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Kimio Hanawa

Kimio Hanawa

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Earth Science

D-Index
49
Citations
8665
World Ranking
3613
National Ranking
79

Overview

Kimio Hanawa is affiliated with Tohoku University in Japan and works primarily in the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their research spans several subfields including Oceanography, Water Science and Technology, Atmospheric Science, and Earth-Surface Processes. The work focuses on topics such as Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies, Cryospheric studies and observations, Coastal and Marine Dynamics, Geophysics and Gravity Measurements, and Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes.

Hanawa has contributed to multiple publications, with papers appearing in venues such as Oceanography in Japan and Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). Notable recent papers include:

  • Spatial distribution of mean sea-level along the Japanese coast referenced against Tokyo Peil and its annual and interannual variation, 2020, Oceanography in Japan
  • Data files for figures in "Characteristics of the two types of Kuroshio large meanders in the Shikoku Basin", 2022, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Data files for figures in "Characteristics of the two types of Kuroshio large meanders in the Shikoku Basin", 2022, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Frequent collaborators in Hanawa's research include Hiroyuki Yoritaka and Atsushi Kubokawa, with multiple coauthored works reflecting ongoing collaborative efforts.

  • Hiroyuki Yoritaka
  • Atsushi Kubokawa

Frequent publication venues associated with Hanawa's work are:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Oceanography in Japan

The scientist's research covers several main topics, reflecting a focus on interactions between oceanographic and atmospheric processes, management of water resources, and understanding cryospheric changes. This multidisciplinary approach integrates hydrological, coastal, and geophysical perspectives to address complex environmental systems.

Best Publications

  • Observations: Oceanic Climate Change and Sea Level

    N. L. Bindoff;Jürgen Willebrand;V. Artale;A. Cazenave

  • Chapter 5.4 Mode waters

    Kimio Hanawa;Lynne D.Talley

  • A new depth-time equation for Sippican or TSK T-7, T-6 and T-4 expendable bathythermographs (XBT)

    K. Hanawa;P. Rual;R. Bailey;A. Sy

  • Decadal Changes in the Mode Waters in the Midlatitude North Pacific

    Tamaki Yasuda;Kimio Hanawa

  • Characteristic Variations of Sea Surface Temperature with Multiple Time Scales in the North Pacific.

    Youichi Tanimoto;Kimio Hanawa;Yoshiaki Toba;Naoto Iwasaka

  • Variation of water system distribution in the Sanriku Coastal Area

    Kimio Hanawa;Humio Mitsudera

  • Regime shifts found in the Northern Hemisphere SST field

    Sayaka Yasunaka;Kimio Hanawa

  • Thermostad Distribution in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre: The Central Mode Water and the Subtropical Mode Water

    Toshio Suga;Yukiko Takei;Kimio Hanawa

  • The mixed-layer climatology in the northwestern part of the north pacific subtropical gyre and the formation area of subtropical mode water

    Toshio Suga;Kimio Hanawa

  • Subtropical Mode Water in the 137°E Section

    Toshio Suga;Kimio Hanawa;Yoshiaki Toba

  • The subtropical mode water circulation in the North Pacific

    Toshio Suga;Kimio Hanawa

  • North Pacific Tropical Water: its climatology and temporal changes associated with the climate regime shift in the 1970s

    Toshio Suga;Ayato Kato;Kimio Hanawa

  • Mesoscale Eddies Observed by TOLEX-ADCP and TOPEX/POSEIDON Altimeter in the Kuroshio Recirculation Region South of Japan

    Naoto Ebuchi;Kimio Hanawa

  • Decadal and Interdecadal Variations of the Aleutian Low Activity and Their Relation to Upper Oceanic Variations over the North Pacific

    Shusaku Sugimoto;Kimio Hanawa

  • Trajectory of mesoscale eddies in the Kuroshio recirculation region

    Naoto Ebuchi;Kimio Hanawa

  • Influence of mesoscale eddies on variations of the Kuroshio path south of Japan

    Naoto Ebuchi;Kimio Hanawa

  • Roles of SST Anomalies on the Wintertime Turbulent Heat Fluxes in the Kuroshio–Oyashio Confluence Region: Influences of Warm Eddies Detached from the Kuroshio Extension

    Shusaku Sugimoto;Kimio Hanawa

  • 'Reemergence' areas of winter sea surface temperature anomalies in the world's oceans

    Kimio Hanawa;Shusaku Sugimoto

  • Surface thermal conditions in the western North Pacific during the ENSO events

    Kimio Hanawa;Tomowo Watanabe;Naoto Iwasaka;Toshio Suga

  • Ventilation of the North Pacific subtropical pycnocline and mode water formation

    Toshio Suga;Toshio Suga;Yoshikazu Aoki;Hiroko Saito;Kimio Hanawa

  • A role of eddies in formation and transport of North Pacific Subtropical Mode Water

    Hiroki Uehara;Toshio Suga;Kimio Hanawa;Nobuyuki Shikama

Frequent Co-Authors

Toshio Suga
Toshio Suga Tohoku University
Yasufumi Iryu
Yasufumi Iryu Tohoku University
Dean Roemmich
Dean Roemmich University of California, San Diego
Thomas Felis
Thomas Felis University of Bremen
Pierre Deschamps
Pierre Deschamps Aix-Marseille University
Lynne D. Talley
Lynne D. Talley University of California, San Diego
Hiroshi Kawamura
Hiroshi Kawamura Tohoku University
Shang-Ping Xie
Shang-Ping Xie University of California, San Diego
Jonathan M. Gregory
Jonathan M. Gregory University of Reading
Sydney Levitus
Sydney Levitus Silver Spring Networks

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