FontSize History of Center for Climate System Research (from 1991 to 2010)
| 1989 March |
The Geodesy Council stated a need for planning a research organization focused on the climate system. |
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| 1989 July |
“Studies on variations of global environment with a central target in Asian Pacific Regions” was proposed as a priority research project in the “New Program” by the Science Council. |
| 1990 December |
For the further growth of the priority research project in the “New Program” proposed by the Science Council, the establishment of the Center for Climate System Research (CCSR) at the University of Tokyo was finalized as an institute for national collaboration. |
| 1991 April |
The Center’s preparation office opened in the Faculty of Science at the University of Tokyo. |
| CCSR, comprised of 5 research sections, was established. The facilities of the center were set up in the Faculty of Science’s Seventh Building at the University of Tokyo (Active until March 31, 2001). | |
| 1991 October |
The Endowed Research Division (Global Climatology) was established (Active until September 1996). |
| 1992 Feburary |
The Center moved to the new building (First construction: 631 m²) in the Komaba Campus of the University of Tokyo (Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo). |
| 1993 March |
The building at the center was expanded (Second construction: 302 m²). |
| 1997 April |
The Endowed Research Division (Global Climate Variability) was established (Active until March 2000). |
| 1999 March |
External Evaluation was performed. |
| 2000 March |
The Endowed Research Division was closed. |
| 2001 April |
The Center for Climate System Research (2nd generation) was established with 6 research sections (Active until March 2011). |
| 2004 April |
Upon the reorganization of The University of Tokyo as a National University Corporation, CCSR was reestablished as one of the Shared Facilities (Open to all scholars in Japan). |
| 2005 March |
The Center moved to the General Research Building in the Kashiwa Campus (Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba). |
| 2010 April |
CCSR integrated with ORI (Ocean Research Institute). |
