Seiji Kato
Physical Scientist, Climate Science Branch, Science Directorate, NASA Langley Research Center
About
Dr. Seiji Kato’s research interests involve radiative transfer theory and understanding how clouds and aerosols affect the Earth’s radiative energy balance. His recent work on radiation budget includes estimating the global annual mean surface irradiance using NASA’s A-train data, assessing atmospheric energy balance, and computing Earth’s entropy budget. His theoretical radiative transfer work includes assessing cloud retrieval errors through numerical simulations, developing an accurate treatment of gaseous absorptions in shortwave regions using k-distributions, and accounting for the horizontal inhomogeneity of clouds in the one-dimensional radiative transfer framework.
Education
- Ph.D., Meteorology, Pennsylvania State University
- B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Nagoya Institute of Technology
Publication Bibliography
Professional Memberships
- American Geophysical Union
- American Meteorological Society
National or International Leadership Positions
- International Radiation Commission commissioner: 2016-2024
- Member of Global Energy and Water Exchanges Project Data and Analysis panel 2017-2023
- Member of the AMS atmospheric radiation committee: 2013-2018
Notable Awards
- 2023: Henry J. E. Reid Award
- 2015: Henry J. E. Reid Award
- 2014: NASA Exceptional Achievement Medal
- 1997: The American Meteorological Society Robert Leviton Award.