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Masami Nonaka Assistant Researcher[Past Staff] International Pacific Research Center School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology University of Hawaii Honolulu, Hawaii 96822 Email: |
Education
- 1998 - Ph.D. (Environmental Earth Science), Hokkaido University,
Hokkaido, Japan.
Dissertation Title: "A numerical investigation of the effects of the Subtropics on the Tropics through the ocean circulation." - 1994 - M.S. (Geophysics), Hokkaido University, Hokkaido, Japan
- 1991 - B.S. (Geophysics), Hokkaido University, Hokkaido, Japan
Research Interests
- Connection between the subtropics and the tropics through the ocean circulation
- Role of ocean in the decadal climate variation in Pacific region
Scientific Work Experience
- Research Scientist, Frontier Research Program for Global Change, Institute for Global Change Research, International Pacific Research Center, School of Ocean & Earth & Technology, University of Hawaii at Manoa. (1999-present)
Selected Publications
- Hosoda, S., S.-P. Xie, K. Takeuchi and M. Nonaka: Interdecadal temperature variations in the North Pacific central mode water simulated by an OGCM. J. Oceanogr., in press.
- Nonaka, M., and S.-P. Xie: Co-variations of sea surface temperature and wind over the Kuroshio and its extension: Evidence for ocean-to-atmospheric feedback. J. Climate, in press.
- Yu, Z., N. Maximenko, S.-P. Xie, and M. Nonaka: On the termination of the Hawaiian Lee Countercurrent. Geophys. Res. Lett., in press.
- Tomita, T., S.-P. Xie, and M. Nonaka, 2002: Estimates of surface and subsurface forcing for decadal sea surface temperature variability in the mid-latitude North Pacific. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 80, 1289-1300.
- Nonaka, M., S.-P. Xie, and J.P. McCreary, 2002: Decadal variations in the Subtropical Cells and equatorial Pacific SST. Geophys. Res. Lett., 29 (10.1029), 2001GL013676.
- Nonaka, M., and K. Takeuchi, 2001: Tropical subsurface salinity and tritium distributions in a Pacific GCM: Their differences and formation mechanisms. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 31, 1388-1395.
- Xie, S.-P., W.T. Liu, Q. Liu, and M. Nonaka, 2001: Far-reaching effects of the Hawaiian Islands on the Pacific Ocean-Atmosphere. Science, 292, 2057-2060.
- Hosoda, S., S.-P. Xie, K. Takeuchi, and M. Nonaka, 2001: Eastern North Pacific Subtropical Mode Water in a GCM: Formation mechanism and salinity effects. J. Geophys. Res.-Oceans, 106, 19,671-19,681.
- Nonaka, M., S.-P. Xie, and K. Takeuchi, 2000: Equatorward spreading of a passive tracer with application to North Pacific interdecadal temperature variations. J. Oceanogr., 56, 173-183.
- Nonaka, M., and S.-P. Xie, 2000: Propagation of North Pacific interdecadal subsurface temperature anomalies in an ocean GCM. Geophys. Res. Lett. 27, 3747-3750.
- Xie, S.-P., T. Kunitani, A. Kubokawa, M. Nonaka, and S. Hosoda, 2000: Interdecadal thermocline variability in the North Pacific for 1958-1997: A GCM simulation. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 30, 2798-2813.
- Nonaka, M., 1998: A numerical investigation of the effects of the Subtropics on the Tropics through the ocean circulation. Ph.D. Dissertation, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan, 124 pp.