Additional Post:
Professor, The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Science, Faculty of Science, Department of Earth and Planetary Science, Oceanic and Atmospheric Science Group

Education:
1971 - B.S.: Major in Science, The University of Tokyo
1973 - M.S.: Major in Geophysics, The University of Tokyo
1977 - D.S.: Major in Geophysics, The University of Tokyo

Awards and Honors:
1976: Hidaka Marine Science Foundation Fellowship
1976: GFD Fellow of WHOI, U.S.A.
1981: Okada Memorial Prize of the Oceanographic Society of Japan
1984: Yoshida Science Foundation Fellowship
1985: Toray Science Foundation Fellowship
1987: Society Prize of the Meteorological Society of Japan
1989: Burr Steinbach Scholar of MIT/WHOI, U.S.A.
1997: Society Prize of the Oceanographic Society of Japan
　
Professional Memberships:
Oceanographic Society of Japan, Meteorological Society of Japan, Japan Society of Fluid Mechanics, American Meteorological Society, American Oceanographic Society (charter life member), American Geophysical Union

Selected Publications:
-T. Qu, H. Mitsudera and T. Yamagata, 1999: A climatology of the circulation and water mass distribution near the Philippine coast. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 29, 1488-1505.
-P. N. Vinayachandran, H. H. Saji and T. Yamagata, 1999: Response of the equatorial Indian Ocean to an unusal wind event during 1994. Geophys. Res. Lett., 26, No.11, 1613-1616.
-N. H. Saji, B. N. Goswami, P.N.Vinayachandran and T. Yamagata, 1999: A dipole mode in the tropical Indian Ocean. Nature, 401, 360-363.
- S. K. Bekera, R. Krishnan and and T. Yamagata, 1999: Unusal ocean-atmosphere conditions in the tropical Indian Ocean during 1994. Geophys. Res. Lett., 26, C9, 3001-3004.
- T. Qu, , H. Mitsudera, and T. Yamagata, 2000: Intrusion of the North Pacific waters into the South China Sea, J. Geophys. Res., 105, 6415-6424.
- H. Aiki and T. Yamagata, 2000: Successive formation of planetary lenses in an intermediate layer, Geophys. Astrophys. Fluid Dynam., 92, 1-29.
- S. K. Behera, P.S. Salvekar and T. Yamagata, 2000: Simulation of interannual SST variability in the tropical Indian Ocean, J. Climate.,13, 3487-3499
- S. Iizuka, T. Matsuura and T. Yamagata, 2000: The Indian Ocean SST dipole simulated in a coupled general circulation model, Geophys. Res. Lett., 27, 3369-3372.
- Z. Guan and T. Yamagata,　2001: Interhemispheric Oscillations in the Surface Air Pressure Field, Geophys. Res. Lett., 28, 263-266.
- S. K. Behera and T. Yamagata, 2001: Subtropical SST dipole in the southern Indian Ocean, Geophys. Res. Lett., 28, 327-330.
- Y. Masumoto, T. Kagimoto, M. Yoshida, M. Fukuda, N. Hirose and T. Yamagata, 2001: Intraseasonal Eddies in the Sulawesi Sea Simulated in an Ocean General Circulation Model, Geophys. Res. Lett., 28, 1631-1634.
- J. Luo and T. Yamagata, 2001: Long-term El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO)-like variation with special emphasis on the South Pacific, J. Geophys. Res., 106, 22211-22227.
- K. Ashok, Z. Y. Guan, and T. Yamagata, 2001: Impact of the Indian Ocean Dipole on the relationship between the Indian monsoon rainfall and ENSO. Geophys. Res. Lett., 28, 4499-4502.
- S. A. Rao, S. K. Behera, Y. Masumoto, and T. Yamagata, 2002: Interannual subsurface variability in the tropical Indian Ocean with a special emphasis on the Indian Ocean Dipole. Deep-Sea Res. II, 49, 1549-1572.
- JING-JIA Luo and T.Yamagata, 2002: Four Decadal Ocean-Atmosphere Modes in the North Pacific Revealed by Various Analysis Methods. J.Oceanogr., 58, 861-876.
- S.A. Rao, V.V. Gopalakrishna, S.R. Shetye and T.Yamagata, 2002 : Why were cool SST anomalies absent in the Bay of Bengal during the 1997 Indian Ocean Dipole Event? Geophys. Res. Lett., 29, doi : 10.1029/2001GL014645.
- C.Ihara, Y.masumoto, T.Kagimoto and T.Yamagata, 2002 : Eddy Formation Near the Izu-Ogasawara Ridge and its Link with Seasonal Adjustment of the Subtropical Gyre in the Pacific. J. the Korean Society of Oceanography, 37,134-143.
- Fu Gang and T.Yamagata, 2002 : Structure of a pair of anticyclonic vortices in northern part of the South China Sea in autumn of 1994. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 21, No.2, 203-216.
- P.N.Vinayachandran and T.Yamagata, 2003 : Comment on " Indian Ocean : Validation of the Miami Isopycnic Coordinate Ocean Model and ENSO events during 1958-1998 by V.E.Haugen et al.". J.Geophys.Res., 108, doi : 10.1029/2002JC001624.
- X. Guo, H.Hukuda, Y.Miyazawa, and T.Yamagata, 2003 : A triply nested ocean model for simulating the Kuroshio - Roles of horizontal resolution on JEBAR -. J.Phys.Oceanogr., 33, 146-169.
- S.K.Behera and T.Yamagata, 2003 : NOTES AND CORRESPONDENCE Influence of the Indian Ocean Dipole on the Southern Oscillation, J. Meteor.Soc.Jpn., 81, 169-177.
- K.Ashok, Z.Guan and T.Yamagata, 2003 : A Look at the Relationship between the ENSO and the Indian Ocean Dipole. J. Meteor. Soc. Jpn., 81, 41-56.
- S.K. Behera, S. A. Rao, H.N.Saji and T. Yamagata, 2003 : Comments on " A Cautionary Note on the Interpretation of EOFs ". J. Climate., 16, 1087-1093.
- Z.Guan and T.Yamagata, 2003 : The unusual summer of 1994 in East Asia : IOD teleconnections. Geophys.Res.Lett., 30, doi : 10.1029/2002GL016831. ( in press )
- L.Zubair, S.A.Rao and T.Yamagata, 2003 : Modulation of Sri Lankan Maha rainfall by the Indian Ocean Dipole. Geophys. Res.Lett., 30, doi : 10.1029/2002GL015639.
- K.Ashok, Z.Guan and T.Yamagata, 2003 : Influence of the Indian Ocean Dipole on the Australian winter rainfall. Geophys.Res.Lett, 30, doi : 10.1029/2003GL017926.
- Z.Guan, K.Ashok and T.Yamagata, 2003 : Summertime Response of the Tropical Atmosphere to the Indian Ocean Dipole Sea Surface Temperature Anomalies. J.Meteor.Soc.Jpn., 81, 533-561.
- H.Sakuma, H.Sasaki, K.Takahashi, T.Kagimoto. T.Yamagata and T.Sato, 2003 : Global Eddy-Resolving Simulation by the Earth Simulator : Brief Report on the First Run. In RECENT ADVANCES IN MARINE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, 2002. (ed. N. Saxena) PACON International. 47-59.
- JING-JIA Luo and T.Yamagata, 2003 : A Model Study on the 1988-89 Warming Event in the Northern North Pacific. J.Phys. Oceanogr., 33, 1815-1828.