Minoru Chikira

3.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
11 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Minoru Chikira is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Minoru Chikira has authored 11 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 9 papers in Atmospheric Science and 3 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Minoru Chikira's work include Climate variability and models (10 papers), Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (7 papers) and Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (3 papers). Minoru Chikira is often cited by papers focused on Climate variability and models (10 papers), Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (7 papers) and Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (3 papers). Minoru Chikira collaborates with scholars based in Japan. Minoru Chikira's co-authors include Masahiro Watanabe, Masahide Kimoto, Masahiro Sugiyama, Miho Sekiguchi, Seita Emori, Tokuta Yokohata, Toshihiko Takemura, Tatsuo Suzuki, Ryouta O’ishi and Dai Yamazaki and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Journal of Climate and Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Minoru Chikira

11 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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 →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Minoru Chikira Japan	9	1.2k	1.1k	290	140	125	11	1.5k
Yoshiki Komuro Japan	15	1.3k 1.0×	1.1k 1.0×	423 1.5×	164 1.2×	137 1.1×	26	1.7k
Atsushi Obata Japan	9	1.4k 1.1×	1.1k 1.1×	435 1.5×	136 1.0×	119 1.0×	13	1.8k
Xiaoge Xin China	15	1.4k 1.2×	1.2k 1.2×	331 1.1×	190 1.4×	136 1.1×	49	1.7k
Tsuyoshi Koshiro Japan	16	1.8k 1.5×	1.6k 1.5×	303 1.0×	139 1.0×	122 1.0×	28	2.2k
Yukimasa Adachi Japan	10	1.6k 1.3×	1.5k 1.4×	434 1.5×	141 1.0×	137 1.1×	13	2.0k
Eiki Shindo Japan	9	1.7k 1.4×	1.5k 1.4×	492 1.7×	136 1.0×	131 1.0×	11	2.1k
François Delage Australia	20	1.4k 1.1×	969 0.9×	386 1.3×	125 0.9×	107 0.9×	25	1.6k
Jason L. Bell United States	9	1.3k 1.1×	1.0k 0.9×	257 0.9×	172 1.2×	120 1.0×	13	1.6k
Μiguel Angel Gaertner Spain	24	1.2k 1.0×	1.1k 1.0×	228 0.8×	136 1.0×	104 0.8×	56	1.7k
Tomoo Ogura Japan	24	2.2k 1.8×	1.9k 1.8×	288 1.0×	175 1.3×	147 1.2×	51	2.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Minoru Chikira

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Fields of papers citing papers by Minoru Chikira

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Minoru Chikira

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Minoru Chikira. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Minoru Chikira 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 Minoru Chikira. Minoru Chikira is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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11 of 11 papers shown

Chikira, Minoru, Yohei Yamada, Ayako Abe‐Ouchi, & Masaki Satoh. (2022). Response of convective systems to the orbital forcing of the last interglacial in a global nonhydrostatic atmospheric model with and without a convective parameterization. Climate Dynamics. 59(5-6). 1617–1648. 2 indexed citations

Hirota, N., Yukari N. Takayabu, Masahiro Watanabe, Masahide Kimoto, & Minoru Chikira. (2014). Role of Convective Entrainment in Spatial Distributions of and Temporal Variations in Precipitation over Tropical Oceans. Journal of Climate. 27(23). 8707–8723. 23 indexed citations

Hirota, N., Yukari N. Takayabu, Mirai Watanabe, Masahide Kimoto, & Minoru Chikira. (2013). The roles of convective entrainment in spatial distributions and temporal variations of precipitation over tropical oceans. AGUFM. 2013. 1 indexed citations

Chikira, Minoru. (2013). Eastward-Propagating Intraseasonal Oscillation Represented by Chikira–Sugiyama Cumulus Parameterization. Part II: Understanding Moisture Variation under Weak Temperature Gradient Balance. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 71(2). 615–639. 132 indexed citations

Chikira, Minoru & Masahiro Sugiyama. (2013). Eastward-Propagating Intraseasonal Oscillation Represented by Chikira–Sugiyama Cumulus Parameterization. Part I: Comparison with Observation and Reanalysis. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 70(12). 3920–3939. 22 indexed citations

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 →

Chikira, Minoru. (2010). A cumulus parameterization with state-dependent entrainment rate. EGUGA. 1849. 12 indexed citations

Chikira, Minoru. (2010). A Cumulus Parameterization with State-Dependent Entrainment Rate. Part II: Impact on Climatology in a General Circulation Model. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 67(7). 2194–2211. 44 indexed citations

Watanabe, Masahiro, Minoru Chikira, Yukiko Imada, & Masahide Kimoto. (2010). Convective Control of ENSO Simulated in MIROC. Journal of Climate. 24(2). 543–562. 102 indexed citations

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Chikira, Minoru & Masahiro Sugiyama. (2010). A Cumulus Parameterization with State-Dependent Entrainment Rate. Part I: Description and Sensitivity to Temperature and Humidity Profiles. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 67(7). 2171–2193. 128 indexed citations

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Chikira, Minoru, Ayako Abe‐Ouchi, & Akimasa Sumi. (2006). General circulation model study on the green Sahara during the mid‐Holocene: An impact of convection originating above boundary layer. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 111(D21). 9 indexed citations

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