawa, Tomohiko Ihara, Yukitaka Ohashi, Minako, Nabeshima, and Yuya Takane, ¥10,530,000　 Link
  • JSPS KAKENHI Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A), Development of a local transport model for CO2 toward the source emission monitoring using GOSAT, Project Year: Apri 2012–Mar 2015, Investigator(s): Hiroaki Kondo, Ichiro Tamagawa, Taku Saitoh, Hrofumi Sugawara, Shigeyuki Ishidoya, and Yuya Takane, ¥47,320,000　 Link
  • JSPS KAKENHI Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (A), Impact of the windward the ground condition on the high temperature events in urban areas, Project Year: Apri 2014–Mar 2017, Investigator(s): Yuya Takane, ¥23,530,000　 Link
  • May 2025 Shono Award, Meteorological Society of Japan
  • Sep 2021 Best Paper and Presentation Award, Heat Island Institute International
  • The 6th International Symposium on Computational Wind Engineering (CWE2014) Poster Award (Takane, Y., H. Kusaka, and H. Kondo, 2014: Mechanisms of foehn wind and a recent record-breaking high temperature in the Tokyo metropolitan area using the WRF model)
  • July 2013 Best Paper and Presentation Award, Heat Island Institute International
  • July 2008 Best Paper and Presentation Award, Heat Island Institute International
  • Takane, Y., T. Nitta, S. A. Adachi, K. Yoshimura, T. Arakawa, M. Nakano, M. Nakayoshi, S. Onomura, and B. Crawford, 2024: ILS+Urban: an offline land-surface process model for global urban climate and building energy simulations. American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting (AGU24), Washington, D.C., USA. (Poster)
  • Takane, Y., T. Nitta, S. A. Adachi, K. Yoshimura, M. Nakano, M. Nakayoshi, S. Onomura, and B. Crawford, 2024: ILS+Urban: an offline land-surface process model for global urban climate and building energy simulations. European Meteorological Society Annual Meeting (EMS2024), Barcelona, Spain. (Poster)
  • Takane, Y., T. Nitta, S. A. Adachi, K. Yoshimura, M. Nakano, M. Nakayoshi, S. Onomura, and B. Crawford, 2024: ILS+Urban: an offline land-surface process model for global urban climate and energy simulations. European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2024 (EGU2024), Vienna, Austria. (Poster)
  • Takane, Y., K. Nakajima, K. Yamaguchi, and Y. Kikegawa, 2023: Electricity consumption in highly populated areas increases non-linearly due to climate change but this can be halved by zero-emission buildings. 6th International Conference on Countermeasures to Urban Heat Islands, Melbourne, Australia. (Oral)
  • Takane, Y., Y. Kikegawa, K. Nakajima, and H. Kusaka, 2023: SLUCM-BEM: a parameterisation for dynamic anthropogenic heat and electricity consumption for WRF-Urban. 11th International Conference on Urban Climate (ICUC11), Sydney, Australia. (Oral)
  • Takane, Y., K. Nakajima, and Y. Kikegawa, 2023: Urban climate changes during the COVID-19 pandemic: Integration of urban- building-energy model with social big data. 11th International Conference on Urban Climate (ICUC11), Sydney, Australia. (Poster)
  • Takane, Y., K. Nakajima, Y. Kikegawa, and K. Yamaguchi, 2023: Social big data help to improvement of an urban canopy and building energy model. American Meteorological Society 103rd annual meeting (AMS103), Denver, USA. (Oral)
  • Takane, Y., K. Nakajima, and Y. Kikegawa, 2022: Urban climate changes during the COVID-19 pandemic: Integration of urban building-energy model with social big data. 2022 IAUC Virtual Poster Conference, Online. (Poster)
  • Takane, Y., K. Nakajima, Y. Kikegawa, H. Sugawara, S. Ishidoya, Y. Terao, K. Yamaguchi, N. Kaneyasu, and M. Hara, 2020: Off-line urban building energy model reproducibility against ‘observed’ anthropogenic heat and electricity consumption. European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2020 (EGU2020), Vienna, Austria. (Poster)
  • Takane, Y., Y. Ohashi, C. S. B. Grimmond, M. Hara, and Y. Kikegawa, 2020: Asian megacity heat stress under future climate scenarios: Impacts of air-conditioning feedbacks. American Meteorological Society 100th annual meeting (AMS100), Boston, USA. (Oral)
  • Takane, Y., Y. Ohashi, C. S. B. Grimmond, M. Hara, and Y. Kikegawa, 2019: Asian megacity heat stress under future climate scenarios: Impacts of air-conditioning feedbacks. Asia Oceania Geoscience Society 16th annual meeting (AOGS2019), Singapore. (Oral)
  • Takane, Y., Y. Ohashi, C. S. B. Grimmond, M. Hara, and Y. Kikegawa, 2019: Asian megacity heat stress under future climate scenarios: Impacts of air-conditioning feedbacks. European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2019 (EGU2019), Vienna, Austria. (Poster)
  • Takane, Y., Y. Kikegawa, M. Hara, and C. S. B. Grimmond, 2019: Urban warming and future air-conditioning use in an Asian megacity: Importance of positive feedback process. ITD-ANCST International Workshop on Modeling Atmospheric - Oceanic Processes for Weather and Climate Extremes (MAPEX 2019), Delhi, India. (Oral)
  • Takane, Y., Y. Kikegawa, M. Hara, and C. S. B. Grimmond, 2018: Urban warming and air-conditioning use in a future climate: Evidence of a positive feedback. 10th International Conference on Urban Climate (ICUC10)/14th Symposium on the Urban Environment, New York, USA. (Poster)
  • Takane, Y., Y. Kikegawa, M. Hara, T. Ihara, Y. Ohashi, S. A. Adachi, H. Kondo, K. Yamaguchi, and N. Kaneyasu, 2018: A climatological validation of urban air temperature and electricity demand simulated by a regional climate model coupled with an urban canopy model and a building energy model in an Asian megacity. 10th International Conference on Urban Climate (ICUC10)/14th Symposium on the Urban Environment, New York, USA. (Poster)
  • Takane, Y., Y. Kikegawa, M. Hara, and C. S. B. Grimmond, 2018: Urban warming and air-conditioning use in a future climate: Evidence of a positive feedback. European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2018 (EGU2018), Vienna, Austria. (Oral)
  • Takane, Y., H. Kondo, H. Kusaka, J. Katagi, O. Nagafuchi, K. Nakazawa, N. Kaneyasu, and Y. Miyakami, 2018: Foehnlike wind with dry diabatic heating from the ground surface contribute to high temperatures at the end of the leeward area. International Workshop on Wind-related Disasters and Mitigation (WRDM), Sendai, Japan. (Oral)
  • Takane, Y., 2017: Impact of anthropogenic heat due to air-conditioning use on future urban climate and foehn studies in Japan. Tsukuba Global Science Week (TGSW) 2017, Tsukuba, Japan. (Oral)
  • Takane, Y., H. Kondo, H. Kusaka, J. Katagi, O. Nagafuchi, K. Nakazawa, N. Kaneyasu, and Y. Miyakami, 2017: Foehn-like wind with a traditional foehn effect plus dry-diabatic heating from the ground surface contributing to high temperatures at the end of the leeward area. 17th Conference on Mesoscale Processes, San Diego, USA. (Poster)
  • Takane, Y., Y. Kikegawa, M. Hara, T. Ihara, Y. Ohashi, S. A. Adachi, H. Kondo, K. Yamaguchi, and N. Kaneyasu, 2017: A climatological validation of urban air temperature and electricity demand simulated by a regional climate model coupled with an urban canopy model and a building energy model in an Asian mega city. 14th International Conference on Atmospheric Sciences and Application to Air Quality (ASAAQ14), Strasbourg, France. (Poster)
  • Takane, Y., H. Kusaka, and H. Kondo, 2015: Investigation of a recent extreme-high temperature event in the Tokyo metropolitan area using numerical simulations: the potential role of a 'hybrid' foehn wind. European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2015 (EGU2015), Vienna, Austria. (Poster)
  • Takane, Y., H. Kusaka, and H. Kondo, 2014: Mechanisms of foehn wind and a recent record-breaking high temperature in the Tokyo metropolitan area using the WRF model. The 6th International Symposium on Computational Wind Engineering (CWE2014), Hamburg, Germany. (Poster)
  • Takane, Y., H. Kusaka, and H. Kondo, 2014: Multiphasic analyses of a recent record-breaking high temperature of 39.8ºC in the Tokyo metropolitan area. 94th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting (11th Symposium on the Urban Environment), Atlanta, USA. (Poster)
  • Takane, Y., and H. Kusaka, 2010: Formation mechanisms of the extreme high surface air temperature of 40.9ºC observed in the Tokyo metropolitan area. First International workshop on Nonhydrostatic Numerical Models, Kyoto, Japan. (Poster)
  • Takane, Y., and H. Kusaka, 2010: Formation mechanisms of the extremely high surface air temperature of 40.9ºC observed in the Tokyo metropolitan area. International Workshop on Urban Climate Projection for better Adaptation Plan, Tsukuba, Japan. (Poster)
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