Publications

Last update: 20 Mar 2010

2009

Y. Shimizu, K. Takahashi, S. Ito, S. Kakehi, H. Tatebe, I. Yasuda, A. Kusaka, T. Nakayama: Transport of subarctic large copepods from the Oyashio area to the mixed water region by the coastal Oyashio intrusion, Fisheries Oceanography, 18(5), 312-327, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2419.2009.00513.
Sato, K. and T. Suga: Structure and modification of the South Pacific Eastern Subtropical Mode Water, Journal of Physical Oceanography, doi: 10.1175/2008JPO3940.1.
Hosoda S., T. Suga, N. Shikama, and K. Mizuno: Global surface layer salinity change detected by Argo and its implication for hydrological cycle intensification, Journal of Oceanography, 65(4), 579-586.
Oka E., K. Toyama, and T. Suga: Subduction of North Pacific Central Mode Water associated with subsurface mesoscale eddy., Geophysical Research Letters, 36, L08607, doi:10.1029/2009GL037540.
Kobayashi, T., B. A. King, and N. Shikama, 2009: An estimation of average lifetime of the latest model of APEX floats, Journal of Oceanography, 65(1), 81-89.
Ohno, Y., N. Iwasaka, F. Kobashi and Y. Sato, 2009: Mixed layer depth climatology of the North Pacific from Argo observations, Journal of Oceanography, 65(1), 1-16.
Oka E., 2009: Seasonal and interannual variation of North Pacific Subtropical Mode Water in 2003-2006, Journal of Oceanography, 65(2), 151-164.
Ueno, H., H. Freeland, W. R. Crawford, H. Onishi, E. Oka, K. Sato and T. Suga, 2009: Anticyclonic eddies in the Alaskan Stream, Journal of Physical Oceanography, doi:10.1175/2008JPO3948.1.

2008

Wada, A., K. Sato, N. Usui and Y. Kawai: Comment on "Importance of pre-existing oceanic conditions to upper ocean response induced by Super Typhoon Hai-Tang" by Z.-W. Zheng, C.-R. Ho, and N.-J. Kuo, Geophys. Res. Lett., doi:10.1029/2008GL036890.
Sato, N., R. Shirooka, M. Yoshizaki, and Y. N. Takayabu Meridional SST gradient in the western North Pacific warm pool associated with typhoon generation, Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L12803, doi:10.1029/2008GL033987.
Hosoda, S., T. Ohira, and T. Nakamura, 2008: A monthly mean dataset of global oceanic temperature and salinity derived from Argo float observations, JAMSTEC Report of Research and Development, 8, 47-69.
Izumo, T., C. de Boyer Montegut, J.J. Luo, et al, 2008: The Role of the Western Arabian Sea Upwelling in Indian Monsoon Rainfall Variability, Journal of Climate, 21(21), 5603-5623, doi:10.1175/2008JCLI2158.1.
Kobayashi, T., and H. Nakajima, 2008: Variations of the surface arrival time of Park and Profile APEX floats due to their depth control scheme, JAMSTEC Report of Research and Development, 8, 5-11.
Nakamura, T., N. Ogita, and T. Kobayashi, 2008: Quality control method of Argo float position data, JAMSTEC Report of Research and Development, 7, 11-18.
Siswanto, E., J. Ishizaka, A. Morimoto, K.Tanaka, K.Okamura, A.Kristijono, T.Saino, 2008: Ocean physical and biogeochemical responses to the passage of Typhoon Meari in the East China Sea observed from Argo float and multiplatform satellites, Geophysical Research Letters, 35(15), L15604, doi:10.1029/2008GL035040.
Suga, T., Y. Aoki, H. Saito and K. Hanawa, 2008: Ventilation of the North Pacific subtropical pycnocline and mode water formation, Progress in Oceanography, 77(4), 285-297, doi:10.1016/j.pocean.2006.12.005.
Uchida, H., T. Kawano, M. Fukasawa, 2008: In situ calibration of moored CTDs used for monitoring abyssal water, Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 25(9), 1695-1702, doi:10.1175/2008JTECHO581.1.
Uchida, H., S. Imawaki, 2008: Estimation of the sea level trend south of Japan by combining satellite altimeter data with in situ hydrographic data, Journal of Geophysical Research, 113(C9), C09035 , doi:10.1029/2008JC004796.

2007

Sato, N., K. Yoneyama, M. Katsumata, R. Shirooka, and Y. N. Takayabu An ITCZ-like convergence zone over the Indian Ocean in boreal late autumn, Geophys. Res. Lett., 34(10), L10811, doi:10.1029/2006GL028341.
Konstantin V. Lebedev, Hiroshi Yoshinari, Nikolai A. Maximenko, Peter W. Hacker YoMaHa'07: Velocity data assessed from trajectories of Argo floats at parking level and at the sea surface, IPRC Technical Note, No.4(2), June 12, 2007, 16p.
Achutaroa, K.M., M. Ishii, B.D. Santer, et al., 2007: Simulated and observed variability in ocean temperature and heat content, Proc Natl Acad Sci USA , 104(26) , 10768-73, doi: 10.1073/pnas.0611375104 .
Aoki, S., M. Hariyama, H. Mitsudera, H. Sasaki, Y. Sasai, 2007: Formation regions of Subantarctic Mode Water detected by OFES and Argo profiling floats, Geophysical Research Letters, 34(10), L10606, doi:10.1029/2007GL029828.
Kako, S., M. Kubota, 2007: Variability of mixed layer depth in Kuroshio/Oyashio Extension region: 2005-2006, Geophysical Research Letters, 34(11) , L11612, doi:10.1029/2007GL030362.
Kikuchi, T., J. Inoue, D. Langevin, 2007: Argo-type profiling float observations under the Arctic multiyear ice, Deep-Sea Research Part I ・Oceanographic Research Papers, 54 (9) , 1675-1686, doi:10.1016/j.dsr.2007.05.011.
Kobayashi, T., and G. C. Johnson, 2007: Argo Float Pressure Offset Adjustment Recommendations, In Supporting documents for the 8th meeting of the International Argo Steering Team.
Gruber, N., S. C. Doney, S. R. Emerson, D. Gilbert, T. Kobayashi, A. Kortzinger, G. C. Johnson, K. S. Johnson, S. C. Riser, and O. Ulloa: THE ARGO-OXYGEN PROGRAM ARGO-O2, A white paper to promote the addition of oxygen sensors to the international Argo float program.
Oka, E., L. D. Talley, and T. Suga, 2007: Temporal variability of winter mixed layer in the mid- to high-latitude North Pacific, Journal of Oceanography, 63(2), 293-307.
Saito, H., T. Suga, K. Hanawa, and T. Watanabe, 2007: A new type of pycnostad in the western subtropical-subarctic transition region in the North Pacific: Transition Region Mode Water, Journal of Oceanography, 63(4), 589-600.
Schneider, W., M. Fukasawa, J. Garces-Vargas, et al, 2007: Spin-up of South Pacific subtropical gyre freshens and cools the upper layer of the eastern South Pacific Ocean, Geophysical Research Letters, 34 (24) , L24606 , doi:10.1029/2007GL031933.
Suga, T., 2007: Argo: Taking the pulse of the ocean, ARGOS forum, 64, 14-17.
Sugimoto, S., K. Hanawa, 2007: Further evidence for non-reemergence of winter SST anomalies in the North Pacific eastern subtropical mode water area, Journal of Oceanography, 63(4), 625-635 .
Ueno, H., E. Oka, T, Suga, H. Onishi, and D. Roemmich, 2007: Formation and variation of temperature inversions in the eastern subarctic North Pacific, Geophysical Research Letters, 34(5), L05603, doi:10.1029/2006GL028715.
Yokota, M., S. Asai, S. Hosoda, M. Hirano, N. Shikama, T. Nagahama and M. Fujisaki Recalibration of temperature and conductivity sensors affixed on Argo floats, JAMSTEC Rep. Res. Dev., 5, 31-39.

2006

Hiroshi Yoshinari, Nikolai A. Maximenko, Peter W. Hacker YoMaHa'05: Velocity data assessed from trajectories of Argo floats at parking level and at the sea surface, IPRC Technical Note, No.4, February 27, 2006, 20.
Bingham, F.M. and T. Suga, 2006: Distributions of mixed layer properties in North Pacific water mass formation areas: comparison of Argo floats and World Ocean Atlas 2001, Ocean Science Discussion, 3(1), 1-24.
Bingham, F.M. and T. Suga, 2006: Distributions of mixed layer properties in North Pacific water mass formation areas: comparison of Argo floats and World Ocean Atlas 2001, Ocean Science, 2(1), 61-70.
Hosoda S., S. Minato, N. Shikama 2006: Seasonal Temperature Variation below the Thermocline Detected by Argo Floats, Geophysical Research Letters, 33(13), L13604, doi:10.1029/2006GL026070.
Isoguchi O., H. Kawamura, and E. Oka, 2006: Quasi-stationary jets transporting surface warm waters across the transition zone between the subtropical and the subarctic gyres in the North Pacific, Journal of Geophysical Research, 111, C10003, doi:10.1029/2005JC003402.
Iwasaka N., F. Kobashi, Y. Kinoshita, Y. Ohno, 2006: Seasonal variations of the upper ocean in the western North Pacific observed by an Argo float, Journal of Oceanography, 62(4), 481-492.
Kobayashi, T. and T. Suga, 2006: The Indian Ocean HydroBase: A high-quality climatological dataset for the Indian Ocean, Progress in Oceanography, 68(1), 75-114, doi:10.1016/j.pocean.2005.07.001 .
Panteleev, GG. P. Stabeno, VA Luchin, DA Nechaev, M Ikeda, 2006: Summer transport estimates of the Kamchatka Current derived as a variational inverse of hydrophysical and surface drifter data, Geophysical Research Letters, 33(9), L09609 , doi:10.1029/2005GL024974.
Sato, K., T.Suga, and K. Hanawa, 2006: Barrier layers in the subtropical gyres of the world's oceans, Geophysical Research Letters, 33(8), L08603, doi:10.1029/2005GL025631.
Sato, N., Tokinaga, H, Shirooka, R., and Suginohara, N., 2006: Influence of mechanical mixing on a low summertime SST in the western North Pacific ITCZ region, Geophysical Research Letters, 33(14), L14608, doi:10.1029/2006GL025997.
Yoshida, T. and M. Hoshimoto, 2006: Heat content change in the surface isothermal layer of a warm core ring in the sea east of Japan, Journal of Oceanography, 62(3), 283-287 .

2005

Fujii, Y., 2005: Preconditioned optimizing utility for large-dimensional analyses (POpULar), Journal of Oceanography, 61(1), 167-181. .
Kobayashi, T. and S. Minato, 2005: What observation scheme should we use for profiling floats to achieve the Argo goal for salinity measurement accuracy? - Suggestions from software calibration -, Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 22(10), 1588-1601, doi:10.1175/JTECH1798.1.
Kobayashi, T. and S. Minato, 2005: Importance of reference dataset improvements for Argo delayed-mode quality control, Journal of Oceanography, 61(6), 995-1009.
Ohshima, K.I., S.C. Riser and M. Wakatsuchi, 2005: Mixed layer evolution in the Sea of Okhotsk observed with profiling floats and its relation to sea ice formation, Geophysical Research Letters, 32(6), L06607 , doi:10.1029/2004GL021823.
Oka, E. 2005: Long-term Sensor Drift Found in Recovered Argo Profiling Floats, Journal of Oceanography, 61(4), 775-781.
Oka E. and T. Suga, 2005: Differential Formation and Circulation of North Pacific Central Mode Water, Journal of Physical Oceanography, 35(11), 1997-2011, doi:10.1175/JPO2811.1.
Sato, N. 2005: Influences of intraseasonal disturbances on the oceanic mixed layer in the western North Pacific ITCZ region, Geophysical Research Letters, 32(17), L17601, doi:10.1029/2005GL023577.
Tsugukazu Okumura, Naoto Iwasaka and Eitarou Oka, 2005: A simulation of Argo float distribution in the Southern Ocean, JAMSTEC Rep. Res. Dev., 1, 45-49.
Ueno, H. and I. Yasuda, 2005: Temperature inversions in the subarctic North Pacific, Journal of Physical Oceanography, 35(12), 2444-2456, doi:10.1175/JPO2829.1.
Ueno, H., E. Oka, T, Suga, and H. Onishi, 2005: Seasonal and interannual variability of temperature inversions in the subarctic North Pacific, Geophysical Research Letters, 32(20), L20603, doi:10.1029/2005GL023948.
Vinayachandran, P.N, T. Kagimoto, Y. Masumoto, P. Chauhan, S.R. Nayak and T. Yamagata, 2005 Bifurcation of the East India Coastal Current east of Sri Lanka, Geophysical Research Letters, 32(15), L15606, doi:10.1029/2005GL022864.
Zenk, W., G. Siedler, A. Ishida, E. Holfort, Y. Kashino, Y. Kuroda, T. Miyama, T.J. Muller, 2005 Pathways and variability of the antarctic intermediate water in the western equatorial pacific ocean, Progress In Oceanography, 67(1-2), 245-281, doi:10.1016/j.pocean.2005.05.003.

2004

Endoh, T., Mitsudera, H., Xie, S-P., Qiu, B., 2004: Thermohaline Structure in the Subarctic North Pacific Simulated in a General Circulation Model, Journal of Physical Oceanography, 34(2), 360-371, doi:10.1175/1520-0485(2004)034<0360:TSITSN>2.0.CO;2.
Iwasaka N.,T. Okumura, E. Oka and K. Takeuchi, 2004: A simulation of Argo float distribution in the South Pacific, JAMSTECR (Report of Japan Marine Science and Technology Center), 49, 43-50.
Ohno, Y., T. Kobayashi, N. Iwasaka, and T. Suga, 2004: The mixed layer depth in the North Pacific as detected by the Argo floats, Geophysical Research Letters, 31(11), L11306, doi:10.1029/2004GL019576.
Ohshima, K.I., Simizu, D., Itoh, M., Mizuta, G., Fukamachi, Y., Riser S.C., Wakatsuchi, M., 2004: Sverdrup balance and the cyclonic gyre in the Sea of Okhotsk, Journal of Physical Oceanography, 34(2), 513-525 , doi:10.1175/1520-0485(2004)034<0513:SBATCG>2.0.CO;2.
Oka, E. and K. Ando, 2004: Stability of Temperature and Conductivity Sensors of Argo Profiling Floats, Journal of Oceanography, 60(2), 253-258.
Sato, K., T. Suga, and K. Hanawa, 2004: Barrier layer in the North Pacific subtripical gyre, Geophysical Research Letters, 31(5), L05301, doi:10.1029/2003GL018590.
Shimizu Y., T.Iwao, I.Yasuda, S.Ito, T.Watanabe, K.Uehara, N.Shikama, and T.Nakano, 2004: Formation Process of North Pacific Intermediate Water Revealed by Profiling Floats Set to Drift on 26.7σθ Isopycnal Surface, Journal of Oceanography, 60(2), 453-462.
Yang, C. S., and T. Suga, 2004: Outbreak of water mass into the east coast of Japan evident in the Kuroshio Extension in June 2001, Korean Journal of Remote Sensing, 20(5), 307-313.

2003

Ando K., T. Kobayashi, K. Izawa, K. Mizuno, S. Hosoda, N. Shikama and K. Takeuchi, 2003: Preliminary results on the field tests of New profiling float of Japan (NINJA), Argo Information Center (AIC) news letter.
Iwasaka N., T. Suga, K. Takeuchi, K. Mizuno, Y. Takatsuki, K. Ando, T. Kobayashi, E. Oka, Y. Ichikawa, M. Miyazaki, H. Matsuura, K. Izawa, C.-S. Yang, N. Shikama, and M. Aoshima, 2003: Pre-Japan-ARGO: Experimental observation of upper and middle layers south of the Kuroshio Extension region by using profiling floats, Journal of Oceanography, 59(1), 119-127.
Iwao T., M. Endoh, N. Shikama, and T. Nakano, 2003: Intermediate circulation in the northwestern North Pacific derived from subsurface floats, Journal of Oceanography, 59(6), 893-904.
Oka E. and T. Suga, 2003: Formation region of North Pacific Subtropical Mode Water in the late winter of 2003, Geophysical Research Letters, 30(23), 2205, doi:10.1029/2003GL018581.
Uehara, H., T. Suga, K. Hanawa and N. Shikama, 2003: A role of eddies in formation and transport of North Pacific Subtropical Mode Water, Geophysical Research Letters, 30(13), 1705, doi:10.1029/2003GL017542.
Yanagimoto, D, Taira, K. 2003: Current measurements of the Japan Sea proper water and the intermediate water by ALACE floats, Journal of Oceanography, 59(3), 359-368.

2002

Ichikawa Y., Y. Takatsuki, K. Mizuno, N. Shikama, and K. Takeuchi, 2002: Estimation of drifting velocity and error at parking depth for the Argo float, ARGO Technical Report FY2001, JAMSTEC, 68-77.
Inoue A., M. Miyazaki, K. Izawa, K. Ando, Y. Takatsuki, and K. Mizuno, 2002: Stability of water temperature in the conductivity and temperature calibration system and results of calibration experiments, ARGO Technical Report FY2001, JAMSTEC, 9-17.
Iwasaka N., M. Aoshima, and T. Suga, 2002: A case study of a cyclonic eddy structure observed in the south of the Kuroshio Extension by using profiling floats, JAMSTECR (Report of Japan Marine Science and Technology Center), 46, 95-105.
Izawa K, K. Mizuno, M. Miyazaki, A. Inoue, K. Ando, Y. Takatsuki, T. Kobayashi, and K. Takeuchi, 2002: On the weight adjustment of profiling floats, ARGO Technical Report FY2001, JAMSTEC, 18-35.
Kobayashi T., Y. Ichikawa, Y. Takatsuki, T. Suga, N. Iwasaka, K. Ando, K. Mizuno, N. Shikama, and K. Takeuchi, 2002: Quality control of Argo data based on high quality climatological dataset (HydroBase) I, ARGO Technical Report FY2001, JAMSTEC, 36-48.
Kobayashi T., Y. Ichikawa, Y. Takatsuki, T. Suga, N. Iwasaka, K. Ando, K. Mizuno, N. Shikama, and K. Takeuchi, 2002: Correcting method for Argo data based on HydroBase I - Introduction of potential conductivity -, ARGO Technical Report FY2001, JAMSTEC, 49-56.
Kobayashi T., Y. Ichikawa, Y. Takatsuki, T. Suga, K. Mizuno, N. Iwasaka, N. Shikama, and K. Takeuchi, 2002: Study of density range with seasonal variations in water-mass structure, ARGO Technical Report FY2001, JAMSTEC, 57-67.
Nakajima H., Y. Takatsuki, K. Mizuno, K. Takeuchi, and N. Shikama, 2002: Data communication status of the ARGO floats, ARGO Technical Report FY2001, JAMSTEC, 78-87.
Oka E., 2002: A simulation for deployment of ARGO floats, ARGO Technical Report FY2001, JAMSTEC, 1-8.
Takatsuki Y., Y. Ichikawa, T. Kobayashi, K. Mizuno, and K. Takeuchi, 2002: Construction of the automated data processing and delayed-mode quality control system for profiling floats, ARGO Technical Report FY2001, JAMSTEC, 88-99.