Masahiro Watanabe

18.5k total citations · 6 hit papers
245 papers, 11.2k citations indexed

About

Masahiro Watanabe is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Masahiro Watanabe has authored 245 papers receiving a total of 11.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 180 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 176 papers in Atmospheric Science and 83 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Masahiro Watanabe's work include Climate variability and models (172 papers), Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (104 papers) and Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (75 papers). Masahiro Watanabe is often cited by papers focused on Climate variability and models (172 papers), Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (104 papers) and Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (75 papers). Masahiro Watanabe collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and United Kingdom. Masahiro Watanabe's co-authors include Masahide Kimoto, Hideo Shiogama, Masato Mori, Fei‐Fei Jin, Hiroaki Tatebe, Jun Inoue, Youichi Kamae, Masayoshi Ishii, Yu Kosaka and Tsuyoshi Nitta and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Masahiro Watanabe

232 papers receiving 11.0k citations

Hit Papers

Improved Climate Simulation by MIROC5: Mean States, Varia... 2010 2026 2015 2020 2010 2014 2015 2015 2016 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. Improved Climate Simulation by MIROC5: Mean States, Variability, and Climate Sensitivity
    2010 1.1k citations Masahiro Watanabe, Tatsuo Suzuki et al. Journal of Climate profile →
  2. Robust Arctic sea-ice influence on the frequent Eurasian cold winters in past decades
    2014 648 citations Masato Mori, Masahiro Watanabe et al. profile →
  3. Clouds, circulation and climate sensitivity
    2015 646 citations Björn Stevens, Masahiro Watanabe et al. profile →
  4. ENSO and greenhouse warming
    2015 645 citations Fei‐Fei Jin, Masahiro Watanabe et al. Nature Climate Change profile →
  5. The Art and Science of Climate Model Tuning
    2016 346 citations Masahiro Watanabe et al. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society profile →
  6. Possible shift in controls of the tropical Pacific surface warming pattern
    2024 41 citations Masahiro Watanabe, Sarah M. Kang 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
Masahiro Watanabe Japan 50 9.9k 8.9k 3.5k 344 338 245 11.2k
Masahide Kimoto Japan 49 9.7k 1.0× 8.6k 1.0× 4.0k 1.1× 601 1.7× 309 0.9× 161 11.1k
Adam S. Phillips United States 35 8.5k 0.9× 6.9k 0.8× 3.4k 1.0× 470 1.4× 475 1.4× 48 9.5k
Peter Thorne United Kingdom 41 7.3k 0.7× 6.4k 0.7× 2.4k 0.7× 343 1.0× 370 1.1× 114 8.8k
Swadhin K. Behera Japan 52 10.9k 1.1× 8.3k 0.9× 7.1k 2.0× 290 0.8× 504 1.5× 199 12.3k
Noel Keenlyside Norway 54 9.1k 0.9× 8.0k 0.9× 4.9k 1.4× 325 0.9× 366 1.1× 191 10.4k
Michael Fiorino United States 22 10.0k 1.0× 9.4k 1.1× 3.4k 1.0× 483 1.4× 323 1.0× 28 11.4k
Jian Lu United States 45 7.5k 0.8× 6.1k 0.7× 2.2k 0.6× 556 1.6× 701 2.1× 172 8.9k
C. K. Folland United Kingdom 4 9.0k 0.9× 7.8k 0.9× 4.2k 1.2× 214 0.6× 733 2.2× 6 10.3k
Jong‐Seong Kug South Korea 55 11.9k 1.2× 10.1k 1.1× 7.0k 2.0× 206 0.6× 498 1.5× 299 13.2k
Gökhan Danabasoglu United States 54 10.0k 1.0× 8.6k 1.0× 6.7k 1.9× 302 0.9× 617 1.8× 178 12.7k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Masahiro Watanabe

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Kang, Sarah M., et al.. (2025). Common and Distinct Drivers of Convective Mass Flux and Walker Circulation Changes. Geophysical Research Letters. 52(4).
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Watanabe, Masahiro, et al.. (2024). Flutter characteristics of a sheet with an elastic support in three-dimensional uniform flow. Journal of Fluids and Structures. 127. 104129–104129.
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Shiogama, Hideo, Hiroaki Tatebe, Michiya Hayashi, et al.. (2023). MIROC6 Large Ensemble (MIROC6-LE): experimental design and initial analyses. Earth System Dynamics. 14(6). 1107–1124. 26 indexed citations
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Kohyama, Tsubasa, et al.. (2021). The Gulf Stream and Kuroshio Current are synchronized. Science. 374(6565). 341–346. 21 indexed citations
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Watanabe, Masahiro, et al.. (2021). Mode of Precipitation Variability Generated by Coupling of ENSO With Seasonal Cycle in the Tropical Pacific. Geophysical Research Letters. 48(16). 5 indexed citations
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Takahashi, Chiharu, Yukiko Imada, & Masahiro Watanabe. (2021). Influence of the Madden-Julian Oscillation on Wintertime Extreme Snowfall and Precipitation in Japan. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser II. 100(1). 257–283. 1 indexed citations
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Watanabe, Masahiro, et al.. (2020). Multiyear La Niña Impact on Summer Temperature over Japan. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser II. 98(6). 1245–1260. 25 indexed citations
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Kang, Sarah M., Matt Hawcroft, Baoqiang Xiang, et al.. (2019). Extratropical–Tropical Interaction Model Intercomparison Project (Etin-Mip): Protocol and Initial Results. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 100(12). 2589–2606. 37 indexed citations
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Kang, Sarah M., Matt Hawcroft, Baoqiang Xiang, et al.. (2019). ETIN-MIP Extratropical-Tropical Interaction Model Intercomparison Project – protocol and initial results. University of Southern Queensland ePrints (University of Southern Queensland). 2 indexed citations
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Mori, Masato, Yu Kosaka, Masahiro Watanabe, Hisashi Nakamura, & Masahide Kimoto. (2019). A reconciled estimate of the influence of Arctic sea-ice loss on recent Eurasian cooling. Nature Climate Change. 9(2). 123–129. 236 indexed citations
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Shin, Yechul, Sarah M. Kang, & Masahiro Watanabe. (2017). Dependence of Arctic climate on the latitudinal position of stationary waves and to high-latitudes surface warming. Climate Dynamics. 49(11-12). 3753–3763. 7 indexed citations
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Ogura, Tomoo, Hideo Shiogama, Masahiro Watanabe, et al.. (2017). Effectiveness and limitations of parameter tuning in reducing biases of top-of-atmosphere radiation and clouds in MIROC version 5. Geoscientific model development. 10(12). 4647–4664. 9 indexed citations
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Nakata, Takashi, et al.. (2013). Extensive Submarine Active Fault and the 2011 off the Pacific Coast of Tohoku Earthquake. AGUFM. 2013. 1 indexed citations
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Mori, Masato, Masahide Kimoto, Masayoshi Ishii, et al.. (2013). Hindcast Prediction and Near-Future Projection of Tropical Cyclone Activity over the Western North Pacific Using CMIP5 Near-Term Experiments with MIROC. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser II. 91(4). 431–452. 16 indexed citations
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Sano, Kentaro, et al.. (2012). Method for Location Estimation of Cellular Phone with Illegal Use. IEICE Technical Report; IEICE Tech. Rep.. 111(452). 189–194. 1 indexed citations
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Okazaki, Atsushi, Pat J.‐F. Yeh, Kei Yoshimura, et al.. (2012). Changes in Flood Risk under Global Warming Estimated Using MIROC5 and the Discharge Probability Index. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser II. 90(4). 509–524. 11 indexed citations
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Tatebe, Hiroaki, Masayoshi Ishii, Takashi Mochizuki, et al.. (2012). The Initialization of the MIROC Climate Models with Hydrographic Data Assimilation for Decadal Prediction. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser II. 90A(0). 275–294. 63 indexed citations
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Chikamoto, Yoshimitsu, Masahide Kimoto, Masayoshi Ishii, et al.. (2011). Predictability of a stepwise shift in Pacific climate during the late 1990s in hindcast experiments using MIROC. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2011. 1 indexed citations
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Watanabe, Masahiro, Tatsuo Suzuki, Ryouta O’ishi, et al.. (2010). Improved Climate Simulation by MIROC5: Mean States, Variability, and Climate Sensitivity. Journal of Climate. 23(23). 6312–6335. 1051 indexed citations breakdown →
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Watanabe, Masahiro & Masahide Kimoto. (2000). Behavior of Midlatitude Decadal Oscillations in a Simple Atmosphere-Ocean System. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser II. 78(4). 441–460. 9 indexed citations

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