Tsuyoshi Nitta

4.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
52 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

About

Tsuyoshi Nitta is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Tsuyoshi Nitta has authored 52 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Atmospheric Science, 38 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 21 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Tsuyoshi Nitta's work include Climate variability and models (34 papers), Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (21 papers) and Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (20 papers). Tsuyoshi Nitta is often cited by papers focused on Climate variability and models (34 papers), Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (21 papers) and Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (20 papers). Tsuyoshi Nitta collaborates with scholars based in Japan, Slovakia and United States. Tsuyoshi Nitta's co-authors include Shingo Yamada, Masahiro Watanabe, Zeng‐Zhen Hu, Yukari N. Takayabu, M. Yanai, Steven K. Esbensen, Misako Kachi, Taketo Maruyama, Yoshikazu Hayashi and Hisayuki Kubota and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Climate, Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences and Monthly Weather Review.

In The Last Decade

Tsuyoshi Nitta

52 papers receiving 3.9k citations

Hit Papers

Convective Activities in the Tropical Western Pacific and... 1987 2026 2000 2013 1987 1989 400 800 1.2k
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.

  1. Convective Activities in the Tropical Western Pacific and Their Impact on the Northern Hemisphere Summer Circulation
    1987 1.2k citations Tsuyoshi Nitta Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser II profile →
  2. Recent Warming of Tropical Sea Surface Temperature and Its Relationship to the Northern Hemisphere Circulation
    1989 554 citations Tsuyoshi Nitta et al. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser II profile →

Peers

Tsuyoshi Nitta
Edwin K. Schneider United States
Tsing-Chang Chen United States
Edmund K. M. Chang United States
Steven K. Esbensen United States
C-P. Chang United States
A. Rosati United States
Chung‐Hsiung Sui Taiwan
Tatsushi Tokioka Japan
M. Blackburn United Kingdom
Takio Murakami United States
Edwin K. Schneider United States
Tsuyoshi Nitta
Citations per year, relative to Tsuyoshi Nitta Tsuyoshi Nitta (= 1×) peers Edwin K. Schneider

Countries citing papers authored by Tsuyoshi Nitta

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Fields of papers citing papers by Tsuyoshi Nitta

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tsuyoshi Nitta

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Tsuyoshi Nitta. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Tsuyoshi Nitta 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 Tsuyoshi Nitta. Tsuyoshi Nitta 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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Kubota, Hisayuki & Tsuyoshi Nitta. (2001). Diurnal Variations of Tropical Convection Observed during the TOGA-COARE.. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser II. 79(3). 815–830. 35 indexed citations
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Wada, Koji, Tsuyoshi Nitta, & K. Sato. (1999). Equatorial Inertia-Gravity Waves in the Lower Stratosphere Revealed by TOGA-COARE TOP Data. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser II. 77(3). 721–736. 27 indexed citations
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Kachi, Misako & Tsuyoshi Nitta. (1997). Decadal Variations of the Global Atmosphere-Ocean System. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser II. 75(3). 657–675. 45 indexed citations
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Nitta, Tsuyoshi. (1996). Decadal Variations in Atmosphere and Ocean. 71(3). 81–87. 1 indexed citations
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Hu, Zeng‐Zhen & Tsuyoshi Nitta. (1996). Wavelet Analysis of Summer Rainfall over North China and India and SOI Using 1891-1992 Data. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser II. 74(6). 833–844. 27 indexed citations
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Nitta, Tsuyoshi, et al.. (1994). Diurnal Variation of Convective Activity over the Tropical Western Pacific. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser II. 72(5). 627–641. 139 indexed citations
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Nitta, Tsuyoshi. (1990). Unusual Summer Weather over Japan in 1988 and Its Relationship to the Tropics. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser II. 68(5). 575–588. 18 indexed citations
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Nitta, Tsuyoshi, et al.. (1987). Abrupt Enhancement of Convective Activity and Low-Level Westerly Burst during the Onset Phase of the 1986-87 El Niño. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser II. 65(3). 497–506. 40 indexed citations
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Nitta, Tsuyoshi. (1987). Convective Activities in the Tropical Western Pacific and Their Impact on the Northern Hemisphere Summer Circulation. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser II. 65(3). 373–390. 1223 indexed citations breakdown →
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Maruyama, Taketo, et al.. (1986). Estimation of Monthly Rainfall from Satellite-Observed Cloud Amount in the Tropical Western Pacific. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser II. 64(1). 147–153. 16 indexed citations
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Nitta, Tsuyoshi. (1986). Long-Term Variations of Cloud Amount in the Western Pacific Region. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser II. 64(3). 373–390. 170 indexed citations
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Nitta, Tsuyoshi, et al.. (1986). Long-Term Variations of Tropospheric Circulations in the Western Pacific Region as Derived from GMS Cloud Winds. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser II. 64(6). 895–911. 21 indexed citations
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Nitta, Tsuyoshi, et al.. (1985). Global Analysis of the Lower Tropospheric Disturbances in the Tropics During the Northern Summer of the FGGE Year.. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser II. 63(1). 1–19. 37 indexed citations
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Nitta, Tsuyoshi. (1983). Observational Study of Heat Sources Over the Eastern Tibetan Plateau during the Summer Monsoon. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser II. 61(4). 590–605. 92 indexed citations
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Nitta, Tsuyoshi & Kooiti Masuda. (1981). bservational Study of a Monsoon Depression Developed Over the Bay of Bengal during Summer MONEX. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser II. 59(5). 672–682. 23 indexed citations
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Nitta, Tsuyoshi. (1976). Large-Scale Heat and Moisture Budgets during the Air Mass Transformation Experiment. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser II. 54(1). 1–14. 31 indexed citations
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Nitta, Tsuyoshi. (1972). Energy Budget of Wave Disturbances over the Marshall Islands During the Years of 1956 and 1958. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser II. 50(2). 71–84. 70 indexed citations
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Nitta, Tsuyoshi. (1972). Structure of Wave Disturbances over the Marshall Islands During the Years of 1956 and 1958. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser II. 50(2). 85–103. 13 indexed citations
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Nitta, Tsuyoshi. (1970). A Study of Generation and Conversion of Eddy Available Potential Energy in the Tropics. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser II. 48(6). 524–528. 42 indexed citations
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Yanai, Michio & Tsuyoshi Nitta. (1967). Computation of Vertical Motion and Vorticity Budget in a Caribbean Easterly Wave. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser II. 45(6). 444–466. 26 indexed citations

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