Research and Information Center receives award from Japan Coast Guard
The Tokai University Research and Information Center (TRIC) received the Japan Coast Guard Director-General Award on September 8.
Since 2003, TRIC, which is led by Director Kohei Cho (Dean, School of Information Science and Technology) and Associate Professor Hideyo Yokotsuka, has been receiving data around the Sea of Okhotsk observed by the MODIS sensor (visible and infrared radiometer sensor) onboard NASA’s Earth observation satellite TERRA/AQUA. The data have been received by antennas installed at the Tokai University Space Information Center (TSIC) in Kumamoto and on the roof of the Techno Cube (Building 19) in the Shonan Campus, which was completed in March of this year. The data are made available on the website after geometric correction and color composite processing. This MODIS image of the Sea of Okhotsk is being used to create preliminary sea ice maps of the Ice Information Center operated by the First Regional Coast Guard Headquarters of the Japan Coast Guard. This award was given in recognition of the project’s longstanding contributions to the JCG’s activities to prevent marine disasters caused by ice floes along the Hokkaido coast in winter.
On September 8, Mr. Satoshi Nakajima, the Director-General of the Japan Coast Guard (JCG), gave us a letter of appreciation at a ceremony held in the JCG Director-General’s Office, Central Government Building No. 3, Kasumigaseki, Tokyo.
