CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Predictability of intraseasonal oscillation in the tropical atmosphere
• 2D-turbulence and planetary atmospheres
• Physical interpretation of unstable modes

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

• Ph.D. thesis: Physical interpretation of unstable modes of a linear shear flow in shallow water on an equatorial beta-plane
• M.Sc. thesis: The study on inertial instability in planetary atmosphers
• B.Sc. theme: Elementary particle theory

PUBLICATIONS

• Taniguchi, H. and M. Ishiwatari (2008): Eigen modes of a linear shear flow in shallow water on an equatorial β-plane, Nagare Multimedia, 2008.
• Taniguchi, H. and M. Ishiwatari (2006): Physical interpretation of unstable modes of a linear shear flow in shallow water on an equatorial beta-plane., J. Fluid. Mech., 567, 2006, 1-26.

PRESENTATION (international only)

• Taniguchi, H. and M. Ishiwatari: Physical interpretation of unstable modes of a linear shear flow in shallow water on an equatorial beta-plane (11 Dec., 2006, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, USA)
• Taniguchi, H. and M. Ishiwatari: Physical interpretation of unstable modes of a linear shear flow in shallow water on an equatorial beta-plane (5 Sep., 2005, 14th International Couette Taylor Workshop, Sapporo, Hokkaido Univ. Japan)
• Taniguchi, H. and M. Ishiwatari: Reconsideration of Equatorial Inertial Instability (8 Jul., 2003, IUGG 2003, Sapporo, Japan)