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Kunihiko Kodera

Kunihiko Kodera

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
45
Citations
7440
World Ranking
6426
National Ranking
117

Overview

Kunihiko Kodera is affiliated with Nagoya University in Japan, with a research focus primarily in Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their work spans atmospheric science and global and planetary change, contributing to the broader understanding of atmospheric processes and climate variability.

The scientist has published extensively in several prominent venues, with multiple papers appearing in the Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser II, as well as contributions to Geophysical Research Letters, the Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, and Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics.

Among the recent papers authored or co-authored by Kunihiko Kodera are:

  • The Influence of the Stratosphere on the Tropical Troposphere (2021), Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser II
  • Robust Enhancement of Tropical Convective Activity by the 2019 Antarctic Sudden Stratospheric Warming (2020), Geophysical Research Letters
  • Influence of the Solar Cycle on the North Atlantic Oscillation (2021), Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • The Sun's role in decadal climate predictability in the North Atlantic (2022), Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
  • Influence of the Stratospheric QBO on Seasonal Migration of the Convective Center Across the Maritime Continent (2023), Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser II

The main topics covered in their research include atmospheric ozone and climate, climate variability and models, meteorological phenomena and simulations, atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics, and atmospheric chemistry and aerosols.

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Yuhji Kuroda
  • Nawo Eguchi
  • Peter Haynes
  • Peter B. Hitchcock
  • Matthew H. Hitchman

Kunihiko Kodera's publications and collaborations reflect a consistent focus on understanding the interactions within the Earth's atmosphere and their implications for climate systems and variability. The scientist's work has contributed empirical evidence and theoretical insights relevant to the dynamics of the stratosphere, troposphere, and associated climatic effects.

Best Publications

  • Dynamical response to the solar cycle

    Kunihiko Kodera;Yuhji Kuroda

  • Analysis of time-varying signals with small BT values

    K. Kodera;R. Gendrin;C. Villedary

  • A new method for the numerical analysis of non-stationary signals

    Kunihiko Kodera;Claude De Villedary;Roger Gendrin

  • Transfer of the solar signal from the stratosphere to the troposphere: Northern winter

    Katja Matthes;Katja Matthes;Yuhji Kuroda;Kunihiko Kodera;Ulrike Langematz

  • Solar cycle modulation of the North Atlantic Oscillation: Implication in the spatial structure of the NAO

    Kunihiko Kodera

  • The GCM–Reality Intercomparison Project for SPARC (GRIPS): Scientific Issues and Initial Results

    Steven Pawson;Steven Pawson;Steven Pawson;K. Kodera;K. Hamilton;T. G. Shepherd

  • Downward propagation of upper stratospheric mean zonal wind perturbation to the troposphere

    Kunihiko Kodera;Koji Yamazaki;Masaru Chiba;Kiyotaka Shibata

  • A lagged response to the 11 year solar cycle in observed winter Atlantic/European weather patterns

    Lesley J. Gray;Adam A. Scaife;Daniel M. Mitchell;Scott Osprey

  • Improved 11-year solar signal in the Freie Universität Berlin Climate Middle Atmosphere Model (FUB-CMAM)

    Katja Matthes;Ulrike Langematz;Lesley L. Gray;Kunihiko Kodera

  • On the origin and nature of the interannual variability of the winter stratospheric circulation in the northern hemisphere

    Kunihiko Kodera

  • Solar influence on the Indian Ocean Monsoon through dynamical processes

    Kunihiko Kodera

  • Coupled chemistry climate model simulations of the solar cycle in ozone and temperature

    John Austin;K. Tourpali;E. Rozanov;H. Akiyoshi

  • Influence of volcanic eruptions on the troposphere through stratospheric dynamical processes in the northern hemisphere winter

    Kunihiko Kodera

  • Role of planetary waves in the stratosphere-troposphere coupled variability in the northern hemisphere winter

    Yuhji Kuroda;Kunihiko Kodera

  • A mechanism for lagged North Atlantic climate response to solar variability

    Adam A. Scaife;Sarah Ineson;Jeff R. Knight;Lesley Gray

  • Absorbing and reflecting sudden stratospheric warming events and their relationship with tropospheric circulation

    Kunihiko Kodera;Kunihiko Kodera;Hitoshi Mukougawa;Pauline Maury;Manabu Ueda;Manabu Ueda

  • Solar forcing synchronizes decadal North Atlantic climate variability.

    Rémi Thiéblemont;Katja Matthes;Katja Matthes;Nour-Eddine Omrani;Kunihiko Kodera

  • Influence of stratospheric sudden warming on the equatorial troposphere

    Kunihiko Kodera

  • Interannual Variability of the Winter Stratosphere and Troposphere in the Northern Hemisphere

    Kunihiko Kodera;Masaru Chiba;Hiroshi Koide;Akio Kitoh

  • Stratospheric sudden warmings and slowly propagating zonal-mean zonal wind anomalies

    Kunihiko Kodera;Yuhji Kuroda;Steven Pawson

Frequent Co-Authors

Katja Matthes
Katja Matthes GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Kiyotaka Shibata
Kiyotaka Shibata Kochi University of Technology
Chantal Claud
Chantal Claud École Polytechnique
Akio Kitoh
Akio Kitoh University of Tsukuba
Ryo Mizuta
Ryo Mizuta Japan Meteorological Agency
Ulrike Langematz
Ulrike Langematz Freie Universität Berlin
Steven Pawson
Steven Pawson Goddard Space Flight Center
Koji Yamazaki
Koji Yamazaki Hokkaido University
Lesley J. Gray
Lesley J. Gray University of Oxford
Adam A. Scaife
Adam A. Scaife Met Office

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