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WATANABE, Masahiro Professor Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute Office: 5-1-5 Kashiwanoha-304a E-mail: HP: http://ccsr.aori.u-tokyo.ac.jp/~hiro/
Research Field Climate modeling, Climate dynamics, Dynamics of the large-scale atmospheric circulation Current Research My major research interests are to understand the mean state of climate, in particular the large-scale atmospheric circulation, and its variability on various timescales from intraseasonal to inderdecadal. In recent years, I have developed and utilized a hierarchy of models ranging from a simple theoretical one to the state-of-the-art global climate model to deal with the above issues. Specific research topics include: * Dynamics of the annular mode* Midlatitude atmosphere-ocean interaction* Dynamical processes associated with the ENSO teleconnection * Development and application of the linear stochastic modeling (LBM) to the low-frequency variability in the large-scale atmosphere* Multi-scale interaction associated with clouds using the GCM and CRM* Predictability of the atmospheric circulation Representative Publications 1. Kohyama, T., Y. Yamagami, H. Miura, S. Kido, H. Tatebe, and M. Watanabe, 2021: The Gulf Stream and Kuroshio current are synchronized. Science, 374, 341-346, doi:10.1126/science.abh3295. 2. Watanabe, M., J.-L. Dufresne, Y. Kosaka, T. Mauritsen, and H. Tatebe, 2020: Enhanced warming constrained by past trends in equatorial Pacific sea surface temperature gradient. Nature Climate Change, 11, 33-37, doi:10.1038/s41558-020-00933-3. 3. Watanabe, M., H. Shiogama, H. Tatebe, M. Hayashi, M. Ishii, and M. Kimoto, 2014: Contribution of natural decadal variability to global-warming acceleration and hiatus. Nature Climate Change, 4, 893-897, doi:10.1038/Nclimate2355.

WATANABE, Masahiro

Professor
Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute

Office: 5-1-5 Kashiwanoha-304a
E-mail:
HP: http://ccsr.aori.u-tokyo.ac.jp/~hiro/

Research Field

Climate modeling, Climate dynamics, Dynamics of the large-scale atmospheric circulation

Current Research

My major research interests are to understand the mean state of climate, in particular the large-scale atmospheric circulation, and its variability on various timescales from intraseasonal to inderdecadal. In recent years, I have developed and utilized a hierarchy of models ranging from a simple theoretical one to the state-of-the-art global climate model to deal with the above issues. Specific research topics include:
* Dynamics of the annular mode* Midlatitude atmosphere-ocean interaction* Dynamical processes associated with the ENSO teleconnection * Development and application of the linear stochastic modeling (LBM) to the low-frequency variability in the large-scale atmosphere* Multi-scale interaction associated with clouds using the GCM and CRM* Predictability of the atmospheric circulation

Representative Publications

1. Kohyama, T., Y. Yamagami, H. Miura, S. Kido, H. Tatebe, and M. Watanabe, 2021: The Gulf Stream and Kuroshio current are synchronized. Science, 374, 341-346, doi:10.1126/science.abh3295.
2. Watanabe, M., J.-L. Dufresne, Y. Kosaka, T. Mauritsen, and H. Tatebe, 2020: Enhanced warming constrained by past trends in equatorial Pacific sea surface temperature gradient. Nature Climate Change, 11, 33-37, doi:10.1038/s41558-020-00933-3.
3. Watanabe, M., H. Shiogama, H. Tatebe, M. Hayashi, M. Ishii, and M. Kimoto, 2014: Contribution of natural decadal variability to global-warming acceleration and hiatus. Nature Climate Change, 4, 893-897, doi:10.1038/Nclimate2355.