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Yu Kosaka Postdoctoral FellowInternational Pacific Research Center School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology University of Hawaii Honolulu, Hawaii 96822 Email: |
Education
- 2007 - Ph.D., Department of Earth and Planetary Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- 2003 - M.S., Department of Earth and Planetary Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- 2001 - B.S., Department of Earth and Planetary Physics, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Research Interests
- Dynamics of monsoon and its variability
- Atmospheric teleconnections
- Large-scale air-sea interaction
Scientific Work Experience
- Postdoctoral Fellow, International Pacific Research Center, SOEST, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, June 2009 – October 2012
- Postdoctoral Research Staff, Department of Earth and Planetary Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, April 2007 – June 2009
- Research Assistant, Department of Earth and Planetary Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, May 2003 – February 2007
- Research Assistant, Frontier Research Center for Global Change/JAMSTEC, Yokohama, Japan, September 2006 – March 2007
Refereed Publications
- Kosaka, Y., J.S. Chowdary, S.-P. Xie, Y.-M. Min, and J.-Y. Lee, 2012: Limitations of Seasonal Predictability for Summer Climate over East Asia and the Northwestern Pacific. J. Climate, 25 (21), 7574-7589, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00009.1. IPRC-889.
- Ma, J., S.-P. Xie, and Y. Kosaka, 2012: Mechanisms for Tropical Tropospheric Circulation Change. J. Climate, 25, 2979‐29, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00048.1. IPRC-830.
- Tokinaga, H., S.-P. Xie, C. Deser, Y. Kosaka, Y.M. Okumura, 2012: Slowdown of the Walker circulation driven by tropical Indo-Pacific warming. Nature, 491, 439-443, doi:10.1038/nature11576. IPRC-935.
- Kosaka, Y., 2011: The Silk Road pattern revisited. Tenki (Bull. Meteor. Soc. Japan), 58 (6), 519-531.
- Kosaka, Y., S.-P. Xie, and H. Nakamura, 2011: Dynamics of interannual variability in summer precipitation over East Asia. J. Climate, 24 (20), 5435–5453.
- Chowdary, J.S., S.-P. Xie, J.-Y. Lee, Y. Kosaka, and B. Wang, 2010: Predictability of summer Northwest Pacific climate in 11 coupled model hindcasts: Local and remote forcing. J. Geophys. Res.-Atmos., 115, D22121, doi:10.1029/2010JD014595.
- Kosaka, Y., H. Nakamura, M. Watanabe, and M. Kimoto, 2009: Analysis on the Dynamics of a Wave-like Teleconnection Pattern along the Summertime Asian Jet Based on a Reanalysis Dataset and Climate Model Simulations. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 87, 561–580.
- Nishii, K., T. Miyasaka, Y. Kosaka, and H. Nakamura, 2009: Reproducibility and future projection of the midwinter storm-track activity over the Far East in the CMIP3 climate models in relation to the occurrence of the first spring storm (Haru-Ichiban) over Japan. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 87, 581–588.
- Kosaka, Y., and H. Nakamura, 2008: A comparative study on the dynamics of the Pacific-Japan (PJ) teleconnection pattern based on reanalysis datasets. SOLA, 4, 9–12.
- Kosaka, Y., and H. Nakamura, 2006: Structure and Dynamics of the Summertime Pacific-Japan Teleconnection Pattern. Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 132, 2009–2030.
- Kosaka, Y., and Y. Matsuda, 2005: Roles of Rossby and Gravity Waves on Circulation Associated with Tropical and Subtropical Heating. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 83, 481–498.