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September 2, 2026
  • 新論文(IF8.7)Ecological restoration reorganizes climate–runoff pathways in the Yellow River Basin
  • 新論文 Oxford Encyclopedia Entry Published (2026)
  • 新論文(IF8.4)In collaboration with biologists we investigated the potential of radar to detect the growth of sweet potatoes for Smart Agriculture
  • Public Speech 11/7/2026: Sustainable Coastal Cities in the face of Earthquakes and Climate Change 講義:地震と気候変動に立ち向かうサステナブルな沿岸都市
地形・水文学・災害

地形・水文学・災害

Exploring Sediment Hazards, Disaster Risk, and Environmental Science

Platforms

QGIS - open source GIS desktop platform with numerous open-source plugins (International - Europe-centered development)

Cloud-Compare - Pointcloud Analysis Freeware (French System with several international plugins)

OpenFOAM within (or not) SALOME Platform (French Simulation system)

Dataset

OpenTopography LiDAR, SfM and other pointcloud sources (USA)

USGS Earth Explorer Remote Sensing Data for the whole planet (USA)

  • Education
    • Glossary of terms SABO・砂防 (和英)Jp-Eng
    • Laboratory and PhD Classes
    • UMS – KU Geomorphology Classes
    • Undegraduate Education
  • Photos
    • Asakura Field work with French and Tokyo U. Researchers
    • Photos Hodaka Research Station
    • Photos of Niigata’s coastal dune (2025)
  • PUBLICATIONS
  • Research Presentations
  • Research Projects
    • NOTO PENINSULA EARTHQUAKE PROJECT   能登半島地震災害と防災プロジェクト(土砂災害と水害)
    • Radar detection of in-flow driftwood and large wood
  • TOOLS & CODES
    • 1D Crank-Nicholson Implicit
    • Python Codes
  • The Team
Headlines
  • 新論文(IF8.7)Ecological restoration reorganizes climate–runoff pathways in the Yellow River Basin

    2 months ago2 months ago
  • 新論文 Oxford Encyclopedia Entry Published (2026)

    2 months ago2 months ago
  • 新論文(IF8.4)In collaboration with biologists we investigated the potential of radar to detect the growth of sweet potatoes for Smart Agriculture

    2 months ago2 months ago
  • Public Speech 11/7/2026: Sustainable Coastal Cities in the face of Earthquakes and Climate Change 講義:地震と気候変動に立ち向かうサステナブルな沿岸都市

    2 months ago2 months ago
  • 新論文 Debris flow susceptibility mapping using neural networks and deep learning with SHAP-based interpretation (Published in Earth Science Informatics, JCRQ1, IF 4.2)

    2 months ago2 months ago
  • Glacier Recession and “Burst” Sediment Transfer in the Fox Valley – New Zealand

    3 months ago3 months ago
  • Field work
  • Volcanic SABO

Unzen dome Sept 2024

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雲仙普賢岳の溶岩ドーム2024年9月

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  • Erosion
  • International Collaboration

New paper on gully erosion in Iran published in Catena (IF5.4)

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Somayeh Mirzaee, Mehdi Pajouhesh, Fumitoshi Imaizumi, Khodayar Abdollahi, Christopher Gomez. 2024. Gully erosion development during an extreme flood event using UAV photogrammetry in an arid area, Iran, CATENA

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  • Field work
  • Landslide
  • Uncategorized

Noto Peninsula Co-seismic quakes

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Gomez, C. (2024): The 1 January 2024 Noto Peninsula co-seismic landslides hazards: Preliminary results. AUC Geographica 60(1), 1–8 Geographica_1_2025_Gomez_onlinefirst.pdf (karolinum.cz)

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The lab in 2022

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Students hard at work at the lab…. and a bit of fun.

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  • Field work

University of Tokyo Experimental Forest (ERI)

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Fieldwork for the laboratory students, experimenting and learning in the field (y2019).

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  • Field work
  • Landslide
  • Taiwan

Shaorin Landslide (Fieldwork in Taiwan)

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  • Field work
  • Landslide
  • Taiwan

Churin Landslide Area photos (Taiwan)

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  • International Collaboration

Dr. Saputra and Dardono from UMS visit the Lab.

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Looking to continue our collaboration on microplastics, geosciences and international education, two members and good friends of UMS visited Kobe University and the lab.

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  • Point Cloud
  • SfM

Pointcloud Lidar & SfM workshop

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The pointcloud technology data acquisition and processing short intensive course and workshop is up: PhD and Lab Classes and workshops

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  • Field work
  • Hokkaido

Atsuma-chou field-work (Hokkaido)

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In the aftermath of the 2018 Iburi earthquakes, thousands of mass movements ran downslopes, and sadly took many lives.

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SABO is the science, engineering and art of sediment disaster risk reduction. It has no real equivalent in the Western part of the world, nor outside Asia. At the laboratory, and from this lense, we are finding solutions to natural hazards and disaster risk reduction, climate change and sustainability issues, concentrating on the island arcs of Japan and Indonesia mostly.

PI: Prof. Christopher Gomez

Come and work, learn, enjoy SABO, Geomorphology and climate change hazards and disaster risks with us. Let's work towards sustainable communities.

Publications

The summit of UnzenFugenDake