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Masato Shiotani

Masato Shiotani

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
36
Citations
4286
World Ranking
9190
National Ranking
188

Overview

Masato Shiotani is affiliated with Kyoto University in Japan and has contributed to research primarily within the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their work focuses on atmospheric science, global and planetary change, and aspects of astronomy and astrophysics.

The major topics investigated by Shiotani include atmospheric ozone and climate, atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, atmospheric aerosols and clouds, as well as ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics.

Their recent publications include studies in notable journals such as Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, and Atmospheric Measurement Techniques. Key papers authored or co-authored by Shiotani are:

  • Lower-stratospheric aerosol measurements in eastward-shedding vortices over Japan from the Asian summer monsoon anticyclone during the summer of 2018 (2021), Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
  • Potential for the measurement of mesosphere and lower thermosphere (MLT) wind, temperature, density and geomagnetic field with Superconducting Submillimeter-Wave Limb-Emission Sounder 2 (SMILES-2) (2020), Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
  • Cause of a Lower-Tropospheric High-Ozone Layer in Spring Over Hanoi (2022), Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Shiotani include:

  • Masatomo Fujiwara
  • Tetsu Sakai
  • Tomohiro Nagai
  • Koichi Shiraishi
  • Yoichi Inai

Best Publications

  • Annual, quasi-biennial, and El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO)time-scale variations in equatorial total ozone

    Masato Shiotani

  • Overview and early results of the Superconducting Submillimeter‐Wave Limb‐Emission Sounder (SMILES)

    Ken-ichi Kikuchi;Toshiyuki Nishibori;Satoshi Ochiai;Hiroyuki Ozeki

  • Direct Observations of Atmospheric Boundary Layer Response to SST Variations Associated with Tropical Instability Waves over the Eastern Equatorial Pacific

    Hiroshi Hashizume;Shang Ping Xie;Masatomo Fujiwara;Masato Shiotani

  • Cirrus observations in the tropical tropopause layer over the western Pacific

    M. Fujiwara;S. Iwasaki;A. Shimizu;Y. Inai

  • Balloon-borne observations of water vapor and ozone in the tropical upper troposphere and lower stratosphere

    H. Vömel;H. Vömel;S. J. Oltmans;B. J. Johnson;F. Hasebe;F. Hasebe

  • Performance of the Meteolabor "Snow White" Chilled-Mirror Hygrometer in the Tropical Troposphere : Comparisons with the Vaisala RS80 A/H-Humicap Sensors

    Masatomo Fujiwara;Masato Shiotani;Fumio Hasebe;Holger Vömel

  • Southern Hemisphere Additional Ozonesondes (SHADOZ) Ozone Climatology (2005-2009): Tropospheric and Tropical Tropopause Layer (TTL) Profiles with Comparisons to Omi-based Ozone Products

    Anne M. Thompson;Sonya K. Miller;Simone Tilmes;Debra W. Kollonige

  • Upper stratospheric circulations in the two hemispheres observed by satellites

    I. Hirota;T. Hirooka;M. Shiotani

  • Correlations and emission ratios among bromoform, dibromochloromethane, and dibromomethane in the atmosphere

    Y. Yokouchi;F. Hasebe;M. Fujiwara;H. Takashima

  • Water vapor control at the tropopause by equatorial Kelvin waves observed over the Galapagos.

    M. Fujiwara;F. Hasebe;M. Shiotani;N. Nishi

  • Seasonal to Decadal Variations of Water Vapor in the Tropical Lower Stratosphere Observed with Balloon-Borne Cryogenic Frost Point Hygrometers

    M. Fujiwara;H. Vömel;F. Hasebe;M. Shiotani

  • Satellite observations of ozone in the upper mesosphere

    A. K. Smith;V. L. Harvey;Martin G. Mlynczak;B. Funke

  • Seasonal and QBO variations of ascent rate in the tropical lower stratosphere as inferred from UARS HALOE trace gas data

    Masanori Niwano;Koji Yamazaki;Masato Shiotani

  • Interannual variability of the stratospheric circulation in the southern hemisphere

    Masato Shiotani;Naoki Shimoda;Isamu Hirota

  • Validation of Aura Microwave Limb Sounder water vapor by balloon-borne Cryogenic Frost point Hygrometer measurements

    Holger Vömel;J. E. Barnes;Ricardo N. Forno;M. Fujiwara

  • Planetary wave-mean flow interaction in the stratosphere: A comparison between northern and southern hemispheres

    M. Shiotani;I. Hirota

  • Diurnal ozone variations in the stratosphere revealed in observations from the Superconducting Submillimeter-Wave Limb-Emission Sounder (SMILES) on board the International Space Station (ISS)

    Takatoshi Sakazaki;Masatomo Fujiwara;Chihiro Mitsuda;Koji Imai

  • Past changes in the vertical distribution of ozone – Part 1: Measurement techniques, uncertainties and availability

    B. Hassler;B. Hassler;I. Petropavlovskikh;I. Petropavlovskikh;J. Staehelin;T. August

  • Ozone in the Pacific tropical troposphere from ozonesonde observations

    Samuel J. Oltmans;Bryan J. Johnson;Joyce M. Harris;Holger Vömel;Holger Vömel

  • The Behavior of the Snow White Chilled-Mirror Hygrometer in Extremely Dry Conditions

    H. Vömel;M. Fujiwara;M. Shiotani;F. Hasebe

  • Validation Of 10-year Sao Omi Ozone Profile (profoz) Product Using Ozonesonde Observations

    Guanyu Huang;Xiong Liu;Kelly Chance;Kai Yang

Frequent Co-Authors

Masatomo Fujiwara
Masatomo Fujiwara Hokkaido University
Holger Vömel
Holger Vömel National Center for Atmospheric Research
Kaley A. Walker
Kaley A. Walker University of Toronto
Akinori Saito
Akinori Saito Kyoto University
Donal P. Murtagh
Donal P. Murtagh Chalmers University of Technology
Hideharu Akiyoshi
Hideharu Akiyoshi National Institute for Environmental Studies
Douglas E. Kinnison
Douglas E. Kinnison National Center for Atmospheric Research
Samuel J. Oltmans
Samuel J. Oltmans National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Yasuhiro Sasano
Yasuhiro Sasano National Institute for Environmental Studies
John C. Gille
John C. Gille National Center for Atmospheric Research

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