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Academic Organization	Academic Assembly　School of Science and Technology　Institute of Agriculture	TEL
Education and Research Organization	Faculty of Agriculture　Department of Agricultural and Life Sciences	FAX
Position	Assistant Professor	Mail Address	kamimura＠shinshu-u.ac.jp
Address	8304, Minamiminowa-Village, Kamiina-County 399-4598	Web site

Profile

Research Field: Forest management / measurements
Forest risk management
Forest wind damage

Current Subject: Wind damage in forest management
Keywords:Wind damage in forests

Academic Societies: Academic Societies
European Geosciences Union
The Japanese Forest Society
American Geophysical Union

Academic Background: Graduate School
The University of Tokyo , (Forest Science , Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences) , 2007
State University of New York , (College of Environmental Sciences and Forestry) , 2002

Degree
Ph.D. , The University of Tokyo

Research Career: Research Career
2013-2014 , INRA, France　(Wind damage project) Postdoctoral fellow
2010-2013 , Postdoctoral fellow, Forestry and Forest Product Research Institute,
2008-2010 , Postdoctoral fellow, Forestry and Forest Product Research Institute

Other Career
2003-2004 , United Nations University, Project Assistant
1994-1999 , Forest Development Foundation

Overseas Education
1999-2000 , Queens University, McGill University

Research

Books, Articles, etc.: Articles
Tree dynamic response and survival in a category-5 tropical cyclone: The case of super typhoon Trami
SCIENCE ADVANCES,8(10):eabm7891 2022
Author:Kamimura, Kana; Nanko, Kazuki; Matsumoto, Asako; Ueno, Saneyoshi; Gardiner, James; Gardiner, Barry;

Tree dynamic response and survival in a category-5 tropical cyclone: The case of super typhoon Trami
SCIENCE ADVANCES,8(10):eabm7891 2022
Author:Kamimura, Kana; Nanko, Kazuki; Matsumoto, Asako; Ueno, Saneyoshi; Gardiner, James; Gardiner, Barry;

Editorial: Living with tropical storms in a changing climate
FRONTIERS IN FORESTS AND GLOBAL CHANGE,5:988875 2022
Author:Gardiner, Barry Alan; Chen, Yi-Ying; Ruel, Jean-Claude; Kamimura, Kana;
Keywords:tropical storm; wind; forest damage; tree damage; climate change;

Agent-based modelling of wind damage processes and patterns in forests
Agricultural and Forest Meteorology,268:279-288 2019(Apr.)
Author:Kana Kamimura, Barry Gardiner, Sylvain Dupont, John Finnigan

Use of machine learning techniques to model wind damage to forests
Agricultural and Forest Meteorology,265:16-29 2019(Feb.)
Author:Emma Hart, Kevin Sim, Kana Kamimura, Céline Meredieu, Dominique Guyon, Barry Gardiner

A hybrid method for feature construction and selection to improve wind-damage prediction in the forestry sector
The Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference 2017
Author:Hart, E., Sim, K., Gardiner, B., Kamimura, K.

Observations and predictions of wind damage to Larix kaempferi trees following thinning at an early growth stage
Forestry,90:530–540 2017
Author:Kamimura, K., Gardiner, B., Koga, S.

Modelling wind risk to Eucalyptus globulus (Labill.) stands
Forest Ecology and Management,365:159–173 2016
Author:Locatelli, L., Gardiner, B., Tarantola, S., Nicoll, B., Bonnefond, J., Garrigou, D., Kamimura, K., Patenaude, G.

Analysis of wind damage caused by multiple tropical storm events in Japanese Cryptomeria japonica forests
Forestry,86:411-420 2013(Apr. 18)
Author:Kamimura, K. Saito, S., Kinoshita, H., Kitagawa, K., Uchida, T., Mizunaga, H.

Wood biomass supply costs and potential for biomass energy plants in Japan
Biomass and Bioenergy,36:107-115 2012
Author:Kamimura, K., Kuboyama, H., Yamamoto, K.

Root anchorage of hinoki (Chamaecyparis obtuse (Sieb. Et Zucc.) Endl.) under the combined loading of wind and rapidly supplied water on soil: analyses based on tree-pulling experiments
European Journal of Forest Research,131:219-227 2012
Author:Kamimura, K., Kitagawa, K., Saito, S., Mizunaga, H.

スギのコンテナ育苗の生産コスト分析
関東森林研究,63（2）:49-52 2012
Author:上村佳奈，落合幸仁，山田健，鹿又秀聡

Comparing wind data at local meteorological stations　and in forested areas using roughness length and topographic exposure indices
FORMATH Tokyo 2009,9:135-152 2010
Author:Kamimura, K., Saito, S.

森林林業分野における風害シミュレーション　-数値風況予測技術(CFD) によるアプローチ-
森林立地,52:67-77 2010
Author:内田孝紀，水永博己，齊藤哲，上村佳奈，木下裕子，丸山敬

Wind profiles and mechanical resistance of uprooted trees in a Japanese cypress (Chamaecyparis obtusa) plantation slightly damaged by Typhoon Melor 0918 at Kamiatago experimental forests, Tenryu, Japan: Validity of mechanistic models for wind damage risks
Japanese Journal of Forest Environment,52:57-66 2010
Author:Kitagawa, K., Kamimura, K., Saito, S., Uchida T. and Mizunaga, H.

育林作業の作業功程と地形・地理条件
FORMATH Tohoku 2008,8:13-23 2009
Author:當山啓介，上村佳奈，山崎加奈，龍原哲

北東北三県における木質バイオマス供給可能量の空間的推定
日本エネルギー学会誌,88(10):877-882 2009
Author:上村佳奈，久保山裕史，山本幸一

A review of mechanistic modelling of wind damage risk to forests
Forestry,81(3):447-463 2008
Author:Gardiner, B., Byrne, K., Hale, S., Kamimura, K., Mitchell, S., Peltola, H., Ruel, J. -C.

Developing a decision-support approach to reducing wind damage risk　－ a case study on sugi (Cryptomeria japonica (L.f.) D.Don) forests in Japan
Forestry,81(3):429-445 2008
Author:Kamimura, K., Gardiner, B., Kato, A., Hiroshima, T., Shiraishi, N.

風害予測力学モデルGALES による長期間の風害発生限界風速の推定
FORMATH Kyusyu,6:19-28 2007
Author:上村佳奈，B.A. Gardiner, 白石則彦

A review of strategies for wind damage assessment in Japanese forests
Journal of Forest Research,12(3):162-176 2007
Author:Kamimura, K., Shiraishi, N.

Presentations
Time-series analysis of typhoon damage in Japanese forests
8th International Conference of Wind and Trees 2017
Presenter:Kamimura, K., Yoshioka, M., Kato, M., Suzuki, S.

Emergence and propagation of wind damage in forests
8th International Conference of Wind and Trees 2017
Presenter:Kamimura, K., Gardiner, B., Guyon, D., Meredieu, C.

Forest wind damage from tropical cyclones
IUFRO Regional Congress for Asia and Oceania 2016 2016
Presenter:Kamimura, K., Kato, M., Yoshioka, M.K., Suzuki, S.

Statistical and mechanistic assessment of storm damage in maritime pine forests, Aquitaine, France,
7th International Conference on Wind and Trees 2014(Aug. 03)
Presenter:Kaminura, K., Gardiner, B., Meredieu, c., Guyon, D., Brunet, Y.

Spatial interactions and comparisons of wind damage risk in European planted forests
Forest Sector Modelling - new approaches and findings for improved resource decisions in a globalized world 2013(Oct. 15)
Presenter:Kamimura, K., Gardiner, B., Hale, S.

Stability of planted Japanese larch against strong wind with tree growth
3rd FAO International Congress on Planted Forests – Vulnerability and Risk Management in Planted Forests 2013(Jul. 31)
Presenter:Kamimura, K., Gardiner, B., Hale, S., Mitsuda, Y., Koga, S., Yoshida, S.

Spatial and temporal analysis of Japanese forest damage caused by tropical cyclones
4th International Summit on Hurricanes and Climate Change 2013(Jun. 13)
Presenter:Kamimura, K., Gardiner, B., Suzuki, S.

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KAMIMURA　Kana