Plastic transport from land to the oceans
This research aims to clarify plastic transport from land to the oceans by in-site survey and/or developing a technique for quantifying plastics on river and marine environment.
Welcome to Kataoka Laboratory, Ehime University
The laboratory has opened in the depertment of civil and environmental engineering, Ehime University since 2021. To propose an application and countermeasure to global environmental problem (plastic pollution and climate change), we are progressing the researches to investigate environmental contamination (e.g., microplastics, macroplastics) through in-site survey and to develop a technique for quantifying it. Furthermore, we are interested in remote sensing for coastal oceanography (e.g., high-frequency radar, satelite). In this website, we introduce a part of our reseraches.
This research aims to clarify plastic transport from land to the oceans by in-site survey and/or developing a technique for quantifying plastics on river and marine environment.
This research aims to develop a technique for measuring ocean waves with high spatiotemporal resolution using high-frequency radars and to clarify a spatiotemporal flucutuation of ocean waves in coastal region.