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Tomomichi Ogata Postdoctoral Fellow[Past Staff] International Pacific Research Center School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology University of Hawaii Honolulu, Hawaii 96822 Email: |
Education
- 2009 - Ph.D., The University of Tokyo
Thesis title: Interannual modulation of intraseasonal upper-ocean variability in the Indo-Pacific warm water region - 2006 - M.S., The University of Tokyo (Supervisor: Dr. Yukio Masumoto)
- 2004 - B.Eng., Osaka University
Research Interests
- Air-sea-land interactions in monsoon systems
- Multiscale variability in the tropics (e.g. intraseasonal oscillations, interannual and decadal variations, and their mutual interactions)
- Climate modeling and its improvement
Professional Experience
- Postdoctoral Fellow, International Pacific Research Center, SOEST, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, 2009 – 2012
- Research Assistant under Program of Center of Excellence (COE), Predictability of the Evolution and Variation of the Multi-scale Earth System, The University of Tokyo, 2006-2008
Refereed Publications
- Ogata, T., and Y. Masumoto, in press: Interactions between Mesoscale Eddy Variability and El-Niño in the Mindanao upwelling region- A Case Study for 1993. Geophys. Res. Lett..
- Ogata, T., S.-P. Xie, A. Wittenberg, and D.-Z. Sun, in press: Interdecadal Amplitude Modulation of El Niño/Southern Oscillation and its Impacts on Tropical Pacific Decadal Variability J. Climate, IPRC-1001.
- Ogata, T., S.-P. Xie, J. Lan, X. Zheng, 2013: Importance of Ocean Dynamics for the Skewness of the Indian Ocean Dipole Mode. J. Climate, 26 (7), 2145-2159, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00615.1. IPRC-919.
- Tokinaga, H., S.-P. Xie, A. Timmermann, S. McGregor, T. Ogata, H. Kubota, and Y.M. Okumura, 2012: Regional Patterns of tropical Indo-Pacific climate change: Evidence of the Walker Circulation weakening. J. Climate, 25, 1689-1710, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00263.1. IPRC-814.
- Ogata, O., and Y. Masumoto, 2011: Interannual modulation and its dynamics of the mesoscale eddy variability in the southeastern tropical Indian Ocean. J. Geophys. Res.-Oceans, 116, C05005.
- Ogata, T., and S.-P. Xie, 2011: Semiannual cycle in zonal wind over the equatorial Indian Ocean. J. Climate, 24, 6471-6485.
- Ogata, T., and Y. Masumoto, 2010. Interactions between mesoscale eddy variability and Indian Ocean dipole events in the Southeastern tropical Indian Ocean - case studies for 1994 and 1997/1998. Ocean Dynamics, 60 (3), 717-730.
- Ogata, T., H. Sasaki, V.S.N. Murty, M.S.S. Sarma, and Y. Masumoto, 2008: Intraseasonal meridional current variability in the eastern equatorial Indian Ocean. J. Geophys. Res., 113, C07037, doi:10.1029/2007JC004331.