AboutDr. 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. EducationPh.D., Meteorology, Pennsylvania State UniversityB.S., Mechanical Engineering, Nagoya Institute of TechnologyPublication BibliographyProfessional MembershipsAmerican Geophysical UnionAmerican Meteorological SocietyNational or International Leadership PositionsInternational Radiation Commission commissioner: 2016-2024Member of Global Energy and Water Exchanges Project Data and Analysis panel 2017-2023Member of the AMS atmospheric radiation committee: 2013-2018Notable Awards2023: Henry J. E. Reid Award2015: Henry J. E. Reid Award2014: NASA Exceptional Achievement Medal1997: The American Meteorological Society Robert Leviton Award. Contact / Program Home Links