Yasuyuki Aono
Yasuyuki Aono is an associate professor in the Graduate School of Agriculture at Osaka Metropolitan University, where he has been affiliated since 2022 following the institution's merger with Osaka Prefecture University. He holds a doctorate in agriculture from Osaka Prefecture University and specializes in climate reconstruction using historical documentary records and phenological data. He is best known for his decades-long reconstruction of cherry blossom flowering dates in Kyoto spanning back to the 9th century, derived from centuries of diaries and chronicles, which has been used to estimate spring temperatures over the past millennium.
“For decades, the record was kept by Professor Yasuyuki Aono of Osaka Metropolitan University, who meticulously reconstructed the dates by reading centuries of diaries and chronicles from Kyoto.”
“Soon after, a successor stepped forward: Dr. Genki Katata, a researcher in Japan, who will carry the dataset forward.”
“For decades, the record was kept by Professor Yasuyuki Aono of Osaka Metropolitan University, who meticulously reconstructed the dates by reading centuries of diaries and chronicles from Kyoto.”
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