The Takeda Award Message from Chairman Awardees Achievement Fact Awards Ceremony Forum 2001
2002

Achievement Facts Sheet
World Environmental Well-Being

Executive Summary
Achievement and Creativity
1. Introduction
2. Elachi's pioneering achievement in remote environmental monitoring by space borne microwave radar
3. Development of spaceborne precipitation radar by Fugono and Okamoto
4. Enhancement of the value of human life
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Techno-Entrepreneurial Achievements for World Environmental Well-Being
Technical Achievement: The Development of Spaceborne Microwave Radar for Monitoring the Global Environment
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One half of the prize is awarded to Charles Elachi, and the other half is awarded jointly to Nobuyoshi Fugono and Ken'ichi Okamoto.
Charles Elachi Charles Elachi (Jet Propulsion Laboratory and California Institute of Technology) is honored for pioneering the development of remote environmental monitoring technology by spaceborne microwave radar.

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Nobuyoshi Fugono Nobuyoshi Fugono (Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International) is honored for the development of spaceborne microwave precipitation radar.

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Ken'ichi Okamoto Ken'ichi Okamoto (Osaka Prefecture University) is honored for the development of spaceborne microwave precipitation radar.

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(Awardees are listed in alphabetical order.)
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