| Job title | Director |
| Section | Forecast Research Department |
| E-mail |  |
| Personal | http://www.mri-jma.go.jp/Dep/fo/lab2/member/ksaito/INDEXE1.htm |
| Expertise | mesoscale numerical weather prediction
Mesoscale model, data assimilation, and ensemble prediction system. |
| Degree | Ph. D |
| Publications |
- Saito, K., T. Shimbori, R. Draxler, T., Hara, T., Toyoda, K. Nagata, T., Fujita, Y. Honda, M. Sakamoto, T. Kato, M. Kajino, T. Sekiyama, T.Y. Tanaka, T. Maki, H. Terada, M. Chino, T. Iwasaki, M. Hort, S. Leadbetter, G. Wotawa, D. Arnold, C, Maurer, A. Malo, R. Servranckx and P. Chen, 2015: Contribution of JMA to the WMO Technical Task Team on Meteorological Analyses for Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident and Relevant Atmospheric Transport Modeling at MRI. Tech. Rep. MRI, 76, 230pp. doi: 10.11483/mritechrepo.76
- Duc, L., T. Kuroda, K. Saito and T. Fujita, 2015: Ensemble Kalman Filter data assimilation and storm surge experiments of tropical cyclone Nargis. Tellus A 2015, 67, 25941, doi: 10.3402/tellusa.v67.25941.
- Ito, K., T. Kuroda, K. Saito, and A. Wada, 2015: A large number of tropical cyclone intensity forecasts around Japan using a coupled high-resolution model. Weather and Forecasting, 30, 793-808.
- Saito, K, T. Shimbori and R. Draxler, 2015: JMA's Regional ATM calculations for the WMO Technical Task Team on meteorological analyses for Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident. J. Environ. Radioact., 139, 185-199.
- Draxler, R., D. Arnold, S. Galmarini, M. Hort, A. Jones , S. Leadbetter, A. Malo, C. Maurer, G. Rolph, K. Saito, R. Servranckx, T. Shimbori, E. Solazzo and G. Wotawa, 2015: World Meteorological Organization's Evaluation of the RadionuclideDispersion and Deposition from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident. J. Environ. Radioact., 139, 172-184.
- Kawabata, T., H. Iwai, H. Seko, Y. Shoji, K. Saito, S. Ishii, and K. Mizutani, 2014: Cloud-resolving 4D-Var assimilation of Doppler wind lidar data on a mesogamma scale convective system. Mon. Wea. Rev., 142, 2284-4498.
- Kawabata, T., K. Ito, and K. Saito, 2014: Recent progress of the NHM-4DVAR towards a super-high resolution data assimilation. SOLA, 10, 145-149.
- Kawabata, T., Y.Shoji, H. Seko and K. Saito, 2013: A numerical study on a mesoscale-convective system over a subtropical island with 4D-Var assimilation of GPS slant total delays. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan. 91, 705-721.
- Saito, K., T. Tsuyuki, H. Seko, F. Kimura, T. Tokioka, T. Kuroda, L. Duc, K. Ito, T. Oizumi, G. Chen, J. Ito, and SPIRE Field 3 Mesoscale NWP group, 2013: Super high-resolution mesoscale weather prediction. J. Phys. Conf. Ser., 454, 012073.
- Duc, L., K. Saito and H. Seko, 2013: Spatial-temporal fractions verification for high resolution ensemble forecasts. Tellus, 65.
- Seko, H., S. Hayashi and K. Saito, 2012: Processes Generating Convection Cells near Sumatra Island in the Monsoon Season. Pap. Met. Geophys., 63, 57-67.
- Iguchi T., T. Nakajima, A. Khain, K. Saito, T. Takemura, H. Okamoto, T. Nishizawa and W. Tao, 2012: Evaluation of cloud microphysics in JMA-NHM simulations using bin or bulk microphysical schemes through comparison with cloud radar observations. J. Atmos. Sci. 69, 2566-2586.
- Saito, K., 2012:The Japan Meteorological Agency nonhydrostatic model and its application to operation and research. Atmospheric Model Applications, InTech, 85-110.
- Duan, Y., J. Gong, M. Charron, J. Chen, G. Deng, G. DiMego, J. Du, M. Hara, M. Kunii, X. Li , Y. Li, K. Saito, H. Seko, Y. Wang, and C. Wittmann, 2012: An overview of Beijing 2008 Olympics Research and Development Project (B08RDP). Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 93, 381-403.
- Saito, K., H. Seko, M. Kunii and T. Miyoshi, 2012: Effect of lateral boundary perturbations on the breeding method and the local ensemble transform Kalman filter for mesoscale ensemble prediction. Tellus. 64.
- Saito, K., T. Kuroda, S. Hayashi, H. Seko, M. Kunii, Y. Shoji, M. Ueno, T. Kawabata, S. Yoden, S. Otuka, N.J. Trilaksono, T.Y. Koh, S. Koseki, L. Duc, X.K. Xin, W.K. Wong and K.C. Gouda, 2011: International Research for Prevention and Mitigation of Meteorological Disasters in Southeast Asia. Tech. Rep. MRI. 65, 198pp.
- Kawabata, T., T. Kuroda, H. Seko and K. Saito, 2011: A cloud-resolving 4D-Var assimilation experiment for a local heavy rainfall event in the Tokyo metropolitan area. Mon. Wea. Rev., 139, 1911-1931.
- Seko, H., T. Miyoshi, Y. Shoji and K. Saito, 2011: A data assimilation experiment of PWV using the LETKF system -Intense rainfall event on 28 July 2008-. Tellus, 63A, 402-414.
- Saito, K., M. Hara, M. Kunii, H. Seko, and M. Yamaguchi, 2011: Comparison of initial perturbation methods for the mesoscale ensemble prediction system of the Meteorological Research Institute for the WWRP Beijing 2008 Olympics Research and Development Project (B08RDP). Tellus, 63A, 445-467.
- Kunii, M., K. Saito, H. Seko, M. Hara, T. Hara, M. Yamaguchi, J. Gong, M. Charron, J. Du, Y. Wang and D. Chen, 2011: Verifications and intercomparisons of mesoscale ensemble prediction systems in B08RDP. Tellus, 63A, 531-549.
- Shoji, Y., Kunii, M. and K. Saito, 2011: Mesoscale data assimilation of Myanmar cyclone Nargis. Part 2: Assitilation of GPS derived precipitable water vapor. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 89, 67-88.
- Saito, K., T. Kuroda, M. Kunii and N. Kohno, 2010: Numerical Simulations of Myanmar Cyclone Nargis and the Associated Storm Surge. Part 2: Ensemble prediction. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan. 88, 547-570.
- Kuroda, T., K. Saito, M. Kunii and N. Kohno, 2010: Numerical Simulations of Myanmar Cyclone Nargis and the Associated Storm Surge. Part 1: Forecast Experiment with NHM and Simulation of Storm Surge. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 88, 521-545.
- Kunii, M., Y. Shoji, M. Ueno and K. Saito, 2010: Mesoscale Data Assimilation of Myanmar Cyclone Nargis. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 88, 455-474.
- Saito, K., M. Kunii, M. Hara, H. Seko, T. Hara, M. Yamaguchi, T. Miyoshi and W. Wong, 2010: WWRP Beijing 2008 Olympics Forecast Demonstration / Research and Development Project (B08FDP/RDP). Tech. Rep. MRI, 62, 210pp.
- Kunii, M., K. Saito and H. Seko, 2010: Mesoscale Data Assimilation Experiment in the WWRP B08RDP. SOLA, 6, 33-36.
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