PUBLICATION LIST

Publications of A. Kitoh - 20 December 2011 -

Accepted

Raible, C.C., S. Kleppek, M. W_est, D.N. Bresch, A. Kitoh, H. Murakami and T.F. Stocker, 2012: Atlantic hurricanes and associated insurance loss potentials in future climate scenarios: Limitations of high-resolved AGCM simulations. Tellus A
Murakami, H., Y. Wang, M. Sugi, H. Yoshimura, R. Mizuta, E. Shindo, Y. Adachi, S. Yukimoto, M. Hosaka, A. Kitoh, T. Ose and S. Kusunoki: Future changes in tropical cyclone activity projected by the new high-resolution MRI-AGCM. J. Climate
Yukimoto, S., Y. Adachi, M. Hosaka, T. Sakami, H. Yoshimura, M. Hirabara, T.Y. Tanaka, E. Shindo, H. Tsujino, M. Deushi, R. Mizuta, S. Yabu, A. Obata, H. Nakano, T. Ose and A. Kitoh, 2012: A new global climate model of Meteorological Research Institute: MRI-CGCM3 - Model description and basic performance -. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, Special Issue
Mizuta, R., H. Yoshimura, H. Murakami, M. Matsueda, H. Endo, T. Ose, K. Kamiguchi, M. Hosaka, M. Sugi, S. Yukimoto, S. Kusunoki and A. Kitoh, 2012: Climate simulations using the improved MRI-AGCM with 20-km grid. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, Special Issue
Arakawa, O. and A. Kitoh, 2012: Elevation dependency of summertime precipitation and its change by global warming over the Tibetan Plateau and the surroundings simulated by a 60-km-mesh atmospheric general circulation model. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, Special Issue
Rahman, Md.M., N. Ferdousi, Y. Sato, S. Kusunoki and A. Kitoh: Rainfall and temperature scenario for Bangladesh using 20km mesh AGCM. Int. J. Climate Change Strategies and Management (IJCCSM)
Rajendran, K., A. Kitoh and J. Srinivasan: Effect of SST variation on ITCZ in APE simulations. JMSJ Special Issue on the Aqua-Planet Experiment Project and related researches.

2011

Kamae, Y., H. Ueda and A. Kitoh, 2011: Hadley and Walker circulations in Mid-Pliocene warm period simulated by an atmospheric general circulation model. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 89, 475-493.
Wang, B., H.-J. Kim, K. Kikuchi and A. Kitoh, 2011: Diagnostic metrics for simulation of annual and diurnal cycles and evaluation of the 20-km MRI/JMA AGCM and AMIPII models. Clim. Dyn., 37, 941-955.
Jin, F., A. Kitoh and P. Alpert, 2011: Climatological relationships among the moisture budget components and rainfall amounts over the Mediterranean based on a super-high resolution climate model. J. Geophys. Res., 116, D09102, doi:10.1029/2010JD014021.
Kitoh. A, 2011: Impact of Climate Change on Asian Monsoon Characteristics. In: C.-P. Chang, Y. Ding, N.-C. Lau, R.H. Johnson, B. Wang and T. Yasunari (eds.) The Global Monsoon System: Research and Forecast, 2nd Edition, World Scientific Series on Asia-Pacific Weather and Climate - Vol. 5, World Scientific Publication Company, 557-568.
Yukimoto, S., H. Yoshimura, M. Hosaka, T. Sakami, H. Tsujino, M. Hirabara, T.Y. Tanaka, M. Deushi, A. Obata, H. Nakano, Y. Adachi, E. Shindo, S. Yabu, T. Ose and A. Kitoh, 2011: Meteorological Research Institute-Earth System Model v1 (MRI-ESM1) - Model Description -. Technical Report of MRI, No. 64, 83 pp.
Murakami, H., B. Wang and A. Kitoh, 2011: Future changes in the western North Pacific typhoons: Projection with a 20-km-mesh global atmospheric model. J. Climate, 24, 1154-1169.
Kitoh, A., S. Kusunoki and T. Nakaegawa, 2011: Climate change projections over South America in the late 21st century with the 20 and 60 km mesh Meteorological Researcg Institute atmospheric general circulation model (MRI-AGCM). J. Geophys. Res., 116, D06105, doi:10.1029/2010JD014920.
Kitoh, A., S. Kusunoki, Y. Sato, N. Ferdousi, M. Rahman, E.E.S. Makmur, A.L.S. Solis, W. Chaowiwat and T.D. Trong, 2011: Climate Change Projections in Some Asian Countries. In: Climate Change Adaptation and International Development, (R. Fujikura and M. Kawanishi), Earthscan, London, 19-62.

2010

Kitoh, A., T. Motoi and O. Arakawa, 2010: Climate modelling study on mountain uplift and Asian monsoon evolution. In: Monsoon Evolution and Tectonics - Climate Linkage in Asia. [Clift, P.D., R. Tada and H. Zheng (eds.)], Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 342, 293-301
Jin, F., A. Kitoh and P. Alpert, 2010: Water cycle changes over the Mediterranean: a comparison study of a super-high-resolution global model with CMIP3. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A, 368, 1-13
Xue, Y., F. De Sales, W.K.-M. Lau, A. Boone, J. Feng, P. Dirmeyer, Z. Guo, K.-M. Kim, A. Kitoh, V. Kumar, I. Poccard-Leclercq, N. Mahowald, W. Moufouma-Okia, P. Pegion, D.P. Rowell, J. Schemm, S.D. Schubert, A. Sealy, W.M. Thiaw, A. Vintzileos, S.F. Williams and M.-L.C. Wu, 2010: Intercomparison and analyses of the climatology of the West African Monsoon in the West African Monsoon Modeling and Evaluation project (WAMME) first model intercomparison experiment. Clim. Dyn., 35, 3-27.
Kamiguchi, K., O. Arakawa, A. Kitoh, A. Yatagai, A. Hamada and N. Yasutomi, 2010: Development of APHRO_JP, the first Japanese high-resolution daily precipitation product for more than 100 years. Hydrological Research Letters, 4, 60-64.
Kitoh, A., 2010: Projection of the changes in future weather extremes. Kaiyo Monthly, 475, 264-270. (in Japanese)
Kitoh, A., 2010: Simulations of mid-Holocene and the Last Glacial Maximum climate by Paleoclimate Modeling Intercomparison Project. Kaiyo Monthly, 473, 163-167. (in Japanese)

2009

Kitoh, A., T. Ose, K. Kurihara, S. Kusunoki, M. Sugi and KAKUSHIN Team-3 Modeling Group, 2009: Projection of changes in future weather extremes using super-high-resolution global and regional atmospheric models in the KAKUSHIN Program: Results of preliminary experiments. Hydrological Research Letters, 3, 49-53.
Kitoh, A. and T. Mukano, 2009: Changes in daily and monthly surface air temperature variability by multi-model global warming experiments. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 87, 513-524.
Liu, P., Y. Kajikawa, B. Wang, A. Kitoh, T. Yasunari, T. Li, H. Annamalai, X. Fu, K. Kikuchi, R. Mizuta, K. Rajendran, D.E. Waliser and D. Kim, 2009: Tropical intraseasonal variability in the MRI-20km60L AGCM. J. Climate, 22, 2006-2022.
Kitoh, A. and M. Hosaka, 2009: Projection of River Flow Changes Caused by Climate Change. In: Study on Asian River Basin. (K. Sunada, Ed.), Japan Science and Technology Agency, V-1 - V-29.

2008

Zhao, Z., A. Kitoh and D.-K. Lee, 2008: Warming in East Asia as a consequence of increasing greenhouse gases. In: Changes in the Human-Monsoon System of East Asia in the Context of Global Change. (C. Fu, J.R. Freney and J.W.B. Stewart, Eds.), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., 105-114.
Motoi, T., A. Kitoh, T. Midorikawa, O. Arakawa, Y. Sasai and W.-L. Chan, 2008: Evolution of large-scale topography and variation in climate. Journal of Geography, 117, 1015-1028. (in Japanese with English abstract)
Rajendran, K. and A. Kitoh, 2008: Indian summer monsoon in future climate projection by a super high-resolution global model. Current Science, 95, 1560-1569.
Wohlfahrt, J., S.P. Harrison, P. Braconnot, C.D. Hewitt, A. Kitoh, U. Mikolajewicz, B.L. Otto-Bliesner and S.L. Weber, 2008: Evaluation of coupled ocean-atmosphere simulations of the mid-Holocene using palaeovegetation data from the northern hemisphere extratropics. Clim. Dyn., 31, 871-890.
Kim, K-Y., A. Kitoh and K.-J. Ha, 2008: The SST-forced predictability of the sub-seasonal mode over East Asia with an atmospheric general circulation model. Int. J. Climatol., 28, 1599-1606.
Kanada, S., M. Nakano, S. Hayashi, T. Kato, M. Nakamura, K. Kurihara and A. Kitoh, 2008: Reproducibility of maximum daily precipitation amount over Japan by a high-resolution non-hydrostatic model. SOLA, 4, 105-108.
Kitoh, A., A. Yatagai and P. Alpert, 2008: Reply to comment by Ben-Zvi and Givati on 'First super-high-resolution model projection that the ancient "Fertile Crescent" will disappear in this century'. Hydrological Research Letters, 2, 46.
Kitoh, A. and S. Kusunoki, 2008: East Asian summer monsoon simulation by a 20-km mesh AGCM. Clim. Dyn., 31, 389-401.
Yun, K.-S., S.-H. Shin, K.-J. Ha, A. Kitoh and S. Kusunoki, 2008: East Asian precipitation change in the global warming climate simulated by a 20-km mesh AGCM. Asia-Pacific Journal of Atmospheric Sciences, 44, 233-247.
Bates, B.C., Z.W. Kundzewicz, S. Wu and J.P. Palutikof (Eds.), 2008: Climate Change and Water. Technical Paper of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, IPCC Secretariat, Geneva, 210 pp.
Rajendran, K., A. Kitoh, R. Mizuta, S. Sajani and T. Nakazawa, 2008: High-resolution simulation of mean convection and its intraseasonal variability over the tropics in the MRI/JMA 20-km mesh AGCM. J. Climate, 21, 3722-3739.
Kitoh, A., M. Hosaka, K. Kamiguchi and D. Nohara, 2008: Projection of future streamflow change by global warming. In: Water Issues in Asia. (Ed. K. Sunada), Gihodo Shuppan, 199-225. (in Japanese)
Kitoh, A., 2008: Climate change. In: Asia-Pacific Coasts and Their Management: States of Environment. [Mimura, N. (ed.)], Springer, The Netherlands, 18-25.
Kitoh, A., A. Yatagai and P. Alpert, 2008: First super-high-resolution model projection that the ancient "Fertile Crescent" will disappear in this century. Hydrological Research Letters, 2, 1-4.

2007

Meehl, G.A., T.F. Stocker, W.D. Collins, P. Friedlingstein, A.T. Gaye, J.M. Gregory, A. Kitoh, R. Knutti, J.M. Murphy, A. Noda, S.C.B. Raper, I.G. Watterson, A.J. Weaver and Z.-C. Zhao, 2007: Global Climate Projections. In: Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis. Contribution of Working Group I to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [Solomon S., D. Qin, M. Manning, Z. Chen, M. Marquis, K.B. Averyt, M. Tignor and H.L. Miller (eds.)], Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom and New York, NY, USA, 747-845.
Takayabu, I., H. Kato, K. Nishizawa, Y.N. Takayabu, Y. Sato, H. Sasaki K. Kurihara and A. Kitoh, 2007: Future projections in precipitation over Asia simulated by two RCMs nested into MRI-CGCM2.2. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 85, 511-519.
Kitoh, A., 2007: Variability of Indian monsoon-ENSO relationship in a 1000-year MRI-CGCM2.2 simulation. Natural Hazards, 42, 261-272.
Sajani, S., T. Nakazawa, A. Kitoh and K. Rajendran, 2007: Ensemble simulation of Indian summer monsoon rainfall by an atmospheric general circulation model. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 85, 213-231.
Braconnot, P., B. Otto-Bliesner, S. Harrison, S. Joussaume, J.-Y. Peterchmitt, A. Abe-Ouchi, M. Crucifix, E. Driesschaert, Th. Fichefet, C.D. Hewitt, M. Kageyama, A. Kitoh, M.-F. Loutre, O. Marti, U. Merkel, G. Ramstein, P. Valdes, S.L. Weber, Y. Yu and Y. Zhao, 2007: Results of PMIP2 coupled simulations of the Mid-Holocene and Last Glacial Maximum - Part 2: feedbacks with emphasis on the location of the ITCZ and mid- and high latitudes heat budget. Clim. Past, 3, 279-296.
Braconnot, P., B. Otto-Bliesner, S. Harrison, S. Joussaume, J.-Y. Peterchmitt, A. Abe-Ouchi, M. Crucifix, E. Driesschaert, Th. Fichefet, C.D. Hewitt, M. Kageyama, A. Kitoh, A. Laine, M.-F. Loutre, O. Marti, U. Merkel, G. Ramstein, P. Valdes, S.L. Weber, Y. Yu and Y. Zhao, 2007: Results of PMIP2 coupled simulations of the Mid-Holocene and Last Glacial Maximum - Part 1: experiments and large-scale features. Clim. Past, 3, 261-277.
Yasunari, T., M. Abe and A. Kitoh, 2007: Impact of the uplift of the Tibetan Plateau on changes of monsoon and climate over the Asia-Pacific region since the Neogene era. Tenki, 54, 421-425. (in Japanese)
Kitoh, A., T. Motoi and S. Murakami, 2007: El Nino/Southern Oscillation simulation at 6,000 yrs B.P. with the MRI-CGCM2.3: Effect of flux adjustment. J. Climate, 20, 2484-2499.
Kitoh, A., 2007: Climate change simulations - Future climate projections and paleo-climate modeling. Low Temperature Science, 65, 77-85. (in Japanese)
Kitoh, A., 2007: ENSO modulation by mountain uplift. Clim. Dyn., 28, 781-796.
Nakaegawa, T, S. Kusunoki, M. Sugi, A. Kitoh, C. Kobayashi and K. Takano, 2007: A study of dynamical seasonal prediction of potential water resoures based on an atmospheric GCM experiment with prescribed sea-surface temperature. Hydrol. Sci. J., 52, 152-165.
Sato, T., F. Kimura and A. Kitoh, 2007: Projection of global warming onto regional precipitation over Mongolia using a regional climate model. J. Hydrol., 333, 144-154.

2006

Nohara, D., A. Kitoh, M. Hosaka and T. Oki, 2006: Impact of climate change on river discharge projected by multi-model ensemble. J. Hydrometeor., 7, 1076-1089.
Kageyama, M., A. Laine, A. Abe-Ouchi, P. Braconnot, E. Cortijo, M. Crufifix, A. de Vernal, J. Guiot, C.D. Hewitt, A. Kitoh, M. Kucera, O. Marti, R. Ohgaito, B. Otto-Bliesner, W.R. Peltier, A. Rosell-Mele, G. Vettoretti, S.L. Weber, Y. Yu and MARGO Project Members, 2006: Last Glacial Maximum temperatures over the North Atlantic, Europe and western Siberia: a comparison between PMIP models, MARGO sea-surface temperatures and pollen-based reconstructions. Quaternary Science Reviews, 25, 2082-2102.
Yukimoto, S., A. Noda, T. Uchiyama, S. Kusunoki and A. Kitoh, 2006: Climate changes of the twentieth through twenty-first centuries simulated by the MRI-CGCM2.3. Pap. Meteor. Geophys., 56, 9-24.
Uchiyama, T., R. Mizuta, K. Kamiguchi, A. Kitoh and A. Noda, 2006: Changes in temperature-based extremes indices due to global warming projected by a global 20-km-mesh atmospheric model. SOLA, 2, 68-71.
Kamiguchi, K., A. Kitoh, T. Uchiyama, R. Mizuta and A. Noda, 2006: Changes in precipitation-based extremes indices due to global warming projected by a global 20-km-mesh atmospheric model. SOLA, 2, 64-67.
Yukimoto, S., A. Noda, A. Kitoh, M. Hosaka, H. Yoshimura, T. Uchiyama, K. Shibata, O. Arakawa and S. Kusunoki, 2006: Present-day climate and climate sensitivity in the Meteorological Research Institute coupled GCM Version 2.3 (MRI-CGCM2.3). J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 84, 333-363.
Kitoh, A. and T. Uchiyama, 2006: Changes in onset and withdrawal of the East Asian summer rainy season by multi-model global warming experiments. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 84, 247-258.
Kitoh, A.: Climate projections by climate models. Energy and Resources, 27, 108-112. (in Japanese)
Masson-Delmotte, V., M. Kageyama, P. Braconnot, S. Charbit, G. Krinner, C. Ritz, E. Guilyardi, J. Jouzel, A. Abe-Ouchi, M. Crucifix, R.M. Gladstone, C.D. Hewitt, A. Kitoh, A.N. Legrande, O. Marti, U. Merkel, T. Motoi, R. Ohgaito, B. Otto-Bliesner, W.R. Peltier, I. Ross, P.J. Valdes, G. Vettoretti, S.L. Weber, F. Wolk and Y. Yu, 2006: Past and future polar amplification of climate change: climate model intercomparisons and ice-core constraints. Clim. Dyn., 26, 513-529.
Rajendran, K. and A. Kitoh, 2006: Modulation of tropical intraseasonal oscillations by ocean-atmosphere coupling. J. Climate, 19, 366-391,
Kitoh, A., 2006: Asian Monsoons in Future. In: B. Wang (Ed), The Asian Monsoon, Springer-Praxis, Chichester, UK, pp. 631-649.

2005

Abe, M., T. Yasunari and A. Kitoh, 2005: Sensitivity of the central Asian climate to uplift of the Tibetan Plateau in the coupled climate model (MRI-CGCM1). Island Arc, 14, 378-388.
Kitoh, A.: Climate model simulation on the role of mountain uplift on Asian monsoon. Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, 111, 654-667. (in Japanese with English abstract)
Yatagai, A., P. Xie and A. Kitoh, 2005: Utilization of a new gauge-based daily precipitation dataset over monsoon Asia for validation of the daily precipitation climatology simulated by the MRI/JMA 20-km-mesh AGCM. SOLA, 1, 193-196.
Kawamura, R., A. Kitoh and O. Arakawa: Teleconnection patterns that affect summer climate in Japan. In "Cool Summer in Japan in 2003", Kisho-Kenkyu Note, 210, 181-191. (in Japanese)
Mizuta, R., Uchiyama, T., K. Kamiguchi, A. Kitoh and A. Noda, 2005: Changes in extremes indices over Japan due to global warming projected by a global 20-km-mesh atmospheric model. SOLA, 1, 153-156.
Zhao, Y., P. Braconnot, O. Marti, S.P. Harrison, C. Hewitt, A. Kitoh, Z. Liu, U. Mikolajewicz, B. Otto-Bliesner and S.L. Weber, 2005: A multi-model analysis of the role of the ocean on the African and Indian monsoon during the mid-Holocene. Clim. Dyn., 25, 777-800.
Yamaguchi, K., A. Noda and A. Kitoh, 2005: The changes in permafrost induced by greenhouse warming: A numerical study applying multiple-layer ground model. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 83, 799-815.
Kitoh, A., 2005: Does heavy rainfall increase by global warming? Kagaku, 75, No.10, 1155-1158. (in Japanese)
Arakawa, O. and A. Kitoh, 2005: Rainfall diurnal cycle variation over the Indonesian Maritime Continent simulated by 20km mesh GCM. SOLA, 1, 109-112.
Kitoh, A. and O. Arakawa, 2005: Reduction in tropical rainfall diurnal variation by global warming simulated by a 20-km mesh climate model. Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, L18709, doi:10.1029/2005GL023350.
Hosaka, M., D. Nohara and A. Kitoh, 2005: Changes in snow cover and snow water equivalent due to global warming simulated by a 20km-mesh global atmospheric model. SOLA, 1, 93-96.
Gladstone, R.M., I. Ross, P.J. Valdes, A. Abe-Ouchi, P. Braconnot, S. Brewer, M. Kageyama, A. Kitoh, A. Legrande, O. Marti, R. Ohgaito, B. Otto-Bliesner, W.R. Peltier and G. Vettoretti, 2005: Mid-Holocene NAO: A PMIP2 model intercomparison. Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, L16707, doi:10.1029/2005GL023596.
Kitoh, A., M. Hosaka, Y. Adachi and K. Kamiguchi, 2005: Future projections of precipitation characteristics in East Asia simulated by the MRI CGCM2. Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 22, 467-478.
Murakami, S. and A. Kitoh, 2005: Euler-Lagrange equation of the most simple 1-D climate model based on the maximum entropy production hypothesis. Quart. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 131, 1529-1538.
Ashrit, R.G., A. Kitoh and S. Yukimoto, 2005: Transient response of ENSO-monsoon teleconnection in MRI-CGCM2.2 climate change simulations. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 83, 273-291.

2004

Arakawa, O. and A. Kitoh, 2004: Comparison of local precipitation-SST relationship between the observation and a reanalysis dataset. Geophys. Res. Lett., 31, L12206, doi:10.1029/2004GL020283.
Tanaka, H.L., N. Ishizaki and A. Kitoh, 2004: Trend and interannual variability of Walker, monsoon and Hadley circulations defined by velocity potential in the upper troposphere. Tellus, 56A, 250-269.
Braconnot, P., S.P. Harrison, S. Joussaume, C.D. Hewitt, A. Kitoh, J.E. Kutzbach, Z. Liu, B. Otto-Bliesner, J. Syktus and S.L. Weber: Evaluation of PMIP coupled ocean-atmosphere simulations of the Mid-Holocene. In: Past Climate Variability through Europe and Africa, R.W. Battarbee et al.(eds), Springer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, 515-533.
Abe, M., T. Yasunari and A. Kitoh, 2004: Effect of large-scale orography on the atmosphere-ocean coupled system in the tropical Indian and Pacific sector in boreal summer. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 82, 745-759.
Kitoh, A., 2004: Effect of mountain uplift on East Asian summer climate investigated by a coupled atmosphere-ocean GCM. J. Climate, 17, 783-802.
Rajendran, K., A. Kitoh and S. Yukimoto, 2004: South and East Asian summer monsoon climate and variation in MRI coupled model (MRI-CGCM2). J. Climate, 17, 763-782.
Rajendran, K., A. Kitoh and O. Arakawa, 2004: Monsoon low-frequency oscillation and ocean-atmosphere coupling over the Indian Ocean. Geophys. Res. Lett., 31, L02210, doi:10.1029/2003GL019031.

2003

Waliser, D. E., K. Jin, I.-S. Kang, W. F. Stern, S. D. Schubert, K.-M. Lau, M.-I. Lee, V. Krishnamurthy, A. Kitoh, G. A. Meehl, V. Y. Galin, V. Satyan, S. K. Mandke, G. Wu, Y. Liu and C.-K. Park, 2003: AGCM simulations of intraseasonal variability associated with the Asian summer monsoon. Clim. Dyn., 21, 423-446.
Abe, M., A. Kitoh and T. Yasunari, 2003: An evolution of the Asian summer monsoon due to mountain uplift - Simulation with the MRI atmosphere-ocean coupled GCM -. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 81, 909-933.
Kitoh, A., 2003: Monsoon in the past and in the future. In "Recent Progress in Monsoon Study" (Ed. By R. Kawamura), Kisho-Kenkyu Note, 204, 189-218. (in Japanese)
Zhong, M., I. Naito and A. Kitoh, 2003: Atmospheric hydrological, and ocean current contribution to Earth's annual wobble and length-of-day signals based on output from a climate model. J. Geophys. Res., 108(B1), 2057, doi:10.1029/2001JB000457.

2002

Kitoh, A. and S. Murakami, 2002: Pacific climate at the Mid-Holocene and the Last Glacial Maximum simulated by a coupled ocean-atmosphere GCM. Paleoceanography, 17(3), 1047, doi:10.1029/2001PA000724.
Kitoh, A., 2002: Effects of large-scale mountains on surface climate: A coupled ocean- atmosphere general circulation model study. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 80, 1165-1181.
Kang, I.-S., K. Jin, K.-M. Lau, J. Shukla, V. Krishnamurthy, S.D. Schubert, D.E. Waliser, W.F. Stern, V. Satyan, A. Kitoh, G.A. Meehl, M. Kanamitsu, V. Ya. Galin, J.- K. Kim, A. Sumi, G. Wu and Y. Liu, 2002 : Intercomparison of GCM simulated anomalies associated with the 1997-98 El Nino. J. Climate, 15, 2791-2805.
Kang, I.-S., K. Jin, B. Wang, K.-M. Lau, J. Shukla, V. Krishnamurthy, S.D. Schubert, D.E. Waliser, W.F. Stern, A. Kitoh, G.A. Meehl, M. Kanamitsu, V. Y. Galin, V. Satyan, C.-K. Park and Y. Liu, 2002: Intercomparison of the climatological variations of Asian summer monsoon precipitation simulated by 10 GCMs. Clim. Dyn., 19, 383-395.
Kitoh, A., 2002: Influence of the Himalaya-Tibetan orography on climate. Chikyu Monthly, 24, 310-315. (in Japanese)
Davey, M.K., M.Huddleston, K.R.Sperber, P.Braconnot, F.Bryan, D.Chen, R.A.Colman, C.Cooper, U.Cubasch, P.delecluse, D.DeWitt, L.Fairhead, G.Flato, C.Gordon, T.Hogan, M.Ji, M.Kimoto, A.Kitoh, T.R.Knutson, M.Latif, H.LeTreut, T.Li, S.Manabe, C.R.Mechoso, G.A.Meehl, S.B.Power, E.Roeckner, L.Terray, A.Vintzileos, R.Voss, B.Wang, W.M.Washington, I.Yoshikawa, J.-Y.Yu, S.Yukimoto and S.E.Zebiak, 2002: STOIC: a study of coupled model climatology and variability in tropical ocean regions. Clim. Dyn., 18, 403-420.
Nakaegawa, T., S. Kusunoki, M. Sugi, A. Kitoh, C. Kobayashi and K. Takano, 2002: A study of accuracy and potential predictability of seasonal prediction of water resources based on atmospheric seasonal forecast experiments, Annual Journal of Hydroscience and Hydraulic Engineering, JSCE, 46, 109-114. (in Japanese with English abstract)

2001

McAvaney, B.J., C. Covey, S. Joussaume, V. Kattsov, A. Kitoh, W. Ogana, A.J. Pitman, A.J. Weaver, R.A. Wood and Z.-C. Zhao, 2001: Model Evaluation. In: Climate Change 2001: The Scientific Basis. Contribution of Working Group I to the Third Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (J.T.Houghton et al., Eds.), Cambridge University Press, UK, 471-523.
Latif, M., K. Sperber, J. Arblaster, P. Braconnot, D. Chen, A. Colman, U. Cubasch, C. Cooper, P. Delecluse, D. DeWitt, L. Fairhead, G. Flato, T. Hogan, M. Ji, M. Kimoto, A. kitoh, T. Knutson, H. Le Treut, T. Li, S. Manabe, O. Marti, C. Mechoso, G. Meehl, S. Power, E. Roeckner, J. Sirven, L. Terray, A. Vintzileos, R. Voss, B. Wang, W. Washington, I. Yoshikawa, J. Yu and S. Zebiak, 2001: ENSIP: the El Nino simulation intercomparison project. Clim. Dyn., 18, 255-276.
Kusunoki, S., M. Sugi, A. Kitoh, C. Kobayashi and K. Takano, 2001: Atmospheric seasonal predictability experiments by the JMA GCM. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 79, 1183- 1206.
Sperber, K.R., C. Brankovic, M. Deque, C.S. Frederiksen, R. Graham, A. Kitoh, C. Kobayashi, T. Palmer, K. Puri, W. Tennant and E. Volodin, 2001: Dynamical seasonal predictability of the Asian summer monsoon. Mon. Wea. Rev., 129, 2226-2248.
Kitoh, A., 2001: Effect of orography on land and ocean surface temperature. Present and Future of Modeling Global Environmental Change: Toward Integrated Modeling, Eds., T. Matsuno and H. Kida, TERRAPUB, pp. 427-431.
Kitoh, A., S. Murakami and H. Koide, 2001: A simulation of the Last Glacial Maximum with a coupled atmosphere-ocean GCM. Geophys. Res. Lett., 28, 2221-2224.
Yukimoto, S., A. Noda, A. Kitoh, M. Sugi, Y. Kitamura, M. Hosaka, K. Shibata, S. Maeda and T. Uchiyama, 2001: A new Meteorological Research Institute coupled GCM (MRI-CGCM2) - its climate and variability -. Pap. Met. Geophys., 51, 47-88.

2000

Kobayashi, C., K. Takano, S. Kusunoki, M. Sugi and A. Kitoh, 2000: Seasonal predictability in winter over eastern Asia using the JMA global model. Q. J. R. Meteor. Soc., 126, 2111-2123.
Yukimoto, S., M. Endoh, Y. Kitamura, A. Kitoh, T. Motoi and A. Noda, 2000: ENSO-like interdecadal variability in the Pacific Ocean as simulated in a coupled general circulation model. J. Geophys. Res., 105, C6, 13,945-13,963.
Pawson, S., K. Kodera, K. Hamilton, T.G. Shepherd, S.R. Beagley, B.A. Boville, J.D. Farrara, T.D.A. Fairlie, A. Kitoh, W.A. Lahoz, U. Langematz, E. Manzini, D.H. Rind, A.A. Scaife, K. Shibata, P. Simon, R. Swinbank, L. Takacs, R.J. Wilson, J.A. Al-Saadi, M. Amodei, M. Chiba, L. Coy, J. de Grandpre, R.S. Eckman, M. Fiorino, W.L. Grose, H. Koide, J.N. Koshyk, D. Li, J. Lerner, J.D. Mahlman, N.A. McFarlane, C.R. Mechoso, A. Molod, A. O'Neill, R.B. Pierce, W.J. Randel, R.B. Rood and F. Wu, 2000: The GCM-Reality Intercomparison Project for SPARC (GRIPS): Scientific issues and initial results. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 81, 781-796.

1995-1999

Moon, J.-Y., K.-J. Ha and A. Kitoh, 1999: The eddy-mean flow interaction and the tropical-extratropical interaction in a GCM and their dependence on model horizontal resolution. Kor. J. Atmos. Sci., 2, 15-28.
Ogasawara, N., A. Kitoh, T. Yasunari, A. Noda, 1999: Tropospheric Biennial Oscillation in the MRI Coupled GCM. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 77, 1247-1270.
Kitoh, A., S. Yukimoto and A. Noda, 1999: ENSO-monsoon Relationship in the MRI Coupled GCM. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 77, 1221-1245.
A. Chandrasekar, D.V. Bhaskar Rao and A. Kitoh, 1999: Effect of horizontal resolution on the simulation of Asian summer monsoon using the MRI GCM-II. Pap. Met. Geophys., 50, 65-80.
Kitoh, A. and O. Arakawa, 1999: Overestimation of tropical precipitation by an atmospheric GCM with prescribed SST. Geophys. Res. Lett., 26, 2965-2968.
Kitoh, A., T. Motoi and H. Koide, 1999: SST variability and its mechanism in a coupled atmosphere/mixed-layer ocean model. J. Climate, 12, 1221-1239.
Joussaume,S., K.E.Taylor, P.Braconnot, J.F.B.Mitchell, J.E.Kutzbach, S.P.Harrison, I.C.Prentice, A.J.Broccoli, A.Abe-Ouchi, P.J.Bartlein, C.Bonfils, B.Dong, J.Guiot, K.Herterich, C.D.Hewitt, D.Jolly, J.W.Kim, A.Kislov, A.Kitoh, M.F.Loutre, V.Masson, B.McAvaney, N.McFarlane, N.de Noblet, W.R.Peltier, J.Y.Peterschmitt, D.Pollard, D.Rind, J.F.Royer, M.E.Schlesinger, J.Syktus, S.Thompson, P.Valdes, G.Vettoretti, R.S.Webb and U.Wyputta, 1999: Monsoon changes for 6000 years ago: Results of 18 simulations from the Paleoclimate Modeling Intercomparison Project (PMIP). Geophys. Res. Lett., 26, 859-862.
Motoi, T., A. Kitoh and H. Koide, 1998: Antarctic circumpolar wave in a coupled ocean- atmosphere model. Annals of Glaciology, 27, 483-487.
A. Chandrasekar and A. Kitoh, 1998: Impact of Localized Sea Surface Temperature Anomalies over the Equatorial Indian Ocean on the Indian Summer Monsoon. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 76, 841-853.
F.D'Andrea, S.Tibaldi, M.Blackburn, G.Boer, M.Deque, M.R.Dix, B.Dugas, L.Ferranti, T.Iwasaki, A.Kitoh, V.Pope, D.Randall, E.Roeckner, D.Straus, W.Stern, H.Van den Dool and D.Williamson, 1998: Northern Hemisphere atmospheric blocking as simulated by 15 atmospheric general circulation models in the period 1979-1988. Clim. Dyn., 14, 385- 407.
Zhang, Y., K. R. Sperber, J. S. Boyle, M. Dix, L. Ferranti, A. Kitoh, K. M. Lau, K. Miyakoda, D. Randall, L. Takacs and R. Wetherald, 1997: East Asian winter monsoon: results from eight AMIP models. Clim. Dyn., 13, 797-820.
Ose, T., Y. Song and A. Kitoh, 1997: Sea surface temperature in the South China Sea - an index for the Asian monsoon and ENSO system -. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 75, 1091- 1107.
Kitoh, A., Yukimoto, S., A. Noda and T. Motoi, 1997: Simulated changes in the Asian summer monsoon at times of increased atmospheric CO2. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 75, 1019-1031.
Kitoh, A., 1997: Investigation of the role of the Tibetan Plateau by climate model. Journal of Geography, 106, 270-279. (in Japanese with English abstract)
Kitoh, A., 1997: Mountain uplift and surface temperature changes. Geophys. Res. Lett., 24, 185-188.
Yukimoto, S., M. Endoh, Y. Kitamura, A. Kitoh, T. Motoi, A. Noda and T. Tokioka, 1996: Interannual and interdecadal variabilities in the Pacific in an MRI coupled GCM. Clim. Dyn., 12, 667-683.
Kodera, K., M. Chiba, H. Koide, A. Kitoh and Y. Nikaidou, 1996: Interannual variability of the winter stratosphere and troposphere in the Northern Hemisphere. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 74, 365-382.
Slingo, J.M., K.R.Sperber, J.S.Boyle, J.-P.Ceron, M.Dix, B.Dugas, W.Ebisuzaki, J.Fyfe, D.Gregory, J.-F.Gueremy, J.Hack, A.Harzallah, P.Inness, A.Kitoh, W.K.- M.Lau, B.McAvaney, R.Madden, A.Matthews, T.N.Palmer, C.K.Park, D.A.Randall and N.Renno, 1996: Intraseasonal oscillations in 15 atmospheric general circulation models: results from an AMIP diagnostic subproject. Clim. Dyn., 12, 325-357.
Kitoh, A., H. Koide, K. Kodera, S. Yukimoto and A. Noda, 1996: Interannual variability in the stratospheric-tropospheric circulation in a coupled ocean-atmosphere GCM. Geophys. Res. Lett., 23, 543-546.
Gates, W.L., A. Henderson-Sellers, G.J. Boer, C.K. Foland, A. Kitoh, B.J. McAvaney, F. Semazzi, N. Smith, A.J. Weaver and Q.-C. Zeng, 1995: Climate Models - Evaluation. In: Climate Change 1995: The Science of Climate Change. Contribution of Working Group I to the Second Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (J.T.Houghton et al., Eds.), Cambridge University Press, UK, 229-284.
Weare, B.C., I.I.Mokhov, and Project Members, 1995: Evaluation of total cloudiness and its variability in the Atmospheric Model intercomparison Project. J. Climate, 8, 2224-2238.
Tokioka, T., A. Noda, A. Kitoh, Y. Nikaidou, S. Nakagawa, T. Motoi, S. Yukimoto and K. Takata, 1995: A transient CO2 experiment with the MRI CGCM - Quick Report -. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 73, 817-826.
Kitoh, A., A. Noda, Y. Nikaidou, T. Ose and T. Tokioka, 1995: AMIP simulations of the MRI GCM. Pap. Met. Geophys., 45, 121-148.
Gleckler, P.J., D.A.Randall, G.Boer, R.Colman, M.Dix, V.Galin, M.Helfand, J.Kiehl, A.Kitoh, W.Lau, X.-Y.Liang, V.Lykossov, B.McAvaney, K.Miyakoda, S.Planton and W.Stern, 1995: Cloud-radiative effects on implied oceanic energy transports as simulated by atmospheric general circulation models. Geophys. Res. Letters, 22, 791-794.
Kitoh, A., 1995: Observation and simulation of the relationship between the global sea surface temperature variability and the 500 hPa height in the northern summer. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 73, 247-253.

1990-1994

Kitoh, A., 1994: Tropical influence on the South Pacific double-jet variability. Proceedings of the NIPR Symposium on Polar Meteorology and Glaciology, November 1994, vol.8, 34-45.
Kitoh, A., K. Yamazaki and T. Tokioka: Summertime moisture flux in the desert regions of western China. Journal of Arid Land Studies, 3, 9-17. (in Japanese with English abstract)
Kitoh, A.: Decadal-scale changes in the atmosphere-ocean system in the winter Northern Hemisphere. Umi to sora, 68, 191-202. (in Japanese with English abstract)
Kitoh, A., 1992: Simulated interannual variations of the Indo-Australian monsoons. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 70, 563-583.
Bhaskar Rao, D. V., K. Yamazaki and A. Kitoh, 1991: Some GCM experiments of the Asian summer monsoon related to land boundary conditions. Pap. Met. Geophys., 42, 127-143.
Yasunari, T., A. Kitoh and T. Tokioka, 1991: Local and remote response to excessive snow mass over Eurasia appearing in the northern spring and summer climate. - A study with the MRI GCM - J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 69, 473-487.
Kitoh, A, 1991: Interannual variations in an atmospheric GCM forced by the 1970-1989 SST. Part II: Low-frequency variability of the wintertime Northern Hemisphere extratropics. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 69, 271-291.
Kitoh, A, 1991: Interannual variations in an atmospheric GCM forced by the 1970-1989 SST. Part I: Response of the tropical atmosphere. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 69, 251-269.
Kitoh, A. and K. Yamazaki, 1991: Impact of surface drag of islands in the maritime continent on the atmospheric general circulation. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 69, 241-249.
Kitoh, A., K. Yamazaki and T. Tokioka, 1990: The double-jet and semi-annual oscillations in the Southern Hemisphere simulated by the Meteorological Research Institute general circulation model. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 68, 251-264.

Before 1989

Kitoh, A., 1989: Observed and simulated persistence of the 500 mb height anomalies. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 67, 1001-1013.
Kitoh, A., 1989: Persistent anomalies in the Northern Hemisphere of the MRI GCM-I compared with the observation. Pap. Met. Geophys., 40, 83-101.
Kitoh, A., 1988: Correlation between the surface air temperature over Japan and the global sea surface temperature. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 66, 967-986.
Kitoh, A., T. Ose, K. Yamazaki and T. Tokioka, 1988: Long-range forecast experiments for the summer of 1984 with the MRI GCM-I - Sensitivities to the sea surface temperature anomalies and cumulus parameterizations. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 66, 913-925.
Tokioka, T., K. Yamazaki, A. Kitoh and T. Ose, 1988: The equatorial 30-60 day oscillation and the Arakawa-Schubert penetrative cumulus parameterization. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 66, 883-901.
Kitoh, A., 1988: A numerical experiment on sea surface temperature anomalies and warm winter in Japan. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 66, 515-533.
Kitoh, A., K. Yamazaki and T. Tokioka, 1988: Influence of soil moisture and surface albedo changes over the African rain forest on summer climate investigated with the MRI GCM-I. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 66, 65-86.
Mechoso, C. R., A. Kitoh, S. Moorthi and A. Arakawa, 1987: Numerical simulations of the atmospheric response to a sea surface temperature anomaly over the equatorial eastern Pacific Ocean. Mon. Wea. Rev., 115, 2936-2956.
Kitoh, A. and T. Tokioka, 1987: On the effects of vertical resolution on medium-range weather forecasts. Short- and Medium-Range Numerical Weather Prediction. Collection of papers presented at the WMO/IUGG NWP symposium, Tokyo, 4-8 August 1986, Special volume of the J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 273-280.
Kitoh, A. and T. Tokioka, 1987: A simulation of the tropospheric general circulation with the MRI atmospheric general circulation model. Part III: The Asian summer monsoon. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 65, 167-187.
Kitoh, A. and T. Tokioka, 1986: A simulation of the tropospheric general circulation with the MRI atmospheric general circulation model. Part II: The July performance. Pap. Met. Geophys., 37, 145-168.
Tokioka, T., A. Kitoh and A. Katayama, 1986: Atmospheric response to the sea surface temperature anomalies in the mature phase of El Nino: Numerical experiment under the perpetual January condition. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 64, 347-362.
Mechoso, C. R., Max, J. Suarez, K. Yamazaki, A. Kitoh and A. Arakawa, 1986: Numerical forecasts of tropospheric and stratospheric events during the winter of 1979; sensitivity to the model's horizontal resolution and vertical extent. Advances in Geophysics, Volume 29, Ed. by R. Benzi, B. Saltzman and A. C. Wiin-Nielsen, Academic Press, 375- 413.
Mechoso, C. R., K. Yamazaki, A. Kitoh and A. Arakawa, 1985: Numerical forecasts of stratospheric warming events during the winter of 1979. Mon. Wea. Rev., 113, 1015- 1029.
Tokioka, T., A. Kitoh, I. Yagai and K. Yamazaki, 1985: A simulation of the tropospheric general circulation with the MRI atmospheric general circulation model. Part I: The January performance. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 63, 749-778.