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KANAMITSU, Masao

Researcher

Degrees:

• B.S., Hokkaido University, Japan
• M.S., Hokkaido University, Japan
• M.S., Florida State University
• Ph.D., Florida State University

Research Interests:

• Regional modeling
• Global modeling
• Numerical Modeling
• Numerical Weather Prediction
• Climate Prediction
• Predictability
• Reanalysis

Honors and Awards:

• Bronze Medal (group), Department of Commerce, 2000
• Gold Medal (group), Department of Commerce, 1997
• Administrators Award, NOAA, 1991
• Meteorological Society of Japan award, 1983

Roads, J., S.-C. Chen, M. Kanamitsu, and H. Juang, 1998: Vertical structure of humidity and temperature budget residuals over the Mississippi River basin, J. Geophys. Res., 103(D4), 3741-3759.

Chen, S-C, J. Roads, H-M H. Juang and M. Kanamitsu, 1999: Global to regional simulation of California wintertime precipitation. JGR, 104, 31517-31532.

Roads, J., S.-C. Chen, M. Kanamitsu, and H. Juang, 1999: Surface water characteristics in NCEP global spectral model and reanalysis, J. Geophys. Res., 104(D16), 19307-19327.

Mo, K., M. Kanamitsu, X. Wang and A. Leetmaa, 2000: Ensemble Regional Climate Prediction for the 1997/1998 winter. JGR, 105, 29,609-29,623.

Gruber, A., X. Su, M. Kanamitsu, and J. Schemm, J. 2000: The Comparison of Two Merged Rain Gauge–Satellite Precipitation Datasets. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society: Vol. 81, No. 11, pp. 2631–2644. DOI: 10.1175/1520-0477(2000)081<2631:TCOTMR>2.3.CO;2

Yang, F., A. Kumar, W. Wang, H.-M. H. Juang and M. Kanamitsu, 2001: Snow-Albdeo Feedback and Seasonal Climate Variability over North America. J. Clim. 14, 4245-4248. DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2001)014<4245:SAFASC>2.0.CO;2

Kistler, R., E. Kalnay, W. Collins, S. Saha, G. White, J. Woollen, M. Chelliah, W. Ebisuzaki, M. Kanamitsu, V. Kousky, H. van den Dool, R. Jenne, M. Fiorino, 2001: The NCEP–NCAR 50–Year Reanalysis: Monthly Means CD–ROM and Documentation. Bul. Amer. Met. Soc. 82, 247–268. DOI: 10.1175/1520-0477(2001)082<0247:TNNYRM>2.3.CO;2

Kang,　I.-S., K. Jin, K.-M. Lau, J. Shukla, V. Krishnamurthy, S. D. Schubert, D. E. Waliser, W. F. Stern, V. Satyan, A. Kithoh, G. A. Meehl, M. Kanamitsu, V. Ya. Galin , A. Sumi, G. Wu, Y. Liu and J.-K. Kim, 2002: Intercomparison of Atmospheric GCM Simulated Anomalies Associated with the 1997/98 El Nino. J. Clim. 15, 2791-2805. DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2002)015<2791:IOAGSA>2.0.CO;2

Kang,　I.-S., K. Jin, B. Wang, K.-K. Lau, J. Shukla, V. Krishnamurthy, S. D. Schubert, D. E. Waliser, W. F. Stern, A. Kitoh, G.A. Meehl, M. Kanamitsu, V. Y. Galin, V. Satyan, C.-K. Park and Y. Liu, 2002: Intercomparison of the climatological variations of Asian summer monsoon precipitation simulated by 10 GCMs. Climate Dynamics, 19, 383-395.

Kanamitsu, M., W. Ebisuzaki, J. Woolen, S. K. Yang, J. J. Hnilo, M. Fiorino and J. Potter, 2002: NCEP/DOE AMIP-II Reanalysis (R-2). Bull. Amer. Met. Soc. 83, 1631-1643. DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-83-11-1631

Kanamitsu, M., A. Kumar, H.-M.H. Juang, J.-K. Schemm, W. Wang, F. Yang, S.-Y. Hong, P. Peng, W. Chen, S. Moorthi, and M. Ji, 2002: NCEP Dynamical Seasonal Forecast System 2000. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 83, 1019-1037. DOI: 10.1175/1520-0477(2002)083<1019:NDSFS>2.3.CO;2

Roads, J., M. Kanamitsu and R. Stewart, 2002: CSE Water and Energy Budget in the NCEP-DOE Reanalysis II. J. Hydromet., 3, 227-248. DOI: 10.1175/1525-7541(2002)003<0227:CWAEBI>2.0.CO;2

Misra, V., P. A. Dirmeyer, B. P. Kirtman, H.-M. H. Juang and M. Kanamitsu, 2002: Regional simulation of interannual variability over South America. J. Geophy. Res., 107, 1-16.

Kanamitsu, M., C.-H. Lu, J. Schemm and W. Ebisuzaki, 2003: The predictability of soil moisture and near surface temperature in hindcasts of NCEP Seasonal Forecast Model. J. Climate, 16, 510-521. DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2003)016<0510:TPOSMA>2.0.CO;2

Kanamitsu, M. and Kingtse, Mo, 2003: Dynamical Effect of Land Surface Processes on Summer precipitation over the Southwestern United States. J. Climate, 16, 496-509. DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2003)016<0496:DEOLSP>2.0.CO;2

Misra V. and M. Kanamitsu, 2003: Anomaly Nesting: A methodology to downscale seasonal climate simulations from AGCM. J. Climate, 17, 3249-3262. DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2004)017<3249:ANAMTD>2.0.CO;2

Roads, J., S.-C. Chen, J. Ritchie, F. Fujioka, H. Juang, and M. Kanamitsu, 2003: “Early Warning Systems for Natural Disaster Reduction.” Zschau, J., A.N. Küppers, eds., ECPC’s Global to Regional Fire Weather Forecast System, Springer-Verlaag Berlin Heidelberg, 609-613.

Roads, J., R. Lawford, E. Bainto, E. Berbery, S. Chen, B. Fekete, K. Gallo, A. Grundstein, W. Higgins, M. Kanamitsu, W. Krajewski, V. Lakshimi, D. Leathers, D. Lettenmaier, L. Luo, E. Maurer, T. Meyers, D. Miller, K. Mitchell, T. Mote, R. Pinker, T. Reichler, D. Robinson, A. Robock, J. Smith, G. Srinivasan, K. Verdin, K. Vinnikov, T. Vonder Haar, C. Vörösmarty, S. Williams, and E. Yarosh, 2003: GCIP water and energy budget synthesis (WEBS). J. Geophys. Res., 108, 4.1 - 4.39.

Roads, J., S.-C. Chen, and M. Kanamitsu, 2003: U.S. regional climate simulations and seasonal forecasts. J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 108, 1.1 - 1.13.

Lu, C.-H., M. Kanamitsu, J. Roads, W. Ebisuzaki, and K. E. Mitchell, 2004: Evaluation of Soil Moisture in the NCEP-NCAR and NCEP-DOE Global Reanalyses. J. Hydromet. 6, 391-408. DOI: 10.1175/JHM427.1

Nakaegawa, T., M. Kanamitsu, and T. M. Smith 2004: Interdecadal Trend of Prediction Skill in an Ensemble AMIP-Type Experiment. Journal of Climate: 17, 2881–2889. DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2004)017<2881:ITOPSI>2.0.CO;2

Gutzler, D. S., H.-K, Kim, R. W. Higgins, H.-M. H. Juang, M. Kanamitsu, K. Mitchell, K. Mo, P. Pegion, E. Ritchie, J.-K. Schemm, S. Shubert, Y. Song and R. Yang, 2005: The North American Monsoon Model Assessment Project. Bull. Amer. Met. Soc., 86, 1423-1429. DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-86-10-1423

Nakaegawa, T. and M. Kanamitsu, 2005: Cluster Analysis of the Seasonal　Forecast Skill of the NCEP SFM over the Pacific-North America Sector． J. Climate, 19, 123-138. DOI: 10.1175/JCLI3609.1

Nakaegawa, T. and M. Kanamitsu, 2005: Changes in the Probability Density Funcion of 500-hPa Geopotential heights during El Nino and La Nina evens. Paper in Meteorology and Geophysics, 56, 25-33.

Kanamitsu M. and S.-O. Hwang, 2006: Role of Sea Surface Temperature in Reanalysis. Mon. Wea. Rev. 134, 532-552. DOI: 10.1175/MWR3084.1

Kanamaru H. and M. Kanamitsu, 2006: Scale Selective Bias Correction in a Downscaling of Global Analysis using a Regional Model. Mon. Wea. Rev. 135, 334-350. DOI: 10.1175/MWR3294.1

Meinke, I., J. Roads, M. Kanamitsu, 2007: Evaluation of the RSM-Simulated precipitation during CEOP. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 85A, 145-166.

Kanamitsu, M. and H. Kanamaru, 2007: 57-Year California Reanalysis Downscaling at 10km (CaRD10) Part I. System Detail and Validation with Observations. J. Climate, 20, 5527-5552. DOI: 10.1175/2007JCLI1482.1

Kanamaru, H. and M. Kanamitsu, 2007: 57-Year California Reanalysis Downscaling at 10km (CaRD10) Part II. Comparison with North American Regional Reanalysis. J. Climate, 20, 5553-5571. DOI: 10.1175/2007JCLI1522.1

DeHaan, L., M. Kanamitsu, C.-H. Lu and J. O. Roads, 2007: A Comparison of the Noah and OSU Land Surface Models in the ECPC Seasonal Forecast Model. J. Hydromet. 8, 1031-1048. DOI: 10.1175/JHM629.1

De Haan, L., and M. Kanamitsu, 2008: Increase in Near Surface Temperature Simulation Skill due to Predictive Soil Moisture in a Numerical Seasonal Simulation under Observed SST Forcing. J. Hydromet. 9, 48-60. DOI: 10.1175/2007JHM796.1

Yulaeva, E., M. Kanamitsu and J. O. Roads, 2008: The ECPC coupled l prediction model. Mon. Wea. Rev. 136, 295-316. DOI: 10.1175/2007MWR1929.1

Hong, C.-C., M.-M. Lu and M. Kanamitsu, 2008: Temporal and Spatial Characteristics of Positive and Negative Indian Ocean Dipole with and without ENSO. J. Geoph. Res, 113 D08107, doi:. 10.1029/2007JD009151.

Kueppers, L. M.,　M. A. Snyder, L. C. Sloan, D. Cayan, J. Jin, H. Kanamaru, M. Kanamitsu, N. L. Miller, M. Tyree, H. Du, and B. Weare, 2008. Seasonal temperature responses to land-use change in the western United States. Global and Planetary Change 60, 250–264. DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2007.03.005

Shimpo, A., M. Kanamitsu, S. F. Iacobellis and S.-Y. Hong, 2008: Comparison of Four Cloud Schemes in Simulating the Seasonal Mean for AMIP Type Integrations. Mon. Wea. Rev. 136, 2557-2575. DOI: 10.1175/2007MWR2179.1

Kanamaru, H. and M. Kanamitsu, 2008: Dynamical downscaling of global analysis and simulation over the Northern Hemisphere. Mon. Wea. Rev. 136, 2796-2803. DOI: 10.1175/2007MWR2210.1

Kanamaru, H. and M. Kanamitsu, 2008: Model diagnosis of nighttime minimum temperature warming during summer due to irrigation in the California Central Valley. J. Hydromet. 9, 1061-1072. DOI: 10.1175/2008JHM967.1

Yoshimura, K. and M. Kanamitsu, 2008: Dynamical Global Downscaling of Global Reanalysis. Mon. Wea. Rev., 136, 2983-2998. DOI: 10.1175/2008MWR2281.1

Anderson, B. T., G. Salvucci, A. C. Ruane, J. O. Roads, and M. Kanamitsu, 2008: A New Metric for Estimating the Influence of Evaporation on Seasonal Precipitation Rates. J. Hydromet. 9, 576-588. DOI: 10.1175/2007JHM968.1

Yoshimura, K., M. Kanamitsu, D. Noone and T. Oki, 2008: Historical Isotope Simulation using Reanalysis Atmospheric Data. J. G. R. Atmosphere, 113, D19108, doi:10.1029/2008JD010074

Yoshimura, K., and M. Kanamitsu, 2008: Specification of External Forcing for Regional Model Integrations. In press, Mon. Wea. Rev.

Shimpo, A., and M. Kanamitsu, 2008: Land-Ocean Contrast of Near-Surface Air Temperature and Precipitation Forced by Present and Future SSTs. Submitted to J. Met. Soc. Japan.