Member

TOZUKA, Tomoki

Associate Professor
Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Group

Office: Science Building #1-813
E-mail:
HP: http://www-aos.eps.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp/~tozuka/indexe.html

Research Field

Physical oceanography, Climate dynamics

Current Research

I am mainly interested in ocean-atmosphere interactions in the tropics and subtropics from intraseasonal to decadal time scales. My main research topics include (1) mechanisms and predictability of ocean-atmosphere coupled phenomena (e.g. ENSO, Indian Ocean Dipole, Atlantic Meridional Mode, Atlantic Niño, Subtropical Dipole Modes, and coastal niños), (2) variabilities in oceanic circulation and phenomena and their interactions with climate modes, and (3) ocean-atmosphere interactions in the oceanic frontal zones in the mid-latitudes.

Representative Publications

1. Tozuka, T., M. F. Cronin, and H. Tomita, 2017: Surface frontogenesis by surface heat fluxes in the upstream Kuroshio Extension region. Scientific Reports, 7, 10258, doi:10.1038/s41598-017-10268-3.
2. Kido, S., T. Tozuka, and W. Han, 2019: Anatomy of salinity anomalies associated with the positive Indian Ocean Dipole. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, 124, 8116-8139.
3. Kataoka, T., T. Tozuka, S. K. Behera, and T. Yamagata, 2014: On the Ningaloo Nino/Nina. Climate Dynamics, 43, 1463-1482.