Akio Kitoh

Director, Climate Research Department, MRI

Akio Kitoh

Curriculum Vitae

Birth: 1 April 1953, Osaka, Japan

Education

B.Sc: Geophysics Kyoto University 1975

M.S.: Geophysics Kyoto University 1977

D.Sc: Geophysics Kyoto University 1991

Employment Record

Technical Official, Osaka District Meteorological Observatory, Osaka, Japan, 1978-1980

Researcher, Third Research Laboratory, Forecast Research Department, Meteorological Research Institute, Tsukuba, Japan, 1980-1987

Staff Research Associate, Department of Atmospheric Science, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, U.S.A., 1983-1985

Senior Researcher, First Research Laboratory, Climate Research Department, Meteorological Research Institute, Tsukuba, Japan, 1987-1994

Head, First Research Laboratory, Climate Research Department, Meteorological Research Institute, Tsukuba, Japan, 1994-2007

Director, Climate Research Department, Meteorological Research Institute, Tsukuba, Japan, 2007-present

Affiliated Professor, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan, 1995-2004

Visiting Professor, Graduate School of Life and Environmetnal Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan, 2004-present

Visiting Professor, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, 2009-present

Member, Science Council of Japan, 2011-present

Professional Experience

Member, Meteorological Society of Japan, 1978-

Member, American Meteorological Society, 1983-

Member, American Geophysical Union, 2005-

Member, Japan Geoscience Union, 2006-

Lead Author, Chapter 5 "Climate Models - Evaluation", Second Assesment Report, IPCC WG1, 1992-1995

Member, CLIVAR Working Group on Seasonal to Interannual Prediction (WGSIP), 1994-2000

Lead Author, Chapter 8 "Model Evaluation", Third Assesment Report, IPCC WG1, 1998-2001

Member, Scientific Advisory Committee, International Pacific Research Center (IPRC), 2002-2004

Lead Author, Chapter 10 "Global Climate Projections", Fourth Assesment Report, IPCC WG1, 2004-2007

Lead Author, IPCC Technical Paper on Climate Change and Water, 2007

Member, Scientific Advisory Committee, Beijing Climate Center (BCC), 2009-

Member, CLIVAR Asian-Australian Monsoon Panel (AAMP), 2009-

Lead Author, Chapter 14 "Climate Phenomena and their Relevance for Future Regional Climate Change", Fifth Assesment Report, IPCC WG1, 2010-2013

Member, International Scientific Advisory Panel, Centre for Climate Research Singapore (CCRS), 2011-

Award

The Society Award, Meteorological Society of Japan, 1993
The Okada Award, Japan Weather Association, 2008

Journal Reviews

J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, Annals of Glaciology, Monthly Weather Review, Pap. Meteor. Geophys., Geophys. Res. Lett., Theor. Appl. Climatol., Climate Dynamics, Climate Research, Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, J. Climate, Paleoceanography, Meteorologische Zeitschrift, SOLA (Scientific Online Journal of the Atmosphere), Annales Geophysicae, Global Planetary Change, International Journal of Ecology & Development, Climate of the Past, Journal of Disaster Research, Science, Nature Climate Change

Editorial Board

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan (JMSJ), 1992-1998

Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 2000-

Scientific Online Letters on the Atmosphere (SOLA), Meteorological Society of Japan, 2004-

Asia-Pacific Journal of Atmospheric Sciences (APJAS), Korean Meteorological Society, 2008-

Research

Research on Prediction of Climate and Environmental Change to Contribute to mitigation Plan Decision against Climate Change (FY2010-2014)

Projection of the Change in Future Weather Extremes Using Super-High-Resolution Atmospheric Models (Innovative Program of Climate Change Projection for the 21st Century) (FY2007-2011)

Asian Precipitation - Highly-Resolved Observational Data Integration Towards Evaluation of the Water Resources (APHRODITE's Water Resources) (FY2006-2010)

Climate modeling

Climate variability, monsoon and ENSO

Seasonal prediction

Climate change

Paleoclimate simulation

Publications

Refereed Publications