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Toshihisa Matsui is affiliated with the Goddard Space Flight Center in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with significant contributions also in Environmental Science. Within these broad fields, Matsui's work concentrates on subfields such as Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Oceanography, Environmental Engineering, and Astronomy and Astrophysics.

The main topics of Matsui's research include:

  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
  • Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
  • Climate variability and models
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Precipitation Measurement and Analysis
  • Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research
  • Fire effects on ecosystems

Matsui's recent published papers illustrate a focus on atmospheric processes and modeling. Notable papers include:

  • Evaluating the Impact of Assimilating Aerosol Optical Depth Observations on Dust Forecasts Over North Africa and the East Atlantic Using Different Data Assimilation Methods, 2020, Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
  • Relating Vertical Velocity and Cloud/Precipitation Properties: A Numerical Cloud Ensemble Modeling Study of Tropical Convection, 2022, Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
  • Convection Parametrization and Multi-Nesting Dependence of a Heavy Rainfall Event over Namibia with Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) Model, 2020, Climate
  • Updraft dynamics and microphysics: on the added value of the cumulus thermal reference frame in simulations of aerosol-deep convection interactions, 2022, Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Evaluating Precipitation Features and Rainfall Characteristics in a Multi-Scale Modeling Framework, 2020, Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems

Matsui frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • Ann M. Fridlind
  • Wei-Kuo Tao
  • Daniel Hernández-Deckers
  • S. Lang
  • Xiaowen Li

Their work is published predominantly in the following venues:

  • Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
  • Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Climate
  • Monthly Weather Review
  • AAS Open Research

Best Publications

  • Role of atmospheric aerosol concentration on deep convective precipitation: Cloud‐resolving model simulations

    Wei-Kuo Tao;Xiaowen Li;Xiaowen Li;Alexander Khain;Toshihisa Matsui;Toshihisa Matsui

  • Effects of biomass-burning-derived aerosols on precipitation and clouds in the Amazon Basin: a satellite-based empirical study

    J. C. Lin;J. C. Lin;T. Matsui;R. A. Pielke;C. Kummerow

  • Direct observations of the effects of aerosol loading on net ecosystem CO2 exchanges over different landscapes

    Dev Niyogi;Hsin I. Chang;V. K. Saxena;Teddy Holt;Teddy Holt

  • A new paradigm for assessing the role of agriculture in the climate system and in climate change

    Roger A. Pielke;Jimmy O. Adegoke;Thomas N. Chase;Curtis H. Marshall

  • High‐resolution NU‐WRF simulations of a deep convective‐precipitation system during MC3E: Further improvements and comparisons between Goddard microphysics schemes and observations

    Wei-Kuo Tao;Di Wu;Stephen Lang;Jiun-Dar Chern;Jiun-Dar Chern

  • Satellite Data Simulator Unit: A Multisensor, Multispectral Satellite Simulator Package

    Hirohiko Masunaga;Toshihisa Matsui;Wei-kuo Tao;Arthur Y. Hou

  • Satellite-based assessment of marine low cloud variability associated with aerosol, atmospheric stability, and the diurnal cycle

    Toshihisa Matsui;Hirohiko Masunaga;Sonia M. Kreidenweis;Roger A. Pielke

  • Evaluating cloud microphysics from NICAM against CloudSat and CALIPSO

    Tempei Hashino;Masaki Satoh;Yuichiro Hagihara;Takuji Kubota

  • Integrated modeling of aerosol, cloud, precipitation and land processes at satellite-resolved scales

    Christa D. Peters-Lidard;Eric M. Kemp;Toshihisa Matsui;Joseph A. Santanello

  • Evaluation of Long-Term Cloud-Resolving Model Simulations Using Satellite Radiance Observations and Multifrequency Satellite Simulators

    Toshihisa Matsui;Xiping Zeng;Wei-Kuo Tao;Hirohiko Masunaga

  • WRF Simulations of the 20-22 January 2007 Snow Events over Eastern Canada: Comparison with In-Situ and Satellite Observations

    J. J. Shi;J. J. Shi;W.-K. Tao;T. Matsui;T. Matsui;R. Cifelli

  • Impacts of Varying Concentrations of Cloud Condensation Nuclei on Deep Convective Cloud Updrafts—A Multimodel Assessment

    Peter J. Marinescu;Susan C. van den Heever;Max Heikenfeld;Andrew I. Barrett

  • Impact of aerosols and atmospheric thermodynamics on cloud properties within the climate system

    Toshihisa Matsui;Hirohiko Masunaga;Roger A. Pielke;Wei-Kuo Tao

  • The Effects of Satellite-Derived Vegetation Cover Variability on Simulated Land–Atmosphere Interactions in the NAMS

    Toshihisa Matsui;Venkataraman Lakshmi;Eric E. Small

  • GPM Satellite Simulator over Ground Validation Sites

    Toshihisa Matsui;Takamichi Iguchi;Xiaowen Li;Mei Han

  • Evaluation of cloud microphysics schemes in simulations of a winter storm using radar and radiometer measurements

    Mei Han;Mei Han;Scott A. Braun;Toshihisa Matsui;Toshihisa Matsui;Christopher R. Williams;Christopher R. Williams

  • Introducing multisensor satellite radiance-based evaluation for regional Earth System modeling

    T. Matsui;T. Matsui;J. Santanello;J. J. Shi;J. J. Shi;W.-K. Tao

  • Global Precipitation Estimates from Cross-Track Passive Microwave Observations Using a Physically Based Retrieval Scheme

    Chris Kidd;Toshihisa Matsui;Jiundar Chern;Karen Mohr

  • Impacts of aerosol–monsoon interaction on rainfall and circulation over Northern India and the Himalaya Foothills

    William K. M. Lau;William K. M. Lau;Kyu-Myong Kim;Jainn-Jong Shi;T. Matsui

  • Impact of radiation frequency, precipitation radiative forcing, and radiation column aggregation on convection-permitting West African monsoon simulations

    Toshi Matsui;Toshi Matsui;Sara Q. Zhang;Sara Q. Zhang;Stephen E. Lang;Wei-Kuo Tao

  • "On the Land-Ocean Contrast of Tropical Convection and Microphysics Statistics Derived from TRMM Satellite Signals and Global Storm-Resolving Models".

    Toshihisa Matsui;Toshihisa Matsui;Jiun-Dar Chern;Jiun-Dar Chern;Wei-Kuo Tao;Stephen E. Lang

Frequent Co-Authors

Wei-Kuo Tao
Wei-Kuo Tao Goddard Space Flight Center
Christa D. Peters-Lidard
Christa D. Peters-Lidard Goddard Space Flight Center
Roger A. Pielke
Roger A. Pielke University of Colorado Boulder
Arthur Y. Hou
Arthur Y. Hou Goddard Space Flight Center
Mian Chin
Mian Chin Goddard Space Flight Center
Pavlos Kollias
Pavlos Kollias Stony Brook University
Ann M. Fridlind
Ann M. Fridlind Goddard Institute for Space Studies
Dev Niyogi
Dev Niyogi The University of Texas at Austin
Scott A. Braun
Scott A. Braun Goddard Space Flight Center
Ali Tokay
Ali Tokay University of Maryland, Baltimore County

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