The Earth Simulator Center

Updated: July 28, 2008

Publication

See the publication list of the Geophysical Fluid Simulation Research Group for recent studies.

• Papers: 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002
• Presentations: 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002

Papers

2008

• Enomoto, T., 2008: Bicubic interpolation with spectral derivatives. SOLA, 4, 5–8.
• Enomoto, T., A. Kuwano-Yoshida, N. Komori, and W. Ohfuchi, 2008: Description of AFES 2: Improvements for high-resolution and coupled simulations. In High Resolution Numerical Modelling of the Atmosphere and Ocean, K. Hamilton and W. Ohfuchi (eds.), chapter 5, pp. 77–97, Springer, New York.
• Minobe, S., A. Kuwano-Yoshida, N. Komori, S.-P. Xie, and R. J. Small, 2008: Influence of the Gulf Stream on the troposphere. Nature, 452 (7184), 206–209.

2007

• Enomoto, T., 2007: Ocean surface albedo in AFES. JAMSTEC Rep. Res. Dev., 6, 21–30.
• Enomoto, T., W. Ohfuchi, H. Nakamura, and M. A. Shapiro, 2007: Remote effects of tropical storm Cristobal upon a cut-off cyclone over Europe in August 2002. Meteor. Atmos. Phys., 96 (1–2), 29–42.
• Miyoshi T., S. Yamane, and T. Enomoto, 2007: The AFES-LETKF experimental ensemble reanalysis: ALERA. SOLA, 3, 45–48.
• Miyoshi T., S. Yamane, and T. Enomoto, 2007: Localizing the error covariance by physical distances within a local ensemble transform Kalman filter (LETKF). SOLA, 3, 89–92.
• Ohfuchi, W., H. Sasaki, Y. Masumoto, and H. Nakamura, 2007: “Virtual” atmospheric and oceanic circulation in the Earth Simulator. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 88 (6), 861–866.
• Ohfuchi, W., K. Tsuboki, T. Yamada, B. Taguchi, and T. Enomoto, 2007: Understanding and forecasting high-impact phenomena in the atmosphere and ocean. Annual Report of the Earth Simulator Center (April 2006–March 2007), 21–25.

2006

• Enomoto, T., H. Sasaki, Y. Sasai, M. Nonaka, B. Taguchi, K. Tsuboki, T. Miyoshi, N. Komori, and A. Kuwano-Yoshida, 2006: Understanding and forecasting high-impact phenomena in the atmosphere and ocean. Annual Report of the Earth Simulator Center (April 2005–March 2006), 65–69.
• Hamilton, K., and W. Ohfuchi, 2006: High resolution simulations of atmospheric and oceanic circulation. Eos, 87 (18), 176.
• Takahashi, Y. O., K. Hamilton, and W. Ohfuchi, 2006: Explicit global simulation of the mesoscale spectrum of atmospheric motions. Geophys. Res. Lett., 33 (12), L12812, doi:10.1029/2006GL026429.

2005

• Nakamura, M., T. Enomoto, and S. Yamane, 2005: A simulation study of the 2003 heatwave in Europe. J. Earth Simulator, 2, 55–69.
• Ohfuchi, W., T. Enomoto, M. Yamaguchi, N. Komori, H. Sasaki, Y. Sasai, and Y. Masuda, 2005: High-resolution simulation studies on the mechanisms and predictability of various atmospheric and oceanic phenomena. Annual Report of the Earth Simulator Center (April 2004–March 2005), 51–56.
• Ohfuchi, W., H. Sasaki, Y. Masumoto, and H. Nakamura, 2005: Mesoscale resolving simulations of the global atmosphere and ocean on the Earth Simulator. Eos, 86 (5), 45.
• Peng, X., F. Xiao, W. Ohfuchi, and H. Fuchigami, 2005: Conservative semi-Lagrangian transport on a sphere and the impact on vapor advection in an atmospheric general circulation model. Mon. Wea. Rev. 133 (3), 504–520.
• Watanabe, M., T. Hibiya, and T. Enomoto, 2005: Comment on “Improved global maps and 54-year history of wind-work on ocean inertial motions” by Matthew H. Alford: Time aliasing in estimating the wind-induced inertial energy. Geophys. Res. Lett., 32 (8), L08603, doi:10.1029/2005GL022367.
• Yamada, Y., T. Sampe, Y. O. Takahashi, M. K. Yoshioka, W. Ohfuchi, M. Ishiwatari, K. Nakajima, and Y.-Y. Hayashi, 2005: A resolution dependence of equatorial precipitation activities represented in a general circulation model. Theor. Appl. Mech. Japan, 54, 289–297.
• Yoshioka, M. K., Y. Kurihara, and W. Ohfuchi, 2005: Effect of the thermal tidal oscillation of the atmosphere on tropical cyclones. Geophys. Res. Lett., 32 (16), L16802, doi:10.1029/2005GL022716.

2004

• Ohfuchi, W., H. Nakamura, M. K. Yoshioka, T. Enomoto, K. Takaya, X. Peng, S. Yamane, T. Nishimura, Y. Kurihara, and K. Ninomiya, 2004: 10-km mesh meso-scale resolving simulations of the global atmosphere on the Earth Simulator—Preliminary outcomes of AFES (AGCM for the Earth Simulator). J. Earth Simulator, 1, 8–34. [Detail]
• Ohfuchi, W., H. Sasaki, T. Kagimoto, and N. Komori, 2004: Mechanism and predictability of atmospheric and oceanic variations induced by interactions between large-scale field and meso-scale phenomena. Annual Report of the Earth Simulator Center (April 2003–March 2004), 57–61.

2003

• Ohfuchi, W., T. Enomoto, K. Takaya, and M. K. Yoshioka, 2003: 10-km mesh global atmospheric simulations. In Realizing Teracomputing: Proceedings of the Tenth ECMWF Workshop on the Use of High Performance Computing in Meteorology, W. Zwieflhofer and N. Kreitz (Eds.), pp. 47–57, World Scientific.
• Ohfuchi, W., S. Shingu, H. Fuchigami, and M. Yamada, 2003: The dependence of parallel performance of the atmospheric general circulation model for the Earth Simulator on problem size. NEC Research & Development, 44 (1), 99–103.
• Peng, X., F. Xiao, T. Yabe, and K. Tani, 2003: Implementation of the CIP as the advection solver in the MM5. Mon. Wea. Rev., 131 (7), 1256–1271.
• Shingu, S., H. Fuchigami, M. Yamada, 2003: Vector parallel programming and performance of a spectral atmospheric model on the Earth Simulator. In Realizing Teracomputing: Proceedings of the Tenth ECMWF Workshop on the Use of High Performance Computing in Meteorology, W. Zwieflhofer and N. Kreitz (Eds.), pp. 29–46, World Scientific.
• Shingu, S., H. Fuchigami, M. Yamada, Y. Tsuda, M. Yoshioka, W. Ohfuchi, H. Nakamura, and M. Yokokawa, 2003: Performance of atmospheric general circulation model using the spectral transform method on the Earth Simulator. In Parallel Computational Fluid Dynamics: New Frontiers and Multi-Disciplinary Applications, K. Matsuno, A. Ecer, P. Fox, J. Periaux, and N. Satofuka (Eds.), pp. 79–86, Elsevier.
• Yoshioka, M. K., F. Araki, H. Uehara, T. Enomoto, and A. Igarashi, 2003: 3-D structure of Baiu Front around Japan simulated by ultra high resolution atmospheric general circulation model on the Earth Simulator. J. Visualization, 6 (4), 327 (Frontispiecs).

2002

• Shingu, S., H. Takahara, H. Fuchigami, M. Yamada, Y. Tsuda, W. Ohfuchi, Y. Sasaki, K. Kobayashi, T. Hagiwara, S. Habata, M. Yokokawa, H. Itoh, and K. Otsuka, 2002: A 26.58 Tflops global atmospheric simulation with the spectral transform method on the Earth Simulator. Proc. Supercomputing 2002, http://www.sc-2002.org/paperpdfs/pap.pap331.pdf.
• Xiao, F., T. Yabe, X. Peng, and H. Kobayashi, 2002: Conservative and oscillation-less atmosphere transport schemes based on rational functions. J. Geophys. Res., 107 (D22), 4609, doi:10.1029/2001JD001532.
• Yamane, S., M. Honda, H. Nakamura, and W. Ohfuchi, 2002: On interdecadal modulations of prominent variability of boreal winter general circulation field on the Northern Hemisphere appearing in both observational data and numerical simulations —With special attention to the seesaws between the Aleutian and Icelandic lows. Gross Wetter, 40, 88–97 (in Japanese).

Presentations

2005

• Enomoto, T., Y. Harada, H. Endo, and W. Ohfuchi: Intensification of the Ogasawara high in July 2004. IAMAS 2005, Beijing, China, August 2005.
• Ohfuchi, W., H. Sasaki, T. Enomoto, N. Komori, and A. Kuwano-Yoshida: Predictability of weekly to decadal variability and its implication to earth system modeling. 1st UJCC International Workshop on Current Problems in Earth System Modelling, Yokohama, Japan, November 2005.

2004

• Enomoto, T., S. Yamane, W. Ohfuchi, and H. Nakamura: Simple sensitivity analysis using ensemble forecasts and its appplication to simulations of high-impact weather. Workshop on Ensemble Methods, Exeter, U.K., October 2004.
• Hamilton, K., and W. Ohfuchi: Gravity waves in explicit fine resolution global models. AGU 2004 Western Pacific Geophysics Meeting, U24A-03, Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.A., August 2004.
• Ohfuchi, W.: 10-km mesh simulations with an atmospheric general circulation model: A review. AGU 2004 Western Pacific Geophysics Meeting, U23A-04, Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.A., August 2004.
• Takahashi, Y. O., W. Ohfuchi, and K. Hamilton: Atmospheric kinetic energy spectrum simulated by the AFES global atmospheric model. AGU 2004 Western Pacific Geophysics Meeting, U24A-02, Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.A., August 2004.
• Yamane, S., T. Enomoto, W. Ohfuchi, A. Yoshida, and H. Nakamura: Short-range global ensemble simulation on the Earth Simulator. Workshop on Ensemble Methods, Exeter, U.K., October 2004.
• Yoshioka, M. K., Y. Kurihara, and W. Ohfuchi: Conditions of the atmosphere and ocean for tropical cyclogenesis in its early stage. AGU 2004 Western Pacific Geophysics Meeting, A41B-04, Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.A., August 2004.

2003

• Enomoto, T.: Simulations of global to regional phenomena using a 10-km mesh AGCM on the Earth Simulator. International Workshop on NWP models for heavy precipitation in Asia and Pacific Areas, Tokyo, Japan, February 2003.
• Enomoto, T., W. Ohfuchi, and K. Ninonimya: Simulation of the Baiu/Meiyu frontal zone using a global 10-km mesh atmospheric model. The 2nd Workshop on Regional Climate Modeling for Monsoon System, Yokohama, Japan, March 2003.
• Enomoto, T., and W. Ohfuchi: Hindcast simulations of global high-impact weather on the Earth Simulator. Case 1: The August 2002 storms. EGS-AGU-EUG joint assembly, Nice (France), April 2003.
• Enomoto, T., and W. Ohfuchi: Hindcast simulations of global high-impact weather on the Earth Simulator. Case 2: The November 2002 storms. EGS-AGU-EUG joint assembly, Nice (France), April 2003.
• Enomoto, T., and W. Ohfuchi: Hindcast simulations of severe weather events by a high-resolution atmospheric general circulation model on the Earth Simulator. Case 2: The November 2002 storms. IUGG, Sapporo (Japan), July 2003., [Poster]
• Ohfuchi, W., and T. Enomoto, 2003: Hindcast simulations of global high-impact weaather on the Earth Simulator. Case 1: The August 2002 Storms, EGS-AGU-EUG Joint Meeting, Nice, France, April 2003
• Ohfuchi, W., and T. Enomoto, 2003: Hindcast simulations of severe weather events by a high-resolution atmospheric general circulation model on the Earth Simulator. Case 1: The August 2002 Storms. IUGG Joint Assembly, Sapporo, June-July, 2003.
• Ohfuchi, W., S. Shingu, H. Nakamura, M. K. Yoshioka, T. Enomoto, K. Takaya, S. Yamane, T. Nishimura, X. Peng, H. Fuchigami, M. Yamada, Y. Kurihara, and K. Ninomiya 2003: Ultra-high resolution glabal atmospheric simlations. International Conference on Earth System Modelling, Hamburg, Germany, September 2003.
• Peng, X. and F. Xiao, 2003: How much the advection scheme affects climate simulation with AGCM, IUGG2003 (MC11), Sapporo, Japan.
• Yamane, S., H. Nakamura, M. Honda, and W. Ohfuchi, 2003: A simulated seesaw between the Aleutian and Icelandic lows and multi-dacadal modulations. IUGG, Sapporo.
• Yamane, S., H. Nakamura, M. Honda, and W. Ohfuchi, 2003: Simulated extratropical circulation in northern hemisphere wintertime and its decadal modulation. International conference on earth system modeling, Hamburg.
• Yoshioka, M. K., Y. Kurihara, and W. Ohfuchi: A study on mesoscale structure of a tropical cyclone simulated with 10km high resolution AGCM. EGS-AGU-EUG Joint Assembly 2003, Nice, France, April 2003
• Yoshioka, M. K., T. Enomoto, and Y. Kurihara: Typhoon genesis in global high-resolution simulations on the Earth Simulator. IUGG, Sapporo, JAPAN, June 30 – July 11, 2003.

2002

• Enomoto, T.: Representation of the Baiu (Meiyu) frontal zone in a T1279L96 model on the Earth Simulator. International Conference on Mesoscale Convective Systems and Heavy Rainfall/Snowfall in East Asia, Tokyo, Japan, October 2002.
• Enomoto, T.: A Baiu (Meiyu) frontal zone simulation by a super-high resolution global general circulation model. Society of Marine Research Technology, the Fourteenth Research Conference, Tokyo, Japan, November, 2002 (in Japanese).
• Enomoto, T., H. Fuchigami, S. Shingu, and W. Ohfuchi: Representation of the boreal summer general circulation of the atmosphere by AFES with the Emanuel cumulus convection scheme. Meteorological Society of Japan 2002 Fall Meeting, Sapporo, Japan, October 2002 (in Japanese).
• Nakamura, H., S. Yamane, M. Honda, and W. Ohfuchi: Interdecadal modulations in the observed and simulated seesaws between the Aleutian and Icelandic lows. American Geophysical Union 2002 Spring Meeting, Washington, DC, U.S.A., May 2002.
• Ohfuchi, W., T. Nishimura, S. Yamane, and T. Enomoto: The sensitivity of AFES (AGCM for Earth Simulator) to cumulus convective parameterization and resolution. Meteorological Society of Japan 2002 Spring Meeting, Ohmiya, Japan, May 2002 (in Japanese).
• Ohfuchi, W., T. Nishimura, and S. Yamane: The sensitivity of AFES (AGCM for Earth Simulator) to cumulus convective parameterization and resolution II. Meteorological Society of Japan 2002 Fall Meeting, Sapporo, Japan, October 2002 (in Japanese).
• Ohfuchi, W., T. Enomoto, K. Takaya, and M. K. Yoshioka: Toward 10-km mesh global climate simulations. American Geophysical Union 2002 Fall Meeting, San Francisco, U.S.A., December 2002.
• Peng, X.: Accurate computation of advection in meteorological model. CAS-Third World Academy-WMO Forum, Shanghai, Peoples' Republic of China, September 2002.
• Peng, X., F. Xiao, and W. Ohfuchi: Conservative semi-Lagrangian transport of tracers in AFES. Meteorological Society of Japan 2002 Fall Meeting, Sapporo, Japan, October 2002.
• Shingu, S., M. K. Yoshioka, H. Fuchigami, and M. Yamada: Numerical experiments on the Earth Simulator with a super-high resolution atmospheric general circulation model (AFES). Meteorological Society of Japan 2002 Spring Meeting, Ohmiya, Japan, May 2002 (in Japanese).
• Shingu, S., H. Takahara, H. Fuchigami, M. Yamada, Y. Tsuda, W. Ohfuchi, Y. Sasaki, K. Kobayashi, T. Hagiwara, S. Habata, M. Yokokawa, H. Itoh, and K. Otsuka: A 26.58 Tflops global atmospheric simulation with the spectral transform method on the Earth Simulator. SC2002, Baltimore, November 2002.
• Yamane, S., M. Honda, H. Nakamura, and W. Ohfuchi: On internal and external variances of interannual variability of Aleutian and Icelandic lows. Meteorological Society of Japan 2002 Fall Meeting, Sapporo, Japan, October 2002 (in Japanese).
• Yamane, S., M. Honda, H. Nakamura, and W. Ohfuchi: On the seasonal predictability under external forcing. Workshop on General Circulation and Medium-Range Weather Forecast, Tokyo, Japan, October 2002 (in Japanese).
• Yoshioka, M. K., S. Shingu, H. Fuchigami, M. Yamada, W. Ohfuchi, and S. Yamane: A management for enormous data output by AGCM (AFES) on the Earth Simulator. Earth and Planetary Science Union 2002 Joint Meeting, Tokyo, Japan, May 2002 (in Japanese).
• Yoshioka, M. K., Y. Kurihara, W. Ohfuchi, T. Nishimura, and S. Yamane: Climate features during typhoon season in high-resolution AGCM. Meteorological Society of Japan 2002 Fall Meeting, Sapporo, Japan, October 2002 (in Japanese).
• Yoshioka, M. K., Y. Kurihara, and W. Ohfuchi: Climate simulation for typhoongenesis by high resolution AGCM. American Geophysical Union 2002 Fall Meeting, San Francisco, U.S.A., December 2002.