Yoshimitsu Chikamoto

Publications | Journal Articles

Academic Journal

• Chikamoto, Y., Wang, S., Yost, M., Yocom, L., Gillies, R.R, (2020). Colorado River water supply is predictable on multi-year timescales owing to long-term ocean memory. Communications Earth and Environment, doi: 10.1038/s43247-020-00027-0
• Akbar, H., Allen, N., Rosenberg, D.E, Chikamoto, Y., (2020). Ranchers Adapting to Climate Variability in the Upper Colorado River Basin, Utah. Climate, doi: 10.3390/cli8090096
• Chikamoto, Y., Johnson, Z., Wang, S., McPhaden, M., Mochizuki, T., (2020). El Nino Southern Oscillation evolution modulated by Atlantic forcing. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, doi: 10.1029/2020JC016318
• Johnson, Z., Chikamoto, Y., Wang, S., McPhaden, M., Mochizuki, T., (2020). Pacific Decadal Oscillation remotely forced by the equatorial Pacific and the Atlantic Oceans. Climate Dynamics, doi: 10.1007/s00382-020-05295-2
• Chien, Y., Wang, S., Chikamoto, Y., Voelker, S., Meyer, J., Yoon, J., (2019). North American Winter Dipole: Observed and Simulated Changes in Circulations. Atmosphere, doi: 10.3390/atmos10120793
• Pokharel, B., Wang, S., Meyer, J., Chikamoto, Y., Gillies, R.R, The east-west division of changing precipitation in Nepal. International Journal of Climatology
• Johnson, Z.F, Chikamoto, Y., Luo, J.J, Mochizuki, T., (2018). Ocean impacts on Australian interannual to decadal precipitation variability. Climate, 6:3
• Timmermann, A., An, S.I, Kug, J.S, Jin, F.F, Cai, W., Capotondi, A., Cobb, K., Lengaigne, M., McPhaden, M.J, Stuecker, M.F, Stein, K., Wittenberg, A.T, Yun, K.S, Bayr, T., Chen, H.C, Chikamoto, Y., Dewitte, B., Dommenget, D., Grothe, P., Guilyardi, E., Ham, Y.G, Hayashi, M., Ineson, S., Kang, D., Kim, S., Kim, W.M, Lee, J.Y, Li, T., Luo, J.J, McGregor, S., Planton, Y., Power, S., Rashid, H., Ren, H.L, Santoso, A., Takahashi, K., Todd, A., Wang, G., Wang, G., Xie, R., Yang, W.H, Yeh, S.W, Yoon, J., Zeller, E., Zhang, X., (2018). El Nino–Southern Oscillation complexity. Nature, 559:7715, 535-545.
• Ham, Y., Chikamoto, Y., Kug, J., Kimoto, M., Mochizuki, T., (2017). Tropical Atlantic-Korea teleconnection pattern during boreal summer season. Climate Dynamics, 49:7-8, 2649–2664.
• Chikamoto, Y., Timmermann, A., Widlansky, M.J, Balmaseda, M.A, Stott, L., (2017). Multi-year predictability of climate, drought, and wildfire in southwestern North America. Scientific Reports, 7, 6568.
• Stuecker, M.F, Timmermann, A., Jin, F., Chikamoto, Y., Zhang, W., Wittenberg, A.T, Widiasih, E., Zhao, S., (2017). Revisiting ENSO/Indian Ocean Dipole phase relationships. Geophysical Research Letters
• Purich, A., England, M.H, Cai, W., Chikamoto, Y., Timmermann, A., Fyfe, J.C, Frankcombe, L., Meehl, G.A, Arblaster, J.M, (2016). Tropical Pacific SST Drivers of Recent Antarctic Sea Ice Trends. Journal of Climate, 29:24, 8931-8948.
• Mochizuki, T., Kimoto, M., Watanabe, M., Chikamoto, Y., Ishii, M., (2016). Interbasin effects of the Indian Ocean on Pacific decadal climate change. Geophysical Research Letters, 43:13, 7168-7175.
• Chikamoto, Y., Mochizuki, T., Timmermann, A., Kimoto, M., Watanabe, M., (2016). Potential tropical Atlantic impacts on Pacific decadal climate trends. Geophysical Research Letters, 43:13, 7143-7151.
• Chikamoto, M.O, Timmermann, A., Chikamoto, Y., Tokinaga, H., Harada, N., (2015). Mechanisms and predictability of multiyear ecosystem variability in the North Pacific. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 29:11, 2001-2019.
• Imada, Y., Tatebe, H., Ishii, M., Chikamoto, Y., Mori, M., Arai, M., Watanabe, M., Kimoto, M., (2015). Predictability of Two Types of El Nino Assessed Using an Extended Seasonal Prediction System by MIROC. Monthly Weather Review, 143:11, 4597-4617.
• Chikamoto, Y., Timmermann, A., Stevenson, S., DiNezio, P., Langford, S., (2015). Decadal predictability of soil water, vegetation, and wildfire frequency over North America. Climate Dynamics, 45:7-8, 2213-2235.
• Chikamoto, Y., Timmermann, A., Luo, J.J, Mochizuki, T., Kimoto, M., Watanabe, M., Ishii, M., Xie, S.P, Jin, F.F, (2015). Skilful multi-year predictions of tropical trans-basin climate variability.. Nature communications, 6, 6869.
• Stevenson, S., Timmermann, A., Chikamoto, Y., Langford, S., DiNezio, P., (2015). Stochastically Generated North American Megadroughts. Journal of Climate, 28:5, 1865-1880.
• McGregor, S., Timmermann, A., Stuecker, M.F, England, M.H, Merrifield, M., Jin, F., Chikamoto, Y., (2014). Recent Walker circulation strengthening and Pacific cooling amplified by Atlantic warming. Nature Climate Change, 4:10, 888-892.
• Mochizuki, T., Kimoto, M., Chikamoto, Y., Mori, M., Watanabe, M., Ishii, M., (2014). Error Sensitivity to Initial Climate States in Pacific Decadal Hindcasts. SOLA, 10:0, 39-44.
• MORI, M., KIMOTO, M., ISHII, M., YOKOI, S., MOCHIZUKI, T., Chikamoto, Y., WATANABE, M., NOZAWA, T., TATEBE, H., T. SAKAMOTO, T., KOMURO, Y., IMADA, Y., KOYAMA, H., (2013). Hindcast Prediction and Near-Future Projection of Tropical Cyclone Activity over the Western North Pacific Using CMIP5 Near-Term Experiments with MIROC. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan. Ser. II, 91:4, 431-452.
• Doblas-Reyes, F.J, Andreu-Burillo, I., Chikamoto, Y., Garcia-Serrano, J., Guemas, V., Kimoto, M., Mochizuki, T., Rodrigues, L.R, van Oldenborgh, G.J, (2013). Initialized near-term regional climate change prediction.. Nature communications, 4, 1715.
• Chikamoto, Y., Kimoto, M., Ishii, M., Mochizuki, T., Sakamoto, T.T, Tatebe, H., Komuro, Y., Watanabe, M., Nozawa, T., Shiogama, H., Mori, M., Yasunaka, S., Imada, Y., (2013). An overview of decadal climate predictability in a multi-model ensemble by climate model MIROC. Climate Dynamics, 40:5-6, 1201-1222.
• Chikamoto, Y., KIMOTO, M., ISHII, M., WATANABE, M., NOZAWA, T., MOCHIZUKI, T., TATEBE, H., SAKAMOTO, T.T, KOMURO, Y., SHIOGAMA, H., MORI, M., YASUNAKA, S., IMADA, Y., KOYAMA, H., NOZU, M., JIN, F., (2012). Predictability of a Stepwise Shift in Pacific Climate during the Late 1990s in Hindcast Experiments Using MIROC. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan, 90A:0, 1-21.
• TATEBE, H., ISHII, M., MOCHIZUKI, T., Chikamoto, Y., SAKAMOTO, T.T, KOMURO, Y., MORI, M., YASUNAKA, S., WATANABE, M., OGOCHI, K., SUZUKI, T., NISHIMURA, T., KIMOTO, M., (2012). The Initialization of the MIROC Climate Models with Hydrographic Data Assimilation for Decadal Prediction. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan, 90A:0, 275-294.
• Chikamoto, Y., Kimoto, M., Watanabe, M., Ishii, M., Mochizuki, T., (2012). Relationship between the Pacific and Atlantic stepwise climate change during the 1990s. Geophysical Research Letters, 39:21, L21710.
• MOCHIZUKI, T., Chikamoto, Y., KIMOTO, M., ISHII, M., TATEBE, H., KOMURO, Y., SAKAMOTO, T.T, WATANABE, M., MORI, M., (2012). Decadal Prediction Using a Recent Series of MIROC Global Climate Models. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan, 90A:0, 373-383.
• Toyoda, T., Awaji, T., Sugiura, N., Masuda, S., Igarashi, H., Sasaki, Y., Hiyoshi, Y., Ishikawa, Y., Mochizuki, T., Sakamoto, T.T, Tatebe, H., Komuro, Y., Suzuki, T., Nishimura, T., Mori, M., Chikamoto, Y., Yasunaka, S., Imada, Y., Arai, M., Watanabe, M., Shiogama, H., Nozawa, T., Hasegawa, A., Ishii, M., Kimoto, M., (2011). Impact of the Assimilation of Sea Ice Concentration Data on an Atmosphere-Ocean-Sea Ice Coupled Simulation of the Arctic Ocean Climate. SOLA, 7, 37-40.
• Chikamoto, Y., TANIMOTO, Y., MUKOUGAWA, H., KIMOTO, M., (2010). Subtropical Pacific SST Variability Related to the Local Hadley Circulation during the Premature Stage of ENSO. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan. Ser. II, 88:2, 183-202.
• Mochizuki, T., Ishii, M., Kimoto, M., Chikamoto, Y., Watanabe, M., Nozawa, T., Sakamoto, T.T, Shiogama, H., Awaji, T., Sugiura, N., Toyoda, T., Yasunaka, S., Tatebe, H., Mori, M., (2010). Pacific decadal oscillation hindcasts relevant to near-term climate prediction.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 107:5, 1833-7.
• Chikamoto, Y., Mukougawa, H., Kubota, T., Sato, H., Ito, A., Maeda, S., (2007). Evidence of growing bred vector associated with the tropical intraseasonal oscillation. Geophysical Research Letters, 34:4, L04806.
• Chikamoto, Y., Tanimoto, Y., (2006). Air-sea humidity effects on the generation of tropical Atlantic SST anomalies during the ENSO events. Geophysical Research Letters, 33:19, L19702.
• Chikamoto, Y., TANIMOTO, Y., (2005). Role of Specific Humidity Anomalies in Caribbean SST Response to ENSO. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan, 83:6, 959-975.

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