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.