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Youichi Kamae is affiliated with the University of Tsukuba in Japan and has contributed extensively to the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science.

Their research spans multiple subfields including Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Oceanography, Paleontology, and Environmental Chemistry. The main topics covered by their work include:

  • Climate variability and models
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
  • Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research
  • Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Climate change and permafrost

Youichi Kamae's recent publications demonstrate a focus on climate modeling and atmospheric phenomena. Selected recent papers include:

  • "The Pliocene Model Intercomparison Project Phase 2: large-scale climate features and climate sensitivity," 2020, Climate of the past
  • "Evaluation of Arctic warming in mid-Pliocene climate simulations," 2020, Climate of the past
  • "Atmospheric Rivers Bring More Frequent and Intense Extreme Rainfall Events Over East Asia Under Global Warming," 2021, Geophysical Research Letters
  • "Reduced El Niño variability in the mid-Pliocene according to the PlioMIP2 ensemble," 2021, Climate of the past
  • "Eastern Pacific Wind Effect on the Evolution of El Niño: Implications for ENSO Diversity," 2020, Journal of Climate

Their frequent coauthors are:

  • Alan M. Haywood
  • Stephen J. Hunter
  • Wing-Le Chan
  • Ayako Abe-Ouchi
  • Christian Stepanek

Youichi Kamae has published several articles in prominent venues, with the highest number of publications appearing in:

  • Climate of the past
  • Journal of Climate
  • Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser II
  • SOLA
  • Environmental Research Letters

Best Publications

  • Over 5,000 years of ensemble future climate simulations by 60-km global and 20-km regional atmospheric models

    Ryo Mizuta;Akihiko Murata;Masayoshi Ishii;Hideo Shiogama

  • Large-scale features of Pliocene climate: results from the Pliocene Model Intercomparison Project

    Alan Haywood;Daniel Hill;Daniel Hill;Aisling Dolan;Bette Otto-Bliesner

  • The Pliocene Model Intercomparison Project Phase 2: large-scale climate features and climate sensitivity

    Alan M. Haywood;Julia C. Tindall;Harry J. Dowsett;Aisling M. Dolan

  • Sea Surface Temperature of the mid-Piacenzian Ocean: A Data-Model Comparison

    Harry J. Dowsett;Kevin M. Foley;Danielle K. Stoll;Mark A. Chandler

  • Challenges in quantifying Pliocene terrestrial warming revealed by data–model discord

    Ulrich Salzmann;Aisling M. Dolan;Alan M. Haywood;Wing-Le Chan

  • Strengthening of Ocean Heat Uptake Efficiency Associated with the Recent Climate Hiatus

    Masahiro Watanabe;Youichi Kamae;Masakazu Yoshimori;Akira Oka

  • Atmospheric Rivers over the Northwestern Pacific: Climatology and Interannual Variability

    Youichi Kamae;Wei Mei;Shang-Ping Xie;Moeka Naoi

  • Evaluating the dominant components of warming in Pliocene climate simulations

    D. J. Hill;D. J. Hill;A. M. Haywood;D. J. Lunt;S. J. Hunter

  • Mid-pliocene Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation not unlike modern

    Zhongshi S. Zhang;Zhongshi S. Zhang;Kerim H. Nisancioglu;Kerim H. Nisancioglu;Mark A. Chandler;Alan M. Haywood

  • Mid-Pliocene East Asian monsoon climate simulated in the PlioMIP

    Ran Zhang;Qing Yan;Zhongshi S. Zhang;Zhongshi S. Zhang;Dabang Jiang

  • Climatological Relationship between Warm Season Atmospheric Rivers and Heavy Rainfall over East Asia

    Youichi Kamae;Youichi Kamae;Wei Mei;Shang-Ping Xie

  • Perturbed physics ensemble using the MIROC5 coupled atmosphere–ocean GCM without flux corrections: experimental design and results

    Hideo Shiogama;Masahiro Watanabe;Masakazu Yoshimori;Tokuta Yokohata

  • Tropospheric adjustment to increasing CO 2 : its timescale and the role of land–sea contrast

    Youichi Kamae;Masahiro Watanabe

  • Attribution of the June-July 2013 Heat Wave in the Southwestern United States

    Hideo Shiogama;Masahiro Watanabe;Yukiko Imada;Masato Mori

  • Eastern Pacific ITCZ Dipole and ENSO Diversity

    Shang Ping Xie;Shang Ping Xie;Qihua Peng;Qihua Peng;Youichi Kamae;Youichi Kamae;Xiao Tong Zheng

  • Combined effects of recent Pacific cooling and Indian Ocean warming on the Asian monsoon.

    Hiroaki Ueda;Youichi Kamae;Masamitsu Hayasaki;Masamitsu Hayasaki;Akio Kitoh

  • Summertime land–sea thermal contrast and atmospheric circulation over East Asia in a warming climate—Part I: Past changes and future projections

    Youichi Kamae;Masahiro Watanabe;Masahide Kimoto;Hideo Shiogama;Hideo Shiogama

  • Using results from the PlioMIP ensemble to investigate the Greenland Ice Sheet during the mid-Pliocene Warm Period

    A. M. Dolan;S. J. Hunter;D. J. Hill;D. J. Hill;A. M. Haywood

  • Evaluation of Arctic warming in mid-Pliocene climate simulations

    Wesley de Nooijer;Qiong Zhang;Qiang Li;Qiang Zhang

  • Low clouds link equilibrium climate sensitivity to hydrological sensitivity

    Masahiro Watanabe;Youichi Kamae;Youichi Kamae;Hideo Shiogama;Anthony M. DeAngelis

  • Attributing the increase in Northern Hemisphere hot summers since the late 20th century

    Youichi Kamae;Hideo Shiogama;Masahiro Watanabe;Masahide Kimoto

  • Rapid Adjustments of Cloud and Hydrological Cycle to Increasing CO2: a Review

    Youichi Kamae;Masahiro Watanabe;Tomoo Ogura;Masakazu Yoshimori

Frequent Co-Authors

Masahiro Watanabe
Masahiro Watanabe University of Tokyo
Zhongshi Zhang
Zhongshi Zhang NORCE Research
Ayako Abe-Ouchi
Ayako Abe-Ouchi University of Tokyo
Hideo Shiogama
Hideo Shiogama National Institute for Environmental Studies
Masahide Kimoto
Masahide Kimoto University of Tokyo
Mark A. Chandler
Mark A. Chandler Columbia University
Gerrit Lohmann
Gerrit Lohmann University of Bremen
Alan M. Haywood
Alan M. Haywood University of Leeds
Bette L. Otto-Bliesner
Bette L. Otto-Bliesner National Center for Atmospheric Research
Shang-Ping Xie
Shang-Ping Xie University of California, San Diego

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