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YOSHIMURA, KEI

Assistant Project Scientist

Degrees:

• B.S., University of Tokyo
• M.S., University of Tokyo
• Ph.D., University of Tokyo

Research Interests:

• Stable water isotopes (18O and D)
• Global and regional climate modeling
• Dynamical downscaling
• Ensemble Kalman filter
• River modeling, flood risk analysis

Honors and Awards:

• Thesis Award for Young Scientists from Japan Society of Hydrology and Water Resources Engineering, 2008
• Young Scientist Thesis Award of Annual Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, Japan Society of Civil Engineering, 2004
• Furuichi Award from University of Tokyo Graduate School of Engineering, 2002

Frankenberg, C., K. Yoshimura, T. Warneke, I. Aben, A. Butz, N. Deutscher, D. Griffith, F. Hase, J. Notholt, M. Schneider, H. Schrijver, T. Röckmann: Dynamic processes governing lower-tropospheric HDO/H2O ratios as observed from space and ground, Science, in print.

Abe, O., S. Agata, M. Morimoto, M. Abe, K. Yoshimura, T. Hiyama, and N. Yoshida, A 6.5-year continuous record of sea surface salinity and seawater isotopic composition at Harbor of Ishigaki Island, southwest Japan, Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies, 45, 247-258, 2009.

Yoshimura, K. and M. Kanamitsu, Specification of external forcing for regional model integrations, Mon. Wea. Rev., 137, 1409-1421, 2009.

Uemura, R., Y. Matsui, K. Yoshimura, H. Motoyama, N. Yoshida, Evidence of deuterium excess in water vapour as an indicator of ocean surface conditions, J. Geophys. Res., 113, doi:1029.10/2008JD010209, 2008.

Yoshimura, K., M. Kanamitsu, D. Noone, and T. Oki, Historical isotope simulation using Reanalysis atmospheric data, J. Geophys. Res, 113, D19108, doi:1029.10/2008JD010074, 2008.

Fudeyasu, H., K. Ichiyanagi, A. Sugimoto, K. Yoshimura, A. Ueta, M.D. Yamanaka, K. Ozawa, Isotope ratios of precipitation and water vapor observed in Typhoon Shanshan, submitted J. Geophys. Res., 113, D12113, doi:10.1029/2007JD009313, 2008.

Yoshimura, K., T. Sakimura, T. Oki, S. Kanae, and S. Seto, Toward flood risk prediction: a statistical approach using a 29-year river discharge simulation over Japan, Hydrol. Res. Let., 2, 22-26, 2008. Yoshimura, K. and M. Kanamitsu, Dynamical global downscaling of global reanalysis, Mon. Wea. Rev. 136, 8, 2983–2998, 2008.

Islam, M.S., T. Oki, S. Kanae, N. Hanasaki, Y. Agata, K. Yoshimura, A grid-based assessment of global water scarcity including virtual water trading, Water Resources Management 21(1), 19-33, 2007.

Henderson-Sellers, A., M. Fischer, I. Aleinov, K. McGuffie, W.J. Riley, G. Schmidt, K.Sturm, and K. Yoshimura, Stable water isotope simulation by current land surface schemes: Results of iPILPS phase 1, Glob. Planet. Change, 51, 34-54, 2006.

Yoshimura, K., S. Miyazaki, S. Kanae, and T. Oki, Iso-MATSIRO, a land surface model that incorporates stable water isotopes, Glob. Planet. Change, 51, 90-107, 2006.

Ichiyanagi, K., K. Yoshimura, and M.D. Yamanaka, Validation of changing water origins over Indochina during the withdrawal of the Asian monsoon using stable isotopes, SOLA, 1, 113-116, 2005.

Shinoda, T., H. Uyeda, and K. Yoshimura, Structure of moist layer and sources of water over the southern region far from the Meiyu/Baiyu front, J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 83, 137-152, 2005.

Yoshimura, K., T. Oki, and K. Ichiyanagi, Evaluation of two-dimensional atmospheric water circulation fields in reanalyses by using precipitation isotopes databases, J. Geophys. Res., 109(D20), doi:10.1029/2004JD004764, 2004.

Yoshimura, K., T. Oki, N. Ohte, and S. Kanae, Colored moisture analysis estimates of variations in 1998 Asian monsoon water sources, J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 82, 1315-1329, 2004.

Yoshimura, K., T. Oki, N. Ohte, and S. Kanae, A quantitative analysis of short-term 18O variability with a Rayleigh-type isotope circulation model. J. Geophys. Res., 108(D20), 4647, doi:10.1029/2003JD003477, 2003.