MURATA Akihiko

Job title	Director / Department of Applied Meteorology Research
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Expertise	Regional climate, Tropical cyclone
Degree	Ph.D.
Publications	Murata, A., S. Fukui, M. Nosaka, T. Ushiyama, and R. A. Acierto, 2025: Toward a generalized understanding of the role of convective available potential energy (CAPE) removal and entrainment rate in convective parameterizations on the diurnal cycle of tropical precipitation. Wea. Forecasting, 40, 37–53. Murata, A., M. Nosaka, H. Sasaki, and H. Kawase, 2022: Dynamic and thermodynamic factors involved in future changes in extreme summertime precipitation in Japan projected by convection-permitting regional climate model simulations. J. Appl. Meteor. Climatol., 61, 1201–1217. Murata, A., S. I. Watanabe, H. Sasaki, H. Kawase, and M. Nosaka, 2020: Assessing goodness of fit to gamma distribution and estimating future projection on daily precipitation frequency using regional climate model simulations over Japan with and without the influence of tropical cyclones. J. Hydrometeor., 21, 2997–3010. Murata, A., S. I. Watanabe, H. Sasaki, H. Kawase, and M. Nosaka, 2019: The development of a resolution-independent tropical cyclone detection scheme for high-resolution climate model simulations. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 97, 519-537. Murata, A., H. Sasaki, H. Kawase, M. Nosaka, T. Aoyagi, M. Oh'izumi, N. Seino, F. Shido, K. Hibino, K. Ishihara, H. Murai, S. Yasui, S. Wakamatsu, and I. Takayabu, 2017: Projection of future climate change over Japan in ensemble simulations using a convection-permitting regional climate model with urban canopy. SOLA, 13, 219-223. Murata, A., H. Sasaki, H. Kawase, and M. Nosaka, 2017: Evaluation of precipitation over an oceanic region of Japan in convection-permitting regional climate model simulations. Clim. Dyn., 48, 1779-1792. Murata, A., H. Sasaki, H. Kawase, and M. Nosaka, 2016: Identification of key factors in future changes in precipitation extremes over Japan using ensemble simulations. Hydrological Research Letters, 10, 126-131. Murata, A., H. Sasaki, H. Kawase, M. Nosaka, M. Oh’izumi, T. Kato, T. Aoyagi, F. Shido, K. Hibino, S. Kanada, A. Suzuki-Parker, and T. Nagatomo, 2015: Projection of future climate change over Japan in ensemble simulations with a high-resolution regional climate model. SOLA, 11, 90-94. Murata, A., H. Sasaki, M. Hanafusa and K. Kurihara, 2014: Mechanism of early-summer low-temperature extremes in Japan projected by a nonhydrostatic regional climate model. Weather and Climate Extremes, 4, 62-74. Murata, A., 2013: The role of a convective burst in the genesis of typhoon Hagupit (2008). J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 118, 3520-3533. Murata, A., H. Sasaki, M. Hanafusa and K. Kurihara, 2013: Estimation of urban heat island intensity using biases in surface air temperature simulated by a nonhydrostatic regional climate model. Theor. Appl. Climatol., 112, 351-361. Murata, A., M. Nakano, S. Kanada, K. Kurihara and H. Sasaki, 2012: Summertime temperature extremes over Japan in the late 21st century projected by a high-resolution regional climate model. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 90A, 101-122. Murata, A., 2009: Errors caused by draft fraction in cumulus parameterization. Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L17802. Murata, A., 2009: A mechanism for heavy precipitation over the Kii Peninsula accompanying typhoon Meari (2004). J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 87, 101-117. Murata, A. and M. Ueno, 2005: The vertical profile of entrainment rate simulated by a cloud-resolving model and application to a cumulus parameterization. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 83, 745-770. Murata, A., K. Saito and M. Ueno, 2003: The effects of precipitation schemes and horizontal resolution on the major rainband in typhoon Flo (1990) predicted by the MRI mesoscale nonhydrostatic model. Meteor. Atmos. Phy., 82, 55-73. Murata, A. and M. Ueno, 2000: The effects of different cumulus parameterization schemes on the intensity forecast of typhoon Flo (1990). J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 78, 819-833.
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