Chihiro TAO websight
Japanese
Chihiro TAO
LPP, Ecole Polytechnique, PostDoc researcher
Contact： chihiro.tao *at* lpp.polytechnique.fr
-----Research Targets & Interests-----
Jovian plasma environment and upper atmosphere,
Planetary physics
・Responce of the Jovian magnetosphere to the solar wind
・Jovian magnetosphere-ionosphere-thermosphere coupling system :
aurora generation and angular momentum transfer
・Auroral emission model for Jupiter and Saturn
・Data assimilation of the solar wind
-----Paper-----
[18]
O'Donoghue, J., T. S. Stallard, H. Melin, S. W. H. Cowley, S. V. Badman, L. Moore, S. Miller, C. Tao, K. H. Baines, and J. S. D. Blake,
Conjugate observations of Saturn's northern and southern H3+ aurorae,
Icarus, accepted.
[17]
Kimura, T., L. Lamy, C. Tao, S. V. Badman, S. Kasahara, B. Cecconi, P. Zarka, A. Morioka, Y. Miyoshi, D. Maruno, Y. Kasaba, and M. Fujimoto (2013),
Long-term modulations of Saturn's auroral radio emissions
by the solar wind and seasonal variations controlled by the solar ultraviolet flux,
J. Geophys. Res. Space Physics, 118, doi:10.1002/2013JA018833.
[16]
Kita, H., H. Misawa, F. Tsuchiya, C. Tao, and A. Morioka (2013),
Effect of solar UV/EUV heating on the intensity and spatial distribution of Jupiter's synchrotron radiation,
J. Geophys. Res. Space Physics, 118, doi:10.1002/jgra.50568.
[15]
Yoneda, M., F. Tsuchiya, H. Misawa, Bonfond B., Tao C., M. Kagitani and S. Okano (2013),
Io's volcanism controls Jupiter's radio emissions, Geophys. Res. Lett. 40, doi:10.1002/grl.50095.
[14]
Kasahara, S., E. A. Kronberg, T. Kimura, C. Tao, S. V. Badman,
A. Masters, A. Retino, N. Krupp, and M. Fujimoto (2013),
Asymmetric distribution of reconnection jet fronts in the Jovian nightside magnetosphere,
J. Geophys. Res. Space Physics, 118, 375-384, doi:10.1029/2012JA018130.
[13]
Badman, S. V., D. J. Andrews, S. W. H. Cowley, L. Lamy, G. Provan,
C. Tao, S. Kasahara, T. Kimura, H. Melin, M. Fujimoto,
T. Stallard, R. H. H. Brown, and K. H. H. Baines (2012),
Rotational modulation and local time dependence of Saturn’s infrared H3+ auroral intensity,
J. Geophys. Res., 117, A09228, doi:10.1029/2012JA017990.
[12]
Tao, C., S. V. Badman, T. Uno, and M. Fujimoto (2012),
On the feasibility of characterizing Jovian auroral electrons,
via H3+ infrared line-emission analysis,
Icarus, 221, 236-247.
[11]
Tao, C., S. V. Badman, and M. Fujimoto (2012),
Characteristic time scales of UV and IR auroral emissions
at Jupiter and Saturn and their possible observable effects,
ISPS proceeding paper, accepted.
[10]
Tao, C., M. Fujimoto, and Jovian Exploration Working Group (2012),
Jupiter aurora and plasma imaging science from high latitude orbiter (in Japanese),
Yuuseijin, The Japanese Society for Planetary Sciences.
[9]
Uno, T., T. Sakanoi, C. Tao, Y. Kasaba (2012),
The thermosphere of the Jupiter investigated by the ground-based
near infrared observations (in Japanese),
Yuuseijin, The Japanese Society for Planetary Sciences.
[8]
[8’]
Badman, S. V., N. Achilleos, C. S. Arridge, K. H. Baines,
R. H. Brown, E. J. Bunce, A. J. Coates, S. W. H. Cowley,
M. K. Dougherty, M. Fujimoto, G. Hospodarsky, S. Kasahara,
T. Kimura, H. Melin, D. G. Mitchell, T. Stallard, C. Tao (2012),
Cassini observations of ion and electron beams at Saturn
and their relationship to infrared auroral arcs,
J. Geophys. Res., 117, A01211, doi:10.1029/2011JA017222.
[7]
Kasahara, S., E. A. Kronberg, N. Krupp, T. Kimura, C. Tao,
S. V. Badman, A. Retin`o, and M. Fujimoto (2011),
Magnetic reconnection in the Jovian tail:
X-line evolution and consequent plasma sheet structures,
J. Geophys. Res., 116, A11219, doi:10.1029/2011JA016892.
[6]
Badman, S. V., C. Tao, A. Grocott, S. Kasahara, H. Melin,
R. H. Brown, K. H. Baines, M. Fujimoto, T. Stallard (2011),
Cassini VIMS observations of latitudinal and hemispheric variations
in Saturn’s infrared auroral intensity, Icarus, 216, 367-375.
[5]
Tao, C., S. V. Badman, M. Fujimoto (2011),
UV and IR auroral emission model for the outer planets: Jupiter and Saturn comparison,
Icarus, 213, 581-592.
[4]
Tao, C., H. Fujiwara, and Y. Kasaba (2010),
Jovian magnetosphere-ionosphere current system
characterized by diurnal variation of ionospheric conductance,
Planet. Space Sci., 58, 351-364.
[3]
Tao, C., H. Fujiwara, and Y. Kasaba (2009),
Neutral wind control of the Jovian magnetosphere-ionosphere current system,
J. Geophys. Res., 114, A08307, doi:10.1029/2008JA013966.
[2]
Hiraki, Y., and C. Tao (2008),
Parameterization of ionization rate
by auroral electron precipitation in Jupiter,
Ann. Geophys., 26, 77-86.
[1]
Tao, C., R. Kataoka, H. Fukunishi, Y. Takahashi, and T. Yokoyama (2005),
Magnetic field variations in the Jovian magnetotail
induced by solar wind dynamic pressure enhancements,
J. Geophys. Res., 110, A11208, doi:10.1029/2004JA010959.
-----Brief Profile-----
Chihiro TAO
Ph.D
Ecole Polytechnique/Laboratoire de Physique des Plasmas (LPP), PostDoc researcher 2013/01-
JAXA/ISAS, PostDoc researcher, 2010/04-2012/12
JST/CREST PostDoc researcher at Tohoku University, 2009/04-2010/03
JSPS Research Fellowship for Young Scientists DC2, 2007/04-2009/03
Department of Geophysics, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University, 2004/04-2009/03
Department of Geophysics, Faculty of Science, Tohoku University, 2000/04-2004/03
Last Update 2013/11/19