Education
- 2011 - Ph.D., Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Tsukuba University, Tsukuba, Japan
- 2000 - M.S., Environmental Science, Tsukuba University, Tsukuba, Japan
- 1998 - B.S., Earth Science, Tsukuba University, Tsukuba, Japan
Research Interests
- Tropical cyclone climate projections
- Tropical cyclone dynamics
- Numerical weather predictions
- Asian monsoon
- ENSO
- Extreme events
Scientific Work Experience
- Postdoctoral Fellow, International Pacific Research Center, School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, 4/2012 – 3/2014
- Guest Researcher, Meteorological Research Institute (MRI), Tsukuba, Japan, 4/2012 – present
- Research Fellow, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) /Meteorological Research Institute (MRI), Japan, 4/2010 – 3/2012
- Research Fellow, Advanced Earth Science & Technology Organization (AESTO) /Meteorological Research Institute, Japan (MRI), 9/2007 – 3/2010
- Professional Engineer on Environmental Assessment, Center for Environmental Information Science Corp, 4/2007 – 8/2007
- Research Fellow, Advanced Earth Science & Technology Organization (AESTO)/Japan Meteorological Agency, Japan, 10/2002 – 3/2007
- Professional Engineer on Environmental Assessment, Asia Air Survey Co., Ltd., 4/2000 – 5/2002
Awards and Service
- Plaque for the outstanding keynote lecturer at the opening session of the 5th Korea-Japan-China JointConference on Meteorology. Awarded by the Korean Meteorological Society
- Contributing Author, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Scientific Assessment, 2011-present
- Member, US CLIVAR Hurricane Working Group, 2012-present
Journal Reviews
Journal of Climate, Climate Dynamics, Journal of Geophysical Research–Atmosphere, Journal of Geophysical Research- Oceans, Geophysical Research Letters, Journal of Meteorological Society of Japan, Asian Pacific Journal of Atmospheric Science, Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics
Publications
- Murakami, H., and B. Wang, 2022: Patterns and frequency of projected future tropical cyclone genesis is governed by dynamic effects Communications Earth and Environment, , doi:10.1038/s43247-022-00410-z. IPRC-1560.
- Wang, B., and H. Murakami, 2020: Dynamic genesis potential index for diagnosing present-day and future global tropical cyclone genesis. Environmental Research Letter, 15 (11), doi:10.1088/1748-9326/abbb01. IPRC-1475.
- Li, T., L. Zhang, and H. Murakami, 2015: Strengthening of the Walker Circulation under Global Warming in an Aqua-Planet General Circulation Model Simulation. Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 32 (11), 1473-1480, doi:10.1007/s00376-015-5033-7. IPRC-1130.
- Hsu, P.-C., T. Li, and H. Murakami, 2014: Moisture Asymmetry and MJO Eastward Propagation in an Aqua-planet General Circulation Model. J. Climate, 27 (23), 8747-8760, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00148.1. IPRC-1075.
- Murakami, H., 2014: Tropical cyclones in reanalysis data sets. Geophys. Res. Lett., 41 (6), 2133-2141, doi:10.1002/2014GL059519. IPRC-1047.
- Murakami, H., P.-C. Hsu, O. Arakawa, and T. Li, 2014: Influence of Model Biases on Projected Future Changes in Tropical Cyclone Frequency of Occurrence. J. Climate, 27 (5), 2159-2181, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-13-00436.1. IPRC-1027.
- Murakami, H., T. Li, and P.-C. Hsu, 2014: Contributing factors to the recent high level of Accumulated Cyclone Energy (ACE) and Power Dissipation Index (PDI) in the North Atlantic. J. Climate, 27 (8), 3023-3034, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-13-00394.1. IPRC-1039.
- Murakami, H., B. Wang, T. Li, and A. Kitoh, 2013: Projected increase in tropical cyclones near Hawaii. Nature Climate Change, 3, 749-754, doi:10.1038/nclimate1890. IPRC-975.
- Murakami, H., T. Li, and M.S. Peng, 2013: Changes to Environmental Parameters that Control Tropical Cyclone Genesis under Global Warming. Geophys. Res. Lett., 40 (10), 2265-2270, doi:10.1002/grl.50393. IPRC-970.
- Murakami, H., B. Wang, and A. Kitoh, 2011: Future change of western North Pacific typhoons: Projections by a 20-km-mesh global atmospheric model. J. Climate, 23, 2699-2721.
- Murakami, H, and M. Sugi, 2010: Effect of model resolution on tropical cyclone climate projections. SOLA, 6, 073-076.
- Murakami, H., and B. Wang, 2010: Future change of North Atlantic tropical cyclone tracks: Projection by a 20-km-mesh global atmospheric model. J. Climate, 23, 2699-2721.
- Walsh, K., S. Lavender, H. Murakami, E. Scoccimarrio, L.-P. Caron, and M. Ghantous, 2010: The tropical cyclone climate model intercomparison project, Hurricanes and climate change, (Eds., J.B. Elsner, R.E. Hodges, J.C. Malmstadt, and K.N. Scheitlin), Springer, 1-24.
- Wang, B., Y. Yang, Q.-H. Ding, H. Murakami, and F. Huang, 2010: Climate control of the global tropical storm days (1965-2008). Geophys. Res. Lett., 37, L07704.
- Sugi, M., H. Murakami, and J. Yoshimura, 2009: A reduction in global tropical cyclone frequency due to global warming. SOLA, 5, 164-167.
- Murakami, H., T. Matsumura, R. Sakai, A. Noda and S. Kusunoki, 2008: Verification of typhoon forecasts for a 20km-mesh high-resolution global model. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 86, 669-698.
- Murakami, H., and T. Matsumura, 2007: Development of an effective non-linear normal mode initialization method for a high resolution global model. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 85, 187-208.