Project Title		Principal Investigator (JST side)	Position and Institution	Abstract of Project
		Principal Investigator (MON side)
1	Comparative analysis of the impact of increasing extreme hydrometeorological events on the carbon and water cycles of the arctic and alpine landscapes in the context of sustainable development of the northern and mountainous regions	Hiroshi MATSUYAMA	Professor, Department of Geography, Tokyo Metropolitan University	This study clarifies the impact of increasing extreme hydro-meteorological events on the carbon and water cycles of the arctic and alpine landscapes in the context of sustainable development of the northern and mountainous regions through comparative analysis of the western Siberia and Altai mountains. Concretely, Japanese team and Russian team cooperate each other and conduct in situ observations, data analysis, and modelling. Study themes are (1) capturing extreme hydro-meteorological events, along with influence of extreme meteorological events on (2) the water cycle, (3) geomorphological processes, and (4) the carbon cycle. Through cooperative study between Japan and Russia, (a) the study can identify and model natural hazards and processes caused by extreme hydro-meteorological events and their dynamics, and (b) comparative analysis of the impact of extreme hydro-meteorological events on the carbon and water cycles in the study area enables ecosystem management capabilities and leads to better human lives.
		Valerii ZEMTSOV	Professor, Department of Hydrology, Tomsk State University
2	Arctic Hydrological Cycle Changes: Impacts on environment sustainability and natural resources	Yoshihiro IIJIMA	Associate Professor, Graduate School of Bioresources, Mie University	Presently, the mean state and variability of the Arctic climate has changed with significant reduction of the Arctic sea ice (thus, more enhanced ocean-atmosphere interaction with heat and water vapor exchange), weakening and meandering of the westerlies (thus, the uncertainty of the warm and humid Atlantic air transport inside the continent). Consequently, these changes affected the hydrological cycle, biosphere, and jeopardized human activities. Floods and droughts, forest fires and infrastructure collapses come to be more frequent and damaging. Thus, sustainable human activity in the Arctic requires (a) assessing the current state of environment, (b) projecting its dynamics, and (c) development of optimal strategy of interactions with the nature.
		Sergey GULEV	Professor (Head of Sea Atmosphere Interaction and Climate Laboratory), P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology of the Russian Academy of Sciences