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Masaru Yamamoto

Associate Professor

  • 640 Citations
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19972019
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Research Output 1997 2019

2019

Equatorial Kelvin-like waves on slowly rotating and/or small-sized spheres: Application to Venus and Titan

Yamamoto, M., Apr 1 2019, In : Icarus. 322, p. 103-113 11 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

meridional flow
Kelvin waves
Titan
Venus (planet)
Venus
1 Citation (Scopus)

Influences of surface heat flux on twin cyclone structure during their explosive development over the East Asian marginal seas on 23 January 2008

Yokoyama, Y. & Yamamoto, M., Mar 1 2019, In : Weather and Climate Extremes. 23, 100198.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

marginal sea
cyclone
heat
heat flux
potential vorticity
1 Citation (Scopus)

Solar-locked and geographical atmospheric structures inferred from a Venus general circulation model with radiative transfer

Yamamoto, M., Ikeda, K., Takahashi, M. & Horinouchi, T., Mar 15 2019, In : Icarus. 321, p. 232-250 19 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

atmospheric structure
Venus (planet)
Venus
radiative transfer
general circulation model
2018
1 Citation (Scopus)

A key process of the nonstationary relationship between ENSO and the Western Pacific teleconnection pattern

Park, Y. H., Kim, B. M., Pak, G., Yamamoto, M., Vivier, F. & Durand, I., Dec 1 2018, In : Scientific reports. 8, 1, 9512.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Southern Oscillation
teleconnection
Rossby wave
storm track
meridional circulation
2 Citations (Scopus)

Dynamical relationship between wind speed magnitude and meridional temperature contrast: Application to an interannual oscillation in Venusian middle atmosphere GCM

Yamamoto, M. & Takahashi, M., Mar 15 2018, In : Icarus. 303, p. 131-148 18 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

middle atmosphere
general circulation model
wind velocity
oscillation
oscillations

Effects of Polar Indirect Circulation on Superrotation and Multiple Equilibrium in Long-Term AGCM Experiments With an Idealized Venus-Like Forcing: Sensitivity to Horizontal Resolution and Initial Condition

Yamamoto, M. & Takahashi, M., Mar 1 2018, In : Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets. 123, 3, p. 708-728 21 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

superrotation
Atmospheric General Circulation Models
General Circulation Models
Venus (planet)
atmospheric general circulation model
2 Citations (Scopus)

Migration of contact binary cyclones and atmospheric river: Case of explosive extratropical cyclones in East Asia on December 16, 2014

Yamamoto, M., Sep 1 2018, In : Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans. 83, p. 17-40 24 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

cyclone
explosive
Rivers
Moisture
moisture

Modulation of Extratropical Cyclones by Previous Cyclones via the Sea Surface Temperature Anomaly Over the Sea of Japan in Winter

Zhao, N., Iwasaki, S., Yamamoto, M. & Isobe, A., Jun 27 2018, In : Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 123, 12, p. 6312-6330 19 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Sea of Japan
cyclones
sea surface temperature
temperature anomaly
cyclone
2017
1 Citation (Scopus)

Probability distribution of surface wind speed induced by convective adjustment on Venus

Yamamoto, M., Mar 1 2017, In : Icarus. 284, p. 314-324 11 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Venus (planet)
Venus
surface wind
wind velocity
adjusting
2016
44 Citations (Scopus)

AKATSUKI returns to Venus

Nakamura, M., Imamura, T., Ishii, N., Abe, T., Kawakatsu, Y., Hirose, C., Satoh, T., Suzuki, M., Ueno, M., Yamazaki, A., Iwagami, N., Watanabe, S., Taguchi, M., Fukuhara, T., Takahashi, Y., Yamada, M., Imai, M., Ohtsuki, S., Uemizu, K., Hashimoto, G. L. & 32 others, Takagi, M., Matsuda, Y., Ogohara, K., Sato, N., Kasaba, Y., Kouyama, T., Hirata, N., Nakamura, R., Yamamoto, Y., Horinouchi, T., Yamamoto, M., Hayashi, Y. Y., Kashimura, H., Sugiyama, K. I., Sakanoi, T., Ando, H., Murakami, S. Y., Sato, T. M., Takagi, S., Nakajima, K., Peralta, J., Lee, Y. J., Nakatsuka, J., Ichikawa, T., Inoue, K., Toda, T., Toyota, H., Tachikawa, S., Narita, S., Hayashiyama, T., Hasegawa, A. & Kamata, Y., Dec 1 2016, In : earth, planets and space. 68, 1, 75.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Venus (planet)
Venus
orbit insertion
equatorial orbits
climate
3 Citations (Scopus)

General circulation driven by baroclinic forcing due to cloud layer heating: Significance of planetary rotation and polar eddy heat transport

Yamamoto, M. & Takahashi, M., Apr 1 2016, In : Journal of Geophysical Research E: Planets. 121, 4, p. 558-573 16 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

planetary rotation
eddy
superrotation
vortices
heating
2015
8 Citations (Scopus)

Dynamics of polar vortices at cloud top and base on Venus inferred from a general circulation model: Case of a strong diurnal thermal tide

Yamamoto, M. & Takahashi, M., Aug 1 2015, In : Planetary and Space Science. 113-114, p. 109-119 11 p., 3906.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

polar vortex
Venus (planet)
tides
Venus
general circulation model

Vertical momentum and heat transport induced by wave breaking and cloud feedback heating in the venusian atmosphere

Yamamoto, M., Oct 10 2015, In : Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Japan. 63, p. 165-174 10 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Wave Breaking
Heat Transport
Atmosphere
Heating
Momentum
2014
2 Citations (Scopus)

A moment method of the log-normal size distribution with the critical size limit in the free-molecular regime

Yamamoto, M., Jul 3 2014, In : Aerosol Science and Technology. 48, 7, p. 725-737 13 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Method of moments
Aerosols
Parameterization
Coagulation
Particle size analysis

Idealized numerical experiments on microscale eddies in the Venusian cloud layer

Yamamoto, M., Apr 30 2014, In : Earth, Planets and Space. 66, 15 p., 27.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Open Access
microbalances
eddy
vortices
experiment
adjusting
5 Citations (Scopus)

Idealized numerical experiments on microscale eddies in the Venusian cloud layer

Yamamoto, M., Dec 1 2014, In : earth, planets and space. 66, 1, 66.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

microbalances
eddy
vortices
experiment
adjusting
1 Citation (Scopus)

Meteorological impacts of sea-surface temperature associated with the humid airflow from Tropical Cyclone Talas (2011)

Yamamoto, M., Jul 23 2014, In : Annales Geophysicae. 32, 7, p. 841-857 17 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

cyclones
sea surface temperature
tropical cyclone
airflow
latent heat
2013
7 Citations (Scopus)

Effects of a semienclosed ocean on extratropical cyclogenesis: The dynamical processes around the Japan Sea on 23-25 January 2008

Yamamoto, M., Sep 27 2013, In : Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 118, 18, p. 10391-10404 14 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

cyclogenesis
Japan
oceans
ocean
Cooling
5 Citations (Scopus)

Modeling efforts

Lewis, S. R., Dawson, J., Lebonnois, S. & Yamamoto, M., Jan 1 2013, Towards Understanding the Climate of Venus: Applications of Terrestrial Models to Our Sister Planet. Springer New York, Vol. 11. p. 111-127 17 p.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

Titan
rotating bodies
Venus (planet)
Saturn
natural satellites
17 Citations (Scopus)

Models of venus atmosphere

Lebonnois, S., Lee, C., Yamamoto, M., Dawson, J., Lewis, S. R., Mendonca, J., Read, P., Parish, H. F., Schubert, G., Bengtsson, L., Grinspoon, D., Limaye, S. S., Schmidt, H., Svedhem, H. & Titov, D. V., Jan 1 2013, Towards Understanding the Climate of Venus: Applications of Terrestrial Models to Our Sister Planet. Springer New York, Vol. 11. p. 129-156 28 p.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

Venus atmosphere
superrotation
Venus (planet)
boundary conditions
polar regions
2012
4 Citations (Scopus)

Mesoscale structures of two types of cold-air outbreaks over the East China Sea and the effect of coastal sea surface temperature

Yamamoto, M., Feb 1 2012, In : Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics. 115, 3-4, p. 89-112 24 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

cold air
sea surface temperature
air mass
heat flux
phase transition
3 Citations (Scopus)

Numerical error analysis of solvers using cumulative number distribution with volume-ratio grid spacing in initially particle-free nucleation-condensation systems

Yamamoto, M., Dec 1 2012, In : Aerosol and Air Quality Research. 12, 6, p. 1125-1134 10 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

error analysis
Error analysis
nucleation
condensation
Condensation
8 Citations (Scopus)

Rapid merger and recyclogenesis of twin extratropical cyclones leading to heavy precipitation around Japan on 9-10 October 2001

Yamamoto, M., Mar 1 2012, In : Meteorological Applications. 19, 1, p. 36-53 18 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

cyclone
merger
heating
topographic effect
weather forecasting
12 Citations (Scopus)

Venusian middle-atmospheric dynamics in the presence of a strong planetary-scale 5.5-day wave

Yamamoto, M. & Takahashi, M., Feb 1 2012, In : Icarus. 217, 2, p. 702-713 12 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

atmospheric dynamics
superrotation
dipoles
Venus (planet)
Venus
2011
4 Citations (Scopus)

Cloud-resolving simulation of heavy snowfalls in Japan for late December 2005: Application of ocean data assimilation to a snow disaster

Yamamoto, M., Ohigashi, T., Tsuboki, K. & Hirose, N., Oct 4 2011, In : Natural Hazards and Earth System Science. 11, 9, p. 2555-2565 11 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

data assimilation
disaster
sea surface temperature
snow
mesoscale eddy

Erratum: Influences of Venus' topography on fully developed superrotation and near-surface flow (Earth Planets Space (2009) 61 (e45-e48))

Yamamoto, M. & Takahashi, M., Sep 1 2011, In : earth, planets and space. 63, 9, p. e17

Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate

superrotation
Venus (planet)
Venus
topography
planet
2 Citations (Scopus)

Interannual and synoptic-scale features of two types of cold-air outbreaks over the East China Sea during 1988-2006

Kuriyama, K. & Yamamoto, M., Jan 1 2011, In : Theoretical and Applied Climatology. 103, 3-4, p. 291-304 14 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

cold air
monsoon
winter
sea
1 Citation (Scopus)

Meteorological influences of eddy-resolving ocean assimilation around the cold tongue to the north of the Japanese islands during winter 2004/2005

Maeda, Y., Yamamoto, M. & Hirose, N., Aug 1 2011, In : Asia-Pacific Journal of Atmospheric Sciences. 47, 4, p. 319-327 9 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

eddy
anomaly
mesoscale eddy
evaporation
winter
2 Citations (Scopus)

Meteorological influences of SST anomaly over the East Asian marginal sea on subpolar and polar regions: A case of an extratropical cyclone on 5-8 November 2006

Ueda, A., Yamamoto, M. & Hirose, N., Apr 1 2011, In : Polar Science. 5, 1, p. 1-10 10 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Polar Regions
marginal sea
polar region
temperature anomaly
surface temperature
5 Citations (Scopus)

Microscale simulations of Venus' convective adjustment and mixing near the surface: Thermal and material transport processes

Yamamoto, M., Feb 1 2011, In : Icarus. 211, 2, p. 993-1006 14 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

turbulent diffusion
Venus (planet)
Venus
transport process
microbalances
54 Citations (Scopus)

Overview of Venus orbiterAkatsuki

Nakamura, M., Imamura, T., Ishii, N., Abe, T., Satoh, T., Suzuki, M., Ueno, M., Yamazaki, A., Iwagami, N., Watanabe, S., Taguchi, M., Fukuhara, T., Takahashi, Y., Yamada, M., Hoshino, N., Ohtsuki, S., Uemizu, K., Hashimoto, G. L., Takagi, M., Matsuda, Y. & 11 others, Ogohara, K., Sato, N., Kasaba, Y., Kouyama, T., Hirata, N., Nakamura, R., Yamamoto, Y., Okada, N., Horinouchi, T., Yamamoto, M. & Hayashi, Y., Jan 1 2011, In : earth, planets and space. 63, 5, p. 443-457 15 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article

Venus (planet)
Venus
spacecraft
orbit insertion
lightning
14 Citations (Scopus)

Possible modification of atmospheric circulation over the northwestern Pacific induced by a small semi-enclosed ocean

Yamamoto, M. & Hirose, N., Feb 1 2011, In : Geophysical Research Letters. 38, 3, L03804.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

atmospheric circulation
Japan
oceans
ocean
Siberia
2010
5 Citations (Scopus)

Atmospheric simulations using OGCM-assimilation SST: Influence of the wintertime Japan sea on monthly precipitation

Yamamoto, M. & Hirose, N., Feb 1 2010, In : Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences. 21, 1, p. 113-122 10 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

oceanic general circulation model
sea surface temperature
simulation
evaporation
experiment
2009
20 Citations (Scopus)

Dynamical effects of solar heating below the cloud layer in a venus-like atmosphere

Yamamoto, M. & Takahashi, M., Dec 1 2009, In : Journal of Geophysical Research E: Planets. 114, 12, E12004.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

superrotation
Venus atmosphere
solar heating
Solar heating
Venus
7 Citations (Scopus)

Influences of Venus’ topography on fully developed superrotation and near-surface flow

Yamamoto, M. & Takahashi, M., Oct 1 2009, In : Earth, Planets and Space. 61, 10, p. e45-e48

Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter

superrotation
Venus (planet)
Venus
topography
standing wave
26 Citations (Scopus)

Observational evidence of a warm ocean current preceding a winter teleconnection pattern in the northwestern Pacific

Hirose, N., Nishimura, K. & Yamamoto, M., May 16 2009, In : Geophysical Research Letters. 36, 9, L09705.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

ocean currents
teleconnection
winter
wind-driven current
climate
18 Citations (Scopus)

Regional atmospheric simulation of monthly precipitation using high-resolution SST obtained from an ocean assimilation model: Application to the wintertime Japan sea

Yamamoto, M. & Hirose, N., Oct 29 2009, In : Monthly Weather Review. 137, 7, p. 2164-2174 11 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

sea surface temperature
ocean
simulation
experiment
oceanic front
2008

A parametric study of superrotation of venus-like planets: Effects of obliquity and period of planetary rotation

Yamamoto, M. & Takahashi, M., Jan 1 2008, In : Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Japan. 56, p. 335-341 7 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

superrotation
planetary rotation
Venus (planet)
Planets
Oblique
17 Citations (Scopus)

Influence of assimilated SST on regional atmospheric simulation: A case of a cold-air outbreak over the Japan Sea

Yamamoto, M. & Hirose, N., Jan 1 2008, In : Atmospheric Science Letters. 9, 1, p. 13-17 5 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

cold air
sea surface temperature
simulation
heat flux
eddy
3 Citations (Scopus)

Prograde and retrograde atmospheric rotation of cloud-covered terrestrial planets

Yamamoto, M. & Takahashi, M., Nov 1 2008, In : Astronomy and Astrophysics. 490, 2

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

terrestrial planets
planet
planetary rotation
meridional circulation
atmospheric circulation
2007
13 Citations (Scopus)

A parametric study of atmospheric superrotation on Venus-like planets: Effects of oblique angle of planetary rotation axis

Yamamoto, M. & Takahashi, M., Aug 28 2007, In : Geophysical Research Letters. 34, 16, L16202.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

superrotation
planetary rotation
obliquity
Venus (planet)
meridional circulation
28 Citations (Scopus)

Impact of SST reanalyzed using OGCM on weather simulation: A case of a developing cyclone in the Japan Sea area

Yamamoto, M. & Hirose, N., Mar 16 2007, In : Geophysical Research Letters. 34, 5, L05808.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

cyclones
sea surface temperature
weather
cyclone
general circulation model
3 Citations (Scopus)

Simulations of superrotation using a GCM for Venus' middle atmosphere

Yamamoto, M. & Takahashi, M., Jan 1 2007, In : earth, planets and space. 59, 8, p. 971-979 9 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

superrotation
middle atmosphere
Venus (planet)
Venus
general circulation model
2006
14 Citations (Scopus)

An aerosol transport model based on a two-moment microphysical parameterization in the Venus middle atmosphere: Model description and preliminary experiments

Yamamoto, M. & Takahashi, M., Aug 20 2006, In : Journal of Geophysical Research E: Planets. 111, 8, E08002.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

middle atmosphere
Venus (planet)
haze
meridional circulation
equators
5 Citations (Scopus)

Are geostrophic and quasi-geostrophic approximations valid in Venus' differential super-rotation?

Yamamoto, M. & Tanaka, H., Jun 1 2006, In : Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics. 100, 3, p. 185-195 11 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

superrotation
Venus (planet)
Venus
angular velocity
Angular velocity
3 Citations (Scopus)

Stationary and Slowly Propagating Waves in a Venus-Like AGCM: Roles of Topography in Venus' Atmospheric Dynamics

Yamamoto, M. & Takahashi, M., Jan 1 2006, In : Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Japan. 55, p. 201-207 7 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Venus (planet)
Topography
topography
Vertical
Fluxes
49 Citations (Scopus)

Superrotation maintained by meridional circulation and waves in venus-like AGCM

Yamamoto, M. & Takahashi, M., Dec 1 2006, In : Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 63, 12, p. 3296-3314 19 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

meridional circulation
atmospheric general circulation model
Venus
angular momentum
momentum
2005
2 Citations (Scopus)

A moment method for evaporation using a logarithmic size distribution with the smallest size

Yamamoto, M., Aug 1 2005, In : Aerosol Science and Technology. 39, 8, p. 790-798 9 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Method of moments
Evaporation
evaporation
Normal distribution
Parameterization
2004
5 Citations (Scopus)

A solver for aerosol condensation equation by semi-Lagrangian scheme with correction exactly conserving total particle number

Yamamoto, M., Oct 1 2004, In : Aerosol Science and Technology. 38, 10, p. 1033-1043 11 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Aerosols
condensation
Condensation
Polynomials
aerosol
39 Citations (Scopus)

Dynamics of Venus' superrotation: The eddy momentum transport processes newly found in a GCM

Yamamoto, M. & Takahashi, M., May 16 2004, In : Geophysical Research Letters. 31, 9

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

superrotation
Venus (planet)
Venus
transport process
general circulation model