Structure of Research Themes in FY 2017（4） | Port and Airport Research Institute (PARI)

Major Research Structure of Research Themes in FY 2017（4）

Research Subtheme	Type of Research	Items on the Research Agenda ( ☆ indicates special research)
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
Research on coastal-ecosystem utilization	Fundamental Research		Development of integrated prediction and assessment method of coastal benthic ecology and geoenvironmental dynamics
Research on the water-environment simulation and analysis in inner-bay	Fundamental Research	☆	Cross-sectional observation and analysis of atmospheric and oceanographic issues at bay mouths
	Fundamental Research		Analytical study of macro-organisms dynamics on a coastal ecosystem simulation
	Fundamental Research		Development of evaluating procedure for biodiversity referring to spatial scale in coastal areas
	Fundamental Research		Study on the mechanisms of coastal current and water environment using data assimilation
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)
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
	Fundamental Research	☆	Study on applicability of airborne laser bathymetry for topographic monitoring in coastal zone of sea shore