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1560

Masao Kanamitsu publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Masao Kanamitsu sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 125 publications — 27th percentile

27% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Masao Kanamitsu D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Masao Kanamitsu sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 53 D-Index — 57th percentile

57% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Overview

Masao Kanamitsu was affiliated with the University of California, San Diego in the United States during their academic career.

Details about their recent papers, frequent co-authors, and publication venues are not available. Similarly, information on book publications, specific fields or subfields of study, and the main topics of their research work is not provided.

No records of awards or honors received by Masao Kanamitsu are listed.

The scientist is recorded as deceased.

Best Publications

  • The NCEP/NCAR 40-Year Reanalysis Project

    E. Kalnay;M. Kanamitsu;R. Kistler;W. Collins

  • NCEP–DOE AMIP-II Reanalysis (R-2)

    Masao Kanamitsu;Wesley Ebisuzaki;Jack Woollen;Shi-Keng Yang

  • The NCEP–NCAR 50-Year Reanalysis: Monthly Means CD-ROM and Documentation

    Robert Kistler;Eugenia Kalnay;William Collins;Suranjana Saha

  • Description of the NMC Global Data Assimilation and Forecast System

    Masao Kanamitsu

  • Historical isotope simulation using Reanalysis atmospheric data

    K. Yoshimura;K. Yoshimura;M. Kanamitsu;D. Noone;T. Oki

  • Intercomparison of the climatological variations of Asian summer monsoon precipitation simulated by 10 GCMs

    I.-S. Kang;K. Jin;B. Wang;K.-M. Lau

  • Global Numerical Weather Prediction at the National Meteorological Center

    E. Kalnay;M. Kanamitsu;W.E. Baker

  • Recent Changes Implemented into the Global Forecast System at NMC

    M. Kanamitsu;J.C. Alpert;K.A. Campana;P.M. Caplan

  • The NMC Nested Regional Spectral Model

    Hann-Ming Henry Juang;Masao Kanamitsu

  • Global intercomparison of 12 land surface heat flux estimates

    C. Jiménez;C. Prigent;B. Mueller;S. I. Seneviratne

  • The NCEP Regional Spectral Model: An Update

    Hann-Ming Henry Juang;Song-You Hong;Masao Kanamitsu

  • NCEP dynamical seasonal forecast system 2000

    Masao Kanamitsu;Arun Kumar;Hann-Ming Henry Juang;Jae-Kyung Schemm

  • Probabilistic estimates of future changes in California temperature and precipitation using statistical and dynamical downscaling

    David W. Pierce;Tapash Das;Daniel R. Cayan;Edwin P. Maurer

  • Scale-Selective Bias Correction in a Downscaling of Global Analysis Using a Regional Model

    Hideki Kanamaru;Masao Kanamitsu

  • Northern Summer Tropical Circulations During Drought and Normal Rainfall Months

    Masao Kanamitsu;T. N. Krishnamurti

  • Dynamical downscaling: Fundamental issues from an NWP point of view and recommendations

    Song-You Hong;Masao Kanamitsu

  • Tibetan High and Upper Tropospheric Tropical Circulations during Northern Summer

    T. N. Krishnamurti;S. M. Daggupaty;Jay Fein;Masao Kanamitsu

  • Temporal and spatial characteristics of positive and negative Indian Ocean dipole with and without ENSO

    Chi-Cherng Hong;Mong-Ming Lu;Masao Kanamitsu

  • Study of a monsoon depression

    T. N. Krishnamurti;Masao Kanamitsu;Ramesh Godbole;Chia-Bo Chang

  • Fifty-Seven-Year California Reanalysis Downscaling at 10 km (CaRD10). Part I: System Detail and Validation with Observations

    Masao Kanamitsu;Hideki Kanamaru

  • FGGE Research Activities at ECMWF

    Lennart Bengtsson;M Kanamitsu;P Kallberg;S Uppala

  • NCEP-DOE AMIP-II reanalysis (R-2). Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society .

    M Kanamitsu;W Ebisuzaki;J Woollen;SK Yang

Frequent Co-Authors

Kei Yoshimura
Kei Yoshimura University of Tokyo
John O. Roads
John O. Roads University of California, San Diego
Song-You Hong
Song-You Hong National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Eugenia Kalnay
Eugenia Kalnay University of Maryland, College Park
Kingtse C. Mo
Kingtse C. Mo National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Daniel R. Cayan
Daniel R. Cayan University of California, San Diego
Norman L. Miller
Norman L. Miller University of California, Berkeley
Siegfried D. Schubert
Siegfried D. Schubert Goddard Space Flight Center
Lisa C. Sloan
Lisa C. Sloan University of California, Santa Cruz
Myong-In Lee
Myong-In Lee Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology

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