H. Nakamura Research Group

H. Nakamura †

H. Nakamura

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Awards etc. †

2023 Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of MEXT (Research Category): Study on climate variability that gives rise to extreme weather/climate conditions over Japan and other midlatitude regions.
2022 JpGU Fellow (Japan Geoscience Union): For outstanding contributions to understanding of atmospheric circulation systems and air-sea interactions, and disseminating knowledge on social impacts of climate change.
2020 Fujiwhara Award (Meteorological Society of Japan): For outstanding research achievements on the mechanisms of large-scale extratropical atmospheric circulation variability, and for promoting collaborations with the Japan Meteorological Agency through diagnoses of extreme climate events.
Top cited article 2020-2021 (Top cited article 2020-2021 in Quart. J. Roy. Meteorol. Soc.): Tyrlis, E., J. Bader, E. Manzini, J. Ukita, H. Nakamura, D. Matei: On the role of Ural Blocking in driving the Warm Arctic - Cold Siberia pattern.
The 10 most downloaded papers in 2019, J. Geophys. Res.-Atmos. "E. Tyrlis, E. Manzini, J. Bader, J. Ukita, H. Nakamura, D. Matei: Ural blocking driving extreme Arctic sea-ice loss, cold Eurasia and stratospheric vortex weakening in autumn and early winter 2016-2017".
The most read paper in 2016, J. Climate. "M. Newman, M. A. Alexander, T. R. Ault, K. M. Cobb, C. Deser, E. Di Lorenzo, N. J. Mantua, A. J. Miller, S. Minobe, H. Nakamura, N. Schneider, D. J. Vimont, A. S. Phillips, J. D. Scott, and C. A. Smith: The Pacific Decadal Oscillation, revisited. J. Climate, 29(12) (2016), 4399-4427"
2004 Highest Academic Award (Meteorological Society of Japan): For outstanding research achievements on the dynamics of multi-scale interactions between the large-scale extratropical climate system and synoptic-scale variability.
1998 Best Presentation Award (PICES 7th Annual Meeting): Observed association between SST and atmospheric anomalies in the North Pacific decadal climate variability]
1994 Yamamoto-Shono Best Paper Award for Early Career Scientists (Meteorological Society of Japan): Midwinter suppression of baroclinic wave activity in the Pacific, H. Nakamura (J. Atmos. Sci., 49, 1629-1642, 1992)
Japan Science Council (under the Cabinet Office): Full member (2014~2020), Associate member (2011~2014, 2020~)
Engineering Academy of Japan: Full member (2019~)

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Original and Review Papers (Refereed) †

#Special section in SOLA on the extreme rainfall event in July 2018
***Special section on “Hot Spots” in the Climate System: New Developments in the Extratropical Ocean-Atmosphere Interaction Research of the Journal of Oceanography
**Special collection on the frontal-scale air-sea interaction and its climatic implications in the Journal of Climate and other AMS journals
*Special collection on the western boundary currents in the Journal of Climate and other AMS journals

K. Takemura, H. Sato, A. Ito, T. Umeda, S. Maeda, M. Hirai, Y. Tamaki, H. Murai, H. Nakamigawa, Y. N. Takayabu, H. Ueda, R. Kawamura, Y. Tanimoto, H. Naoe, M. Nonaka, T. Hirooka, H. Mukougawa, M. Watanabe, H. Nakamura, 2024: Preliminary diagnosis of primary factors for an unprecedented heatwave over Japan in 2023 summer. SOLA, 20, 69-78. Journal site
S. Okajima, H. Nakamura, T. Spengler, 2024: Midlatitude oceanic fronts strengthen the hydrological cycle between cyclones and anticyclones. Geophys. Res. Lett., 51 (6), e2023GL106187. Journal site
M. Mori, Y. Kosaka, B. Taguchi, H. Toikinaga, H. Tatebe, H. Nakamura, 2024: Northern Hemisphere winter atmospheric teleconnections are intensified by extratropical ocean-atmosphere coupling. Comm. Earth, Env., 5, 124. Journal site.
Y. Kawatani, H. Nakamura, S. Watanabe, K. Sato, 2024: Effects of mid‐latitude oceanic fronts on the middle atmosphere through upward propagating atmospheric waves. Geophys. Res. Lett., 51 (6), e2024GL108262. Journal site
Okajima, S., H. Nakamura, Y. Kasp, 2024: Anticyclonic suppression of the North Pacific transient eddy activity in midwinter, Geophys. Res. Lett., 51 (2), e2023GL106932. Journal site.
Martineau, P., S. K. Behera, M. Nonaka, H. Nakamura, Y. Kosaka, 2024: Seasonally dependent rise in subweekly temperature variability over Southern Hemisphere landmasses detected in multiple reanalyses, Wea. Clim. Dyn., 5, 1–15. Journal site
Sekiguchi, K., Y. Ohsawa, M. Iida, H. Nakamura, 2023: BaleeGraph: Visualizing co-creation for social good, IIAI Letters on Informatics and Interdisciplinary Research, 4, LIIR170. Award paper
A. Miyamoto, H. Nakamura, S.-P. Xie, T. Miyasaka, Y. Kosaka, 2023: Radiative impacts of Californian marine low clouds on North Pacific climate in a global climate model, J. Climate, 36, 8443–8459. Journal site
Martineau, P., S. K. Behera, M. Nonaka, H. Nakamura, Y. Kosaka, 2023: Tropical Pacific influence on summertime South African high-frequency temperature variability and heat waves. Geophys. Res. Lett., 50 (14), e2022GL101983. Journal site
Okajima, S., H. Nakamura, Y. Kaspi, 2023: Distinct roles of cyclones and anticyclones in setting the midwinter minimum of the North Pacific eddy activity: a Lagrangian perspective, J. Climate, 36 (14), 4793–4814. Journal site
Cheung, H-N., N.-E. Omrani, F. Ogawa, N. Keenlyside, H. Nakamura, W. Zhou, 2023: Pacific oceanic front amplifies the impact of Atlantic oceanic front on North Atlantic blocking, npj. Clim. Atmos. Sci., 6, 61. Journal site
**M. Nakayama, H. Nakamura, F. Ogawa, 2023: Modulations of storm-track activity associated with the baroclinic annular mode, J. Climate, 36 (12), 4219–4234. Journal site .
S. Sekizawa, H.Nakamura, T. Kosaka, 2023: Interannual variability of the Australian summer monsoon sustained through internal processes: Wind–evaporation feedback, dynamical air–sea interaction, and soil moisture memory, J. Climate, 36(3), 983-1000. Journal site
H. Nakamura, K. Kuma, K. Ohnogi, T. Miyasaka, Y. Makihara, J. Ishida, M. Iida, 2022: Toward high-resolution regional atmospheric reanalysis for Japan: An overview of the ClimCORE project, Proc. 2022 IEEE International Conference on Big Data, 6153-6158, DOI: 10.1109/BigData55660.2022.10020656.
A. Manda, S. Iizuka, H. Nakamura, T. Miyasaka, 2022: Assessing the impact of the recent warming in the East China Sea on a torrential rain event in northern Kyushu (Japan) in early July 2017, Front. Clim., 4, 967154, doi:10.3389/fclim.2022.967154 Journal site
K. Nishii, B. Taguchi, M. Mori, Y. Kosaka, H. Nakamura, 2022: Arctic Sea ice loss and Eurasian cooling in winter 2020-21, SOLA, 18, 199–204. Journal site
P. Martineau, H. Nakamura, A. Yamamoto, Y. Kosaka, 2022: Baroclinic blocking, Geophys. Res. Lett., 50 (15) (2022), e2022GL097791. Journal site
A. Miyamoto, H. Nakamura, T. Miyasaka, Y. Kosaka, B. Taguchi, K. Nishii, 2022: Maintenance mechanisms of the wintertime subtropical high over the South Indian Ocean, J. Climate, 35 (10), 2989-3005. Journal site Supplement
S. Okajima, H. Nakamura, Y. Kaspi, 2022: Energetics of transient eddies related to the midwinter minimum of the North Pacific storm-track activity, J. Climate, 35 (4), 1137-1156. Journal site.
A. Kuwano-Yoshida, S. Okajima, H. Nakamura, 2022: Rapid increase of explosive cyclone activity over the midwinter North Pacific in the late 1980s, J. Climate, 35 (3), 1113-1133. Journal site
A. Miyamoto, H. Nakamura, T. Miyasaka, Y. Kosaka, 2022: Wintertime weakening of low-cloud impacts on the subtropical high in the South Indian Ocean, J. Climate, 35 (1), 323-334. Journal site Supplement
S. Sekizawa, H. Nakamura, Y. Kosaka, 2021: Remote influence of the interannual variability of the Australian summer monsoon on wintertime climate in East Asia and the western North Pacific, J. Climate, 34 (23), 9551–9570. Journal site
**M. Nakayama, H. Nakamura, F. Ogawa, 2021: Impacts of a midlatitude oceanic frontal zone for the Baroclinic Annular Mode in the Southern Hemisphere J. Climate, 34 (18), 7389–7408. Journal site
A. Yamamoto, M. Nonaka, P. Martineau, A. Yamazaki, Y.-O. Kwon, H. Nakamura, B. Taguchi, 2021: Oceanic origins for wintertime Euro-Atlantic blocking, Wea. Clim. Dyn., 2, 819–840. Journal site
T. Horinouchi, Y. Kosaka, H. Nakamigawa, H. Nakamura, N. Fujikawa, Y. N. Takayabu, 2021: Moisture supply, jet, and Silk-Road wave train associated with the prolonged heavy rainfall in Kyushu, Japan in July 2020, SOLA, 17B, 1-8. Journal site
E.-P. Lim, H. Hendon, A. Butler, D. J. Thompson, Z. Lawrence, A. Scaife, T. Shepherd, I. Polichtchouk, C. Kobayashi, R. Comer, L. Coy, A. Dowdy, R. Garreaud, P. Newman, H. Nakamura, G. Wang, 2021: The 2019 Southern Hemisphere stratospheric polar vortex weakening and its impacts, Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 102 (6), E1150-E1171. Journal site
S. Okajima, H. Nakamura, Y. Kaspi, 2021: Cyclonic and anticyclonic contributions to atmospheric energetics, Scientific Reports, 11, 13202. Nature site •Press release
T. J. Yasunari, H. Nakamura, K.-M. Kim, N. Choi, M.-I. Lee, Y. Tachibana, A. M. daSilva, 2021: Relationship between circum-Arctic atmospheric wave patterns and large-scale wildfires in boreal summer, Env. Res. Lett., 16, 064009. Journal site •Press release
P. Martineau, H. Nakamura, Y. Kosaka, 2021: Influence of ENSO on North American subseasonal surface air temperature variability, Wea. Clim. Dyn., 2, 395-412. Journal site
A. Miyamoto, H. Nakamura, T. Miyasaka, Y. Kosaka, 2021: Radiative impacts of low-level clouds on the summertime subtropical high in the south Indian Ocean simulated in a coupled general circulation model, J. Climate, 34, 3991-4007. Journal site
N. Shi, H. Nakamura, 2021: A new detection scheme of wave-breaking events with blocking flow configurations, J. Climate, 34 (3), 1467-1483. Journal site
M. Mori, Y. Kosaka, M. Watanabe, H. Nakamura, M. Kimoto, 2021: Reply to: Eurasian cooling in response to Arctic sea ice loss is not proved by maximum covariance analysis, Nature Climate Change, 11, 109-111. Journal site.
Y. Abe, S. Onozaki, I. Nakai, K. Adachi, Y. Igarashi, Y. Oura, M. Ebihara; T. Miyasaka, H. Nakamura, K. Sueki, H. Tsuruta, Y. Moriguchi, 2021: Widespread distribution of radiocesium-bearing microparticles over the Greater Kanto Region resulting from the Fukushima nuclear accident, Prog. Earth, Planetary Sci., 8, 13, Journal site.
S. Iizuka, R. Kawamura, H. Nakamura, T. Miyama, 2021: Influence of Warm SST in the Oyashio Region on Rainfall Distribution of Typhoon Hagibis (2019), SOLA, 17A, 21-28. Journal site
#K. Nishii, B. Taguchi, H. Nakamura, 2020: An AGCM assessment of oceanic impacts on extreme climatic events over Japan in July 2018, J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 98, 801-820. Journal site
**R. Masunaga, H. Nakamura, B. Taguchi, T. Miyasaka, 2020: Processes shaping the frontal-scale time-mean surface wind convergence patterns around the Gulf Stream and Agulhas Return Current in winter, J. Climate, 33, 9083-9101. Journal site
P. Martineau, H. Nakamura, Y. Kosaka, B. Taguchi, M., Mori, 2020: Modulations of North American and European weather variability and extremes by interdecadal variability of the atmospheric circulation over the North Atlantic sector. J. Climate, 33, 8125-8146. Journal site
P. Martineau, H. Nakamura, Y. Kosaka, A. Yamamoto, 2020: Importance of a vertically tilting structure for energizing the North Atlantic Oscillation. Sci. Rep., 10, 12671. Nature site
J. Hwang, P. Martineau, S.-W. Son, T. Miyasaka, H. Nakamura 2020: The role of transient eddies in North Pacific blocking formation and its seasonality, J. Atmos. Sci., 77, 2453–2470. Journal site
E. Tyrlis, J. Bader, E. Manzini, J. Ukita, H. Nakamura, D. Matei, 2020: On the role of Ural Blocking in driving the Warm Arctic - Cold Siberia pattern, Quart, J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 146, 2138-2153. Journal site
R. Masunaga, H. Nakamura, B. Taguchi, T. Miyasaka, 2020: Processes shaping the frontal-scale time-mean surface wind convergence patterns around the Kuroshio Extension in winter, J. Climate, 33, 3-25. Journal site
E. Tyrlis, E. Manzini, J. Bader, J. Ukita, H. Nakamura, D. Matei, 2019: Ural blocking driving extreme Arctic sea-ice loss, cold Eurasia and stratospheric vortex weakening in autumn and early winter 2016-2017, J. Geophys. Res.-Atmos, 124, 11313-11329. Journal site Top 10 downloaded paper (2018-19)
M. Mori, Y. Kosaka, M. Watanabe, H. Nakamura, M. Kimoto, 2019: Reply to: Is sea-ice-driven Eurasian cooling too weak in models? Nature Clim. Change, 9, 937-939. Journal site
S. Onozaki, Y. Abe, I. Nakai, K. Adachi, Y. Igarashi, Y. Oura, M. Ebihara, T. Miyasaka, H. Nakamura, K. Sueki, H. Tsuruta, Y. Moriguchi, 2019: Investigation of physical and chemical characteristics of radioactive particles emitted from Reactor Unit 1 by Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident (in Japanese with English abstract and captions), Bunsei Kagaku (Analytical Chemistry), 68, 757-768.
#K. Takemura, S. Wakamatsu, H. Togawa, A. Shimpo, C. Kobayashi, S. Maeda, H. Nakamura, 2019: Extreme moisture flux convergence over western Japan during the heavy rain event of July 2018. SOLA 15A, 49-54,. Journal site
#S. Sekizawa, T. Miyasaka, H. Nakamura, A. Shimpo, K. Takemura, S. Maeda, 2019: Anomalous moisture transport and oceanic evaporation during a torrential rainfall event over western Japan in early July 2018. SOLA 15A, 25-30. Journal site
#A. Shimpo, K. Takemura, S. Wakamatsu, H. Togawa, K. Kamiguchi, N. Adachi, Y. Mochizuki, A. Minami, S.Uchiyama, Y. Takatsuki, M. Takekawa, S. Tanaka, K. Yamashita, S. Maeda, R. Kurora, H. Murai, N. Kitabatake, H. Tsuguti, H. Mukougawa, T. Iwasaki, R. Kawamura, M. Kimoto, I. Takayabu, Y. N. Takayabu, Y. Tanimoto, T. Hirooka, Y. Masumoto, M. Watanabe, K. Tsuboki, H. Nakamura, 2019: Primary factors behind the heavy rain event of July 2018, SOLA, 15A, 13-18. Journal site
S. Iizuka, H. Nakamura: Sensitivity of midlatitude heavy precipitation to SST: A case study in the Sea of Japan area on August 9, 2013, 2019: J. Geophys. Res., Atmos., 124(8), 4365-4381. Journal site
N.-E. Omrani, F. Ogawa, H. Nakamura, N. Keenlyside, S. W. Lubis, K. Matthes, 2019: Key role of the ocean western boundary currents in shaping the Northern Hemisphere climate, Scientific Reports, 9, 3014. Nature site
M. Mori, Y. Kosaka, M. Watanabe, H. Nakamura, M. Kimoto, 2019: A reconciled estimate of the influence of Arctic sea-ice loss on recent Eurasian cooling, Nature Climate Change, 9, 123-129. •Journal site ; •Summary
Orsolini, Y.J., K. Nishii, H. Nakamura, 2018: Duration and decay of Arctic stratospheric vortex events in the ECMWF seasonal forecast model, Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc.,144, doi:10.1002/qj.3417. Journal site
S. Sekizawa, H. Nakamura, Y. Kosaka: Interannual variability of the Australian summer monsoon system internally sustained through wind-evaporation feedback, Geophys. Res. Lett., 45 (2018) (15), 7748-7755. Journal site PDF
J. Xue, C. Sun, J. Li, J. Mao, H. Nakamura, T. Miyasaka, Y. Xu, 2018: Divergent responses of extratropical atmospheric circulation to inter-hemispheric dipolar SST forcing over the two hemispheres in boreal winter, J. Climate, 31, (18) 7599-7619. Journal site
**A. Miyamoto, H. Nakamura, T. Miyasaka, 2018: Influence of the subtropical high and stormtrack on low-cloud fraction and its seasonality over the South Indian Ocean, J. Climate, 31, 4017-4038. Journal site Supplementary PDF
S. Okajima, H. Nakamura, K. Nishii, T. Miyasaka, A. Kuwano-Yoshida, B. Taguchi, M. Mori, Y. Kosaka, 2018: Basin-scale atmospheric response to decadal SST variability in the North Pacific subarctic frontal zone, J. Climate, 31 (1), 297-315. Journal site
R. Masunaga, H. Nakamura, H. Kamatori, K. Onogi, S. Okajima, 2018: JRA-55CHS: An Atmospheric Reanalysis Produced with High-Resolution SST, SOLA, 14, 6-13. Journal site
B. Gan, L. Wu, F. Jia, S. Li, W. Cai, H. Nakamura, M. A. Alexander, A. J. Miller, 2017: On the response of the Aleutian Low to greenhouse warming, J. Climate, 30, 3907-3925. Journal site
X. Ma, P. Chang, R. Saravanan, R. Montuoro, H. Nakamura, D. Wu, X. Lin, L. Wu, 2017: Importance of resolving Kuroshio front and eddy influence in simulating North Pacific storm track. J. Climate, 30, 1861-1879. Journal site.
Kawai, Y., Q. Moteki, A. Kuwano-Yoshida, T. Enomoto, A. Manda, H. Nakamura, 2017: Impact propagation of radiosonde data assimilation over the Kuroshio and Kuroshio Extension, J. Meteorological Society of Japan, 95(2), 71-90. Journal site
M. Koike, N. Asano, H. Nakamura, S. Sakai, T. M. Nagao, and T. Y. Nakajima, 2016: Modulations of aerosol impacts on cloud microphysics induced by the warm Kuroshio Current under the East Asian winter monsoon. J. Geophys. Res., 121, 12282-12297, doi:101022/2016JD0253375. Journal site PDF
H. Nishikawa, Y. Tachibana, Y. Kawai, M. K. Yoshioka, H. Nakamura, 2016: Evidence of SST-forced anomalous winds from simultaneous radiosonde launches from three ships over the Kuroshio Extension front, Mon. Wea. Rev., 144, 3553-3567 Journal site.
S. Tanaka, K. Nishii, H. Nakamura, 2016: Vertical structure and energetics of the Western Pacific teleconnection pattern, J. Climate, 29, 6597-6616. Journal site
**F. Ogawa, H. Nakamura, K. Nishii, T. Miyasaka, A. Kuwano-Yoshida, 2016: Importance of mid-latitude oceanic frontal zones for the annular-mode variability: Inter-basin differences in the southern annular-mode signature, J. Climate, 29, 6179-6199. Journal site
M. Newman, M. A. Alexander, T. R. Ault, K. M. Cobb, C. Deser, E. Di Lorenzo, N. J. Mantua, A. J. Miller, S. Minobe, H. Nakamura, N. Schneider, D. J. Vimont, A. S. Phillips, J. D. Scott, and C. A. Smith, 2016: The Pacific Decadal Oscillation, revisited. J. Climate, 29(12), 4399-4427. Journal site
H. Nakamura, K. Nishii, L. Wang, Y. J. Orsolini, K. Takaya, 2016: Cold-air outbreaks over East Asia associated with blocking highs: Mechanisms and their interaction with the polar stratosphere, "Dynamics and Predictability of Large-Scale High-Impact Weather and Climate Events", J. Li, R. Swinbank, H. Volkert, R. Grotjahn, Eds., Cambridge University Press, 225-235.
R. Masunaga, H. Nakamura, T. Miyasaka, K. Nishii, B. Qiu, 2016: Interannual modulations of oceanic imprints on the wintertime atmospheric boundary layer under the changing dynamical regimes of the Kuroshio Extension. J. Climate, 29 (9), 3273-3296. Journal site
J. Uchida, J., M. Mori, H. Nakamura, M. Satoh, K. Suzuki, and T. Nakajima, 2016: Error and energy budget analysis of a non-hydrostatic stretched-grid global circulation model. Mon. Wea. Rev., 144 (4), 1423-1447. Journal site
M. Nonaka, Y. Sasai, H. Sasaki, B. Taguchi, H. Nakamura, 2016: How potentially predictable are midlatitude ocean currents? Scientific Reports, 6, 20153. Journal site
S. Minobe, B. Qiu, M. Nonaka, H. Nakamura, 2016: Air-sea interaction over the western boundary currents in the western North Pacific, "Climate Changes: Mutildecadal and Beyond", World Scientific, 187-211.
F. Ogawa, N.-E. Omrani, K. Nishii, H. Nakamura, and N. Keenlyside, 2015: Ozone-induced climate change propped up by the Southern Hemisphere oceanic front. Geophys. Res. Lett., 42, 10056-10063. Journal site PDF supplement
***H. Nakamura, A. Isobe, S. Minobe, H. Mitsudera, M. Nonaka, T. Suga, 2015: “Hot Spots” in the Climate System – New Developments in the Extratropical Ocean-Atmosphere Interaction Research–: A short review and an introduction, J. Oceanogr., 71(5), 463-467. Journal site
***S. Kida, H. Mitsudera, S. Aoki, X. Guo, S. Ito, F. Kobashi, N. Komori, A. Kubokawa, T. Miyama , R. Morie, H. Nakamura, T. Nakamura, H. Nakano, H. Nishigaki, M. Nonaka, H. Sasaki, Y. N. Sasaki, T. Suga, S. Sugimoto, B. Taguchi, K. Takaya, T. Tozuka, H. Tsujino, and N. Usui, 2015: Oceanic Fronts and Jets around Japan - a review, J. Oceanogr., 71(5), 469-497. Journal site
***Y. Kawai, T. Miyama, S. Iizuka, A. Manda, M. K. Yoshioka, S. Katagiri, Y. Tachibana, H. Nakamura, 2015: Marine atmospheric boundary layer and low-level cloud responses to the Kuroshio Extension front in the early summer of 2012: three-vessel simultaneous observations and numerical simulations, J. Oceanogr., 71(5), 511-526. Journal site
**Masunaga, R., H. Nakamura, T. Miyasaka, K. Nishii, Y. Tanimoto, 2015: Separation of climatological imprints of the Kuroshio Extension and Oyashio fronts on the wintertime atmospheric boundary layer: Their sensitivity to SST resolution prescribed for atmospheric reanalysis, J. Climate, 28(5), 1764-1787. Journal site
K. Nishii, H. Nakamura, Y. J. Orsolini, 2015: Projected changes in Arctic summer storm-track activity by CMIP3/5 climate models, Clim. Dyn., 44(5-6), DOI: 10.1007/s00382-014-2229-y. Journal site
N. Shi, H. Nakamura: Multi-decadal modulations in the Aleutian-Icelandic Low seesaw and the axial symmetry of the Arctic Oscillation signature, as revealed in the 20th century reanalysis, 2014: Tellus A, 66, 22660. Journal site
A. Manda, H. Nakamura, N. Asano, S. Iizuka, T. Miyama, Q. Moteki, M. Yoshioka, K. Nishii, T. Miyasaka, 2014: Impacts of a warming marginal sea on torrential rainfall organized under the Asian summer monsoon, Scientific Reports, 4, 5741, doi:10.1038/srep05741 Nature site

**S. Okajima, H. Nakamura, K. Nishii, T. Miyasaka, A. Kuwano-Yoshida, 2014: Assessing the importance of prominent warm SST anomalies over the midlatitude North Pacific in forcing large-scale atmospheric anomalies during 2011 summer and autumn, J. Climate, 27(11), 3998-3903. Journal site
A. Laine, H. Nakamura, K. Nishii, T. Miyasaka, 2014: A diagnostic study of future evaporation changes simulated in CMIP5 climate models, Clim. Dyn., 42(9-10), 2745-2761, DOI: 10.1007/s00382-014-2087-7. Journal site.
T. Miyasaka, H. Nakamura, B. Taguchi, M. Nonaka, 2014: Multi-decadal modulations of the low-frequency climate variability in the wintertime North Pacific since 1950, Geophys. Res. Lett., 41 (8), 2948-2955, DOI: 10.1002/2014GL059696. Journal site PDF
K. Takaya, H. Nakamura, 2013: Interannual variability of the East Asian winter monsoon and associated modulations of the planetary waves, J. Climate, 26 (22), 9445-9461. Journal site
N. Oshima, M. Koike, Y. Kondo, H. Nakamura, N. Moteki, H. Matsui, N. Takegawa, K. Kita, 2013: Vertical transport mechanisms of black carbon over East Asia in spring during the A-FORCE aircraft campaign, J. Geophys. Res., Atmos, 118, 13175-13198. Journal site
N. Hirasawa, H. Nakamura, H. Motoyama, M. Hayashi, T. Yamanouchi, 2013: The role of synoptic-scale features and advection in prolonged warming and generation of different forms of precipitation at Dome Fuji station, Antarctica, following a prominent blocking event, J. Geophys. Res., Atmos., 118(13), 6916-6928. Journal site
T. Sampe, H. Nakamura, A. Goto, 2013: Potential influence of a midlatitude oceanic frontal zone on the annular variability in the extratropical atmosphere as revealed by aqua-planet experiments, J. Meteorol. Soc. Jpn., 91A, 243-267, Special issue on aqua-planet experiments. Journal site
D. L. Williamson, M. Blackburn,K. Nakajima, W. Ohfuchi, Y.O. Takahashi, Y.-Y. Hayashi, H. Nakamura, M. Ishiwatari, J. Mc Gregor, H. Borth, V. Wirth, H. Frank, P. Bechtold, N. P. Wedi, H. Tomita, M. Satoh, M. Zhao, I. M. Held, M. J. Suarez, M.-I. Lee, M. Watanabe, M. Kimoto, Y. Liu, Z. Wang, A. Molod, K. Rajendran, A. Kitoh, R. Stratton, 2013: The Aqua Planet Experiment (APE): Response to changed meridional SST profile, J. Meteorol. Soc. Jpn., 91A, 57-89, Special issue on aqua-planet experiments. Journal site

M. Blackburn, D. L. Williamson, K. Nakajima, W. Ohfuchi, Y.O. Takahashi, Y.-Y. Hayashi, H. Nakamura, M. Ishiwatari, J. Mc Gregor, H. Borth, V. Wirth, H. Frank, P. Bechtold, N. P. Wedi, H. Tomita, M. Satoh, M. Zhao, I. M. Held, M. J. Suarez, M.-I. Lee, M. Watanabe, M. Kimoto, Y. Liu, Z. Wang, A. Molod, K. Rajendran, A. Kitoh, R. Stratton, 2013: The Aqua Planet Experiment (APE): CONTROL SST Simulation, J. Meteorol. Soc. Jpn., 91A, 17-56, Special issue on aqua-planet experiments. Journal site
T. Miyama, M. Nonaka, H. Nakamura, A. Kuwano-Yoshida, 2012: A striking early-summer event of a convective rainband persistent along the warm Kuroshio in the East China Sea, Tellus A, 64, 18962. Journal site
H. Nakamura: Future oceans under pressure, Nature Geosci., 5, 768-769. Journal site
M. Koike, N. Takegawa, N. Moteki, Y. Kondo, H. Nakamura, K. Kita, H. Matsui, N. Oshima, M. Kajino, T. Y. Nakajima, 2012: Measurements of regional-scale aerosol impacts on cloud microphysics over the East China Sea: Possible influences of warm sea surface temperature over the Kuroshio ocean current, J. Geophys. Res., Atmos., 117 (17), D17205, doi:10.1029/2011JD017324. Journal site
M. Nonaka, H. Sasaki, B. Taguchi, H. Nakamura, 2012: Potential predictability of interannual variability in the Kuroshio Extension jet speed in an eddy-resolving OGCM, J. Climate, 25 (10), 3645-3652. Journal site
Dörnbrack, A., Pitts, M. C., Poole, L. R., Orsolini, Y. J., Nishii, K., Nakamura, H.: The 2009/2010 arctic stratospheric winter - general evolution, mountain waves and predictability of an operational weather forecast model, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 12 (2012), 3659-3675, doi:10.5194/acp-12-3659-2012. Journal site
F. Ogawa, H. Nakamura, K. Nishii, T. Miyasaka, A. Kuwano-Yoshida, 2012: Dependence of the climatological axial latitudes of the tropospheric westerlies storm tracks on the latitude of an extratropical oceanic front, Geophys. Res. Lett., 39 (5), L05804, doi:10.1029/2011GL049922. Journal site
K. Nishii, T. Miyasaka, H. Nakamira, Y. Kosaka, S. Yokoi, Y. Takayabu, H. Endo, H. Ichikawa, T. Inoue, K. Oshima, N. Sato, Y. Tsushima, 2012: Relationship of the reproducibility of multiple variables among global climate models, J. Meteorol. Soc. Japan, 90A, Special issue on IPCC AR5. JMSJ web site
N. Oshima, Y. Kondo, N. Moteki, N. Takegawa, M. Koike, K. Kita, H. Matsui, M. Kajino, H. Nakamura, J. S. Jung, Y. J. Kim, 2012: Wet removal of black carbon in Asian outflow: Aerosol Radiative Forcing in East Asia (A-FORCE) aircraft campaign, J. Geophys. Res., 117 (3), D03204, doi:10.1029/2011JD016552. Journal site
L. Wu, W. Cai, L. Zhang, H. Nakamura, A. Timmermann, T. Joyce, M. J. Mc Phaden, M. A. Alexander, B. Qiu, M. Visbeck, P. Chang, B. Giese, 2012: Enhanced warming over the global subtropical western boundary currents, Nature Climate Change, 2 (3), 161-166. doi:10.1038/nclimate1353 Journal site

*B. Taguchi, H. Nakamura, M. Nonaka, N. Komori, A. Kuwano-Yoshida, K. Takaya, A. Goto, 2012: Seasonal evolution 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. Journal site
K. Nishii, H. Nakamura, Y. J. Orsolini, 2011: Geographical dependence observed in blocking high influence on the stratospheric variability through enhancement or suppression of upward planetary-wave propagation, J. Climate, 24 (24), 6408-6423. Journal site
T. Takemura, H. Nakamura, T. Nakajima, 2011: Tracing airborne particles after Japan's nuclear plant explosion. EOS Trans., 92 (45), 397-398. PDF
Y. Kosaka, S.-P. Xie, H. Nakamura, 2011: Dynamics of interannual variability in summer precipitation over East Asia, J. Climate, 24 (20), 5435-5453. Journal site
S. Yokoi, Y. N. Takayabu, K. Nishii, H. Nakamura, H. Endo, H. Ichikawa, T. Inoue, M. kimoto, Y. Kosaka, T. Miyasaka, K. Oshima, N. Sato, Y. Tsushima, M. Watanabe, 2011: Application of cluster analysis to climate model performance metrics, J. Appl. Meteorol. Climatol., 50 (8), 1666-1675. Journal site
Y. Kosaka, H. Nakamura, 2011: Dominant mode of climate variability, inter- model diversity and projected future changes over the summertime western North Pacific simulated in the CMIP3 models, J. Climate, 24 (15), 3935-3955. Journal site
*D. Hotta, H. Nakamura, 2011: On the significance of sensible heat supply from the ocean in the maintenance of mean baroclinicity along storm tracks, J. Climate, 24 (13), 3377-3401. Journal site
T. Takemura, H. Nakamura, M. Takigawa, H. Kondo, T. Satomura, T. Miyasaka, T. Nakajima, 2011: A numerical simulation of global transport of atmospheric particles emitted from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, SOLA, 7, 101-104. Journal site
Y. Kosaka, H. Nakamura, 2010b: Mechanisms of meridional teleconnection observed between a summer monsoon system and a subtropical anticyclone. Part II: A global survey, J. Climate, 23 (19), 5109-5125. Journal site
Y. Kosaka, H. Nakamura, 2010a: Mechanisms of meridional teleconnection observed between a summer monsoon system and a subtropical anticyclone. Part I: The Pacific-Japan pattern", J. Climate, 23 (19), 5085-5108. Journal site

H. Nakamura, T. Miyasaka, Y. Kosaka, K. Takaya, M. Honda, 2010: Northern Hemisphere extratropical tropospheric planetary waves and their low-frequency variability: Their vertical structure and interaction with transient eddies and surface thermal contrasts, Chap. 6, "Climate Dynamics: Why Does Climate Vary?", D. Sun and F. Bryan, Eds., Geophys. Monogr., 189, AGU, 149-179. PDF AGU site
K. Nishii, H. Nakamura, Y. J. Orsolini, 2010: Cooling of the wintertime Arctic stratosphere induced by the Western Pacific teleconnection pattern, Geophys. Res. Lett., 37, L13805, doi:10.1029/2010GL043551. PDF
*Y.-O. Kwon, M. A. Alexander, N. A. Bond, C. Frankignoul, H. Nakamura, B. Qiu, L. Thompson, 2010: Role of Gulf Stream and Kuroshio-Oyashio systems in large-scale atmosphere-ocean interaction: A review, J. Climate, 23(12), 3249-3281. Journal site
K. Nishii, H. Nakamura, 2010: Three-dimensional evolution of ensemble forecast spread during the onset of a stratospheric sudden warming event in January 2006, Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 136, 894-905. PDF
T. Miyasaka, H. Nakamura, 2010: Structure and mechanisms of the Southern Hemisphere summertime subtropical anticyclones. J. Climate, 23(8), 2115-2130. Journal site
*T. Sampe, H. Nakamura, A. Goto, W. Ohfuchi, 2010: Significance of a midlatitude oceanic frontal zone in the formation of a storm track and an eddy-driven westerly jet. J. Climate, 23(7), 1793-1814. Journal site
*B. Taguchi, H. Nakamura, M. Nonaka, S.-P. Xie, 2009: Influences of the Kuroshio/Oyashio Extensions on air-sea heat exchanges and storm track activity as revealed in regional atmospheric model simulations for the 2003/4 cold season. J. Climate, 22(24), 6536-6560. Journal site
*M. Nonaka, H. Nakamura, B. Taguchi, N. Komori, A. Kuwano-Yoshida, K. Takaya, 2009: Air-sea heat exchanges characteristic of a prominent midlatitude oceanic front in the South Indian Ocean as simulated in a high-resolution coupled GCM. J. Climate, 22(24), 6515-6535. Journal site
K. Nishii, T. Miyasaka, Y. Kosaka, H. Nakamura, 2009: Reproducibility and future projection of the midwinter storm-track activity over the Far East in the CMIP3 climate models in relation to the occurrence of the first spring storm (Haru-Ichiban) over Japan, J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 87(3), 581-588. JMSJ web site
Y. Kosaka, H. Nakamura, M. Watanabe, M. Kimoto, 2009: Analysis on the dynamics of a wave-like teleconnection pattern along the summertime Asian jet based on a reanalysis dataset and climate model simulations. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 87(3), 561-580.JMSJ web site~Supplement figures. PDF

Y. Tanimoto, S.-P. Xie, K. Kai, H. Okajima, H. Tokinaga, T. Murayama, M. Nonaka, H. Nakamura, 2009: Observations of marine atmospheric boundary layer transitions across the summer Kuroshio Extension, J. Climate, 22(5), 1360-1374. Journal site
K. Nishii, H. Nakamura, T. Miyasaka, 2009: Modulations in the planetary wave field induced by upward-propagating Rossby wave packets prior to stratospheric sudden warming events: A case study, Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 135(638), 39-52. QJ web site PDF
M. Nonaka, H. Nakamura, Y. Tanimoto, T. Kagimoto, H. Sasaki, 2008: Interannual-to-decadal variability in the Oyashio Current and its influence on temperature in the subarctic frontal region: An eddy-resolving OGCM simulation, J. Climate, 21(23), 6283-6303. Journal site
Y. Orsolini, N. G. Kvamsto, I. N. Kinden, M. Honda, H. Nakamura, 2008: Influence of the Aleutian-Icelandic seesaw and ENSO onto the stratosphere in ensemble winter hindcasts. J. Meteorol. Soc. Japan, 86(5), 817-825. JMSJ web site
H. Nakamura, T. Sampe, A. Goto, W. Ohfuchi, S.-P. Xie, 2008: On the importance of midlatitude oceanic frontal zones for the mean state and dominant variability in the tropospheric circulation, Geophys. Res. Lett., 35(15), L15709, doi:10.1029/2008GL034010. Journal site
K. Takaya, H. Nakamura, 2008: Precursory changes in planetary wave activity for midwinter surface pressure anomalies over the Arctic. J. Meteorol. Soc. Jpn., 86(3), 415-427. JMSJ web site
Y. Kosaka, H. Nakamura, 2008: A comparative study on the dynamics of the Pacific-Japan (PJ) teleconnection pattern based on reanalysis datasets. SOLA, 4, 9-12. SOLA web site
M. Honda, S. Yamane, H. Nakamura, 2007: Inter-basin link between the North Pacific and North Atlantic in the upper-tropospheric circulation: Its dominance and seasonal dependence. J. Meteorol. Soc. Jpn., 85(6), 898-908.JMSJ web site
C. Bueh, H. Nakamura, 2007: Scandinavian pattern and its climatic impact. Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 133(629), 2117-2131. QJ web site
W. Ohfuchi, H. Sasaki, Y. Masumoto, H. Nakamura, 2007: "Virtual" atmospheric and oceanic circulations in the Earth Simulator. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 88(6), 861-866.

K. Ashok, H. Nakamura, T. Yamagata, 2007: Impacts of ENSO and IOD events on the Southern Hemisphere storm track activity during austral winter. J. Climate, 20(13), 3147-3163. Journal site
T. Enomoto, W. Ohfuchi, H. Nakamura, M. A. Shapiro, 2006: Remote effects of tropical storm Cristbal upon a cut-off cyclone over Europe in August 2002. Meteor. Atmos. Phys., 96(1-2), 29-42.
J. Ukita, M. Honda, H. Nakamura, Y. Tachibana, D. J. Cavalieri, C. L. Parkinson, H. Koide, K. Yamamoto, 2007: Northern Hemisphere sea ice variability: Lag structure and its implications. Tellus A, 59(2), 261-272.
Y. Kosaka, H. Nakamura, 2006: Structure and dynamics of the summertime Pacific-Japan (PJ) teleconnection pattern. Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 132(619), 2009-2030. QJRMS web site
M. Nonaka, H. Nakamura, Y. Tanimoto, T. Kagimoto, H. Sasaki, 2006: North Pacific decadal variability in SST and frontal structure simulated in a high-resolution OGCM, J. Climate, 19(14), 1970-1989. Journal site
H. Tokinaga, Y. Tanimoto, M. Nonaka, B. Taguchi, T. Fukamachi, S.-P. Xie, H. Nakamura, T. Watanabe, I. Yasuda, 2006: Atmospheric sounding over the winter Kuroshio Extension: Effect of surface stability on atmospheric boundary layer structure. Geophys. Res. Lett., 33(4), L04703, doi:10.1029/2005GL025102.
A. Mori, N. Kawasaki, K. Yamazaki, M. Honda and H. Nakamura, 2006: Reexamination of the Northern Hemisphere sea level pressure variability by the Independent Component Analysis, SOLA, 2, 5-8.
T. Miyasaka, H. Nakamura, 2005: Structure and formation mechanisms of the Northern Hemisphere summertime subtropical highs, J. Climate, 18(23), 5046-5065. Journal site
K. Takaya, H. Nakamura, 2005: Geographical dependence of upper-level blocking formation associated with intraseasonal amplification of the Siberian High. J. Atmos. Sci., 62(12), 4441-4449. Journal site
K. Takaya, H. Nakamura, 2005: Mechanisms of intraseasonal amplification of the cold Siberian High. J. Atmos. Sci., 62(12), 4423-4440.Journal site

M. Honda, S. Yamane, H. Nakamura, 2005: Impacts of the Aleutian-Icelandic low seesaw on the surface climate during the twentieth century. J. Climate, 18(14), 2793-2802. Journal site
M. Honda, Y. Kushnir, H. Nakamura, S. Yamane, S. Zebiak, 2005: Formation, mechanisms and potential predictability of the Aleutian-Icelandic low seesaw in ensemble AGCM simulations. J. Climate, 18(9), 1423-1434.Journal site
K. Nishii, H. Nakamura, 2005: Upward and downward injection of Rossby wave activity across the tropopause: A new aspect of the troposphere-stratosphere linkage. Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 131 (606), 545-564.
W. Ohfuchi, H. Sasaki, Y. Masumoto, H. Nakamura, 2005: Meso-scale resolving simulations of the global atmosphere and ocean on the Earth Simulator. EOS Trans., 86(5), 45-46.
N. Oshima, M. Koike. H. Nakamura, Y. Kondo, N. Takegawa, Y. Miyazaki, D. R. Blake, T. Shirai, K. Kita, S. Kawakami, T. Ogawa, 2004: Asian chemical outflow to the Pacific in late spring observed during the PEACE-B aircraft mission. J. Geophys. Res., 109(D23), doi: 2004JD004976.
K. Nishii and H. Nakamura, 2004: Tropospheric influence on the diminished antarctic ozone in September 2002, Geophys. Res. Lett., 31(16), L16103, doi: 10.1029/2004GL019532.
H. Nakamura, T. Sampe, Y. Tanimoto, and A. Shimpo, 2004: Observed associations among storm tracks, jet streams and midlatitude oceanic fronts, "Earth's Climate: The Ocean-Atmosphere Interaction", C. Wang, S.-P. Xie and J. A. Carton, Eds., Geophys. Monogr., 147, American Geophysical Union, Washington, D.C., U.S.A., 329-346. PDF AGU site
H. Nakamura and A. Shimpo, 2004: Seasonal variations in the Southern Hemisphere storm tracks and jet streams as revealed in a reanalysis dataset. J. Climate, 17 (9), 1828-1844.
H. Nakamura and T. Fukamachi, 2004: Evolution and dynamics of summertime blocking over the Far East and the associated surface Okhotsk high. Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 130, 1213-1233. Journal site
K. Nishii, and H. Nakamura, 2004: Lower-stratospheric Rossby wave trains in the Southern Hemisphere: A case study for late winter of 1997. Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 130 (596), 325-345.

W. Ohfuchi, H. Nakamura, M. Yoshioka, T. Enomoto, K. Takaya, X. Peng, S. Yamane, T. Nishimura, Y. Kurihara, and K. Ninomiya, 2004: 10-km mesh meso-scale resolving global simulations of the atmosphere on the Earth Simulator --- Preliminary outcomes of AFES (AGCM for the Earth Simulator). J. Earth Simulator, 1, 8-34.
Y. Tanimoto, H. Nakamura, T. Kagimoto, and S. Yamane, 2003: An active role of extratropical sea surface temperature anomalies in determining anomalous turbulent heat fluxes, J. Geophys. Res., 108 (C10), 3304, doi: 10.1029/2002JC001750.
S. Shingu, H. Fuchigami, M. Yamada, Y. Tsuda, M. Yoshioka, W. Ohfuchi, H. Nakamura and M. Yokokawa: Performance of the AFES: Atmospheric General Circulation Model for Earth Simulator, "Parallel Computational Fluid Dynamics: New Frontiers and Multi-Disciplinary Applications", K. Matsuno, A. Ecer. J. Periaux, N. Satofuka and P. Fox, Eds., Elsevier, 79-86, 2003.
H. Nakamura, and A. S, Kazmin, 2003: Decadal changes in the North Pacific oceanic frontal zones as revealed in ship and satellite observations. J. Geophys. Res., 108(C3), 3078, doi:10.1029/1999JC000085.
H. Nakamura and T. Sampe, 2002: Trapping of synoptic-scale disturbances into the North-Pacific subtropical jet core in midwinter. Geophys. Res. Lett., 29, doi:1029/2002GL015335.
H. Nakamura, T. Izumi, and T. Sampe, 2002: Interannual and decadal modulations recently observed in the Pacific storm track activity and east Asian winter monsoon. J. Climate, 15 (2002) 1855-1874.
H. Nakamura, M. Honda, 2002: Interannual Seesaw between the Aleutian and Icelandic Lows. Part III: Its Influence upon the Stratospheric Variability. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 80 (4B), 1051-1067.
M. Honda and H. Nakamura, 2001: Interannual seesaw between the Aleutian and Icelandic lows. Part II: Its significance in the interannual variability over the wintertime Northern Hemisphere, J. Climate, 14 (24), 4512-4529.
T. Tomita, B. Wang. T. Yasunari and H. Nakamura, 2001: Spatiotemporal structure of decadal scale variability observed in the global sea surface temperature and lower-tropospheric circulation fields. J. Geophys. Res., 106 (C11), 26805-26815.
K. Takaya and H. Nakamura, 2001: A formulation of a phase-independent wave-activity flux of stationary and migratory Quasi-Geostrophic eddies on a zonally varying basic flow. J. Atmos. Sci., 58 (6) 608-627.

M. Honda, H. Nakamura, J. Ukita, I. Kousaka and K. Takeuchi, 2001: Observed interannual seesaw between the Aleutian and Icelandic Lows. Part I: Seasonal dependence and life cycle, J. Clim., 14 (6), 1029-1042.
X. Zheng, H. Nakamura and J. A. Renwick, 2000: Potential predictability of seasonal means based on monthly time series of meteorological variables. J. Climate, 13 (14), 2591-2604.
N. Hirasawa, H. Nakamura and T. Yamanouchi, 2000: Abrupt changes in meteorological conditions observed at an Inland Antarctic Station in association with wintertime blocking formation. Geophys. Res. Lett., 27 (13),1911-1914. Journal site
H. Nakamura, 1999: Fluid dynamic aspect of abnormal weather situations: dynamics of blocking formatin, J. Japan Soc. Fluid Mech., 18 (3), 156-163 (in Japanese).
M. Honda, K. Yamazaki, H. Nakamura and K. Takeuchi, 1999: Dynamic and thermodynamic characteristics of atmospheric response to anomalous Sea-Ice extent in the Sea of Okhotsk. J. Clim., 12 (12), 3347-3358.
H. Nakamura, T. Yamagata, 1999: Recent decadal SST variability in the Northwestern Pacific and associated atmospheric anomalies, "Beyond El Nino: Decadal and Interdecadal Climate Variability', ed. A. Navarra , Springer, 49-72.
K. Takaya and H. Nakamura, 1997: A formulation of a wave activity flux of stationary Rossby waves on a zonally-varying basic flow. Geophys. Res. Lett.,24(23), 2985-2988.
H. Naoe, Y. Matsuda and H. Nakamura, 1997: Rossby wave propagation in idealized and realistic zonally varying flows. J. Meteor. Soc. Jpn., 75 (3), 687-700.
H. Nakamura, G. Lin and T. Yamagata, 1997: Decadal climate variability in the North Pacific during the recent decades, Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc., 78 (10), 2215-2225. Journal site
H. Nakamura, M. Nakamura and J. L. Anderson, 1997: The role of high- and low-frequency dynamics in blocking formation, Mon. Weather Rev., 125 (11), 2074-2093.

H. Nakamura and I. Takayabu, 1997: Shapiro's new model for frontal cyclones. TENKI (Bull. Meteorol. Soc. Japan), 44(3), 85-100 (in Japanese).
H. Nakamura, 1996: Year-to-year and interdecadal variability in the activity of intraseasonal fluctuations in the Northern Hemisphere wintertime circulation. Theor. Appl. Climatol., 55 (special Issue) (1) 19-32.
E. Mesorbian, R.R. Muntz, E.C. Shek, J.R. Santos, J. Yi, K. Ng, S.-Y. Chien, C.R. Mechoso, J.D. Farrara, P. Stolorz, H. Nakamura: Exploratory data mining and analysis using CONQUEST. Proc. IEEE Pacific Rim, 281-285, 1995.
H. Nakamura, 1994: Rotational evolution of potential vorticity associated with a strong blocking flow configuration over Europe. Geophys. Res. Lett., 21, 2003-2006.
H. Nakamura, 1993: Horizontal divergence associated with zonally isolated jet streams. J. Atmos. Sci., 50(14), 2310-2313.
H. Nakamura and J. M. Wallace, 1993: Synoptic behavior of baroclinic eddies during the blocking onset. Mon. Wea. Rev., 121 (7), 1892-1903.
H. Nakamura, 1992: Midwinter suppression of baroclinic wave activity in the Pacific. J. Atmos. Sci., 49(17), 1629-1642.
H. Nakamura and J. M. Wallace, 1991: Skewness of low-frequency fluctuations in the tropospheric circulation during the Northern Hemisphere winter," J. Atmos. Sci., 48, 1441-1448.
H. Nakamura and J. M. Wallace 1990: Observed changes in the baroclinic wave activity during the life cycles of low-frequency circulation anomalies. J. Atmos. Sci., 47, 1100-1116.
H. Nakamura, M. Tanaka and J. M. Wallace, 1987: Horizontal structure and energetics of Northern Hemisphere wintertime teleconnection patterns. J. Atmos. Sci., 44, 3377-3391.

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Other Publications/Conference presentations †

Nakamura, H.: "Radiative impact of low clouds off California on the North Pacific climate system", Hotspot2 Workshop on Mid-latitude Ocean-Atmosphere Interactions: Their Processes and Predictability, Toyama, Japan, 16 June 2023.
Nakamura, H.: "An overview of regional atmospheric reanalysis for Japan: ClimCORE Project", WCRP Workshop on Improving Climate Models and Projections Using Observation, Cambridge, MA, USA (hybrid), 12 June 2023.
Nakamura, H.: "Radiative impact of marine low-level clouds off California on the North Pacific climate system", 1st Joint Workshop on the A3 Foresight Program, Busan, Korea. 18 April 2023 (invited).
Nakamura, H.: "An overview of climatic impacts of midlatitude ocean fronts and eddies", Mesoscale and Frontal-Scale Air-Sea Interaction Workshop, US-CLIVAR, Boulder, CO, USA (hybrid), 6 March 2023 (invited).
E.-P. Lim, H. Hendon, A. Butler, D. J. Thompson, Z. Lawrence, A. Scaife, T. Shepherd, I. Polichtchouk, C. Kobayashi, R. Comer, L. Coy, A. Dowdy, R. Garreaud, P. Newman, H. Nakamura, G. Wang: Stratospheric warning: Seasonal forecasts told of a sudden event over Antarctica, and impacts in Australia, Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 103 (1), 29-33.
H. Nakamura: "Toward high-resolution regional atmospheric reanalysis for Japan: An overview of the ClimCORE project", SP06201, Special Session on Platform for DFFT (Data Free Flow with Trust), 2022 IEEE International Conference on Big Data, Osaka, Japan, 18 December 2022.
Nakamura, H.: "Significance of the baroclinic nature of the NAO and maritime blocking highs", Geophysics Colloquium, Tel Aviv University, Israel, 28 November 2022 (invited).
Nakamura, H.: "On the significance of the baroclinic nature of the NAO and maritime blocking", Bjerknes Seminar, Geophysical Institute, University of Bergen, Norway, 5 October 2022 (invited).
Nakamura, H.: "An energetic perspective on the midwinter minimum of the North Pacific storm track activity", Stormtrack2022 "Midlatitude storm-tracks workshop, Orlean, France, 30 May 2022.
Nakamura, H.: "Recent extreme weather events under the tangible global warming", ROLES/RCAST International Webinar "From Sea and Sky, East and West: How Earth Science Grasps the Global Warming", 7 March 2022 (online symposium, invited)
Nakamura, H., A. Miyamoto, T. Miyasaka, Y. Kosaka, B. Taguchi, K. Nishii: "Air-sea interaction for the maintenance of the wintertime subtropical high over the South Indian Ocean", Ocean Sciences Meeting 2022 (online), 28 February 2022.
Nakamura, H.: "Recent extreme weather events under the tangible warming", Swiss Re Claims Conference 2021, 8 Jul. 2021. (online, invited)
Nakamura, H., R. Masunaga: "Daily-scale processes shaping the time-mean atmospheric structure around midlatitude SST fronts", International workshop for mid-latitude air-sea interaction" (online), 12 Jun. 2021. (invited)
Nakamura, H.: "How can we effectively utilize atmospheric forecasts that include uncertainties?", JpGU-AGU Joint Meeting 2021 (online), 3 Jun. 2021. (invited)
Nakamura, H., Martineau, P., Kosaka, Y., Taguchi, B., Mori, M.: “Modulations of European and North American weather variability and extremes by interdecadal variability of the atmospheric circulation over the North Atlantic”. 2020 JpGU-AGU Joint Assembly (online), 15 Jul. 2020. (invited)
E.-P. Lim, Hendon, H. H., A. H. Butler, R. S. Garreaud, I. Polichtchouk, T. G. Shepherd, A. Scaife, P. A. Newman, L. Coy, D. W. J . Thompson, H. Nakamura: The 2019 Antarctic sudden stratospheric warming, SPARC Newsletter, 54 (2020), 10-13.
Nakamura, H., R. Masunaga, A. Miyamoto： Impacts of the warm western boundary currents on the mean-state and variability of the overlying atmosphere, U.S. CLIVAR, Surface Current Workshop, 23 Feb. 2020.
Nakamura, H., Nishii, K., Taguchi, B.: An AGCM assessment of oceanic impacts on a heat wave over Japan in July 2018, Ocean Sciences Meeting, San Diego, U.S.A., 16 Feb. 2020.
Nakamura, H.: Variability of the Australian summer monsoon and its remote influence on East Asia, RCAST Special Symposium on Climate Science, 8 Nov. 2019.（invited)
Nakamura, H., Sekizawa, S., Mori, M., Kosaka, Y., Watanabe, M.: Modulations of the East Asian winter monsoon through remote influence from the Tropics and Arctic, The Batsheva de Rothschild Seminar on Climate and Wave Dynamics, Eilat, Israel., 23 Sep. 2019.（invited)
Hendon, H. H., D. W. J. Thompson, E.-P. Lim, A. H. Butler, P. A. Newman, L. Coy, A. Scaife, I. Polichtchouk, R. S. Garreaud, T. G. Shepherd, H. Nakamura: Rare forecasted climate event under way in the Southern Hemisphere, Nature, 753 (2019), 495.
Nakamura, H.: Multi-scale impacts of the midlatitude ocean on the atmosphere ─ an overview of processes involved ─, ECMWF Annual Seminar, Reading, U.K., 3 Sep. 2019.（invited)
Nakamura, H., A. Miyamoto, T. Miyasaka: Seasonality of low-cloud fraction and the subtropical high over the South Indian Ocean: Importance of the Agulhas SST front, IUGG General Assembly 2019, Montreal, Canada, 12 Jul. 2019.
Nakamura, H., M. Nakayama, M. Mizukoshi, Y. Kosaka, B. Taguchi, M. Mori, F. Ogawa, K. Nishii: Importance of a midlatitude oceanic frontal zone for the baroclinic annular mode, IUGG General Assembly 2019, Montreal, Canada, 9 Jul. 2019.
Nakamura, H.: "Contributions from the Science Council of Japan to international cooperation in the field of Earth and Planetary Science", JpGU2019 Assembly, Chiba, 28 May 2019.（invited)
Nakamura, H.: Analysis of extreme weather conditions over Japan in 2018 summer from regional and global perspectives, NORPAN closing Workshop, Hakone, Japan, 12 Feb. 2019.
Nakamura, H.: NORPAN/InterDec: EU-Japan collaborations in Atmosphere-ocean-ice interaction in the climate system, Workshop on Climate studies and developing societal applications, Yokohama, Japan, 16 Nov. 2018.
Nakamura, H.: Modulations of the East Asian Winter Monsoon by the Western Pacific (WP) Pattern: Its Dynamics and Remote Influence from the Tropics, SPARC General Assembly 2018, Kyoto, Japan, 4 Oct. 2018. (invited)
Nakamura, H.: Characteristic seasonality of the North Pacific stormtrack and jetstreams, Stormtracks 2018 workshop, Stockholm, Sweden, 28 Aug. 2018 (invited)
Nakamura, H.: Processes Shaping the Time-Mean Surface Wind Convergence Pattern around the Wintertime Kuroshio Extension and Oyashio Fronts, 21th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction, Oklahoma City, OK, USA, Jun. 2018.
Nakamura, H., R. Masunaga, H. Kamahori, K. Onogi, S. Okajima, Mesoscale Imprints of the Kuroshio Extension and Oyashio Fronts on the Wintertime Atmospheric Boundary Layer as Revealed in a New Additional Product of the JRA-55 Reanalysis, 21th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction, Oklahoma (USA), Jun. 2018.
Nakamura, H.: Potential predictability in the extratropics: Impact of high-resolution SST data on atmospheric reanalysis as revealed in a new JRA-55 product, The 3rd International Workshop on Climate Change and Precipitation in the East Asia, Tokyo, Feb. 2018
Nakamura, H.: Air-Sea Exchange Processes in Western Boundary Current Systems and Marginal Seas: Their Local and Remote Climatic Implications, 2018 Ocean Science Meeting, Portland, OR., USA., Feb. 2018.
Nakamura, H.: Atmospheric response to modulated ocean eddy activity associated with the Kuroshio Extension variability, CLIVAR Workshop on Ocean Mesoscale Eddy Interactions, Portland, OR., USA., Feb. 2018.
Nakamura, H.: Potential importance of midlatitude oceanic frontal zones for the Southern Annular Mode in its inter-basin asymmetries and vertical coupling, at Nanjing University, China, Dec. 2017. (invited)
Nakamura, H.: Imprints of midlatitude oceanic fronts and their variations on the atmosphere: significance of high-resolution SST in producing atmospheric reanalysis"at Nanjing University for Information Science and Technology, China, Dec. 2017. (invited)
Nakamura, H.: On the significance of using high-resolution sea surface temperature in atmospheric reanalysis production, 5th International Confernce on Reanalysis, Rome, Italy, Nov, 2017. (invited)
Nakamura, H.: Satellite-measured daily-to-seasonal variations of low-cloud fraction over the South Indian Ocean, 2017 IAPSO-IAMAS-IAGA Joint Assembly, Cape Town, South Africa, Aug. 2017.
Nakamura, H.: Impacts of midlatitude oceanic fronts on the mean state and variability of the extratropical atmosphere, 2017 IAPSO-IAMAS-IAGA Joint Assembly, Cape Town, South Africa, Aug. 2017.
Nakamura, H.: Impacts of warm western boundary currents and associated oceanic fronts on the mean state and variability of the extratropical atmosphere, 2017 CLIVAR International Symposium, Qingdao, CHINA, Jun. 2017 (invited)
Nakamura, H., K. Nishii: Dynamics of Monthly Anomalies of the Western Pacific Teleconnection Pattern, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA., Dec. 2016 (invited).
Nakamura, H., R. Masunaga, H. Kamahori, C. Kobayashi, S. Okajima: Impacts of Frontal SST Gradients on the Atmosphere as Revealed in New Products of the Japanese Reanalysis for the Global Atmosphere, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA., Dec. 2016 (poster).
Nakamura, H.: Midlatitude warm ocean currents as climatic hotspots, KlimaCampus Colloquium, Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany, Nov. 2016 (invited).
Nakamura, H., F. Ogawa, K. Nishii, R. Masunaga, S. Okajima, H. Kamahori, C. Kobayashi, M. Koike: Active Roles of Midlatitude Ocean om Weather and Climate – A few highlights from Japanese "Hotspot Project"–, Dasan Conference 2016, Jeju, Korea, Nov. 2016 (invited).
Nakamura, H., H. Kamahori, R. Masunaga, C. Kobayashi, S. Okajima, K. Nishii: xtratropical frontal- and meso-scale air-sea interaction: Impacts of midlatutide oceanic fronts on the atmosphere as revealed in a new Japanese atmospheric reanalysis as a legacy of the “hot-spot” project, CLIVAR Open Science Conference, Qingdao, China, Sep. 2016 (poster).
H. Nakamura, Y. Kawai, R. Masunaga, H. Kalahari, C. Kobayashi, M. Koike: An extra product of the JRA-55 atmospheric reanalysis and in situ observations in the Kuroshio-Oyashio Extension under the Japanese “Hotspot project”, CLIVAR Exchanges, 69 (2016), 22-26. PDF
R. Masunaga, H. Nakamura,T. Miyasaka, K. Nishii, Y. Tanimoto, B. Qiu: Mesoscale imprints of the Kuroshio Extension and Oyashio Fronts on the wintertime atmospheric boundary layer, CLIVAR Exchanges, 69 (2016), 27-30. PDF
Nakamura, H., F. Ogawa: Potential importance of a midlatitude SST front for the annular-mode variability: Inter-basin differences in the Southern Annular-Mode signatures, 21st Conference on Satellite Meteorology/20th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction, Madison, WI, USA, Aug. 2016 (plenary keynote).
Nakamura, H., H. Kamahori, R. Masunaga, C. Kobayashi, S. Okajima, K. Nishii: Impacts of midlatutide oceanic fronts on the atmosphere as revealed in a new Japanese Atmospheric Reanalysis, 20th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction, Madison, WI, USA, Aug. 2016.
Nakamura, H.: Teleconnections between the Arctic and the Asian/Pacific regions and related air-sea-ice interactions, Japan-Norway Arctic Science and Innovation Week, Tokyo, June 2, 2016 (keynote).
Nakamura, H., K. Nisshii, L. Wang, Y. J. Orsolini, S. Tanaka: Dynamical processes for the amplification of cold continental surface anticyclones and cold-air outbreaks, NORPAN kickoff meeting, Kashiwa, May 30 2016.
Nakamura, H.: Multi-scale impacts of midlatitude ocean currents and fronts on the atmosphere, 4th GODAE International Workshop on High-Resolution Ocean Modelling for Coupled Seamless Predictions, Exeter, Apr. 2016. (invited)
Nakamura, H.: Role of mid-latitude oceanic frontal zones in the ozone-induced climate change over the Southern Hemisphere as revealed in aqua planet experiments, Ocean Sciences Meeting, New Orleans, LA, USA, Feb. 2016.
Nakamura, H.: Multi-Decadal Modulations in the Variability of the East Asian Summer Monsoon, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA., Dec. 2015 (invited).
Nakamura, H.: Potential Importance of Midlatitude SST Fronts for the Annular-Mode Variability, and Inter-Basin Differences in the Southern Annular-Mode Signature, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA., Dec. 2015 (invited).
Nakamura, H., R. Masunaga, S. Okajima, B. Taguchi, T. Miyama, M. Nonaka, S. IIzuka, M. Koike: Multi-Scale Impacts of the Western Boundary Currents and Associated Frontal Zones on the Atmosphere, 2nd Open Science Symposium on Western Pacific Ocean Circulation and Climate, Busan, Korea, October, 2015.
Nakamura, H., L. Wang, K. Nishii: The extreme European cold spell in 2011/12 winter Observed features and possibile causes, M22, 26th IUGG General Assembly, Prague, Czech Rep., Jul. 2015.
Nakamura, H., F. Ogawa: Potential importance of midlatitude ocean fronts for the annular-mode variability: Inter-basin differences in the southern annular-mode signature, JM02/JM01, 26th IUGG General Assembly, Prague, Czech Rep., Jun. 2015.
Nakamura, H., R. Masunaga, S. Okajima, H. Kamahori: Impacts of midlatitude frontal sea-surface temperature gradients on the atmosphere as revealed in new Japanese reanalysis data, M20, 26th IUGG General Assembly, Prague, Czech Rep., Jun. 2015.
Nakamura, H., T. Machimura, S. Ogawa, K. Nishii, T. Miyasaka, Y. Kosaka: Multi-decadal modulations observed in the variability of the East Asian summer monsoon. AGU Chapman Conf. on Evolution of the Asian Monsoon and its Impact on Landscape, Environment and Society: Using the Past as the Key to the Future, Hong Kong, China, Jun. 2015.
Nakamura, H. International activities of the Science Council of Japan toward the future of earth and planetary science, Union Session "Geosciences Ahead", 2015 JpGU Meeting, Chiba, Japan, May 2015. (invited)
Nakamura, H., L. Wang, K. NIshii: The extreme European cold spell in 2011/12 winter. Part II: Three-dimensional structure of anomalies and importance of energy conversion for their maintenance. Arctic Science Summit Week 2015, Tomaya, Japan, Apr. 2015. (poster)
Nakamura, H., A. Manda, N. Asano, S. IIzuka, K. Nishii, T. Miyama, Q. Moteki, M. K. Yoshioka, T. Miyasaka: Impacts of the North Pacific western boundary currents and marginal seas on convective precipitation. Third International Workshop on Studies on future climate projection of the Asian region utilizing the CMIP5 multi-model ensemble data, Tokyo, Japan, March 2015.
Nakamura, H., F. Ogawa, K. Nishii, T. Miyasaka, A. Kuwano-Yoshida: Potential importance of a midlatitude oceanic frontal zone in the annular-mode variability, Workshop on Dynamics of Atmosphere-Ice-Ocean interactions in the High-Latitudes, Rosendal, Norway, March, 2015.
Nakamura, H., R. Masunaga, S. Okajima. F. Ogawa: Multi-scale impacts of midlatitude oceanic frontal zones on the atmosphere, 19th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction, American Meteorological Society, Phoenix, AZ, U.S.A., January, 2015. (invited)
Nakamura, H., F. Ogawa, K. Nishii, T. Miyasaka, A. Kuwano-Yoshida: Potential Importance of a midlatitude oceanic frontal zone for the atmospheric annular-mode variability: Inter-basin differences in the annular-mode signature over the Southern Oceans, 27th Conference on Climate Variability and Change, American Meteorological Society, Phoenix, AZ, U.S.A., January, 2015.
Nakamura, H., L. Wang, K. Nishii, Y. J. Orsolini, K. Takaya: Extreme amplification of cold continental anticyclones associated with wintertime blocking highs, Polar-Lower Latitudes Linkages Workshop, Barcelona, Spain, December 2014. (invited)
Nakamura, H., F. Ogawa, K. Nishii, N.-E. Omrani, N. Keenlyside: Role of the mid-latitude oceanic front in the ozone-induced Southern Hemisphere climate change in the as revealed in aqua-planet experiments, Polar-Lower Latitudes Linkages Workshop, Barcelona, Spain, December 2014. (poster)
Nakamura, H.: Global and regional aspects of extreme weather events, ConTech2014, Suwon, Korea, November 2014. (invited)
Nakamura, H., A. Manda, N. Asano, S. IIzuka, T. Miyama, Q. Moteki, M. K. Yoshioka, K. Nishii, T. Miyasaka: Potential influence of the future warming of the East China Sea on the occurrence of heavy rainfall events over western Japan in the Baiu/Meiyu season. AS52, 2014 AOGS Assembly, Sapporo, Japan, July-August 2014. (invited)
Nakamura, H., F. Ogawa, K. Nishii, T. Miyasaka, A. Kuwano-Yoshida: Potential importance of a midlatitude oceanic frontal zone in the atmospheric annular-mode variability as revealed in idealized numerical experiments, OS02, 2014 AOGS Assembly, Sapporo, Japan, July-August 2014.
Nakamura, H.: Multi-scale climatic impacts of midlatitude oceanic frontal zones, Workshop on Predictability of Climate in the North Atlantic Sector, Bergen, Norway, June 2014. (invited)
Nakamura, H.: Extratropical ocean-atmosphere interactions and their climatic impacts, Session IV, Marine Day (4 June), Norway-Japan Marine Science Week 2014, Tokyo, June 2014. (invited)
Nakamura, H., F. Ogawa, K. Nishii, N.-E. Omani, N. Keenlyside, A. Kuwano-Yoshida, T. Miyasaka: Potential importance of a midlatitude oceanic frontal zone in the annular variability of the westerlies and its vertical connectivity. OS1.6., EGU General Assembly 2014, Vienna, Austria, April-May, 2014. (invited)
Nakamura, H., F. Ogawa, K. Nishii, T. Miyasaka, A. Kuwano-Yoshida: Potential importance of a midlatitude oceanic frontal zone in the atmospheric annular-mode variability. Ocean Sciences Meeting, Honolulu, HI, U.S.A., February, 2014.
Nakamura, H., A. Manda, N. Asano, S. IIzuka, T. Miyama, Q. Moteki, M. K. Yoshioka, K. Nishii, T. Miyasaka: Potential influence of the future warming of the East China Sea on the occurrence of heavy rainfall events over western Japan in the Baiu/Meiyu season. "The 2nd International Workshop on CMIP5 Model Intercomparisons for Future Projections of Precipitation and Climate in Asia", Tokyo, Japan, January, 2014.
Nakamura, H.: Multi-scale impacts of midlatitude oceanic frontal zones on the atmosphere, 6th OFES Workshop, Honolulu Hawaii, U.S.A., December 2013. (keynote)
Nakamura, H.: Impacts of the North Pacific SST on the atmospheric boundary layer and free troposphere, International Symposia on Recent progress in Climate Variability Study: Scale Interactions in Climate Variability, Yokohama, November, 2013. (invited)
Nakamura, H.: What caused extreme warmth and rainfall over Japan in summer 2013?, Foreign Press Center/Japan, Tokyo, September 2013. (invited) FPCJ web site
Nakamura, H.: Some impacts of the North Pacific SST on the atmospheric boundary layer and free troposphere, NCAR Brown Bag Seminar, Boulder, CO, U.S.A., August, 2013.
Nakamura, H., B. Taguchi, F. Ogawa, S. Okajimai, R. Masunaga, T. Miyama, M. Nonaka, A. Kuwano-Yoshida, M. Koike, S. Iizuka: Multi-scale impacts of the midlatitude ocean on the atmosphere: Roles of the western boundary currents and associated frontal zones as revealed in the "hotspot project". Workshop on Climate Implications of Frontal-Scale Air-Sea Interaction, Boulder, CO, U.S.A., August, 2013. (invited)
Nakamura, H., T. Miyasaka, B. Taguchi, M. Nonaka: Long-term modulations in the decadal climate variability over the North-Pacific: Observations and a coupled model simulation. DACA-13, Davos, Switzerland, July, 2013.
Nakamura. H., K. Nishii, S. Tanaka, K. Takaya: The Western Pacific teleconnection pattern: Its structure, dynamics and influence on the East Asian winter monsoon. 2013 AOGS Assembly, Brisbane, Australia, June 2013. (invited)
Nakamura, H., B. Taguchi, M. Nonaka, A. Kuwano-Yoshida, T. Miyama, M. Koike, T. Miyasaka, K. Nishii, R. Masunaga, S. Okajima, Y. Tanimoto: Multi-scale impacts of the extratropical ocean on the atmosphere: Roles of the western boundary currents and associated frontal zones. 50th Anniversary Spring Meeting, Korean Meteorological Society, Seoul, Korea, April 2013. (invited)
Nakamura, H., Y. Kosaka: Natural climate variability and related uncertainties in projected climate changes: A case for the PJ pattern. 2013 KIAPS International Forum on Abnormal Weather due to Climate Change, Seoul, Korea, April 2013. (invited)
Nakamura, H., A. Manda, N. Asano, K. Nishii, T. Miyama, S. IIzuka, M. K. Yoshioka, T. Miyasaka: Potential influence of the future warming of the East China Sea on the occurrence of heavy rainfall events over western Japan in the Baiu/Meiyu season: An assessment through regional model experiments. "International Workshop on CMIP5 Model Intercomparisons for Future Projections of Precipitation and Climate in Asia", Tsukuba, Japan, March, 2013.
Nakamura, H., H. Sato, T. Miyasaka, K. NIshii, F. Ogawa, M. Nonaka, N. Komori, B. Taguchi, Y. Tanimoto: Air-sea interactions associated with the Agulhas system: Regional, basin-scale and hemispheric impacts. AGU Chapman Conference on "The Agulhas System and its Role in Changing Ocean Circulation, Climate, and Marine Ecosystems", Stellenbosch, South Africa, October 2012. (invited)
Nakamura, H.: Air-sea interactions associated with midlatitude ocean fronts: multi-scale of the ocean on the atmosphere, 2012 AOGS Assembly, Singapore, August 2012. (invited)
Nakamura, H.: Cold-air outbreaks over East Asia associated with blocking highs: Mechanisms and their influence on the polar stratosphere. ICDM/IAMAS Workshop on "Dynamics and Predictability of High-impact Weather and Climate Events", Kunming, China, August 2012. (invited)
Nakamura, H., T. Miyasaka, B. Taguchi, M. Nonaka: Long-term modulations in North-Pacific decadal climate variability as revealed in observations and a coupled model simulation, AMS 18-th Conf. on Air-Sea Interaction, Boston, MA, U.S.A., July, 2012.
Nakamura, H., H. Sato, T. Miyasaka, K. NIshii: Interannual variability of low-level stratiform clouds over the western North Pacific and associated air-sea interaction, 2012 JpGU Meeting, Chiba, May, 2012.
Nakamura, H.:Air-sea interactions associated with midlatitude ocean fronts: Multiple-scale impacts of the ocean on the atmosphere, International Symposium on Climate Variations -From Basic Research to Rich Applications-, Tokyo, April, 2012.
Nakamura, H., T. Miyasaka, B. Taguchi, M. Nonaka: Long-term modulations in the decadal climate variability over the North Pacific: Observations and a coupled model simulation, Ocean Sciences Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A., February, 2012.
Nakamura, H., Y. Kosaka: Dynamics, model-reproducibility and future projection of the Pacific-Japan teleconnection pattern, AOGS 2011, Taipei, Taiwan, August, 2011 (invited).
Nakamura, H., H. Sato, Y. Kosaka, T. Miyasaka, K.Nishii: Dominant wavy anomaly patterns in winter along the Asian-Pacific subtropical jet: Comparison with the dominant summertime pattern, AOGS 2011, Taipei, Taiwan, August, 2011.
Nakamura, H., F. Ogawa, T. Sampe, A. Goto, A. Kuwano-Yoshida: Influence of a midlatitude oceanic frontal zone on the annular variability of the extratropical atmosphere and its vertical connectivity, XXV General Assembly of IUGG, Melbourne, Australia, July, 2011.
Nakamura, H., H. Sato, Y. Kosaka, T. Miyasaka, K. Nishii: Dynamics of dominant wavy anomaly patterns in winter along the Asian-Pacific subtropical jet, XXV General Assembly of IUGG, Melbourne, Australia, June, 2011.
Nakamura, H.: A "hot spot" in the climate system: Multi-scale air-sea interaction under the East-Asian Monsoon, PMEL seminar, Seattle, WA, U.S.A., September, 2010.
Nakamura, H.: A "hot spot" in the climate system: Multi-scale air-sea interaction under the East-Asian Monsoon, PMEL seminar, Seattle, WA, U.S.A., September, 2010.
Nakamura, H., Y. Kosaka: Dominant summertime climate variability over the western North Pacific: Its dynamics, model reproducibility and future projection, Wallace Symposium, Seattle, WA, U.S.A., September, 2010 (invited).
Y. Kosaka, H. Nakamura: The Pacific-Japan pattern: A meridional teleconnection over the summertime western North Pacific, CLIVAR Exchanges, 54 (2010), 22-25. PDF
Nakamura, H., Y. Kosaka: Pacific-Japan teleconnection pattern: Its dynamics, model reproducibility and future projection, Western Pacific Geophysical Meeting, Taipei,Taiwan, June, 2010 (invited).
Nakamura, H., K. Nishii, T. Miyasaka, Y. Kosaka: Midwinter minimum in the North Pacific storm-track activity: Its dynamics, model reproducibility and future projection, Western Pacific Geophysical Meeting, Taipei,Taiwan, June, 2010 (invited).
Nakamura, H., T. Sampe, F. Ogawa, A. Goto, D. Hotta, B. Taguchi, M. Nonaka, N. Komori, A. Kuwano-Yoshida, W. Ohfuchi, and S.-P. Xie: Influence of midlatitude oceans on the formation of storm-tracks and westerly jets and on their variability, Ocean Science Meeting, Portland, OR, U,S.A., February, 2010 (invited).
Nakamura, H., T. Sampe, F. Ogawa, A. Goto, D. Hotta, B. Taguchi, M. Nonaka, N. Komori, A. Kuwano-Yoshida, W. Ohfuchi, and S.-P. Xie: Importance of midlatitude oceanic frontal zones in the formation of storm-tracks and westerly jets as revealed in high-resolution climate model simulations. 2nd OFES International Workshop/ESC-IPRC Joint Workshop on Computationally-Intensive Modeling of the Climate System, Honolulu, HI, U.S.A., December, 2009.
Nakamura, H.: A new Japanese initiative on extra-tropical air-sea interaction study, 2nd Kuroshio Implementation Panel Workshop, Tokyo, November, 2009.
Nakamura, H., T. Miyasaka, Y. Kosaka: Dynamics of the North Pacific summertime subtropical anticyclone and interannual variability in its western portion, IAMAS-IAPSO-IACS General Assembly (MOCA-09), Montreal, Canada, July 2009 (invited).
Nakamura, H., T. Miyasaka: Structure and mechanisms of the Southern Hemisphere summertime subtropical anticyclones, IAMAS-IAPSO-IACS General Assembly (MOCA-09), Montreal, Canada, July 2009.
Nakamura, H., D. Hotta, M. Nonaka, B. Taguchi: On the significance of sensible heat supply from the ocean in the maintenance of mean baroclinicity along storm-tracks. IAMAS-IAPSO-IACS General Assembly (MOCA-09), Montreal, Canada, July 2009 (poster).
Nakamura, H., T. Sampe, A. Goto, D. Hotta, B. Taguchi, M. Nonaka, N. Komori, A. Kuwano-Yoshida, W. Ohfuchi, and S.-P. Xie: Impact of sharp SST gradient in midlatitude on the atmospheric general circulation and its annular variability: Importance of "oceanic baroclinic adjustment". IAMAS-IAPSO-IACS General Assembly (MOCA-09), Montreal, Canada, July 2009.
Nakamura, H.: Importance of a midlatitude oceans in the formation of storm-tracks and westerly jets and in their variability: A review, Workshop of US-CLIVAR Western Boundary Current Working Group, Phoenix, AZ, U.S.A., January 2009 (invited).
Nakamura, H., T. Sampe, A. Goto, B. Taguchi, M. Nonaka, N. Komori, A. Kuwano-Yoshida, W. Ohfuchi, and S.-P. Xie: Impact of a mid-latitude oceanic frontal zone on the tropospheric general circulation and its annular variability: Importance of "oceanic baroclinic adjustment". 16th Conf. on Air-Sea Interaction, Amer. Meteorol. Soc., Phoenix, AZ, U.S.A., January 2009.
Nakamura, H., Y. Kosaka, D. Hotta, K. Nishii, T. Miyasaka, K. Takaya: Usage of atmospheric reanalysis data for dynamical diagnoses of the atmospheric circulation and climate variability. 3rd WCRP International Conference on Reanalysis, Tokyo, January, 2008.
Nakamura, H., T. Sampe, A. Goto, W. Ohfuchi, and S.-P. Xie: Role of a mid-latitude oceanic frontal zone in the mean state and variability of the atmospheric general circulation: Aqua-planet experiments: 2nd Aqua-Planet Experiment Workshop, Choshi, November 2007.
Nakamura, H., T. Sampe, A. Goto, D. Hotta, W. Ohfuchi, and S.-P. Xie: Influence of a mid-latitude oceanic frontal zone on the mean state of the tropospheric circulation and its annular variability: 15th Conf. on Air-Sea Interaction, Amer. Meteorol. Soc., Portand, OR, U.S.A., August 2007.
Nakamura, H., T. Sampe, A. Goto, D. Hotta, W. Ohfuchi, S.-P. Xie: On the significance of mid-latitude oceanic frontal zones in the mean state and dominant variability of the tropospheric circulation, OS008, XXIV General Assembly of IUGG, Perugia, Italy, July 2007 (invited).
H. Nakamura, Y. Kosaka: Structure and dynamics of a summertime teleconnection pattern associated with Anomalous Convective Activity over the Tropical Northwestern Pacific. MS011, XXIV General Assembly of IUGG, Perugia, Italy, July 2007 (poster).
H. Nakamura, Y. Kosaka: Influence of anomalous convective activity on the summertime subtropical anticyclone over the northwestern Pacific: Importance of moist processes and air-sea interactions, MS011, XXIV General Assembly of IUGG, Perugia, Italy, July 2007.
H. Nakamura, T. Miyasaka: Dynamics and seasonality of the subtropical anticyclones, MS011, XXIV General Assembly of IUGG, Perugia, Italy, July 2007 (invited).
H. Nakamura: Models/Projections: Japanese waters, Workshop for Evaluation of Future ESSAS (Ecosystem Study of Sub-Arctic Seas) Climate Scenarios, Hakodate, Japan, June 2007 (invited).
T. Nakajima, H. Nakamura: Activity report of the national committee for meteorology and atmospheric sciences, Activity Reports on Geodesy and Geophysics in Japan (2003-2006), National Report for IUGG, 12-13, 2007.
H. Nakamura, T. Enomoto, S, Yamane, M. Honda, W. Ohfuchi, T. Miyoshi : Predictability of natural climate variability: Atmospheric teleconnection and forecast experiments on the Earth Simulator, 2007 Asia-Pacific meeting, Weather Risk Management Association, Tokyo, Mar. 2007 (invited).
H. Nakamura, Y. Kosaka: Modal characteristics of summertime teleconnection associated with anomalous convective activity over the tropical/subtropical northwestern Pacific. Symposium on Predictability of climate variations in the Indo-Pacific Sector, Tokyo, March 2007 (invited).
H. Nakamura, T. Miyoshi, T. Enomoto, S, Yamane, W. Ohfuchi: High-resolution weather forecast experiments on the Earth Simulator, 25th Congress of the International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 48-48, Hamburg, Germany, Sep. 2006 (invited).
H. Nakamura, T. Miyasaka: Subtropical anticyclones in the Pacific and Indian Ocean: Their dynamics and interactions with the ocean, West. Pac. Geophys,. Meeting., Amer. Geophys. Union, Beijing, China, July, 2006 (invited).
H. Nakamura, T. Sampe, S.-P. Xie: On the association of mid-latitude oceanic frontal zones with storm tracks and westerly jets. Workshop on the Ocean Circulation and Climate, Ocean Univ. China, July 2006 (invited).
T. Tozuka, T. Miyasaka, A. Chakraborty, M. Mujumdar, S. K. Behera, Y. Masumoto, H. Nakamura, T. Yamagata: University of Tokyo Coupled General Circulation Model (UTCM1.0), Ocean-Atmos. Res. Rep., 7, 44pp., 2006.
H. Nakamura, D. Hotta: Interdecadal variability in the Northern Hemisphere oceanic storm track activity during the 20th century, IAPSO, Cairns, Australia, Aug, 2005.
H. Nakamura, T. Sampe, S.-P. Xie,: Associations among storm tracks polar-front jets and midlatitude oceanic frontal zones, IAPSO, Cairns, Australia, Aug, 2005 (invited).
H. Nakamura, T. Sampe, H. Hotta: Decadal variability in the North Pacific storm track activity: What determines baroclinic eddy activity? International Workshop on Variability of the Earth Climate System Univ. Tokyo, Jan. 2005.
H. Nakamura, T. Miyasaka, 2004: Formation of summertime subtropical highs, (Conference Notebook), Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 85(8), 1062-1064.
H. NAKAMURA, T. Fukamachi: Dynamics of the surface Okhotsk High and its seasonal dependence: Some implications for predictability of abnormal summertime coolness over Japan, West. Pac. Geophys,. Meeting., Amer. Geophys. Union, Honolulu, HI, U.S.A., Aug, 2004 (invited).
H. NAKAMURA, Y. Tanimoto, Y., T. Sampe, T. Kagimoto, S. Yamane: Observed modulations in the storm track activity associated with Pacific decadal variability: Possible oceanic influence on the atmospheric variability, West. Pac. Geophys,. Meeting., Amer. Geophys. Union, Honolulu, HI, U.S.A., Aug, 2004. (invited).
H. Nakamura, T, Sampe, S.-P. Xie, Y. Tanimoto, Observed associations among storm tracks polar-front jets and midlatitude oceanic frontal zones, West. Pac. Geophys,. Meeting., Amer. Geophys. Union, Honolulu, HI, U.S.A., Aug, 2004.
H. Nakamura, T, Sampe, Y, Tanimoto A. Shimpo, W. Ohfuchi, S.-P. Xie, Large-scale interaction among storm tracks, polar-front jets and midlatitude oceanic frontal zones, 13-th Conf. On Interaction of the Sea and Atmos., Amer. Meteor. Soc., Portland, ME, U.S.A., Aug, 2004.
NAKAMURA, H., T. Sampe: Impact of recent decadal weakening of the East Asian winter monsoon upon the North Pacific storm activity, NASA-CRCES-IPRC Workshop on Decadal Climate Variability, Kona, HI, U.S.A., Feb., 2004
H. NAKAMURA, Tanimoto, Y., T. Kagimoto, S. Yamane: Oceanic influence on the atmosphere associated with the North-Pacific decadal climate variability, NASA-CRCES-IPRC Workshop on Decadal Climate Variability, Kona, HI, U.S.A., Feb., 2004
H. Nakamura, and T. Fukamachi, 2003: Formation mechanism of a summertime blocking over the Far East and the associated surface Okhotsk high, Proc. Joint Meeting for Seasonal Predication of the East Asian Winter Monsoon, 21-24, Tokyo.
Nakamura H., and K. Nishii, Upward and downward injection of Rossby wave activity across the tropopause: a new aspect of troposphere-stratosphere linkage, XXIII General Assembly of International Union Geodesy Geophys., Sapporo, Japan, July, 2003.
Nakamura, H. and T. Sampe, Recent decadal weakening of the East Asian winter monsoon and its impact on the North Pacific storm activity, XXIII General Assembly of Intr. Union Geodesy Geophys., Sapporo, Japan, July, 2003.
H. Nakamura, S. Yamane and M. Honda, Multi-decadal modulation in the Aleutian-Icelandic low seesaw and related modulations in the EOF structure of the Northern Hemisphere tropospheric variability, Proc. XXIII General Assembly of Intl. Union Geodesy Geophys., Sappro, Japan, July, 2003 (invited).
H. Nakamura and A. Shimpo, 2003: Seasonal variations in the Southern Hemisphere storm tracks and jet streams. Proc. 7-th Intl. Conf.. Southern Hemisphere Meteor. Oceanogr., 208-209, Wellington, NZ.
H. Nakamura, K. Nishii, 2003: Troposphere-stratosphere linkage and teleconnection associated with quasi-stationary Rossby wave trains: A case study for the southern hemisphere -winter, Proc. 7-th Intl. Conf.. Southern Hemisphere Meteor. Oceanogr., 198-199, Wellington, NZ.
H. Nakamura, K. Nishii, M. Honda,: Zonally and vertically propagating stationary Rossby wave trains: Linking the troposphere and lower stratosphere. Proc. Intl. Sym. Stratospheric Variations and Climate, 55-58, Nov., 2002, Fukuoka, Japan.
H. Nakamura, T. Sampe, G. Fu, Changes in pacific storm activity associated with recent weakening of winter monsoon, PACON, Chiba, Japan, July, 2002.
H. Nakamura, T. Sampe, A. Shimpo, Recent Weakening of the East Asian Winter Monsoon and Associated Changes in the Activity of the Pacific Storm Track, AGU Spring meeting, Washington, D.C., U.S.A., May, 2002.
H. Nakamura, M. Honda, S. Yamane, W. Ohfuchi, Interannual Seesaw between the Aleutian and Icelandic lows: Its significance in the interannual variability and potential predictability. AGU Spring meeting, Washington, D.C., U.S.A., May, 2002.
Nishii, K. and H. Nakamura, 2002: Upward and downward Rossby wave propagation across the tropopause: A case study for the wintertime Southern Hemisphere, Proc. Intl. Symposium on Stratsopheric Variations and Climate, 176-179, Fukuoka.
H. Nakamura, K. Nishii, M. Honda, 2002: Zonally and vertically propagating stationary Rossby wave trains: Linking the troposphere and lower stratosphere. Proc. Intl. Sym. Stratospheric Variations and Climate, 55-58, Fukuoka.
H. Nakamura and T. Sampe, 2002: Modulations in the North Pacific storm track activity associated with the recent decadal weakening of the East Asian winter monsoon. CLIVAR Exchanges, 25, 18-24.
H. Nakamura and M. Honda: Aleutian-Icelandic low seesaw and its relationship tp the Arctic Oscillation, Sci. Rep. Tohoku Univ. Ser. 5, 36 (2001), 177-180.
M. Honda, H. Nakamura and J. Ukita: "Seasonal dependence and life cycle of the interannual seesaw between the Aleutian and Icelandic lows", Sci. Rep. Tohoku Univ. Ser. 5, 36 (2001), 171-176.
H. Nakamura: Variability in the East Asian winter monsoon and its influence on the North Pacific region, Expert Meeting on Climate Information Exchange in the Asian-Pacific Region, Tokyo, Japan, (2001), 11-16.
H. Nakamura: Variability in the East Asian winter monsoon and its influence on the North pacific region. Proc. Expert Meeting on Climate Information Exchange in the Asian-Pacific Region, 11-16 Oct. 2001, Tokyo, Japan (invited).
H. Nakamura, A. S. Kazmin: Large-Scale Air-Sea Interaction during the Recent Decadal Climate Variations over the North Pacific Subpolar Gyre. Proc. 11-th Conf. on Interaction of the Sea and Atmosphere, San Diego, CA, U.S.A., May, 2001.
H. Nakamura, Influence of Recent Decadal Weakening of the East Asian Winter Monsoon on Large-Scale Air-Sea Interactions over the North Pacific, Proc. 11-th Conf. on Interaction of the Sea and Atmosphere, San Diego, CA, U.S.A., May, 2001.
H. Nakamura and M. Honda: "Influence of Aleutian/Icelandic Low Seesaw upon the Seasonality of the Variability in the Northern Hemisphere," Proc. Second Wadati Conf., 121-124, Tsukuba, Japan March 2001.
H. Nakamura: "Influence of recent decadal weakening of the East Asian winter monsoon on the North Pacific climate," Proc. NASA-IPRC-CLIVAR workshop on Decadal Climate Variability, Honolulu, HI, U.S.A., January, 2001
H. Nakamura and M. Honda, 2001: Aleutian--Icelandic Low seesaw and its relationship to the Arctic Oscillation. Sci. Rep. Tohoku Univ. Ser. 5, 36 (2), 177-180.
M. Honda, H. Nakamura, and J. Ukita, 2001: Seasonal dependence and life cycle of the interannual seesaw between the Aleutian and Icelandic Lows. Sci. Rep. Tohoku Univ. Ser. 5, 36 (2), 171-176.
H. Nakamura, M. Honda, Y. Tachibana and K. Takaya: "Large-scale atmosphere-ocean-ice interactions in and around the Sea of Okhotsk," Proc. Intl. Symp. Atmos.-Ocean-Cryos. Interaction in the Sea of Okhotsk and Surr. Envrn., Sapporo, Japan, December 2000.
H. Nakamura and M. Honda: "Influence of Aleutian-Icelandic low seesaw upon the seasonality of the leading variability in the Extratropical Northern Hemisphere," Proc., Chapman Conf. on NAO, Vigo, Spain, November 2000.
H. Nakamura and M. Honda: "Aleutian-Icelandic low seesaw and its relationship with the Arctic Oscillation," Proc. Intl. workshop on Global Change, Sendai, August 2000.
H. Nakamura: "Influence of the recent decadal weakening of the East Asian monsoon on the North Pacific climate," Proc. Symp. Indo-Pacific Climate, 68-68, Tokyo, March 2000.
H. Nakamura, 1999: Time evolution of summertime upper-level blocking associated with the surface Okhotsk high. Proc. 12th Conf. on Atmos. and Oceanic Fluid Dyn., Amer. Meteor. Soc., 131-135, New York.
H. Nakamura, T. Izumi, 1999: Out-of-phase relationship between the interannual fluctuations in poleward heat transport by the East Asian winter monsoon and Pacific stormtrack. Proc. 12th Conf. on Atmos. and Oceanic Fluid Dyn., Amer. Meteor. Soc., 139-142, New York.
M. Honda, H. Nakamura, 1999: Seasonal dependence and time evolution of the interannual seesaw between the Aleutian and Icelandic lows. Proc. 12th Conf. on Atmos. and Oceanic Fluid Dyn., Amer. Meteor. Soc., 179-182, New York.
M. Honda, H. Nakamura, 1999: Dynamic and thermodynamic characteristics of atmospheric response to Okhotsk sea-ice extent anomalies. Proc. 12th Conf. on Atmos. and Oceanic Fluid Dyn., Amer. Meteor. Soc.,183-187, New York.
H. Nakamura, T. Yamagata 1998: Structure and time evolution of decadal/interdecadal climatic events observed in the North Pacific. Proc. TRIANGLE'98, 304-313, Kyoto.
H. Nakamura, 1998: Characteristics of Decadal/interdecadal climate events recently observed over the North Pacific, UCLA Tropical Meteorology Newsletter (on Internet), 26, M. Yanai, ed., 1998.
H. Nakamura, T. Yamagata, 1998: Oceans and Climate Shifts, Letters to the Editor, Science, 281 (8), 1144-1144.
K. Takaya, H. Nakamura 1998: A formulation of phase-independent wave-activity flux for stationary and migratory quasi-geostrophic eddies. Proc. Rossby-100 Symposium, 344-346, Helsinki.
H. Nakamura, 1998: The role of stationary Rossby wavetrains in blocking formation. Proc. Rossby-100 Symposium, 254-256, Helsinki.
H. Nakamura, T. Yamagata, T. Izumi: "Recent decadal/interdecadal climate events observed in the North Pacific/East Asian sector and their influence upon atmospheric heat transport". Proc. EU-Japan Workshop on Climate Change, 7-3, Hakone, Japan, March 1999.
H. Nakamura: "Current research activities in the climate diagnosis group towards deeper understanding of low-frequency climate variability," Proc. Study Conf. Frontier Research System for Global Change 40-42, Tokyo, Japan, February 1999.
H. Nakamura and T. Yamagata: "Observed assocation between SST and atmospheric anomalies in the North Pacific decadal climate variability," Proc. 7-th Annual Meeting of PICES, 36-36, Fairbanks, AK, U.S.A., October 1998.
M. Honda and H. Nakamura: "Influence of Okhotsk Sea-Ice extent anomalies upon the atmospheric circulation over the North Pacific: Implications to the decadal climate variability," Proc. 7-th Annual Meeting of PICES, 30-30, Fairbanks, AK, U.S.A., October 1998.
H. Nakamura, T. Yamagata: "Structure and time evolution of decadal/interdecadal climatic events observed in the North Pacific," Proc. TRIANGLE'98, 304-313, Kyoto, Japan, October 1998.
H. Nakamura: "The role of stationary Rossby wavetrains in blocking formation," Proc. Rossby-100 Symposium, Helsinki, Sweden, June 1998.
H. Nakamura: "North-Pacific decadal SST variability and associated atmospheric anomalies," Proc. 6-th US-Japan Workshop on Global Change, 44, Honolulu, HI, U.S.A., February, 1998 (WG-2 co-chair).
H. Nakamura, M. Nakamura and J.L. Anderson: "The role of high- and low-frequency dynamics in the formation of blocking highs," Proc. Joint Assemblies of the IAMAS/IAPSO, Melbourne, Australia, July 1997. (invited)
H. Nakamura, G. Lin and T. Yamagata: "Quasi-decadal variability in the North Pacific during the recent decades," Proc. Joint Assemblies of the IAMAS/IAPSO, Melbourne, Australia, July 1997.
H. Nakamura, G. Lin and T. Yamagata: "Low-frequency variability in North Pacific sea surface temperature," Proc. International Workshop on the Climate System of Monsoon Asia, 291-294, Kyoto, December, 1996.
H. Nakamura: "Time evolution of the Okhotsk high associated with summertime upper-level blocking," UCLA/U.-Tokyo Climate Modeling Workshop, Honolulu, HI, U.S.A., December, 1995.
H. Nakamura: "Time evolution and dynamics of the Northern Hemisphere wintertime blocking," UCLA/U.-Tokyo Climate Modeling Workshop, Tokyo, November, 1994.
H. Nakamura: "Interannual variability in the activity of Intraseasonal fluctuations in the Northern Extratropical wintertime circulation," Proc. International Symposium on Global Change in Asia and the Pacific Regions, Beijing, P.R.C., August, 1994.
H. Nakamura, 1987: Relationship between teleconnection patterns and storm track activity. Dynamics of Low-Frequency Phenomena in the Atmosphere, Vol.1: Observations, 275-280, NCAR Summer Colloquium, Boulder.
H. Nakamura: "Seasonal variations of the Northerhn Hemisphere stormtracks: Midwinter suppression of baroclinic wave activity in the Pacific," Proc. 8th Conf. Atmospheric and Oceannic Wave and Stability, J3.3, Denver, CO, U.S.A., October, 1991.
H. Nakamura: "Feedbacks of baroclinic waves during the life cycles of low-frequency circulation anomalies in the Northern Hemisphere," Proc. 5th Conf. Climate Variations, 4.3, Denver, CO, U.S.A., October, 1991.
H. Nakamura, M. Tanaka and J.M. Wallace: "Horizontal structure and energetics of Northern Hemisphere wintertime teleconnection patterns," Proc. IAMAP/IAPSO Joint Assemblies, Vancouver, B.C., Canada, August, 1987.
H. Nakamura: "Relationship between teleconnection patterns and storm track activity, dynamics of low-frequency phenomena in the atmosphere," Vol.1: Observations, 275-280, NCAR Summer Coloquium, Boulder, CO, U.S.A., July, 1987.