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Yukari N. Takayabu

Yukari N. Takayabu

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
49
Citations
9744
World Ranking
5208
National Ranking
91

Overview

Yukari N. Takayabu is affiliated with the University of Tokyo in Japan. Their research primarily spans the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with a strong focus in Atmospheric Science and Global and Planetary Change. Additional subfields of their work include Oceanography, Environmental Engineering, and Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition.

The main topics explored in their research include Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations, Climate Variability and Models, Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research, Precipitation Measurement and Analysis, Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing, Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing, and Atmospheric Aerosols and Clouds.

Frequent venues for their publications are:

  • SOLA
  • Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser II
  • Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Yukari N. Takayabu has collaborated regularly with colleagues such as Hiroki Tsuji, Takuji Kubota, Atsushi Hamada, Moeka Yamaji, and Chie Yokoyama.

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Takayabu include:

  • Contrasting Features of the July 2018 Heavy Rainfall Event and the 2017 Northern Kyushu Rainfall Event in Japan, 2020, Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser II
  • Selecting CMIP6-Based Future Climate Scenarios for Impact and Adaptation Studies, 2021, SOLA
  • 4-year Climatology of Global Drop Size Distribution and its Seasonal Variability Observed by Spaceborne Dual-frequency Precipitation Radar, 2020, Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser II
  • Convective Couplings with Equatorial Rossby Waves and Equatorial Kelvin Waves. Part I: Coupled Wave Structures, 2021, Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences
  • Moisture Supply, Jet, and Silk-Road Wave Train Associated with the Prolonged Heavy Rainfall in Kyushu, Japan in Early July 2020, 2021, SOLA

Best Publications

  • Global Precipitation Map using Satelliteborne Microwave Radiometers by the GSMaP Project : Production and Validation

    T. Kubota;S. Shige;H. Hashizume;K. Aonashi

  • The Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Mission for Science and Society

    Gail Skofronick-Jackson;Walter A Petersen;Wesley Berg;Chris Kidd

  • 赤道波と結合した大規模雲擾乱;赤道波と結合した大規模雲擾乱;Large-Scale Cloud Disturbances Associated with Equatorial Waves

    Yukari N. Takayabu;Yukari N. Takayabu

  • GSMaP Passive Microwave Precipitation Retrieval Algorithm : Algorithm Description and Validation

    Kazumasa Aonashi;Jun Awaka;Masafumi Hirose;Toshikaki Kozu

  • Global Satellite Mapping of Precipitation (GSMaP) Products in the GPM Era

    Takuji Kubota;Kazumasa Aonashi;Tomoo Ushio;Shoichi Shige

  • Diurnal Variations in Tropical Oceanic Cumulus Convection during TOGA COARE

    C.-H. Sui;K.-M. Lau;Y. N. Takayabu;D. A. Short

  • 3-5 Day-Period Disturbances Coupled with Convection over the Tropical Pacific Ocean

    Yukari N. Takayabu;Tsuyoshi Nitta

  • Diurnal Cycle of Precipitation in the Tropics Simulated in a Global Cloud-Resolving Model

    Tomonori Sato;Hiroaki Miura;Masaki Satoh;Yukari N. Takayabu

  • Abrupt termination of the 1997–98 El Niño in response to a Madden–Julian oscillation

    Yukari N. Takayabu;Toshio Iguchi;Misako Kachi;Akira Shibata

  • Weak linkage between the heaviest rainfall and tallest storms

    Atsushi Hamada;Yukari N. Takayabu;Chuntao Liu;Edward J. Zipser

  • Spectral Retrieval of Latent Heating Profiles from TRMM PR Data. Part I: Development of a Model-Based Algorithm

    Shoichi Shige;Yukari N. Takayabu;Wei-Kuo Tao;Daniel E. Johnson

  • The development of organized convection associated with the MJO during TOGA COARE IOP: Trimodal characteristics

    Kazuyoshi Kikuchi;Kazuyoshi Kikuchi;Yukari N. Takayabu

  • Retrieval of Latent Heating from TRMM Measurements

    W. K. Tao;E. A. Smith;R. F. Adler;Z. S. Haddad

  • Westerly Wind Bursts and Their Relationship with Intraseasonal Variations and ENSO. Part I: Statistics

    Ayako Seiki;Yukari N. Takayabu

  • Improvements in Detection of Light Precipitation with the Global Precipitation Measurement Dual-Frequency Precipitation Radar (GPM/DPR)

    Atsushi Hamada;Yukari N Takayabu

  • Large-scale cloud disturbances associated with equatorial waves. Part II : Westward propagating inertio-gravity waves.

    Yukari N. Takayabu;Yukari N. Takayabu

  • Precipitation Reproducibility over Tropical Oceans and Its Relationship to the Double ITCZ Problem in CMIP3 and MIROC5 Climate Models

    Nagio Hirota;Yukari N. Takayabu;Masahiro Watanabe;Masahide Kimoto

  • Observation of a quasi-2-day wave during TOGA COARE

    Yukari N. Takayabu;K. M. Lau;C. H. Sui

  • Spectral retrieval of latent heating profiles from TRMM PR data. Part II : Algorithm improvement and heating estimates over tropical ocean regions

    Shoichi Shige;Yukari N. Takayabu;Wei-Kuo Tao;Chung-Lin Shie

  • Shallow and Deep Latent Heating Modes over Tropical Oceans Observed with TRMM PR Spectral Latent Heating Data

    Yukari N. Takayabu;Shoichi Shige;Wei-Kuo Tao;Nagio Hirota

  • Spectral Retrieval of Latent Heating Profiles from TRMM PR Data. Part IV: Comparisons of Lookup Tables from Two- and Three-Dimensional Cloud-Resolving Model Simulations

    Shoichi Shige;Yukari N. Takayabu;Yukari N. Takayabu;Satoshi Kida;Wei-Kuo Tao

Frequent Co-Authors

Toshio Iguchi
Toshio Iguchi National Institute of Information and Communications Technology
Wei-Kuo Tao
Wei-Kuo Tao Goddard Space Flight Center
Naoki Sato
Naoki Sato University of Tokyo
Masahide Kimoto
Masahide Kimoto University of Tokyo
William S. Olson
William S. Olson University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Tomoo Ushio
Tomoo Ushio Osaka University
Tristan L'Ecuyer
Tristan L'Ecuyer University of Wisconsin–Madison
Hisashi Nakamura
Hisashi Nakamura University of Tokyo
Christian D. Kummerow
Christian D. Kummerow Colorado State University
Edward J. Zipser
Edward J. Zipser University of Utah

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