Yusuke Uchiyama

Doctor of Engineering
Assistant Researcher at IGPP, UCLA

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Affiliation

University of California at Los Angeles
Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics
Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
Collaborating with Prof. James C. McWilliams

3845 Slichter Hall
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567
USA		 Phone: +1-310-825-5402
Fax: +1-310-206-3051
E-mail: uchiyama@atmos.ucla.edu


Education

1993 BE Civil Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology
1995 ME Civil Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology
1998 Ph.D Envirnmental Informatics, Tokyo Institute of Technology



Professional Experience

1995-1998 Ph.D. student, supervised by Prof. Kazuo Nadaoka
Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan
1998-1999 Research Engineer of Littoral Drift Laboratory
Port and Harbour Research Institute, Yokosuka, Japan
1999-2000 Research Engineer of Hazaki Oceanographical Research Station
Port and Harbour Research Institute, Hasaki, Japan
2000-2001 Research Engineer of Littoral Drift Laboratory
Port and Harbour Research Institute, Yokosuka, Japan
2001-2002 Senior Researcher of Littoral Drift Division
Port and Airport Research Institute, Yokosuka, Japan
2002-2004 Visiting Scholar / JSPS Overseas Research Fellow
Deprtment Civil and Environmental Engineering
University of Califronia, Berkeley, USA
2004-2005 Senior Researcher of Littoral Drift Division
Port and Airport Research Institute, Yokosuka, Japan
2005- Assistant Geophysical Researcher of IGPP
University of California at Los Angeles, USA



Academic Memberships

1993 - Japan Society of Civil Engineering
1995 - Japan Society of Fluid Mechanics
2002 - American Geophysical Union



Academic Awards

1993 JSF Scholarship
1995 JSPS Research Fellowship for Young Scientists
2002 JST/JSPS Overseas Research Fellowship



Selected Publications

All published papers and proceedings/abstracts are basically available upon your request by email to Y. Uchiyama

a, Refereed Journals

  1. Uchiyama, Y. and Kuriyama, Y. (2008): Complex Principal Component Analysis of Nearshore Geomorphology at an Exposed Sandy Beach Influenced by Fluvial Discharge and a Breakwater, J. Geophys. Res. (in preparation)
  2. Uchiyama, Y. and McWilliams, J.C. (2008): Infragravity Waves in the Deep Ocean: Generation, Propagation, and Seismic Hum Excitation, J. Geophys. Res. (in press)
  3. Uchiyama, Y. (2007): Hydrodynamics and associated morphological variations on an estuarine intertidal sand-flat, Journal of Coastal Research, Vol. 23, No.4, pp. 1015-1027, 2007.
  4. Kuwae, T., Kamio, K., Inoue, T., Miyoshi, E., and Uchiyama, Y. (2006): Oxygen exchange flux between sediment and water in an intertidal sandflat, measured in situ by the eddy-correlation method., Mar. Ecol. Progr. Ser., Vol. 307, pp.59-68.
  5. Uchiyama, Y. (2004): Wetting and drying scheme for POM and its application to San Francisco Bay, Hydrodynamics VI - Theory and Application, (eds) L. Cheng and K. Yeow, Taylor & Francis Group, London, UK, pp. 293-299.
  6. Uchiyama, Y. and Kuriyama, Y. (2003): A Complex principal component analysis on medium-term geomorphology of an exposed sandy beach at Sendai Coast, Japan, Journal of Hydraulic, Coastal and Environmental Engineering, No. 747/II-65, pp.135-154, JSCE. (in Japanese)
  7. Kuriyama, Y., Uchiyama, Y., Nakamura, S. and Nagae, T. (2003): Medium-term bathymetric change around jetties at Imagireguchi Inlet, Japan, Journal of Coastal Research, Vol. 33, pp.223-236.
  8. Uchiyama, Y. (2001): Sediment suspension and short-term morphological response in winter on Banzu intertidal sand-flat, Tokyo Bay, Japan, Journal of Hydraulic, Coastal and Environmental Engineering, No. 677/II-55, pp.129-140, JSCE. (in Japanese)
  9. Uchiyama, Y. (2001): Tidal circulation of groundwater flow formed in sandy-beach aquifers，Journal of Hydraulic, Coastal and Environmental Engineering, No.670/II-54，pp.37-48. (in Japanese)
  10. Uchiyama, Y., Nadaoka, K., Rolke, P., Adachi, K. and Yagi, H. (2000): Submarine groundwater discharge into the sea and associated nutrient transport in a sandy beach, Water Resources Research, American Geophysical Union, Vol.36, No.6, pp.1467-1479.
  11. Uchiyama, Y., Rolke, P., Adachi, K., Nadaoka, K. and Yagi, H. (1999): Submarine groundwater discharge into the sea and associated nutrient transport in a sandy beach, Journal of Hydraulic, Coastal and Environmental Engineering, No.635/II-49, pp.127-139, JSCE. (in Japanese)
  12. Uchiyama, Y., Nadaoka, K., Sezaki, T. and Yagi, H. (1998): Water environments in a stratified shallow sea on a sandy beach in Tokyo Bay, Journal of Hydraulic, Coastal and Environmental Engineering, No.593/II-43, pp.125-144, JSCE. (in Japanese)
  13. Nadaoka, K., Uchiyama, Y. and Yamashita, T. (1996): Analysis of micrometeorological and thermal environments on sandy beaches in summer, Journal of Hydraulic, Coastal and Environmental Engineering, No.533/II-34, pp.193-204, JSCE. (in Japanese)

b. Others (Internal Reports / Conferences / Whokshops)

  1. Uchiyama, Y. and McWilliams, J.C. (2006): Simulating forced infragravity long-waves with ROMS, Eos Trans. AGU, 87(36), Ocean Sci. Meet. Suppl., Abstract OS54G-03, Honolulu, HI, USA.
  2. Uchiyama, Y. and McWilliams, J.C. (2005): Infragravity waves forced by surface wind waves in the central North Pacific Ocean, a paper presented at ROMS/TOMS Users Workshop, La Jolla, CA, USA. [Workshop Web Site] [PPT file]
  3. Uchiyama, Y. (2005) : Modeling three-dimensional cohesive sediment transport and associated morphological variation in estuarine intertidal mudflats, Rep. Port and Airport Res. Inst., Yokosuka, Japan, Vol.44, No.1.
  4. Uchiyama, Y. (2004) : Modeling wetting and drying scheme based on an extended logarithmic law for a three-dimensional sigma-coordinate coastal ocean model, Rep. Port and Airport Res. Inst., Yokosuka, Japan, Vol.43, No.4, pp.3-21.
  5. Uchiyama, Y. (2004): Intertidal sediment transport and morphological response in San Francisco Bay using modefied Princeton Ocean Model, Proc. AGU Chapmen Conference on Salt Marsh Geomorphology: Physical and Ecological Effects on Landform, AGU, Halifax, NS, Canada, p.33.
  6. Uchiyama, Y. (2003): Modeling wetting and drying process in San Francisco Bay using the Princeton Ocean Model, Eos. Trans. AGU, 84 (46), Fall Meet. Suppl., OS32B-0245, AGU, San Francisco, CA, USA.
  7. Uchiyama, Y. and Kuriyama Y. (2003): Complex principal component analysis of medium-term nearshore geomorphology at North Sendai Coast, Japan, Proc. Coastal Structures 2003, Ameri. Soc. Civil Eng., Portland, OR, USA, pp. 1176-1188.
  8. Uchiyama, Y. (2003): Near-bed velocity and turbidity measurements at an intertidal estuarine sand-flat influenced by fluvial discharges, Proceedings of EGS-AGU-EUG Joins Assembly, EAE03-A-07915, OS2-1TU1P-0508, Nice, France.
  9. Uchiyama, Y. (2002): Hydrodynamic, sedimentological and morphological processes on Banzu intertidal sand-flat, Tokyo Bay, Japan, AGU Spring Meeting EOS Transaction, OS21A-08, AGU, Washington DC, USA.
  10. Uchiyama, Y., Kuriyama, Y. and Katoh, K. (2001): Suspended sediment and morphological response on Banzu tidal flat, Japan, Proc. of 4th International Conference on Coastal Dynamics, pp.1038-1047, ASCE.
  11. Uchiyama, Y., Nakashima, T. and Ueoka, S (2001): Morphodynamics on Banzu intertidal sand-flat with fluvial input, Proc. of Coastal Engineering, JSCE, Vol. 48，pp.531-535. (in Japanese)
  12. Uchiyama, Y., Kuriyama, Y. and Hatano, A. (2001): Medium-term topography change in front of Gamo Lagoon, Proc. of Coastal Engineering, JSCE, Vol. 47，pp.601-605. (in Japanese)
  13. Uchiyama, Y., Katoh, K., Kuriyama, Y. and Furukawa, K. (2000): Suspended sediment and morphological response on Banzu tidal flat, Proc. of Coastal Engineering, JSCE, Vol. 47，pp.521-525. (in Japanese)
  14. Nadaoka, K. and Uchiyama, Y. (2000): Formation of longitudinal vortices generated by wind-driven current in the nearshore sea, Proc. of the 4th International Conference on Hydrodynamics, IAHR, pp.797-802, 2000.
  15. Uchiyama, Y. (1999): Numerical analysis on groundwater flow in sandy beaches considering tidal fluctuation and density distribution, Report of Port and Harbour Research Institute, Vol.38, No.2, pp.3-27. (in Japanese)
  16. Uchiyama, Y. (1999): Numerical Simulation on Local Circulation of Groundwater Flow in Beaches, Proc. of Coastal Engineering, JSCE, Vol. 46, pp.1241-1245. (in Japanese)
  17. Uchiyama, Y. (1999): Coastal groundwater flow and associated nutrient transport into the sea, Proc. of the 2nd Joint Meeting of the Coastal Environmental Science and Technology (CEST) Panel, UJNR, pp.22-35, Oct. 1999.
  18. Uchiyama, Y., Nadaoka, K. and Horikawa, S. (1998): Shallow water environment on a sandy beach and a tidal flat in Tokyo Bay, Proc. of Coastal Engineering, JSCE, Vol. 45，pp.1051-1055. (in Japanese)
  19. Uchiyama, Y., Rolke, P., Nadaoka, K., Adachi, K. and Yagi, H. (1998): Submarine groundwater discharge into the sea and associated nutrient transport, Proc. of Coastal Engineering, JSCE, Vol. 45，pp.1076-1080. (in Japanese)
  20. Uchiyama, Y., Nadaoka, K., Sezaki, T. and Yagi, H. (1997): Thermal structure in a stratified shallow water on a sandy beach in Tokyo Bay, Proc. of Coastal Engineering, JSCE, Vol. 44，pp.1071-1075. (in Japanese)
  21. Nadaoka, K. and Uchiyama, Y. (1997): Formation of longitudinal vortices generated by wind-driven current and their influence on mixing processes in nearshore region, Proc. of Coastal Engineering, JSCE, Vol. 44，pp.421-425. (in Japanese)
  22. Nadaoka, K., Uchiyama, Y. and Higashikawa, K. (1996): Salinity environments in the air and ground for coastal vegetation, Proc. of Coastal Engineering, JSCE, Vol. 43，pp.1171-1175. (in Japanese)
  23. Nadaoka, K., Uchiyama, Y. and Higashikawa, K. (1996): Three-dimensional organized structure of turbulent air flow around a coastal vegetational layer, Proc. of Coastal Engineering, JSCE, Vol. 43，pp.401-405. (in Japanese)
  24. Nadaoka, K., Uchiyama, Y. and Sezaki, T. (1996): Water temperature, D.O. and Chl.a on a sandy beach in inner bay area in summer, Proc. of Coastal Engineering, JSCE, Vol. 43，pp.1101-1105. (in Japanese)
  25. Nadaoka, K., Uchiyama, Y. and Higashikawa, K. (1996): Large eddy simulation of organized structure in turbulent flow around a plant canopy layer, Proc. of 1st Symposium on Environmental Fluid Mechanics， JSFM, Vol.1, pp.387-389. (in Japanese)



Last update: 03-09-2008