RESEARCH TOPICS:
- Physically-based probable maximum precipitation (PMP)
- Dynamical downscaling
- Flood forecasting
- Climate change effects on hydrological processes
EDUCATION:
- Ph.D. in Agriculture, Kyoto University, March 2012
- M.S. in Agriculture, Kyoto University, March 2006
- B.S. in Agriculture, Kyoto University, March 2004
SKILLS:
- Regional Atmospheric Modeling: MM5, WRF
- Physically-based hydrological modeling
- Mathematical and numerical modeling of open channel flow
- Numerical modeling of watershed hydrological processes
- Stochastic and numerical modeling of fish behavior
- Filed survey experience
- Experience in water level monitoring and water quality sampling in canals and wells, and meteorological monitoring
- Windows and Linux systems
- Computer Languages – Fluent in C++, C#, FORTRAN, Python, VBA, and Shell script
- Management of workstations and servers
- Geographic Information System (GIS) – ArcGIS (ESRI) and Quantum GIS
Publications:
- Ishida, K., M. L. Kavvas, S. Jang, Z. Q. Chen, N. Ohara, and M. Anderson: Physically Based Estimation of Maximum Precipitation over Three Watersheds in Northern California: Atmospheric Boundary Condition Shifting, J. Hydrol. Eng. (in press).
- Jang, S., M. L. Kavvas, N. Ohara, S. Kure, and Ishida :Assessment of Change in Precipitation Frequency under Future Climate Change Conditions. World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2014: pp. 596-600, 2014.
- Jang, S., M. L. Kavvas, N. Ohara, S. Kure, and Ishida : Assessment of Change in Precipitation Frequency under Future Climate Change Conditions. World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2014, pp. 596-600, 2014.
- Kavvas, M.L., Ishida, K., Jang, S., Ohara, N., Chen, Z.Q., and Anderson, M.L.: A Physically-Based Framework for Estimating Maximum Precipitation over American River Watershed. 2014 International Weather Radar and Hydrology Symposium, 2014.
- Ishida, K., Jang, N. Ohara, S. Kure, and M. L. Kavvas: Physically Based Maximization of Precipitation over American River Watershed in California, World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2013, pp. 1198-1201, 2013.
- Jang, S., ., M. L. Kavvas, N. Ohara, S. Kure, Ishida, G. Matanga, and K. Nelson : How Realistic Are the GCM Climate Projections in Simulating the Recent Past over Northern California?. World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2013, 2013.
- Ishida, K., K. Unami and T. Kawachi : Application of One-Dimensional Shallow Water Model to Flows in Open Channels with Bends, Journal of Rainwater Catchment Systems, 17(2), pp. 15-23, 2012.
- Buma, N., J. Takeuchi, T. Kawachi, S. Chono, C. Imagawa and Ishida : A 2-D and 3-D Composite Dimensional Fully Coupled Surface and Subsurface Flow Model, Journal of Rainwater Catchment Systems, 17(2), pp. 1-14, 2012.
- Imagawa, C., J. Takeuchi, T. Kawachi, Ishida, S. Chono and N. Buma : A Hydro-Environmental Watershed Model Improved in Canal-Aquifer Water Exchange Process, Paddy and Water Environment, 9(4), pp. 425-439, 2011.
- Ishida, K., M. Yangyuoru, K. Unami and T. Kawachi : Application of Shallow Water Equations to Analyze Runoff Processes in Hilly Farmlands, Paddy and Water Environment, 9(4), pp. 393-401, 2011.
- Unami, K., Ishida, T. Kawachi, S. Maeda and J. Takeuchi : A Stochastic Model for Behaviour of Fish Ascending an Agricultural Drainage System, Paddy and Water Environment, 8 (2), pp. 105-111, 2010.
- Unami, K., T. Kawachi and Ishida : A Mathematical Model for Ascending Behavior of Fish in Agricultural Drainage System, Proceedings of the 6th International Symposium on Ecohydraulics, February 2007, New Zealand, pp. FP-47-50.
- Unami, K., T. Kawachi, M. Yangyuoru and Ishida : A Finite Volume Scheme for Simulation of Rainwater Harvesting Process, Proceedings of the 2nd IASTED International Conference on Advanced Technology in the Environmental Field, February 2006, Spain, pp.124-129.