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Overview

Takeshi Tamura is affiliated with the National Institute of Polar Research in Japan, where their research focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, particularly within the subfields of Atmospheric Science and Oceanography. Their scientific work notably addresses polar and cryospheric environments.

Their research spans several main topics, including:

  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Winter sports injuries and performance
  • Geology and paleoclimatology research
  • Oceanographic and atmospheric processes
  • Polar research and ecology

Takeshi Tamura has contributed to multiple peer-reviewed publications. Selected recent papers include:

  • "Quantarctica, an integrated mapping environment for Antarctica, the Southern Ocean, and sub-Antarctic islands" (2021), published in Environmental Modelling & Software
  • "Recent recovery of Antarctic Bottom Water formation in the Ross Sea driven by climate anomalies" (2020), published in Nature Geoscience
  • "Strong ice-ocean interaction beneath Shirase Glacier Tongue in East Antarctica" (2020), published in Nature Communications
  • "Observing Antarctic Bottom Water in the Southern Ocean" (2023), published in Frontiers in Marine Science
  • "Poleward eddy-induced warm water transport across a shelf break off Totten Ice Shelf, East Antarctica" (2021), published in Communications Earth & Environment

The scientist frequently publishes in these venues:

  • Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans
  • Nature Communications
  • Communications Earth & Environment
  • The Cryosphere
  • Progress In Oceanography

Collaborative work is prominent in their career, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Shigeru Aoki
  • Daisuke Hirano
  • Kay I. Ohshima
  • Kazuya Ono
  • Daisuke Simizu

Best Publications

  • Mapping of sea ice production for Antarctic coastal polynyas

    Takeshi Tamura;Kay I. Ohshima;Sohey Nihashi

  • Antarctic Bottom Water production by intense sea-ice formation in the Cape Darnley polynya

    Kay I. Ohshima;Yasushi Fukamachi;Guy D. Williams;Sohey Nihashi

  • Quantarctica, an integrated mapping environment for Antarctica, the Southern Ocean, and sub-Antarctic islands

    Kenichi Matsuoka;Anders Skoglund;George Roth;Jean de Pomereu

  • The suppression of Antarctic bottom water formation by melting ice shelves in Prydz Bay

    G. D. Williams;L. Herraiz-Borreguero;Fabien Roquet;T. Tamura

  • Freshening by glacial meltwater enhances melting of ice shelves and reduces formation of Antarctic Bottom Water

    Alessandro Silvano;Alessandro Silvano;Alessandro Silvano;Stephen Rich Rintoul;Stephen Rich Rintoul;Stephen Rich Rintoul;Beatriz Peña-Molino;Beatriz Peña-Molino;Beatriz Peña-Molino;William Richard Hobbs;William Richard Hobbs

  • Sea ice production variability in Antarctic coastal polynyas

    Takeshi Tamura;Takeshi Tamura;Kay I. Ohshima;Alexander D. Fraser;Alexander D. Fraser;Guy D. Williams

  • Size distribution and shape properties of relatively small sea-ice floes in the Antarctic marginal ice zone in late winter

    Takenobu Toyota;Christian Haas;Takeshi Tamura

  • Mapping of sea ice production in the Arctic coastal polynyas

    Takeshi Tamura;Takeshi Tamura;Kay I. Ohshima

  • Antarctic Bottom Water from the Adélie and George V Land coast, East Antarctica (140–149°E)

    G. D. Williams;G. D. Williams;G. D. Williams;S. Aoki;S. S. Jacobs;S. R. Rintoul;S. R. Rintoul

  • Estimation of Thin Ice Thickness and Detection of Fast Ice from SSM/I Data in the Antarctic Ocean

    Takeshi Tamura;Kay I. Ohshima;Thorsten Markus;Donald J. Cavalieri

  • Recent recovery of Antarctic Bottom Water formation in the Ross Sea driven by climate anomalies

    Alessandro Silvano;Alessandro Silvano;Annie Foppert;Annie Foppert;Stephen R. Rintoul;Stephen R. Rintoul;Paul R. Holland

  • Thickness and production of sea ice in the Okhotsk Sea coastal polynyas from AMSR‐E

    Sohey Nihashi;Kay I. Ohshima;Takeshi Tamura;Yasushi Fukamachi

  • Potential regime shift in decreased sea ice production after the Mertz Glacier calving.

    T. Tamura;T. Tamura;G. D. Williams;A. D. Fraser;K. I. Ohshima

  • Glacier tongue calving reduced dense water formation and enhanced carbon uptake

    E. H. Shadwick;Stephen R. Rintoul;Bronte Tilbrook;Bronte Tilbrook;G.D. Williams

  • Improved mapping of sea ice production in the Arctic Ocean using AMSR‐E thin ice thickness algorithm

    Katsushi Iwamoto;Kay I. Ohshima;Takeshi Tamura;Takeshi Tamura

  • Modeling sea ice production and dense shelf water formation in coastal polynyas around East Antarctica

    Kazuya Kusahara;Hiroyasu Hasumi;Takeshi Tamura

  • Late winter oceanography off the Sabrina and BANZARE coast (117-128°E), East Antarctica

    G.D. Williams;G.D. Williams;A.J.S. Meijers;A.J.S. Meijers;A. Poole;A. Poole;P. Mathiot

  • Sea-Ice Production in Antarctic Coastal Polynyas Estimated From AMSR2 Data and Its Validation Using AMSR-E and SSM/I-SSMIS Data

    Sohey Nihashi;Kay I. Ohshima;Takeshi Tamura

  • Antarctic Bottom Water production from the Vincennes Bay Polynya, East Antarctica

    Yujiro Kitade;Keishi Shimada;Takeshi Tamura;Takeshi Tamura;Guy D. Williams

  • Estimation of Surface Heat/Salt Fluxes Associated with Sea Ice Growth/Melt in the Southern Ocean

    Takeshi Tamura;Kay I. Ohshima;Sohey Nihashi;Hiroyasu Hasumi

Frequent Co-Authors

Kay I. Ohshima
Kay I. Ohshima Hokkaido University
Guy D. Williams
Guy D. Williams University of Tasmania
Stephen R. Rintoul
Stephen R. Rintoul CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research
Robert A. Massom
Robert A. Massom Australian Antarctic Division
Mark A. Hindell
Mark A. Hindell University of Tasmania
Clive R. McMahon
Clive R. McMahon University of Tasmania
Hajo Eicken
Hajo Eicken Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Fabien Roquet
Fabien Roquet University of Gothenburg
Hiroyasu Hasumi
Hiroyasu Hasumi University of Tokyo
Gerhard Dieckmann
Gerhard Dieckmann Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research

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