Dr. Shiro Ochi

Dr. Ochi has been a researcher in Remote Sensing and GIS for wide range of study fields such as Forestry, Agriculture, Disaster and Environment. He is a senior researcher now at Satellite Application and Operations Center (SAOC) of Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). He has teaching experiences on GIS and R.S. in the universities in Japan for about 15 years as a faculty. Dr. Ochi is expected to support JAXA’s projects undertaken by GIC, such as “Sentinel ASIA” which is an activity initiated by APRSAF (Asia-Pacific Regional Space Agency Forum) to support disaster management activities in the region, and “SAFE “(Space Applications for Environment) which is promoted by EORC, JAXA. He is also interested in promoting research projects with the staff of GIC.

• 2000 – Ph.D. in Engineering, University of Tokyo, Japan
• 1987 – B.Sc. in Forestry, University of Tokyo, Japan

• Remote sensing and GIS applications
• Regional Development
• Environment and Ecosystem
• Disaster Management

• Yamamoto Y., Ochi S., Kobayashi S., Furuya J., Quantification of land suitability assessment for rice in Bangladesh using multiple regression analysis and GIS(in Japanese), J. of the Japanese Agricultural Systems Society, vol.29(1),1-9, 2013
• Ochi S., Koseki J., Li Y., Detection of sand boiling in widespread area using RapidEye satellite images(in Japanese), J. of Institute of Industrial Science, Univ. of Tokyo, vol.64(4),451-454,2012
• Hatcho N., Ochi S.,Matsuno Y., The evolution of irrigation development in monsoon Asia and historical lessons, Irrigation and Drainage, 59(1), 4–16, 2010
• Takeuchi W., Nakano T., Ochi S., Yasuoka Y., Monitoring of Re-generation Condition for Burnt Forested Wetland in Western Siberia with Sub-pixel Land Cover Characterization(in Japanese), J. of Japanese Society of Remote Sensing, Vol.27(1), 13-23, 2007
• Hung T., Uchihama D., Ochi S., Yasuoka Y., Assessment with satellite data of the urban heat island effects in Asian mega cities, International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 8, 34-48, 2006