2001 - Ph.D. (Earth Environmental Science), Hokkaido University,
Sapporo, Japan
1997 - M.S. (Earth Environmental Science), Hokkaido University,
Sapporo, Japan
1995 - B.S. (Science), University of Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan
Research Interests
Interaction processes between the North Pacific Subarctic Gyre and
Subtropical Gyre
Distribution, formation and modification and transport processes
of North Pacific Intermediate Water in the subarctic-subtropical
boundary zone
Relationship between biogeochemical and physical processes in the subarctic-subtropical boundary zone
Scientific Work Experience
Postdoctoral Fellow, International Pacific Research Center, School
of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, University of Hawaii,
November 2003 – August 2006
Researcher, The Symbiotical Earth Project, Ministry of
Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japanese
Government, November 2002 – March 2003
Researcher, Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology,
Japan Science and Technology
Corporation, Kawaguchi, Japan, April 2002 – October 2002
Awards and Honors
1999 -Oceanography Society of Japan, Best Poster
Presentation
Publications
Yoshinari, H., M. Ikeda, K. Tanaka, and Y. Masumoto, 2004: Sensitivity
of the interannual Kuroshio transport variation south of Japan to wind
dataset in OGCM calculation. J. Oceanogr., 60,341 – 350.
Yoshinari, H., I. Yasuda, and M. Ikeda, 2004: Meridional transport
of North Pacific Intermediate Water across 37N based on an objective
analysis of lowered acoustic Doppler current profiler data. J. Geophys. Res., 109, C02023, doi:10.1029/2003JC001815.
Yoshinari, H., I. Yasuda, S. Ito, E. Firing, Y. Matsuo, O. Katoh, and
Y. Shimizu, 2001: Meridional transport of the North Pacific Intermediate
Water in the Kuroshio-Oyashio interfrontal zone. Geophys.
Res. Lett., 28, 3445 – 3448.