Updated: January 27, 2012
Geophysical Fluid Simulation Research Group (GFSG)
The Geophysical Fluid Simulation Research Group conducts high-resolution and large-scale simulations of the ocean and atmosphere to understand the oceanic roles in global climate and its variability. [Read More...]
News
- 4th OFES International Workshop and 2nd ESC–IPRC Joint Workshop on Computationally-Intensive Modeling of the Climate System was held on December 1–2, 2011. New!
Press Releases
- Reduced Arctic sea ice hinders accurate climate monitoring—Impact of depleted Arctic drifting buoy network— (April 2, 2009)
- Gulf Stream's influence to the troposphere has been revealed (March 13, 2008)
- Successful simulation of the pathways of Antarctic Bottom Water using the Earth Simulator (July 27, 2004)
Recently Published Articles
- Nonaka, M., S.-P. Xie, and H. Sasaki, 2012: Interannual variations in low potential vorticity water and the subtropical countercurrent in an eddy-resolving OGCM. J. Oceanogr., 68 (1), 139–150. New!
- Sasaki, H., S.-P. Xie, B. Taguchi, M. Nonaka, S. Hosoda, and Y. Masumoto, 2012: Interannual variations of the Hawaiian Lee Countercurrent induced by low potential vorticity water ventilation in the subsurface. J. Oceanogr., 68 (1), 93–111. New!
- Taguchi, B., H. Nakamura, M. Nonaka, N. Komori, A. Kuwano-Yoshida, K. Takaya, and A. Goto, 2012: Seasonal evolutions of atmospheric response to decadal SST anomalies in the North Pacific subarctic frontal zone: Observations and a coupled model simulation. J. Climate, 25 (1), 111–139. New!
- Teixeira, J., S. Cardoso, M. Bonazzola, J. Cole, A. DelGenio, C. DeMott, C. Franklin, C. Hannay, C. Jakob, Y. Jiao, J. Karlsson, H. Kitagawa, M. Köhler, A. Kuwano-Yoshida, C. LeDrian, J. Li, A. Lock, M. J. Miller, P. Marquet, J. Martins, C. R. Mechoso, E. v. Meijgaard, I. Meinke, P. M. A. Miranda, D. Mironov, R. Neggers, H. L. Pan, D. A. Randall, P. J. Rasch, B. Rockel, W. B. Rossow, B. Ritter, A. P. Siebesma, P. M. M. Soares, F. J. Turk, P. A. Vaillancourt, A. Von Engeln, and M. Zhao, 2011: Tropical and subtropical cloud transitions in weather and climate prediction models: the GCSS/WGNE Pacific Cross-Section Intercomparison (GPCI). J. Climate, 24 (20), 5223–5256. New!
- Danioux, E., P. Klein, M. W. Hecht, N. Komori, G. Roullet, and S. Le Gentil, 2011: Emergence of wind-driven near-inertial waves in the deep ocean triggered by small-scale eddy vorticity structures. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 41 (7), 1297–1307.
Meetings
- 4th OFES International Workshop and 2nd ESC–IPRC Joint Workshop on Computationally-Intensive Modeling of the Climate System (December 1–2, 2011) New!
- 3rd OFES International Workshop (November 4–5, 2010)
- 2nd OFES International Workshop and ESC–IPRC Joint Workshop on Computationally-Intensive Modeling of the Climate System (December 9–10, 2009)
- OFES International Workshop (August 25–26, 2008)
- JSPS International Meeting Series: Workshop on High Resolution Atmospheric Simulations and Cooperative Output Data Analysis (September 21–22, 2005)
Earth Simulator Collaboration Projects
- Understanding roles of oceanic fine structures in climate and its variability (FY2009–)
- FY2010: Annual Report [pdf] New!
- FY2009: Annual Report [pdf]
- Understanding and forecasting high-impact phenomena in the atmosphere and ocean (FY2005–2008)
- FY2008: Annual Report [pdf]
- FY2007: Annual Report [pdf]
- FY2006: Annual Report [pdf]
- FY2005: Annual Report [pdf]
- Mechanism and predictability of atmospheric and oceanic variations induced by interactions between large-scale field and meso-scale phenomena (FY2003–2004)
- FY2004: Annual Report [pdf]
- FY2003: Annual Report [pdf]
International Collaborative Project
- The LACES Project: Large Atmospheric Computation on the Earth Simulator
- Recherche en Prévision Numérique, Meteorological Service of Canada
Contact Address
Geophysical Fluid Simulation Research Group
Simulation Application Research and Development Program
Earth Simulator Center
Yokohama Institute for Earth Sciences
Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
3173-25 Showa-machi, Kanazawa-ku
Yokohama 236-0001, Japan
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