Staff / ICHARM -- The International Centre for Water Hazard and Risk Management

Ralph Allen Acierto
ラルフ　アレン　ラチエルト

Research Specialist, Water-related Hazard Research Group
水災害研究グループ　専門研究員

Home town (country); 出身:

Republic of the Philippines; フィリピン共和国

Message; メッセージ:: My research interest is on the utilization of numerical models for addressing water-related disasters and risk management in regional and basin scales. I have been working on research in quantifying hazards through dynamic downscaling and hydrological modeling. Recently, I have been interested in flood inundation modeling and using numerical weather prediction (NWP) model for seasonal forecasting purposes.

Main Research Topic(s); 主な研究内容:: hydrometeorology, hydrological modeling, numerical weather prediction

Academic/Professional Experience and Qualifications; 主な学歴・職歴、資格など:

Academic Qualifications; 学歴:
April 2008	:	B.S. in Civil Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering, University of the Philippines Diliman
April 2012	:	M.S. in Civil Engineering - Water Resources, Department of Civil Engineering, University of the Philippines Diliman
September 2015	:	Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Tokyo

Employment Record; 職歴:
May 2008 - Dec. 2009	:	Assistant Engineer, AMH Philippines
Jan. 2010 - Jun. 2010	:	Research Engineer, National Engineering Center - University of the Philippines Diliman
Oct. 2015 - Mar. 2018	:	Project Researcher, IIS, The University of Tokyo
Apr. 2018 - Mar. 2019	:	Research Associate, IIS, The University of Tokyo

Publications; 著書:

Journal Articles (Referred papers):

Ralph Allen Acierto, Toshio Koike, and Muhammad Rasmy (2015), Sensitivity of Single-Year Seasonal Precipitation to Parameterization in the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) Model, J. Japan Soc. Civ. Eng. Ser. B1 (Hydraulic Eng., 71(4), I_55-I_60, doi:10.2208/jscejhe.71.I_55.

Ralph Allen Acierto, Toshio Koike, and Muhammad Rasmy (2016), Evaluation of WRF Parameterizations in Simulating Seasonal Precipitation Over Japan, J. Japan Soc. Civ. Eng. Ser. B1 (Hydraulic Eng., 72(4), I_109-I_114, doi:10.2208/jscejhe.72.I_109.

Ralph Allen Acierto, Akiyuki Kawasaki, Win Win Zin, Aung Than Oo, Khon Ra, and Daisuke Komori (2018), Development of a Hydrological Telemetry System in Bago River, Journal of Disaster Research, Vol.13 No.1, pp. 22-30, DOI: 10.20965/jdr.2018.p0014

Muhammad Mohsan, Ralph Allen Acierto, Akiyuki Kawasaki, and Win Win Zin (2018), Preliminary Assessment of GPM satellite rainfall over Myanmar, Journal of Disaster Research, Vol.13 No.1, pp. 22-30, DOI: 10.20965/jdr.2018.p0022

Akiyuki Kawasaki, Akio Yamamoto, Petra Koudelova, Ralph Allen Acierto, Toshiro Nemoto, Masaru Kitsuregawa, and Toshio Koike, Data Integration and Analysis System (DIAS) Contributing to Climate Change Analysis and Disaster Risk Reduction, Data Science Journal. 16, p.41. DOI: http://doi.org/10.5334/dsj-2017-041.

Akiyuki Kawasaki, Nobuyuki Ichihara, Yasuhiro Ochii, Ralph Allen Acierto, Akira Kodaka, Win Win Zin, Disaster response and river infrastructure management during the 2015 Myanmar floods: A case in the Bago River Basin, In International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, Volume 24, 2017, Pages 151-159, ISSN 2212-4209, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2017.06.004.

Naruhiko Shirai, Seemanta Bhagabati, Akira Kodaka, Naohiko Kohtake, Akiyuki Kawasaki, Ralph Allen Acierto, and Win Win Zin (2018), Data Communication for Efficient Water Resource Management Among Multi Stakeholders - A case study in Bago basin, Myanmar, Journal of Disaster Research, Vol.13 No.1, pp. 70-79, 2018, DOI: 10.20965/jdr.2018.p0070

Papers in Conference:

Akiyuki Kawasaki, Win Win Zin, Ralph Allen Acierto, Takenori Shimozono, Yoshimitsu Tajima, Seemanta Bhagabati, Naruhiko Shirai, and Naohiko Kohtake (2016), Inclusive flood disaster risk reduction in the Bago River basin, Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Science and Engineering (ICSE 2016), Yangon Technological University, Yangon, Myanmar, December 10-11, 2016.

Akiyuki Kawasaki, Win Win Zin, Seemanta Bhagabati, Takenori Shimozono, Naruhiko Shira, Ralph Allen Acierto, Akira Kodaka, Naohiko Kohtake, Yoshimitsu Tajima, and Toshio Koike, Multilateral investigation for developing a flood disaster management system in the Bago River basin, Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Science and Engineering (ICSE 2015), Yangon Technological University, Yangon, Myanmar, December 12-13, 2015.

Presentations in Conferences:

Ralph Allen Acierto and Akiyuki Kawasaki, Analysis of convection-permitting simulations for capturing heavy rainfall events over Myanmar Region, American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting 2017, New Orleans, USA, December 11-15, 2017 – Poster Presentation.

Ralph Allen Acierto and Akiyuki Kawasaki, Seasonal rainfall simulation over Myanmar: Uncertainty evaluation for climate change analysis, 16th International Symposium on New Technologies for Urban Technologies for Urban Safety of Mega-Cities in Asia (USMCA), IRIDeS Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, November 26, 2017 – Oral Presentation.

Muhammad Mohsan, Ralph Allen Acierto, and Akiyuki Kawasaki, Validation of the GPM Rainfall Product over the Myanmar Region based on the Rain Gauge Network, 16th International Symposium on New Technologies for Urban Technologies for Urban Safety of Mega-Cities in Asia (USMCA), IRIDeS Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, November 26, 2017 – Oral Presentation.

Ralph Allen Acierto and Akiyuki Kawasaki, Establishing a Hydrological Telemetry System in Bago River Basin, Myanmar: Key Challenges and Opportunities, 15th International Symposium on New Technologies for Urban Technologies for Urban Safety of Mega-Cities in Asia (USMCA), Tacloban City, Philippines, November 7-9, 2016 – Oral Presentation.

Ralph Allen Acierto, Toshio Koike, and Muhammad Rasmy, Investigation of Boundary Layer Scheme Usage Impact to Seasonal Precipitation over the Philippines Using 24-km WRF Model Simulations, Poster Presentation, AGU Fall Meeting 2015, San Francisco, USA, December 14-18, 2015 – Poster Presentation.

Ralph Allen Acierto, Toshio Koike, and Muhammad Rasmy, Sensitivity Analysis of Microphysics and Convection Parameterizations Using Single-year 24km Regional Climate Model Simulations over the Philippines, 7th International Scientific Conference on the Global Energy and Water Cycle, The Hague, Netherlands, July 14-17, 2014 – Poster Presentation.

Ralph Allen Acierto, Toshio Koike, and Muhammad Rasmy, Analysis of microphysics and convective parameterizations in a regional climate simulation of warm season 2005 over Kanto area, Monsoon Asia Integrated Regions Studies (MAIRS) Open Science Conference, Beijing, China, April 7-10, 2014 – Poster Presentation.

Ralph Allen Acierto and Guillermo Tabios, Limitations on WRF model parameterizations in downscaling 4-day rainfall event in Marikina River Basin, Roundtable Discussion on Climate Change and Water, National Academy of Science and Technology, Department of Science and Technology (NAST-DOST), November 16, 2011 – Oral Presentation.

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