The Earth Simulator Center

Updated: August 11, 2010

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...] Updated!

• After One Hundred Years from V. Bjerknes: The Virtual Atmosphere and Ocean in the Earth Simulator

News

• The OFES special issue of Ocean Dynamics (Vol. 60, No. 3) was published. 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

• Minobe, S., M. Miyashita, A. Kuwano-Yoshida, H. Tokinaga, and S.-P. Xie, 2010: Atmospheric response to the Gulf Stream: Seasonal variations. J. Climate, 23 (13), 3699–3719. New!
• Kuwano-Yoshida, A., S. Minobe, and S.-P. Xie, 2010: Precipitation response to the Gulf Stream in an atmospheric GCM. J. Climate, 23 (13), 3676–3698. New!
• Aoki, S., Y. Sasai, H. Sasaki, H. Mitsudera, and G. D. Williams, 2010: The cyclonic circulation in the Australian–Antarctic basin simulated by an eddy-resolving general circulation model. Ocean Dyn., 60 (3), 743–757. New!
• Iskandar, I., H. Sasaki, Y. Sasai, Y. Masumoto, and K. Mizuno, 2010: A numerical investigation of eddy-induced chlorophyll bloom in the southeastern tropical Indian Ocean during Indian Ocean Dipole—2006. Ocean Dyn., 60 (3), 731–742. New!
• Sasaki, H., S.-P. Xie, B. Taguchi, M. Nonaka, and Y. Masumoto, 2010: Seasonal variations of the Hawaiian Lee Countercurrent induced by the meridional migration of the trade winds. Ocean Dyn., 60 (3), 705–715. New!
• Sasai, Y., K. J. Richards, A. Ishida, and H. Sasaki, 2010: Effects of cyclonic mesoscale eddies on the marine ecosystem in the Kuroshio Extension region using an eddy-resolving coupled physical-biological model. Ocean Dyn., 60 (3), 693–704. New!
• Taguchi, B., B. Qiu, M. Nonaka, H. Sasaki, S.-P. Xie, and N. Schneider, 2010: Decadal variability of the Kuroshio Extension: mesoscale eddies and recirculations. Ocean Dyn., 60 (3), 673–691. New!
• Melnichenko, O. V., N. A. Maximenko, N. Schneider, and H. Sasaki, 2010: Quasi-stationary striations in basin-scale oceanic circulation: vorticity balance from observations and eddy-resolving model. Ocean Dyn., 60 (3), 653–666. New!
• Masumoto, Y., H. Sasaki, and J.-S. von Storch, 2010: Editorial to OFES special issue of Ocean Dynamics. Ocean Dyn., 60 (3), 631–632. New!
• Sampe, T., H. Nakamura, A. Goto, and W. Ohfuchi, 2010: Significance of a midlatitude SST frontal zone in the formation of a storm track and an eddy-driven westerly jet. J. Climate, 23 (7), 1793–1814.
• Enomoto, T., M. Hattori, T. Miyoshi, and S. Yamane, 2010: Precursory signals in analysis ensemble spread. Geophys. Res. Lett., 37, L08804, doi:10.1029/2010GL042723.
• Zhuang, W., S.-P. Xie, D. Wang, B. Taguchi, H. Aiki, and H. Sasaki, 2010: Intraseasonal variability in sea surface height over the South China Sea. J. Geophys. Res., 115, C04010, doi:10.1029/2009JC005647.
• Nakamura, H., M. Nonaka, and H. Sasaki, 2010: Seasonality of the Kuroshio path destabilization phenomenon in the Okinawa Trough: A numerical study of its mechanism. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 40 (3), 530–550.

Meetings

• 2nd OFES International Workshop and ESC–IPRC Joint Workshop on Computationally-Intensive Modeling of the Climate System (December 09–10, 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–)
• 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

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