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Tomomichi Kato

Tomomichi Kato

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
37
Citations
10509
World Ranking
8756
National Ranking
179

Overview

Tomomichi Kato is affiliated with Hokkaido University in Japan and specializes in Environmental Science. Their research spans various subfields including Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Environmental Engineering, and Plant Science.

The scientific topics frequently addressed in Kato's work encompass Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics, Remote Sensing in Agriculture, Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics, Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications, Forest Ecology and Management, Plant Responses to Elevated CO2, and Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows.

Kato has published multiple recent papers, covering diverse aspects of environmental and agricultural sciences. Notable publications include:

  • Modeling the impacts of diffuse light fraction on photosynthesis in ORCHIDEE (v5453) land surface model, 2020, Geoscientific Model Development
  • The effect of relative humidity on eddy covariance latent heat flux measurements and its implication for partitioning into transpiration and evaporation, 2023, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
  • Estimation of Forest Aboveground Biomass of Two Major Conifers in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan, from PALSAR-2 and Sentinel-2 Data, 2022, Remote Sensing
  • High-resolution mapping of forest structure and carbon stock using multi-source remote sensing data in Japan, 2024, Remote Sensing of Environment
  • Row orientation influences the diurnal cycle of solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence emission from wheat canopy, as demonstrated by radiative transfer modeling, 2023, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Kato collaborates frequently with several researchers including Hantao Li, Tomoki Morozumi, Naohisa Nakashima, Masato Hayashi, and Lea Végh. These collaborations have contributed to a steady publication record across multiple scientific venues.

Common publication venues for Kato include:

  • Geoscientific Model Development
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
  • Scientific Data

Best Publications

  • Climate–Carbon Cycle Feedback Analysis: Results from the C4MIP Model Intercomparison

    Pierre Friedlingstein;P. Cox;Richard A. Betts;Laurent Bopp

  • The FLUXNET2015 dataset and the ONEFlux processing pipeline for eddy covariance data

    Gilberto Pastorello;Carlo Trotta;Eleonora Canfora;Housen Chu

  • Temperature and biomass influences on interannual changes in CO2 exchange in an alpine meadow on the Qinghai‐Tibetan Plateau

    Tomomichi Kato;Yanhong Tang;Song Gu;Mitsuru Hirota

  • Global comparison of light use efficiency models for simulating terrestrial vegetation gross primary production based on the LaThuile database

    Wenping Yuan;Wenwen Cai;Jiangzhou Xia;Jiquan Chen

  • Forest biomass carbon sinks in East Asia, with special reference to the relative contributions of forest expansion and forest growth

    Jingyun Fang;Jingyun Fang;Zhaodi Guo;Zhaodi Guo;Huifeng Hu;Tomomichi Kato

  • Carbon fluxes, evapotranspiration, and water use efficiency of terrestrial ecosystems in China

    Jingfeng Xiao;Ge Sun;Jiquan Chen;Jiquan Chen;Hui Chen

  • Carbon dioxide exchange between the atmosphere and an alpine meadow ecosystem on the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau, China

    Tomomichi Kato;Yanhong Tang;Song Gu;Xiaoyong Cui

  • Methane emissions from different vegetation zones in a Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau wetland

    Mitsuru Hirota;Yanhong Tang;Qiwu Hu;Shigeki Hirata

  • Evidence for environmentally enhanced forest growth

    Jingyun Fang;Jingyun Fang;Tomomichi Kato;Zhaodi Guo;Yuanhe Yang

  • Energy exchange between the atmosphere and a meadow ecosystem on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau

    Song Gu;Song Gu;Yanhong Tang;Xiaoyong Cui;Tomomichi Kato

  • Estimation of evapotranspiration, transpiration ratio and water-use efficiency from a sparse canopy using a compartment model

    Tomomichi Kato;Reiji Kimura;Makio Kamichika

  • Temperature controls ecosystem CO2 exchange of an alpine meadow on the northeastern Tibetan Plateau

    Makoto Saito;Tomomichi Kato;Yanhong Tang

  • Short-term variation of CO2 flux in relation to environmental controls in an alpine meadow on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau

    Song Gu;Yanhong Tang;Mingyuan Du;Tomomichi Kato

  • Spatial variability and major controlling factors of CO2 sink strength in Asian terrestrial ecosystems: evidence from eddy covariance data

    Tomomichi Kato;Yanhong Tang

  • The BETHY/JSBACH Carbon Cycle Data Assimilation System: experiences and challenges

    T. Kaminski;W. Knorr;G. Schürmann;M. Scholze

  • Characterizing evapotranspiration over a meadow ecosystem on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau

    Song Gu;Song Gu;Song Gu;Yanhong Tang;Xiaoyong Cui;Mingyuan Du

  • Biomass carbon accumulation by Japan's forests from 1947 to 1995

    Jingyun Fang;Takehisa Oikawa;Tomomichi Kato;Wenhong Mo

  • Estimation of gross primary production over the terrestrial ecosystems in China

    Xianglan Li;Xianglan Li;Shunlin Liang;Shunlin Liang;Shunlin Liang;Guirui Yu;Wenping Yuan;Wenping Yuan

  • Carbon Dioxide Dynamics and Controls in a Deep-water Wetland on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau

    Mitsuru Hirota;Yanhong Tang;Qiwu Hu;Shigeki Hirata

  • Spatial variability of CH4 and N2O fluxes in alpine ecosystems on the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau

    Tomomichi Kato;Mitsuru Hirota;Yanhong Tang;Eitaro Wada

Frequent Co-Authors

Yanhong Tang
Yanhong Tang Peking University
Hiroyuki Muraoka
Hiroyuki Muraoka Gifu University
Hideki Kobayashi
Hideki Kobayashi Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
Jiquan Chen
Jiquan Chen Michigan State University
Yingnian Li
Yingnian Li Chinese Academy of Sciences
Shunlin Liang
Shunlin Liang University of Hong Kong
Kazuhito Ichii
Kazuhito Ichii Chiba University
Wenping Yuan
Wenping Yuan Sun Yat-sen University
Shiping Chen
Shiping Chen Chinese Academy of Sciences
Changliang Shao
Changliang Shao Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences

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