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Ayako Abe-Ouchi

Ayako Abe-Ouchi

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Earth Science
Japan
2026

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Earth Science

D-Index
84
Citations
26095
World Ranking
395
National Ranking
6

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Earth Science in Japan Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Earth Science in Japan Leader Award

Overview

Ayako Abe-Ouchi is affiliated with the University of Tokyo in Japan and focuses on research within Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science. Their work spans multiple subfields, particularly Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Oceanography, Environmental Chemistry, and Ecology.

The scientist's research topics encompass a range of areas including Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Cryospheric studies and observations, Climate variability and models, Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, Climate change and permafrost, Isotope Analysis in Ecology, and Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics.

Recent publications by Ayako Abe-Ouchi include:

  • Projected land ice contributions to twenty-first-century sea level rise, 2021, Nature
  • ISMIP6 Antarctica: a multi-model ensemble of the Antarctic ice sheet evolution over the 21st century, 2020, The Cryosphere
  • The future sea-level contribution of the Greenland ice sheet: a multi-model ensemble study of ISMIP6, 2020, The Cryosphere
  • The PMIP4 Last Glacial Maximum experiments: preliminary results and comparison with the PMIP3 simulations, 2021, Climate of the Past
  • The Pliocene Model Intercomparison Project Phase 2: large-scale climate features and climate sensitivity, 2020, Climate of the Past

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Ayako Abe-Ouchi include Wing-Le Chan, Zhongshi Zhang, Takashi Obase, Bette L. Otto-Bliesner, and Gerrit Lohmann.

The scientist's work is regularly published in several venues, particularly Climate of the Past, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Geophysical Research Letters, Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology, and The Cryosphere.

Best Publications

  • Results of PMIP2 coupled simulations of the Mid-Holocene and Last Glacial Maximum - Part 1: experiments and large-scale features

    P. Braconnot;B. Otto-Bliesner;S. Harrison;S. Joussaume

  • Evaluation of climate models using palaeoclimatic data

    Pascale Braconnot;Sandy P. Harrison;Masa Kageyama;Patrick J. Bartlein

  • Information from paleoclimate archives

    Valerie Masson-Delmotte;Michael Schulz;A Abe-Ouchi;J Beer

  • Interglacials of the last 800,000 years

    A. Berger;M. Crucifix;D.A. Hodell

  • Insolation-driven 100,000-year glacial cycles and hysteresis of ice-sheet volume

    Ayako Abe-Ouchi;Ayako Abe-Ouchi;Ayako Abe-Ouchi;Fuyuki Saito;Kenji Kawamura;Kenji Kawamura;Maureen E. Raymo

  • Projected land ice contributions to twenty-first-century sea level rise

    Tamsin L Edwards;Sophie Nowicki;Sophie Nowicki;Ben Marzeion;Regine Hock;Regine Hock

  • Monsoon changes for 6000 years ago: Results of 18 simulations from the Paleoclimate Modeling Intercomparison Project (PMIP)

    S. Joussaume;K. E. Taylor;P. Braconnot;J. F.B. Mitchell

  • Results of PMIP2 coupled simulations of the Mid-Holocene and Last Glacial Maximum – Part 2: feedbacks with emphasis on the location of the ITCZ and mid- and high latitudes heat budget

    P. Braconnot;B. Otto-Bliesner;S. Harrison;S. Joussaume

  • ISMIP6 Antarctica: a multi-model ensemble of the Antarctic ice sheet evolution over the 21st century

    Hélène Seroussi;Sophie Nowicki;Antony J. Payne;Heiko Goelzer;Heiko Goelzer

  • Large-scale features of Pliocene climate: results from the Pliocene Model Intercomparison Project

    Alan Haywood;Daniel Hill;Daniel Hill;Aisling Dolan;Bette Otto-Bliesner

  • Deepwater formation in the North Pacific during the Last Glacial Termination.

    Yusuke Okazaki;A. Timmermann;L. Menviel;N. Harada

  • Past and future polar amplification of climate change: climate model intercomparisons and ice-core constraints

    Valérie Masson-Delmotte;Masa Kageyama;Pascale Braconnot;S. Charbit

  • The future sea-level contribution of the Greenland ice sheet: a multi-model ensemble study of ISMIP6

    Heiko Goelzer;Heiko Goelzer;Heiko Goelzer;Sophie Nowicki;Anthony Payne;Eric Larour

  • Parameterization of global and longwave incoming radiation for the Greenland Ice Sheet

    Thomas Konzelmann;Roderik S.W. van de Wal;Wouter Greuell;Richard Bintanja

  • A simulation of the global distribution and radiative forcing of soil dust aerosols at the Last Glacial Maximum

    T. Takemura;M. Egashira;K. Matsuzawa;H. Ichijo

  • Ice-sheet model sensitivities to environmental forcing and their use in projecting future sea level (the SeaRISE project)

    Robert A. Bindschadler;Sophie Nowicki;Ayako Abe-OUCHI;Andy Aschwanden

  • The PMIP4 contribution to CMIP6 – Part 2: Two interglacials, scientific objective and experimental design for Holocene and Last Interglacial simulations

    Bette L. Otto-Bliesner;Pascale Braconnot;Sandy P. Harrison;Daniel J Lunt

  • Habitable Zone Limits for Dry Planets

    Yutaka Abe;Ayako Abe-Ouchi;Norman H. Sleep;Kevin J. Zahnle

  • The PMIP4 Last Glacial Maximum experiments: Preliminary results and comparison with the PMIP3 simulations

    Masa Kageyama;Sandy P. Harrison;Marie L. Kapsch;Marcus Lofverstrom

  • The PMIP4 contribution to CMIP6 – Part 1: Overview and over-arching analysis plan

    Masa Kageyama;Pascale Braconnot;Sandy P. Harrison;Alan M. Haywood

  • Ice Sheet Model Intercomparison Project (ISMIP6) contribution to CMIP6

    Sophie M. J. Nowicki;Anthony Payne;Eric Larour;Helene Seroussi

  • The modern and glacial overturning circulation in the Atlantic ocean in PMIP coupled model simulations

    S.L. Weber;S.S. Drijfhout;Ayako Abe-Ouchi;Michel Crucifix

  • Last Glacial Maximum ocean thermohaline circulation: PMIP2 model intercomparisons and data constraints

    B.L. Otto-Bliesner;C.D. Hewitt;T.M. Marchitto;E. Brady

Frequent Co-Authors

Kenji Kawamura
Kenji Kawamura National Institute of Polar Research
Masakazu Yoshimori
Masakazu Yoshimori University of Tokyo
Zhongshi Zhang
Zhongshi Zhang NORCE Research
Ralf Greve
Ralf Greve Hokkaido University
Gerrit Lohmann
Gerrit Lohmann University of Bremen
Alan M. Haywood
Alan M. Haywood University of Leeds
Daniel J. Lunt
Daniel J. Lunt University of Bristol
Heiko Goelzer
Heiko Goelzer Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research
Shuji Fujita
Shuji Fujita National Institute of Polar Research
Pascale Braconnot
Pascale Braconnot Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS

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