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Tomohiko Tomita Visiting Assistant Researcher[Past Staff] International Pacific Research Center School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology University of Hawaii Honolulu, Hawaii 96822 Email: |
Education
- 1994, Ph.D. (Geoscience), University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
- 1991, M.S. (Geoscience), University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
- 1989, B.S. (Geoscience), University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
Research Interests
- ENSO/monsoon system
- Global climate change
- Intraseasonal to interdecadal climate variability
Fellowships and Research Experiences
- 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. (1997-present)
- Research Scientist, NOAA Climate and Global Change Program (NA56GP0203), Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles. (1995-1997)
- Post-doctoral Fellowship of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science for Japanese Junior Scientists, Institute of Geoscience, University of Tsukuba. (1994-1996)
- Doctoral Fellowship of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science for Japanese Junior Scientists, Institute of Geoscience, University of Tsukuba. (1991-1994)
Membership
- The American Meteorogical Society
- The Meteorological Society of Japan
- The Japan Society of Hydrology & Water Resources
Reviewer
- Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan
- Papers in Meteorology and Geophysics
Refereed Publications
- Tomita, T., 2000: The longitudinal structure of interannual variability observed in sea surface temperature of the equatorial oceans. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan., 78, 499-507.
- Tomita, T., B. Wang, and T. Yasunari, 1998. Interdecadal variability of global monsoons. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan (Work in progress).
- Tomita, T. and M. Yanai, 1998. Interannual variability of sea surface temperature of the equatorial Pacific. J. Climate (Under 2nd review).
- Yanai, M. and T. Tomita, 1998. Seasonal and interannual variability of atmospheric heat sources and moisture sinks as determined from NCEP-NCAR reanalysis. J. Climate, 11, 463-482.
- Tomita, T. and T. Yasunari, 1996. Role of the northeast winter monsoon on the biennial oscillation of the ENSO/monsoon system. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan., 74, 1-14.
- Hiroshi Uyeda, Yoshio Asuma, Nobuhiro Takahashi, Shuji Shimizu, Osamu Kikuchi, Atsushi Kinoshita, Seiki Matsuoka, Masaki Katsumata, Kensuke Takeuchi, Tatsuo Endoh, Masayuki Ohi, Shinsuke Satoh, Yoshihiro Tachibana, Tomoki Ushiyama, Yasushi Fujiyoshi, Ryuichi Shirooka, Noriyuki Nishi, Tomohiko Tomita, Hiroaki Ueda, Tatsuo Sueda, and Akimasa Sumi, 1995. Doppler Radar Observations on the Structure and Characteristics of Tropical Clouds during the TOGA-COARE IOP in Manus, Papua New Guinea - Outline of the Observation -. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 73, 415-426.
- Tomita, T., 1994: Modulation of the biennial oscillation in the ENSO/monsoon system. Ph.D thesis, Institute of Geoscience, Univ. of Tsukuba, 123p.
- Tomita, T. and T. Yasunari, 1993: On the two types of ENSO. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 71, 273-284.
- Tomita, T., 1991: On the two types of El Nino - with a single year or two-successive years -. M.S. thesis, Institute of Geoscience, Univ. of Tsukuba, 45p.
Other Publications, Abstracts and Reports
- Seasonal and interannual variability of atmospheric heat sources and moisture sinks as determined from NCEP/NCAR reanalysis: Part II. Variability associated with ENSO. Eighth Symposium on Global Changes Studies. February 2 - February 7, 1997, Long Beach, California, USA.
- Role of the northeast winter monsoon on the biennial oscillation of the ENSO/monsoon system. Conference on the Global Ocean-Atmosphere-Land System (GOALS). January 28 - February 2, 1996, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
- The modulation of biennial oscillation in the ENSO/monsoon system. IAMAP.IAHS '93. July 11-23, 1993, Yokohama, Japan.
- Is the fundamental oscillation of ENSO/monsoon system biennial? International WCRP Symposium. September 28 - October 2, 1992, Nagoya, Japan.
Other Research Activities
- Observation of TOGA-COARE in the Manus Island, Papua New Guinea. (December 1992)