Fujio Kimura

6.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
111 papers, 5.1k citations indexed

About

Fujio Kimura is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Fujio Kimura has authored 111 papers receiving a total of 5.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 73 papers in Atmospheric Science, 70 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 22 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in Fujio Kimura's work include Climate variability and models (57 papers), Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (49 papers) and Cryospheric studies and observations (20 papers). Fujio Kimura is often cited by papers focused on Climate variability and models (57 papers), Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (49 papers) and Cryospheric studies and observations (20 papers). Fujio Kimura collaborates with scholars based in Japan, China and United States. Fujio Kimura's co-authors include Hiroyuki Kusaka, Yukihiro Kikegawa, Hiroaki Kondo, Tomonori Sato, Takao Yoshikane, 政之 原, Akio Kitoh, Hiroaki Kawase, Shunji Takahashi and Tsuneo Kuwagata and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Journal of Climate and Geophysical Research Letters.

In The Last Decade

Fujio Kimura

108 papers receiving 4.9k citations

Hit Papers

A Simple Single-Layer Urban Canopy Model For Atmospheric ... 2001 2026 2009 2017 2001 250 500 750 1000
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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.

  1. A Simple Single-Layer Urban Canopy Model For Atmospheric Models: Comparison With Multi-Layer And Slab Models
    2001 1.1k citations Fujio Kimura et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Fujio Kimura Japan 34 3.3k 3.2k 2.3k 640 482 111 5.1k
Kevin W. Manning United States 28 5.4k 1.6× 5.2k 1.6× 1.9k 0.9× 387 0.6× 213 0.4× 40 7.1k
Mukul Tewari United States 32 4.8k 1.4× 5.0k 1.6× 3.4k 1.5× 911 1.4× 489 1.0× 61 7.5k
Michael Barlage United States 42 4.5k 1.4× 4.9k 1.5× 2.0k 0.9× 495 0.8× 253 0.5× 106 7.2k
C. David Whiteman United States 40 4.1k 1.2× 3.3k 1.0× 1.7k 0.7× 553 0.9× 52 0.1× 115 5.0k
Shiyuan Zhong United States 35 3.1k 0.9× 3.0k 0.9× 983 0.4× 357 0.6× 39 0.1× 176 3.9k
Konstantin Y. Vinnikov United States 31 3.3k 1.0× 2.6k 0.8× 1.9k 0.8× 152 0.2× 80 0.2× 48 4.7k
J. Noilhan France 39 3.6k 1.1× 5.0k 1.5× 2.4k 1.1× 136 0.2× 102 0.2× 95 6.9k
Stephen E. Belcher United Kingdom 34 1.7k 0.5× 1.4k 0.4× 988 0.4× 260 0.4× 189 0.4× 67 3.6k
J.A. Elbers Netherlands 29 1.0k 0.3× 3.1k 1.0× 916 0.4× 285 0.4× 140 0.3× 45 4.0k
Serge Planton France 29 2.3k 0.7× 2.9k 0.9× 794 0.3× 145 0.2× 94 0.2× 57 4.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Fujio Kimura

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Fields of papers citing papers by Fujio Kimura

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Fujio Kimura

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Fujio Kimura. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Fujio Kimura based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Fujio Kimura. Fujio Kimura is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Wakazuki, Yasutaka, 政之 原, Mikiko Fujita, Xieyao Ma, & Fujio Kimura. (2013). Development of incremental dynamical downscaling and analysis system for regional scale climate change projections. EGUGA. 13442. 2 indexed citations
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Ma, Xieyao, Hiroaki Kawase, Sachiho A. Adachi, et al.. (2013). Simulating river discharge in a snowy region of Japan using output from a regional climate model. Advances in geosciences. 35. 55–60. 6 indexed citations
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Takahashi, Hiroshi G., Noriko N. Ishizaki, Hiroaki Kawase, et al.. (2013). Potential Impact of Sea Surface Temperature on Winter Precipitation over the Japan Sea Side of Japan: A Regional Climate Modeling Study. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser II. 91(4). 471–488. 30 indexed citations
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Yoshikane, Takao & Fujio Kimura. (2008). Formation Mechanism of an Intensified Cold Air Mass in the Middle Troposphere over East Siberia in December 2005 Using a Regional Climate Model. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser II. 86(5). 773–785. 1 indexed citations
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Kawase, Hiroaki, et al.. (2008). Downscaling of the Climatic Change in the Mei-yu Rainband in East Asia by a Pseudo Climate Simulation Method. SOLA. 4. 73–76. 31 indexed citations
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Wu, Peiming, Shuichi Mori, Jun-ichi Hamada, et al.. (2008). Diurnal Variation of Rainfall and Precipitable Water over Siberut Island off the Western Coast of Sumatra Island. SOLA. 4. 125–128. 18 indexed citations
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Adachi, Sachiho A., Fujio Kimura, Seiji Sugata, et al.. (2007). Dust transport along a cold front: A case study of a cyclone observed on 19-20 April 2000 in Northeast Asia. Journal of Japan Society for Atmospheric Environment / Taiki Kankyo Gakkaishi. 42(6). 327–338. 1 indexed citations
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Kawase, Hiroaki, et al.. (2006). Precipitable Water Vapor around Orographically Induced Convergence Line. SOLA. 2. 25–28. 5 indexed citations
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Wang, Yuqing, L. Ruby Leung, John L. McGregor, et al.. (2004). Regional Climate Modeling: Progress, Challenges, and Prospects. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser II. 82(6). 1599–1628. 396 indexed citations
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Lee, Yong Hee, et al.. (2003). Numerical Study on the Formation Mechanism of Early Summer Blocking Systemaround Northeastern part of the Eurasian Continent. 대기. 13(3). 102–103.
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Wu, Peiming, et al.. (2003). Drastic Evening Increase in Precipitable Water Vapor over the Southeastern Tibetan Plateau. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser II. 81(5). 1273–1281. 10 indexed citations
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Kurosaki, Yasunori & Fujio Kimura. (2002). Relationship between Topography and Daytime Cloud Activity around Tibetan Plateau.. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser II. 80(6). 1339–1355. 80 indexed citations
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Kimura, Fujio, et al.. (2000). Statistical Relation between Precipitation and Precipitable Water Vapor obtained from the Global Positioning System (GPS) in Tokyo Metropolitan Area.. 47(9). 635–642. 5 indexed citations
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Iwasaki, H., Fujio Kimura, Kiyotaka Nakagawa, et al.. (2000). The Influence of the Moisture Gradient on the Accuracy of Precipitable Water Derived from GPS data. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser II. 78(3). 223–231. 4 indexed citations
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Kimura, Fujio, et al.. (1998). A Numerical Study on the Kármán Vortex Generated by Divergence of Momentum Flux in Flow Past an Isolated Mountain. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser II. 76(6). 925–935. 3 indexed citations
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Kimura, Fujio, et al.. (1997). A Numerical Study on the Mechanism of Cloud-Street Formation in the Lee of an Isolated Mountain Near a Coast. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser II. 75(5). 955–968. 12 indexed citations
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Kimura, Fujio. (1994). Horizontal Transport of Moisture by Local Circulation. 41(6). 313–320. 4 indexed citations
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Kimura, Fujio. (1986). Formation Mechanism of the Nocturnal Mesoscale Vortex in Kanto Plain. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser II. 64(6). 857–870. 5 indexed citations
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Kimura, Fujio. (1983). A Numerical Simulation of Local Winds and Photochemical Air Pollution (I): Two-Dimensional Land and Sea Breeze. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser II. 61(6). 862–878. 24 indexed citations
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Kimura, Fujio. (1978). A Reactive Diffusion Model for NO, NO2, O3 by an Approximation Method. Journal of Japan Society for Atmospheric Environment / Taiki Kankyo Gakkaishi. 13(2). 67–75. 2 indexed citations

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