Yukio Masumoto
Commendation
For outstanding contributions to elucidating the roles of oceanic waves and climate variability in the Indo-Pacific Oceans and to advancing numerical simulation studies
A list of five major papers
- Yamagata T., Masumoto Y. (1989) A simple ocean-atmosphere coupled model forthe origin of a warm El Niño Southern Oscillation event. Phil. Trans. R. Soc.London, A 329, 225-236, doi:10.1098/rsta.1989.0072.
- Masumoto Y., Yamagata T. (1991) Response of the western tropical Pacific to theAsian winter monsoon: The generation of the Mindanao Dome. J. Phys. Oceanogr.,21, 1386-1398.
- Masumoto Y., Meyers G. (1998) Forced Rossby waves in the southern tropicalIndian Ocean. J. Geophys. Res., 103, 27,589-27,602.
- Masumoto Y., Sasaki H., Kagimoto T., Komori N., Ishida A., Sasai Y., Miyama T.,Motoi T., Mitsudera H., Takahashi K., Sakuma H., Yamagata T. (2004) A Fifty-YearEddy-Resolving Simulation of the World Ocean –Preliminary Outcomes of OFES(OGCM for the Earth Simulator)–. J. Earth Sim., 1, 35-56, doi: 10.32131/jes.1.35.
- McPhaden M.J., Meyers G., Ando K., Masumoto Y., Murty V.S.N., RavichandranM., Syamsudin F., Vialard J., Yu L., Yu W. (2009) RAMA: The Research MooredArray for African-Asian-Australian Monsoon Analysis and Prediction. Bull. Amer.Meteor. Soc., 90, 459- 480, doi:10.1175/2008BAMS2608.1.
Major achievements
Dr. Masumoto has consistently conducted research on oceanic variability in the Indo-PacificOceans and its relationship with climate variability, with a focus on the role of oceanic waves, through high-resolution numerical simulations and analyses of observational data. Through these efforts, he has made significant contributions to the advancement of this field. In particular, by integrating observations, theory, and numerical simulations, he has provided new insights into the dynamical roles of oceanic waves and ocean-atmosphere interactions, thereby making outstanding contributions to elucidating the mechanisms of climate variability. In addition, he has been highly recognized for his contributions to the international community in this field through the development of a high-resolution ocean general circulation model, the open release of the simulation dataset, and the establishment of interdisciplinary, basin-scale observational networks in the Indian Ocean. Furthermore, through the promotion of international collaborative research projects and the mentorship of numerous early-career scientists, he has made substantial contributions to the development of the Earth and planetary science community in Japan and dissemination of knowledge.
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Nominator
Tomoki Tozuka
Supporters
Yamagata Toshio, Toshiyuki Hibiya, P. N. Vinayachandran