Syukuro Manabe

Commendation

For pioneering and outstanding achievements in geophysics, in particular the development ofphysical models of the Earth’s climate and for internationally recognized contributions to the prediction of climate change.

A list of five major papers

• Syukuro Manabe and Robert F. Strickler (1964) “Thermal Equilibrium of the Atmosphere with a Convective Adjustment.” Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 21, 361–385. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0469(1964)021<0361:TEOTAW>2.0.CO;2
• Syukuro Manabe, Joseph Smagorinsky, and Robert F. Strickler (1965) “Simulated Climatology Of A General Circulation Model With A Hydrologic Cycle.” Monthly Weather Review, 93, 769–798. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0493(1965)093<0769:SCOAGC>2.3.CO;2
• Syukuro Manabe and Richard T. Wetherald (1967) “Thermal Equilibrium of the Atmosphere with a Given Distribution of Relative Humidity.” Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 24, 241–259. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0469(1967)024<0241:TEOTAW>2.0.CO;2
• Syukuro Manabe (1969) “Climate and the Ocean Circulation I. The Atmospheric Circulation and the Hydrology of the Earth’s Surface.” Monthly Weather Review, 97, 739–774. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0493(1969)097<0739:CATOC>2.3.CO;2
• Syukuro Manabe and Ronald J. Stouffer (1993) “Century-scale effects of increased atmospheric C02 on the ocean–atmosphere system.” Nature, 364, 215–218.

Nominator

Yasuhiro Yamanaka (Professor, Faculty of Environmental Earth Science, Hokkaido University)