Akio Kitoh Research Associate, Climate and Geochemistry Research Department Meteorological Research Institute, 1-1 Nagamine, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0052, Japan Email: kitoh at mri-jma.go.jp

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, 2007-2013
• Senior Researcher, Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan, 2013-2017
• Director, Office of Climate and Environmental Research Promotion, Japan Meteorological Business Support Center, Tsukuba, Japan, 2017-2020
• Researcher, Japan Meteorological Business Support Center, Tsukuba, Japan, 2020-2022


• Affiliated Professor, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan, 1995-2004
• Visiting Professor, Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan, 2004-2013
• Visiting Professor, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, 2009-2012
• Member, Science Council of Japan, 2011-2017
• Guest Researcher, Meteorological Research Institute, Tsukuba, 2013-2024
• Research Associate, Meteorological Research Institute, Tsukuba, 2024-present

Professional Experience

• Member, Meteorological Society of Japan, 1978-
• Member, Japan Geoscience Union, 2006-
• Lead Author, Chapter 5 "Climate Models - Evaluation", Second Assessment Report, IPCC WG1, 1992-1995
• Member, CLIVAR Working Group on Seasonal to Interannual Prediction (WGSIP), 1994-2000
• Lead Author, Chapter 8 "Model Evaluation", Third Assessment Report, IPCC WG1, 1998-2001
• Member, Scientific Advisory Committee, International Pacific Research Center (IPRC), 2002-2004
• Lead Author, Chapter 10 "Global Climate Projections", Fourth Assessment Report, IPCC WG1, 2004-2007
• Lead Author, IPCC Technical Paper on Climate Change and Water, 2007
• Member, Scientific Advisory Committee, Beijing Climate Center (BCC), 2009-2013
• Member, CLIVAR Asian-Australian Monsoon Panel (AAMP), 2009-2013
• Lead Author, Chapter 14 "Climate Phenomena and their Relevance for Future Regional Climate Change", Fifth Assessment Report, IPCC WG1, 2010-2013
• Member, International Scientific Advisory Panel, Centre for Climate Research Singapore (CCRS), 2011-2015
• Lead Author, Chapter 10 "Asia", Sixth Assessment Report, IPCC WG2, 2018-2023

Award

Journal Reviews

Editorial Board

• Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan (JMSJ), 1992-1998
• Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 2000-2012
• Scientific Online Letters on the Atmosphere (SOLA), Meteorological Society of Japan, 2004-2012
• Asia-Pacific Journal of Atmospheric Sciences (APJAS), Korean Meteorological Society, 2008-2012

Research

• Kitoh, A., and H. Endo, 2025: The asymmetric response of the spring and autumn atmospheric circulation over East Asia to a warming climate. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 103 (5), 559-572, doi:10.2151/jmsj.2025-028.
• Varghese, S. J., S. Surendran, K. Rajendran, S. Ghosh, A. Kitoh, and K. Ashok, 2024: Precipitation scaling in extreme rainfall events and the implications for future Indian monsoon: Analysis of high-resolution global climate model simulations. Geophys. Res. Lett., 51, e2023GL10680, doi:10.1029/2023GL105680.
• Terao, T., S. Kanae, H. Fujinami, S. Das, A. P. Dimri, S. Dutta, K. Fujita, A. Fukushima, K.-J. Ha, M. Hirose, J. Hong, H. Kamimera, R. B. Kayastha, M. Kiguchi. K. Kikuchi, H. M. Kim, A. Kitoh, H. Kubota, W. Ma, Y. Ma, M. Mujumdar, M. I. Nodzu, T. Sato, Z. Su, S. Sugimoto, H. G. Takahashi, Y. Takaya, S. Wang, K. Yang, S. Yokoi, P. van Oevelen, and J. Matsumoto, 2023: AsiaPEX: Challenges and prospects in Asian precipitation research. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 104, E884-E908, doi:10.1175/BAMS-D-20-0220.1
• Endo, H., A. Kitoh, and R. Mizuta, 2022: Future changes in extreme precipitation and their association with tropical cyclone activity over the western North Pacific and East Asia in 20 km AGCM simulations. SOLA, 18, 58-64, doi:10.2151/sola.2022-010.
• Endo, H., A. Kitoh, R. Mizuta, and T. Ose, 2021: Different future changes between early and late summer monsoon precipitation in East Asia. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 99, 1501-1524, doi:10.2151/jmsj.2021-073.
• Hsu, P.-C., K.-C. Chen, C.-H. Tsou, H.-H. Hsu, C.-H. Hong, H.-C. Liang, C.-Y. Tu, and A. Kitoh, 2021: Future changes in the frequency and destructiveness of landfalling tropical cyclones over East Asia projected by high-resolution AGCMs. Earth’s Future, 9, e2020EF001888, doi:10.1029/2020EF001888.
• Hong, C.-C., C.-H. Tsou, P.-C. Hsu, K.-C. Chen, H.-C. Liang, H.-H. Hsu, C.-Y. Tu, and A. Kitoh, 2021: Future changes in tropical cyclone intensity and frequency over the western North Pacific based on 20-km HiRAM and MRI models. J. Climate, 34, 2235-2251, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-20-0417.1.
• Kitoh, A., E. Mohino, Y. Ding, K. Rajendran, T. Ambrizzi, J. Marengo, and V. Magaña, 2021: Combined Oceanic Influences on Continental Climates. In: C. R. Mechoso (ed.), Interacting Climates of Ocean Basins: Observations, Mechanisms, Predictability, and Impacts. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-108-49270-6, doi:10.1017/9781108610995, pp.216-25
• Kitoh, A., and H. Endo, 2020: Future Changes in Global Monsoon Precipitation and their Uncertainty: Results from 20-km and 60-km MRI-AGCM Ensemble Simulations. In: C.-P. Chang, K.-J. Ha, R. H. Johnson, D. Kim, G. N.-C. Lau, and B. Wang (eds.), The Multiscale Global Monsoon System. World Scientific Publishing, ISBN 978-981-121-659-6, doi:10.1142/11723, pp.343-353.
• Kitoh, A., 2019: Climate Change We Human Are Responsible for. In: Himiyama, Y., Satake, K., Oki,T. (eds), Human Geoscience. Advances in Geological Science. Springer, Singapore. ISBN 978-981-32-9223-9, doi:10. 1007/978-981-32-9224-6_20, pp.283-293.
• Kitoh, A., 2019: Atmosphere - The Gaseous Realm Which Supports Human Life. In: Himiyama, Y., Satake, K., Oki,T. (eds), Human Geoscience. Advances in Geological Science. Springer, Singapore. ISBN 978-981-32- 9223-9, doi:10.1007/978-981-32-9224-6_2, pp.21-26.
• Kitoh, A. and H. Endo, 2019: Future changes in precipitation extremes associated with tropical cyclones projected by large-ensemble simulations. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 97, 141-152, doi:10.2151/jmsj.2019-007. Graphical Abstract. Article.
• Kitoh, A. and H. Endo, 2017: Monsoon Precipitation in a Future Warmer World. In: C.-P. Chang, H.-C. Kuo, N.-C. Lau, R. H. Johnson, B. Wang and M. C. Wheeler (eds.), The Global Monsoon System, Research and Forecast 3rd Edition. World Scientific Series on Asia-Pacific Weather and Climate, Volume 9, ISBN: 978-981-3200-90-6, 303-314.
• Kitoh, A., 2017: The Asian monsoon and its future change in climate models: A review. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 95, doi:10.2151/jmsj.2017-002. Graphical Abstract. Article.
• Kitoh, A. and O. Arakawa, 2016: Reduction in the east-west contrast in water budget over the Tibetan Plateau under a future climate. Hydrol. Res. Lett., 10(4), 113-118, doi:10.3178/hrl.10.113. Article.
• Kitoh, A. and H. Endo, 2016: Future changes in rainfall extremes associated with El Nino projected by a global 20-km mesh atmospheric model.SOLA, 12A, 1-6. Article.
• Kitoh, A. and H. Endo, 2016: Changes in precipitation extremes projected by a 20-km mesh global atmospheric model. Weather and Climate Extremes, 11, 41-52, doi:10.1016/j.wace.2015.09.001. Article.
• Kitoh, A., T. Ose, and I. Takayabu, 2015: Dynamical downscaling for climate projection with high-resolution MRI AGCM-RCM. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 94A, 1-16, doi:10.2151/jmsj.2015-022. Graphical Abstract. Article.

• Integrated Climate Change Projection (TOUGOU: Integrated Climate Model Advanced Research Program) (FY2017-2021)
• Research on Climate and Environmental Change with Advanced Climate Modeling (FY2015-2019)
• Development of Basic Technology for Risk Information on Climate Change (SOUSEI: Program for Risk Information on Climate Change) (FY2012-2016)
• 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 (KAKUSHIN: 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