Structure of Research Themes in FY 2016（4） | Port and Airport Research Institute (PARI)

Major Research Structure of Research Themes in FY 2016（4）

Research Subtheme	Type of Research	Items on the Research Agenda ( ☆ indicates special research)
1.Research on coastal-ecosystem utilization	Fundamental Research	☆	Global estimates of the efficacy of blue carbon as a mean of mitigation and adaptation to climate change
1.Research on coastal-ecosystem utilization	Fundamental Research		Development of integrated prediction and assessment method of coastal benthic ecology and geoenvironmental dynamics
2.Research on the water-environment simulation and analysis in inner-bay	Fundamental Research		Continuous observation and statistical analysis of environmental data in enclosed bays
	Applied Research		Establishment of forecast system on environmental dynamics in enclosed bays based on detailed analysis of sediment quality
	Fundamental Research		Development of an evaluation method for benthic biodiversity relating to environmental scale in coastal areas
	Fundamental Research		Study on the mechanisms of coastal current and water environment using data assimilation
2.Research on countermeasure technologies against sea oil spill	Development Research		Novel oil spill response technology to cope with various sources including natural disaster triggered oil spills

Research Subtheme	Type of Research	Items on the Research Agenda ( ☆ indicates special research)
1.Research on coastal protection and maintenance of waterways, and mooring basins	Fundamental Research		Observation of coastal geographical feature change and generalizing of prediction method in consideration with influence of global warming
	Fundamental Research	☆	Study on sediment transport in estuary and deposition process in navigation channel