Chiaki Kobayashi

8.6k total citations · 3 hit papers
47 papers, 5.4k citations indexed

About

Chiaki Kobayashi is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Chiaki Kobayashi has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 5.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Atmospheric Science, 40 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 15 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Chiaki Kobayashi's work include Climate variability and models (39 papers), Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (27 papers) and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (12 papers). Chiaki Kobayashi is often cited by papers focused on Climate variability and models (39 papers), Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (27 papers) and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (12 papers). Chiaki Kobayashi collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and United Kingdom. Chiaki Kobayashi's co-authors include Hirokazu Endo, Yayoi Harada, Hirotaka Kamahori, Kazutoshi Onogi, Shinya Kobayashi, Kiyotoshi Takahashi, Kozo Ninomiya, Ichiro Ishikawa, Yuhei Takaya and Tomoaki Ose and has published in prestigious journals such as Scientific Reports, Journal of Climate and Geophysical Research Letters.

In The Last Decade

Chiaki Kobayashi

46 papers receiving 5.3k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

The JRA-55 Reanalysis: General Specifications and Basic Characteristics

2015 3.7k citations Shinya Kobayashi, Yayoi Harada et al. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser II profile →
The Japanese 55-year Reanalysis "JRA-55": An Interim Report

2011 496 citations Shinya Kobayashi, Kazutoshi Onogi et al. SOLA profile →
The JRA-55 Reanalysis: Representation of Atmospheric Circulation and Climate Variability

2016 390 citations Yayoi Harada, Hirotaka Kamahori et al. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser II profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Chiaki Kobayashi Japan	16	4.8k	4.5k	1.6k	292	209	47	5.4k
Kazutoshi Onogi Japan	12	5.5k 1.1×	5.2k 1.2×	1.8k 1.1×	361 1.2×	245 1.2×	15	6.3k
Hirotaka Kamahori Japan	16	5.6k 1.2×	5.4k 1.2×	1.9k 1.2×	359 1.2×	239 1.1×	26	6.5k
Kiyotoshi Takahashi Japan	10	5.4k 1.1×	5.1k 1.1×	1.8k 1.2×	353 1.2×	226 1.1×	14	6.2k
Shrinivas Moorthi United States	19	4.5k 0.9×	4.5k 1.0×	1.7k 1.1×	305 1.0×	353 1.7×	38	5.5k
Paul Berrisford United Kingdom	23	3.5k 0.7×	3.4k 0.8×	1.0k 0.7×	172 0.6×	190 0.9×	41	4.1k
Hirokazu Endo Japan	20	5.8k 1.2×	5.4k 1.2×	1.7k 1.1×	458 1.6×	232 1.1×	45	6.6k
John R. Lanzante United States	28	4.2k 0.9×	3.6k 0.8×	1.5k 1.0×	174 0.6×	158 0.8×	52	4.8k
John S. Woollen United States	11	3.5k 0.7×	3.3k 0.7×	1.1k 0.7×	157 0.5×	199 1.0×	14	4.1k
Muthuvel Chelliah United States	18	4.7k 1.0×	4.3k 1.0×	1.7k 1.1×	226 0.8×	204 1.0×	29	5.4k
M. J. Rodwell United Kingdom	26	4.6k 1.0×	4.5k 1.0×	1.4k 0.9×	154 0.5×	187 0.9×	63	5.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Chiaki Kobayashi

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Naoe, Hiroaki, et al.. (2025). Representation of Quasi-Biennial Oscillation in JRA-3Q. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser II. 103(2). 233–255. 2 indexed citations

Kobayashi, Chiaki & Toshiki Iwasaki. (2024). The Brewer–Dobson circulation in the JRA ‐ 3Q reanalysis and the impact of changes in model physical processes. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 150(765). 5605–5620. 1 indexed citations

Ueda, Hiroaki, et al.. (2021). Anomalous Warm Winter 2019/2020 over East Asia Associated with Trans-basin Indo-Pacific Connections. SOLA. 17B(Special_Edition). 9–13. 7 indexed citations

Maeda, Shuhei, Kazuto Takemura, & Chiaki Kobayashi. (2021). Planetary Wave Modulations Associated with the Eurasian Teleconnection Pattern. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser II. 99(2). 449–458. 4 indexed citations

Kobayashi, Chiaki, Shuhei Maeda, Yuki Kanno, & Toshiki Iwasaki. (2021). Extremely Weak Cold-Air Mass Flux and Extratropical Direct Meridional Circulation Linked to the Record-Warm Winter 2019/2020 over East Asia. SOLA. 18(0). 1–7. 2 indexed citations

Noguchi, Shunsuke, Yuhji Kuroda, Hitoshi Mukougawa, Ryo Mizuta, & Chiaki Kobayashi. (2020). Impact of Satellite Observations on Forecasting Sudden Stratospheric Warmings. Geophysical Research Letters. 47(5). 6 indexed citations

Kobayashi, Chiaki & Ichiro Ishikawa. (2019). Prolonged Northern-Mid-Latitude Tropospheric Warming in 2018 Well Predicted by the JMA Operational Seasonal Prediction System. SOLA. 15A(0). 31–36. 6 indexed citations

Takemura, Kazuto, et al.. (2019). Extreme Moisture Flux Convergence over Western Japan during the Heavy Rain Event of July 2018. SOLA. 15A(0). 49–54. 30 indexed citations

Harada, Yayoi, Hirotaka Kamahori, Chiaki Kobayashi, et al.. (2016). The JRA-55 Reanalysis: Representation of Atmospheric Circulation and Climate Variability. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser II. 94(3). 269–302. 390 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kobayashi, Shinya, Yayoi Harada, Kazutoshi Onogi, et al.. (2015). The JRA-55 Reanalysis: General Specifications and Basic Characteristics. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser II. 93(1). 5–48. 3656 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kobayashi, Chiaki, Hirokazu Endo, Shinya Kobayashi, et al.. (2014). Preliminary Results of the JRA-55C, an Atmospheric Reanalysis Assimilating Conventional Observations Only. SOLA. 10(0). 78–82. 64 indexed citations

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Uchida, Atsushi, et al.. (2011). Development of growth stage classification method for paddy fields by using Sparse Linear Discriminant Analysis. 1. 115–119. 2 indexed citations

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Kobayashi, Chiaki & Kiyotaka Shibata. (2011). Evaluation of Dynamical Contribution to Lower Stratospheric Ozone Trends in Northern Mid-latitudes over the Last Three Decades (1980-2006) Using a Chemical Transport Model. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser II. 89(4). 363–376. 3 indexed citations

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Kobayashi, Shinya, Kazutoshi Onogi, Yayoi Harada, et al.. (2011). The Japanese 55-year Reanalysis "JRA-55": An Interim Report. SOLA. 7. 149–152. 496 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kobayashi, Chiaki, et al.. (2005). Relation between SSTs and Predictability of Seasonal Mean Precipitation over the Western Tropical Pacific. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser II. 83(5). 919–929. 12 indexed citations

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Kusunoki, Shoji & Chiaki Kobayashi. (2003). Skill Evaluation of Probabilistic Forecasts by the Atmospheric Seasonal Predictability Experiments. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser II. 81(1). 85–112. 6 indexed citations

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Kusunoki, Shoji, et al.. (2001). Atmospheric Seasonal Predictability Experiments by the JMA AGCM.. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser II. 79(6). 1183–1206. 26 indexed citations

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Maeda, Shuhei, et al.. (2000). Relationship between Singular Modes of Blocking Flow and High-frequency Eddies. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser II. 78(5). 631–646. 18 indexed citations

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Ninomiya, Kozo & Chiaki Kobayashi. (1999). Precipitation and Moisture Balance of the Asian Summer Monsoon in 1991. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser II. 77(1). 77–99. 64 indexed citations

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Ninomiya, Kozo & Chiaki Kobayashi. (1998). Precipitation and Moisture Balance of the Asian Summer Monsoon in 1991. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser II. 76(6). 855–877. 19 indexed citations

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