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Masato Sugi 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 Masato Sugi sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 87 publications — 7th percentile

7% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Masato Sugi 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 Masato Sugi sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 39 D-Index — 15th percentile

15% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Masato Sugi is affiliated with the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology in Japan. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with significant contributions in Atmospheric Science and Global and Planetary Change. The scope of their work also extends into Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Astronomy and Astrophysics, and Oceanography.

The main topics addressed in their research include:

  • Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research
  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
  • Climate variability and models
  • Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
  • Climate change impacts on agriculture
  • Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics
  • Geophysics and Gravity Measurements

Masato Sugi has contributed to several publications, including the following notable papers:

  • "The Nonhydrostatic ICosahedral Atmospheric Model for CMIP6 HighResMIP simulations (NICAM16-S): experimental design, model description, and impacts of model updates" (2021) published in Geoscientific Model Development
  • "Future Changes in the Global Frequency of Tropical Cyclone Seeds" (2020) published in SOLA
  • "Evaluation of the contribution of tropical cyclone seeds to changes in tropical cyclone frequency due to global warming in high-resolution multi-model ensemble simulations" (2021) published in Progress in Earth and Planetary Science
  • "Tropical Cyclones Warming World: An Assessment of Projections" (2020) published in Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • "Knutson et al 2020 Tropical Cyclone Projections Data" (2021) published in Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Frequent publication venues for Masato Sugi include:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • SOLA
  • Geoscientific Model Development
  • Progress in Earth and Planetary Science
  • Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

The scientist has collaborated extensively with peers in the field. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Masaki Satoh
  • Chihiro Kodama
  • Masuo Nakano
  • Yohei Yamada
  • Thomas R. Knutson

Best Publications

  • Tropical cyclones and climate change

    Thomas R. Knutson;John L. McBride;Johnny Chan;Kerry Emanuel

  • Tropical Cyclones and Climate Change Assessment: Part II: Projected Response to Anthropogenic Warming

    Thomas Knutson;Suzana J. Camargo;Johnny C. L. Chan;Kerry Emanuel

  • Tropical cyclones and climate change

    Kevin J.E. Walsh;John L. McBride;Philip J. Klotzbach;Sethurathinam Balachandran

  • Climate Simulations Using MRI-AGCM3.2 with 20-km Grid

    Ryo Mizuta;Hiromasa Yoshimura;Hiroyuki Murakami;Mio Matsueda

  • Tropical Cyclones and Climate Change Assessment: Part I: Detection and Attribution

    Thomas R. Knutson;Suzana J. Camargo;Johnny C. L. Chan;Kerry A. Emanuel

  • Future Changes in Tropical Cyclone Activity Projected by the New High-Resolution MRI-AGCM*

    Hiroyuki Murakami;Yuqing Wang;Hiromasa Yoshimura;Ryo Mizuta

  • Influence of the Global Warming on Tropical Cyclone Climatology: An Experiment with the JMA Global Model

    Masato Sugi;Akira Noda;Nobuo Sato

  • Pacific decadal oscillation and variability of the Indian summer monsoon rainfall

    R. Krishnan;M. Sugi

  • Dynamics of Breaks in the Indian Summer Monsoon

    R. Krishnan;R. Krishnan;C. Zhang;M. Sugi

  • Possible Change of Extratropical Cyclone Activity due to Enhanced Greenhouse Gases and Sulfate Aerosols—Study with a High-Resolution AGCM

    Quanzhen Geng;Masato Sugi

  • Future Changes in Tropical Cyclone Activity in High-Resolution Large-Ensemble Simulations

    Kohei Yoshida;Masato Sugi;Ryo Mizuta;Hiroyuki Murakami

  • Projection of changes in future weather extremes using super-high-resolution global and regional atmospheric models in the KAKUSHIN Program: Results of preliminary experiments

    Akio Kitoh;Tomoaki Ose;Kazuo Kurihara;Shoji Kusunoki

  • Will the South Asian monsoon overturning circulation stabilize any further

    R. Krishnan;T. P. Sabin;D. C. Ayantika;A. Kitoh

  • Effect of Model Resolution on Tropical Cyclone Climate Projections

    Hiroyuki Murakami;Masato Sugi

  • Internal Feedbacks from Monsoon–Midlatitude Interactions during Droughts in the Indian Summer Monsoon

    R. Krishnan;Vinay Kumar;M. Sugi;J. Yoshimura

  • Influence of Greenhouse Warming on Tropical Cyclone Frequency

    Jun Yoshimura;Masato Sugi;Akira Noda

  • Variability of the North Atlantic Cyclone Activity in Winter Analyzed from NCEP–NCAR Reanalysis Data

    Quanzhen Geng;Masato Sugi

  • A Reduction in Global Tropical Cyclone Frequency due to Global Warming

    Masato Sugi;Hiroyuki Murakami;Jun Yoshimura

  • Baiu Rainfall Variability and Associated Monsoon Teleconnections.

    R. Krishnan;M. Sugi

  • The New Meteorological Research Institute Coupled GCM ( MRI-CGCM 2 )---Model Climate and Variability

    Unknown

  • Climate Change Projections

    Shinji Nakagawa;Masato Sugi;Tatsuo Motoi;Seiji Yukimoto

Frequent Co-Authors

Masaki Satoh
Masaki Satoh University of Tokyo
Hiroyuki Murakami
Hiroyuki Murakami National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Akira Noda
Akira Noda Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
Thomas R. Knutson
Thomas R. Knutson Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
James P. Kossin
James P. Kossin University of Wisconsin–Madison
Raghavan Krishnan
Raghavan Krishnan Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology
Johnny C. L. Chan
Johnny C. L. Chan City University of Hong Kong
Akio Kitoh
Akio Kitoh University of Tsukuba
Suzana J. Camargo
Suzana J. Camargo Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

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