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)
Thesis title: Intraseasonal meridional current variability in the eastern tropical Indian Ocean
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
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.