*Hideki Hamamoto¹, Philipp Blum², Susanne Benz², Alexander Limberg³, Makoto Taniguchi⁴, Akinobu Miyakoshi⁴, Hirotaka Arimoto⁶, Shusaku Goto⁵, Makoto Yamano⁷ (1.Center for Environmental Science in Saitama, 2.Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 3.Senate Department for the Environment, Transport and Climate Protection, Berlin, 4.Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, 5.National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, 6.Geo-Research Institute, 7. Earthquake Research Institute, University of Tokyo)

*Richao Cong¹, Makoto Saito¹, Masako Senda¹, Akihiko Ito¹, Shamil Maksyutov¹, Ryuichi Hirata¹ (1.Center for Global Environmental Research, National Institute for Environmental Studies)

*Akitomo Yamamoto¹, Ayako Abe-Ouchi¹, Yasuhiro Yamanaka² (1.Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo , 2.Faculty of Environmental Earth Science, Hokkaido University)

*Nakamura Yuki¹, Akira Oka¹ (1.University of Tokyo)

*Tzu-Ling Chiang¹ (1.National Taiwan Normal University)

*Michio Kawamiya¹ (1.Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology)

*Tsuneo Ono¹, Shin-ichiro Nakaoka², Yukihiro Nojiri³, Masao Ishii⁴ (1.Fisheries Research and Education Agency, 2.National Institute for Environmental Studies, 3.Hirosaki University, 4.Meteorological Research Institute)

*Ayumi Tsukasaki¹, Natalie Hicks², Peter Taylor², Masahiro Suzumura¹, Anna Lichtschlag³, Henrik Stahl⁴, Rachael H James³ (1.AIST - National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, 2.SAMS - Scottish Association for Marine Science, UK, 3.NOC - National Oceanography Centre, UK, 4.Zayed University, UAE)

*Mohammed-Said KARROUK¹ (1.University Hassan II, FLSH Ben M'Sick, LCEAT, CEREC, Casablanca (Morocco))

*Yukiko Imada¹, Shuhei Maeda¹, Masahiro Watanabe², Hideo Shiogama³, Ryo Mizuta¹, Masayoshi Ishii¹, Masahide Kimoto² (1.Meteorological Research Institute, Japan Meteorological Agency, 2.Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, 3.National Institute for Environmental Studies)