Publications of A. Kitoh - 29 March 2022 -

2022

• Endo, H., A. Kitoh and R. Mizuta, 2022: Future changes in extreme precipitation and their association with tropical cyclone activity over the western North Pacific and East Asia in 20-km AGCM simulations. SOLA, 18, 58-64, doi:10.2151/sola.2022-010.
• Kitoh, A., 2022: Climate change research using numerical models. Tenki, 69, 5-16. (in Japanese)

2021

• Endo, H., A. Kitoh, R. Mizuta, and T. Ose, 2021: Different future changes between early and late summer monsoon precipitation in East Asia. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 99, 1501-1524, doi:10.2151/jmsj.2021-073.
• Hsu, P.-C., K.-C. Chen, C.-H. Tsou, H.-H. Hsu, C.-H. Hong, H.-C. Liang, C.-Y. Tu, and A. Kitoh, 2021: Future changes in the frequency and destructiveness of landfalling tropical cyclones over East Asia projected by high-resolution AGCMs. Earth’s Future, 9, e2020EF001888, doi:10.1029/2020EF001888.
• Hong, C.-C., C.-H. Tsou, P.-C. Hsu, K.-C. Chen, H.-C. Liang, H.-H. Hsu, C.-Y. Tu, and A. Kitoh, 2021: Future changes in the tropical cyclone intensity and frequency over the western North Pacific based on 20-km HiRAM and MRI models. J. Climate, 34, 2235-2251, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-20-0417.1.
• Kitoh, A., E. Mohino, Y. Ding, K. Rajendran, T. Ambrizzi, J. Marengo, and V. Magaña, 2021: Combined Oceanic Influences on Continental Climates. In: C. R. Mechoso (ed.), Interacting Climates of Ocean Basins: Observations, Mechanisms, Predictability, and Impacts. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-108-49270-6, doi:10.1017/9781108610995, pp.216-257.
• Wang, B., M. Biasutti, M. P. Byrne, C. Castro, C.-P. Chang, K. Cook, R. Fu, A. M. Grimm, K.-J. Ha, H. Hendon, A. Kitoh, R. Krishnan, J.-Y. Lee, J. Li, J. Liu, A. Moise, S. Pascale, M. K. Roxy, A. Seth, C.-H. Sui, A. Turner, S. Yang, K.-S. Yun, L. Zhang, T. Zhou, 2021: Monsoons climate change assessment. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 102(1), E1-E19, doi: 10.1175/BAMS-D-19-0335.1.

2020

• Kitoh, A. and H. Endo, 2020: Future changes in global monsoon precipitation and their uncertainty: Results from 20-km and 60-km MRI-AGCM ensemble simulations. In: The Multiscale Global Monsoon System. World Scientific Publishing, ISBN 978-981-121-659-6, doi:10.1142/11723, pp.343-353.
• Ito, R., T. Ose, H. Endo, R. Mizuta, K. Yoshida, A. Kitoh, and T. Nakaegawa, 2020: Seasonal characteristics of future climate change over Japan and the associated atmospheric circulation anomalies in global model experiments. Hydrol. Res. Lett., 14, 130-135.
• Varghese, S. J., S. Surendran, B. Ajithkumar, K. Rajendran, and A. Kitoh, 2020: Future changes in rice yield over Kerala using climate change scenario from high resolution global model Projection. Journal of Earth System Science, 129, 192, doi:10.1007/s12040-020-01459-0.
• Sun, N., T. Zhou, X. Chen, H. Endo, A. Kitoh, and B. Wu, 2020: Amplified tropical Pacific rainfall variability related to background SST warming. Clim. Dyn., 54, 2387-2402, doi:10.1007/s00382-020-05119-3.
• Varghese, S. J., S. Surendran, K. Rajendran, and A. Kitoh, 2020: Future projections of Indian summer monsoon under multiple RCPs using a high resolution global climate model multiforcing ensemble simulations. Clim. Dyn., 54, 1315-1328, doi:10.1007/s00382-019-05059-7.

2019

• Kitoh, A.: Climate Change We Human Are Responsible for. In: Himiyama, Y., Satake, K., Oki,T. (eds), Human Geoscience. Advances in Geological Science. Springer, Singapore. ISBN 978-981-32-9223-9, doi:10.1007/978-981-32-9224-6_20, pp.283-293.
• Kitoh, A.: Atmosphere - The Gaseous Realm Which Supports Human Life. In: Himiyama, Y., Satake, K., Oki,T. (eds), Human Geoscience. Advances in Geological Science. Springer, Singapore. ISBN 978-981-32-9223-9, doi:10.1007/978-981-32-9224-6_2, pp.21-26.
• Chen, C.-A., H.-H. Hsu, C.-C. Hong, P.-G. Chiu, C.-Y. Tu, S.-J. Lin, and A. Kitoh, 2019: Seasonal precipitation change in the Western North Pacific and East Asia under global warming in two high-resolution AGCMs. Clim. Dyn., doi:10.1007/s00382-019-04883-1.
• Huang, W.-R., P.-H. Huang, Y.-H. Chang, C.-T. Cheng, H.-H. Hsu, C.-Y. Tu, and A. Kitoh, 2019: Dynamical downscaling simulation and future projection of extreme precipitation activities in Taiwan during the Mei-Yu season. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 97, 481-499, doi:10.2151/jmsj.2019-028.
• Kitoh, A., 2019: Climate Change Projection over Turkey with a High-Resolution Atmospheric General Circulation Model. In: T. Watanabe, S. Kapur, M. Aydin, R. Kanber and E. Akca (eds.), Climate Change Impacts on Basin Agro-ecosystems, Springer, ISBN 978-3-030-01036-2, pp.19-32.
• Kitoh, A. and H. Endo, 2019: Precipitation extremes associated with tropical cyclones and their future changes projected by large-ensemble simulations. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 97, 141-152, doi:10.2151/jmsj.2019-007.
• Widlansky, M. J., H. Annamalai, S. B. Gingerich, C. D. Storlazzi, J. J. Marra, K. I. Hodges, B. Choy and A. Kitoh, 2019: Tropical cyclone projections: Changing climate threats for Pacific Island defense installations. Weather, Climate and Society, 11, 3-15, doi:10.1175/WCAS-D-17-0112.1

2018

• Noda, S., K. Kodera, Y. Adachi, M. Deushi, A. Kitoh, R. Mizuta, S. Murakami, K. Yoshida, and S. Yoden, 2018: Mitigation of global cooling by stratospheric chemistry feedbacks in a simulation of the Last Glacial Maximum. J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 123, doi:10.1029/2017JD028017.
• Endo, H., A. Kitoh and H. Ueda: A unique feature of the Asian summer monsoon response to global warming: the role of different land-sea thermal contrast change between the lower and upper troposphere. SOLA, 14, 57-63, doi:10.2151/sola.2018-010.
• Surendran, S., S. Gadgil, K. Rajendran, S. J. Varghese and A. Kitoh, 2018: Monsoon rainfall over India in June and link with Northwest tropical Pacific. Theor. Appl. Climatol., https://doi.org/10.1007/s00704-018-2440-6.

2017

• Mizuta, R., A. Murata, M. Ishii, H. Shiogama, K. Hibino, N. Mori, O. Arakawa, Y. Imada, K. Yoshida, T. Aoyagi, H. Kawase, M. Mori, Y. Okada, T. Shimura, T. Nagatomo, M. Ikeda, H. Endo, M. Nosaka, M. Arai, C. Takahashi, K. Tanaka, T. Takemi, Y. Tachikawa, K. Temur, Y. Kamae, M. Watanabe, H. Sasaki, A. Kitoh, I. Takayabu, E. Nakakita, and M. Kimoto, 2017: Over 5,000 years of ensemble future climate simulations by 60-km global and 20-km regional atmospheric models. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 98, 1383-1398, doi:10.1175/BAMS-D-16-0099.1.
• Ha, K.-J., J.-Y. Lee, B. Wang, S.-P. Xie and A. Kitoh, 2017: Asian monsoon climate change ? understanding and prediction. Asia-Pac. J. Atmos. Sci., 53(2), 179-180.
• Sperber, K.R., E. Cusiner, A. Kitoh, C.R. Mechoso, A.F. Moise, W. Moufouma-Okia, K. Schiro and A.G. Turner, 2017: Modelling Monsoons. In: C.-P. Chang, H.-C. Kuo, N.-C. Lau, R. H. Johnson, B. Wang and M. C. Wheeler (eds.), The Global Monsoon System, Research and Forecast 3rd Edition. World Scientific Series on Asia-Pacific Weather and Climate, Volume 9, ISBN: 978-981-3200-90-6, 79-101, doi:10.1142/9789813200913_0007.
• Kitoh, A. and H. Endo, 2017: Monsoon Precipitation in a Future Warmer World. In: C.-P. Chang, H.-C. Kuo, N.-C. Lau, R. H. Johnson, B. Wang and M. C. Wheeler (eds.), The Global Monsoon System, Research and Forecast 3rd Edition. World Scientific Series on Asia-Pacific Weather and Climate, Volume 9, ISBN: 978-981-3200-90-6, 303-313, doi:10.1142/9789813200913_0024.
• Noda, S., K. Kodera, Y. Adachi, M. Deushi, A. Kitoh, R. Mizuta, S. Murakami, K. Yoshida and S. Yoden, 2017: Impact of interactive chemistry of stratospheric ozone on Southern Hemisphere paleoclimate simulation. J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 122, 878-895, doi:10.1002/2016JD025508.
• Kitoh, A., 2017: The Asian monsoon and its future change in climate models: A review. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 95, 7-33, doi:10.2151/jmsj.2017-002.
• Endo, H., A. Kitoh, R. Mizuta and M. Ishii, 2017: Future changes in precipitation extremes in East Asia and their uncertainty based on large ensemble simulations with a high-resolution AGCM. SOLA, 13, 7-12, doi:10.2151/sola.2017-002.

2016

• Kitoh, A. and O. Arakawa, 2016: Reduction in the east-west contrast in water budget over the Tibetan Plateau under a future climate. Hydrol. Res. Lett., 10(4), 113-118, doi:10.3178/hrl.10.113.
• Xue, Y., F. De Sales, W.K.-M. Lau, A. Boone, K.-M. Kim, C.R. Mechoso, G. Wang, F. Kucharski, K. Schiro, M. Hosaka, S. Li, L.M. Druyan, I. Seidou Sanda, W. Thiaw, N. Zeng, R.E. Comer, Y.-K. Lim, S. Mahanama, G. Song, Y. Gu, S.M. Hagos, M. Chin, P. Dirmeyer, L.R. Leung, E. Kalnay, A. Kitoh, C.-H. Lu, N.M. Mahowald, and Z. Zhang, 2016: West African monsoon decadal variability and drought and surface-related forcings: Second West African Monsoon Modeling and Evaluation Project Experiment (WAMME II). Clim. Dyn., 47, 3517-3545, doi:10.1007/s00382-016-3224-2.
• Huang, W.-R., Y.-H. Chang, C.-T. Cheng, H.-H. Sui, C.-Y. Tu, and A. Kitoh, 2016: Summer convective afternoon rainfall simulation and projection using WRF driven by global climate model. Part I: Over Taiwan. Terr. Atmos. Ocean. Sci., 27, 659-671, doi:10.3319/TAO.2016.05.02.01
• Su, Y.-F., C.-T. Cheng, J.-J. Liou, Y.-M. Chen and A. Kitoh, 2016: Bias correction of MRI-WRF dynamic downscaling datasets. Terr. Atmos. Ocean. Sci., 27, 649-657, doi:10.3319/TAO.2016.07.14.1.
• Kitoh, A. and H. Endo, 2016: Future changes in rainfall extremes associated with El Nino projected by a global 20-km mesh atmospheric model. SOLA, 12A, 1-6, doi:10.2151/sola.12A-001.
• Rajendran, K., S. Surendran, A. Kitoh and S. J. Varghese, 2016: Reduction of uncertainty associated with future changes in Indian summer monsoon projected by climate models and assessment of monsoon teleconnections. Proc. SPIE 9882, Remote Sensing and Modeling of the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Interactions VI, 98820D (May 3, 2016), doi:10.1117/12.2229392.
• Hay, J.E., D. Easterling, K.L. Ebi, A. Kitoh and M. Parry, 2016: Conclusion to the special issue: Observed and projected changes in weather and climate extremes. Weather and Climate Extremes, 11, 103-105, doi:10.1016/j.wace.2015.11.002.
• Kitoh, A. and H. Endo, 2016: Changes in precipitation extremes projected by a 20-km mesh global atmospheric model. Weather and Climate Extremes, 11, 41-52, doi:10.1016/j.wace.2015.09.001.
• Hay, J.E., D. Easterling, K.L. Ebi, A. Kitoh and M. Parry, 2016: Introduction to the special issue: Observed and projected changes in weather and climate extremes. Weather and Climate Extremes, 11, 1-3, doi:10.1016/j.wace.2015.08.006.
• Kieu, X., H. Vu, T. Nguyen, D. Le, L. Nguyen, I. Takayabu, H. Sasaki and A. Kitoh, 2016: Rainfall and tropical cyclone activity over Vietnam simulated and projected by the Non-hydrostatic Regional Climate Model - NHRCM. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan,94A, 135-150, doi:10.2151/jmsj.2015-057.
• Muramatsu, T., T. Kato, M. Nakazato, H. Endo and A. Kitoh, 2016: Future change of tornadogenesis-favorable environmental conditions in Japan estimated by a 20-km-mesh atmospheric general circulation model. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 94A, 105-120.
• Kitoh, A., T. Ose and I. Takayabu, 2016: Dynamical downscaling for climate projection with high-resolution MRI AGCM-RCM. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 94A, 1-16, doi:10.2151/jmsj.2015-022.
• Yun, K.-S., Y.-W. Seo, K.-J. Ha, J.-Y. Lee and A. Kitoh, 2016: The seasonally varying effect of the Tibetan Plateau on Northern Hemispheric blocking frequency and amplitude. Clim. Dyn., 47, 2527-2541, doi:10.1007/s00382-016-2981-2.
• Endo, H. and A. Kitoh, 2016: Projecting Changes of the Asian Summer Monsoon through the 21st Century. In: L.M.V. Carvalho and C. Jones (eds.), The Monsoons and Climate Change: Observations and Modeling, Springer. ISBN 978-3-319-21649-2, 47-66.

2015

• Surendran, S., K. Rajendran, A. Kitoh and R.S. Nanjundiah: Assessment of Climate Change Projection for the State of Kerala. In: P. Rajasekharan and C. K. Peethambaran (eds.), Weather and Plant Health Management in Kerala. Kerala State Planning Board, 64-92.
• Ueda, H., Y. Kamae, M. Hayasaki, A. Kitoh, S. Watanabe, Y. Miki and A. Kumai, 2015: Combined effects of recent Pacific cooling and Indian Ocean warming on the Asian monsoon. Nature Commun., 6, 8854, doi:10.1038/ncomms9854.
• Lee, J.-Y., B. Wang, K.-H. Seo, K.-J. Ha, A. Kitoh and J. Liu, 2015: Effects of mountain uplift on global monsoon precipitation. Asia-Pacific J. Atmos. Sci., 51, 275-290, doi:10.1007/s13143-015-0077-2.
• Kitoh, A. and T. Zhou, 2015: Long-term anthropogenic drivers of monsoon. CLIVAR Exchanges, 66, 35-37.
• Tsuboki, K., M. Yoshioka, T. Shinoda, M. Kato, S. Kanada and A. Kitoh, 2015: Future increase of super-typhoon intensity associated with climate change. Geophys. Res. Lett., 42, doi:10.1002/2014GL061793.

2014

• Mizuta R., O. Arakawa, T. Ose, S. Kusunoki, H. Endo and A. Kitoh, 2014: Classification of CMIP5 future climate responses by the tropical sea surface temperature changes. SOLA, 10, 167-171, doi:10.2141/sola.2014-035.
• Ogata, T. and A. Kitoh, 2014: Effect of high-resolution SST on 60km-AGCM simulated snowfall in Japan. SOLA, 10, 131-135, doi:10.2141/sola.2014-027.
• Rajendran, K., A Kitoh and S. Sajani, 2014: Ultra-high Resolution Global Model Climate Change Projection for India: A Data Intensive Paradigm. In: Geospatial Technologies and Climate Change [Sundaresan, J., K.M. Santosh, A. Deri, R. Roggema and R. Singh (eds.)], Springer, pp. 217-236, doi:10.1007/978-3-319-01689-4.
• Kitoh, A.: Global climate model and projected hydro-meteorological extremes in the future. In: Extreme Natural Hazards, Disaster Risks and Societal Implications. Edited by A. Ismail-Zadeh, J. Urrutia-Fucugaughi, A. Kijko, K. Takeuchi and I. Zaliapin. Cambridge University Press, pp.77-87, ISBN 978-1-107-03386-3.
• Nakaegawa, T., A. Kitoh, H. Murakami and S. Kusunoki, 2014: Annual maximum 5-day rainfall total and maximum number of consecutive dry days over Central America and the Caribbean in the late twenty-first century projected by an atmospheric general circulation model with three different horizontal resolutions. Theor. Appl. Climatol., 116, 155-168, doi:10.1007/s00704-013-0934-9.
• Nakaegawa, T., A. Kitoh, Y. Ishizaki, S. Kusunoki and H. Murakami, 2014: Caribbean low-level jets and accompanying moisture fluxes in a global warming climate projected with CMIP3 multi-model ensemble and fine-mesh atmospheric general circulation models. Int. J. Climatol., 34, 964-977, doi:10.1002/joc3733.
• Endo, H. and A. Kitoh, 2014: Thermodynamic and dynamic effects on regional monsoon rainfall changes in a warmer climate. Geophys. Res. Lett., 41, 1704-1710, doi:10.1002/2013GL059158.
• Nakaegawa, T., A. Kitoh, S. Kusunoki, H. Murakami and O. Arakawa, 2014: Hydroclimate change over Central America and the Caribbean in a global warming climate projected with 20-km and 60-km mesh MRI atmospheric general circulation models. Pap. Meteorol. Geophys., 65, 15-33, doi:10.2467/mripapers.65.15.
• Kimura, N., A. Tai, S. Chiang, H.-P. Wei, Y.-F. Su, C.-T. Cheng and A. Kitoh, 2014: Hydrological flood simulation using a design hyetograph created from extreme weather data of a high-resolution atmospheric general circulation model. Water, 6, 345-366, doi:10.3390/w6020345.
• Alpert, P., F. Jin and A. Kitoh, 2014: The Projected Death of the Fertile Crescent. In: J. Norwine (ed.), A World After Climate Change and Culture-Shift. Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht, 193-203, doi:10.1007/978-94-007-7353-0.

2013

• Alpert, P., D. Hemmings, F. Jin, G. Kay, A. Kitoh and A. Mariotti, 2013: The Hydrological Cycle of the Mediterranean. In: A. Navarra and L. Tubiana (eds.) Regional Assessment of Climate Change in the Mediterranean. Advances in Global Change Research 50, pp. 201-240. doi 10.1007/978-94-007-5781-3_8, Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht.
• Christensen, J. H., K. Krishna Kumar, E. Aldrian, S.-I. An, I. F. A. Cavalcanti, M. de Castro, W. Dong, P. Goswami, A. Hall, J. K. Kanyanga, A. Kitoh, J. Kossin, N.-C. Lau, J. Renwick, D. Stephenson, S.-P. Xie and T. Zhou, 2013: Climate Phenomena and their Relevance for Future Regional Climate Change. In: Climate Change 2013: The Physical Science Basis. Contribution of Working Group I to the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [Stocker, T. F., D. Qin, G.-K. Plattner, M. Tignor, S. K. Allen, J. Boschung, A. Nauels, Y. Xia, V. Bex and P. M. Midgley (eds.)]. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom and New York, NY, USA.
• Adachi, Y., S. Yukimoto, M. Deushi, A. Obata, H. Nakano, T.Y. Tanaka, M. Hosaka, T. Sakami, H. Yoshimura, M. Hirabara, E. Shindo, H. Tsujino, R. Mizuta, S. Yabu, T. Koshiro, T. Ose and A. Kitoh, 2013: Basic performance of a new earth system model of the Meteorological Research Institute (MRI-ESM1). Pap. Meteorol. Geophys., 64, 1-19.
• Nakaegawa, T., A. Kitoh and M. Hosaka, 2013: Discharge of major global rivers in the 21st century climate projected with the high horizontal resolution MRI-AGCMs. Hydrological Processes, 27, 3301-3318.
• Sperber, K.R., H. Annamalai, I.-S. Kang, A. Kitoh, A. Moise, A.G. Turner, B. Wang and T. Zhou, 2013: The Asian summer monsoon: An intercomparison of CMIP5 vs. CMIP3 simulations of the late 20th century. Clim. Dyn., 41, 2711-2744, doi:10.1007/s00382-012-1607-6.
• Rahman, Md. M., M. Rafiuddin, Md. M. Alam, S. Kusunoki, A. Kitoh and F. Giorgi, 2013: Summer monsoon rainfall scenario over Bangladesh using a high-resolution AGCM. Natural Hazards, 69, 793-807, doi:10.1007/s11069-013-0734-7.
• Rajendran, K., A. Kitoh and J. Srinivasan, 2013: Effect of SST variation on ITCZ in APE simulations. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 91A, 195-215, doi:10.2151/jmsj.2013-A06.
• Williamson, D. L., M. Blackburn, K. Nakajima, W. Ohfuchi, Y. O. Takahashi, Y.-Y. Hayashi, H. Nakamura, M. Ishiwatari, J. McGregor, H. Borth, V. Wirth, H. Frank, P. Bechtold, N. P. Wedi, H. Tomita, M. Satoh, M. Zhao, I. M. Held, M. J. Suarez, M.-I. Lee, M. Watanabe, M. Kimoto, Y. Liu, Z. Wang, A. Molod, K. Rajendran, A. Kitoh and R. Stratton, 2013: The Aqua-Planet Experiment (APE): Response to changed meridional SST profile. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 91A, 57-89, doi:10.2151/jmsj.2013-A03.
• Blackburn, M., D. L. Williamson, K. Nakajima, W. Ohfuchi, Y. O. Takahashi, Y.-Y. Hayashi, H. Nakamura, M. Ishiwatari, J. McGregor, H. Borth, V. Wirth, H. Frank, P. Bechtold, N. P. Wedi, H. Tomita, M. Satoh, M. Zhao, I. M. Held, M. J. Suarez, M.-I. Lee, M. Watanabe, M. Kimoto, Y. Liu, Z. Wang, A. Molod, K. Rajendran, A. Kitoh and R. Stratton, 2013: The Aqua-Planet Experiment (APE): CONTROL SST simulation. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 91A, 17-56, doi:10.2151/jmsj.2013-A02.
• Murakami, H., B. Wang, T. Li and A. Kitoh, 2013: Projected increase in tropical cyclones near Hawaii. Nature Climate Change, 3, 749-754, doi:10.1038/nclimate1890.
• Lee, S.-S., J.-Y. Lee, K.-J. Ha, B. Wang, A. Kitoh, Y. Kajikawa and M. Abe, 2013: Role of the Tibetan Plateau on climatological annual variation of mean atmospheric circulation and storm-track activity. J. Climate, 26, 5270-5286.
• Hall, T.C., A.M. Seally, T.S. Stephenson, S. Kusunoki, M.A. Taylor, A.A. Chen and A. Kitoh, 2013: Future climate of the Caribbean from a super-high resolution atmospheric general circulation model. Theor. Appl. Climatol., 113, 271-287, doi:10.1007/s00704-012-0779-7.
• Rajendran, K., S. Sajani, C.B. Jayasankar and A. Kitoh, 2013: How dependent is climate change projection of Indian summer monsoon rainfall and extreme events on model resolution? Current Science, 104, 1409-1418.
• Kitoh, A., H. Endo, K. Krishna Kumar, I.F.A. Cavalcanti, P. Goswami, T. Zhou, 2013: Monsoons in a changing world: a regional perspective in a global context. J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 118, 3053-3065, doi:10.1002/jgrd.50258.
• Kawamiya, M., M. Ishii, A. Kitoh and M. Kimoto, 2013: Results from Global Warming Projection Experiments Base on CMIP5 Protocol under the KAKUSHIN Program. Tenki, 60, 223-246. (in Japanese with English abstract)
• Murakami, H., M. Sugi and A. Kitoh, 2013: Future changes in tropical cyclone activity in the North Indian Ocean projected by high-resolution MRI-AGCMs. Clim. Dyn., 40, 1949-1968, doi:10.1007/s00382-012-1407-z.
• Abe, M., M.E. Hori, T. Yasunari and A. Kitoh, 2013: Effects of the Tibetan Plateau on the onset of the summer monsoon in South Asia: The role of the air-sea interaction. J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 118, 1760-1776, doi:10.1002/jgrd.50210.
• Hsu, P., T. Li, H. Murakami and A. Kitoh, 2013: Future change of the global monsoon revealed from 19 CMIP5 models. J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 118, 1247-1260, doi:10.1002/jgrd.50145.

2012

• Rajendran, K., A. Kitoh, J. Srinivasan, R. Mizuta and R. Krishnan, 2012: Monsoon circulation interaction with Western Ghats orography under changing climate: Projection by an ultra-high resolution global model. Theor. Appl. Climatol., 110, 555-571.
• Krishnan, R., T.P. Sabin, D.C. Ayantika, A. Kitoh, M. Sugi, H. Murakami, A.G. Turner, J.M. Slingo and K. Rajendran, 2012: Will the South Asian monsoon overturning circulation stabilize any further? Clim. Dyn., 40, 187-211.
• Yatagai, A., K. Kamiguchi, O. Arakawa, A. Hamada, N. Yasutomi and A. Kitoh, 2012: APHRODITE: Constructing a long-term daily gridded precipitation dataset for Asia based on a dense network of rain gauges. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 93, 1401-1415.
• Yun, K.-S., K.-Y. Heo, J.-E. Chu, K.-J. Ha, E.-J. Lee, Y. Choi and A. Kitoh, 2012: Changes in climate classification and extreme climate indices from a high-resolution future projection in Korea. Asia-Pacific J. Atmos. Sci., 48, 213-226.
• Endo, H., A. Kitoh, T. Ose, R. Mizuta and S. Kusunoki, 2012: Future changes and uncertainties in Asian precipitation simulated by multiphysics and multi-sea surface temperature ensemble experiments with high-resolution Meteorological Research Institute atmospheric general circulation models (MRI-AGCMs). J. Geophys. Res., 117, D16118, doi:10.1029/2012JD017874.
• Murakami, H., Y. Wang, M. Sugi, H. Yoshimura, R. Mizuta, E. Shindo, Y. Adachi, S. Yukimoto, M. Hosaka, A. Kitoh, T. Ose and S. Kusunoki, 2012: Future changes in tropical cyclone activity projected by the new high-resolution MRI-AGCM. J. Climate, 25, 3237-3260.
• Mizuta, R., H. Yoshimura, H. Murakami, M. Matsueda, H. Endo, T. Ose, K. Kamiguchi, M. Hosaka, M. Sugi, S. Yukimoto, S. Kusunoki and A. Kitoh, 2012: Climate simulations using MRI-AGCM3.2 with 20-km grid. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 90A, 233-258.
• Arakawa, O. and A. Kitoh, 2012: Elevation dependency of summertime precipitation and its change by global warming over the Tibetan Plateau and the surroundings simulated by a 60-km-mesh atmospheric general circulation model. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 90A, 151-165.
• Yukimoto, S., Y. Adachi, M. Hosaka, T. Sakami, H. Yoshimura, M. Hirabara, T.Y. Tanaka, E. Shindo, H. Tsujino, M. Deushi, R. Mizuta, S. Yabu, A. Obata, H. Nakano, T. Koshiro, T. Ose and A. Kitoh, 2012: A new global climate model of the Meteorological Research Institute: MRI-CGCM3 - Model description and basic performance -. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 90A, 23-64.
• Hsu, P.-C., T. Li, J.-J. Luo, H. Murakami, A. Kitoh and M. Zhao, 2012: Increase of global monsoon area and precipitation under global warming: A robust signal? Geophys. Res. Lett., 39, L06701, doi:10.1029/2012GL051037.
• Rahman, Md.M., N. Ferdousi, Y. Sato, S. Kusunoki and A. Kitoh: Rainfall and temperature scenario for Bangladesh using 20km mesh AGCM. Int. J. Climate Change Strategies and Management (IJCCSM), 4, 66-80.
• Raible, C.C., S. Kleppek, M. Wuest, D.N. Bresch, A. Kitoh, H. Murakami and T.F. Stocker, 2012: Atlantic hurricanes and associated insurance loss potentials in future climate scenarios: limitations of high-resolved AGCM simulations. Tellus A, 64, 15672, doi: 10.3402/tellusa.v64i0.15672.

2011

• Kitoh, A. and O. Arakawa, 2011: Precipitation climatology over the Middle East simulated by the high-resolution MRI-AGCM3. Global Environmental Research, Vol.15, No.2, 139-146.
• Arakawa, O. and A. Kitoh, 2011: Intercomparison of the relationship between precipitation and elevation among gridded precipitation datastes over the Asian summer monsoon region. Global Environmental Research, Vol.15, No.2, 109-118.
• Kamiguchi, K., O. Arakawa and A. Kitoh, 2011: Long-term changes in Japanese extreme precipitation analyzed with APHRO_JP_EX. Global Environmental Research, Vol.15, No.2, 91-99.
• Kamae, Y., H. Ueda and A. Kitoh, 2011: Hadley and Walker circulations in Mid-Pliocene warm period simulated by an atmospheric general circulation model. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 89, 475-493.
• Wang, B., H.-J. Kim, K. Kikuchi and A. Kitoh, 2011: Diagnostic metrics for simulation of annual and diurnal cycles and evaluation of the 20-km MRI/JMA AGCM and AMIPII models. Clim. Dyn., 37, 941-955.
• Jin, F., A. Kitoh and P. Alpert, 2011: Climatological relationships among the moisture budget components and rainfall amounts over the Mediterranean based on a super-high resolution climate model. J. Geophys. Res., 116, D09102, doi:10.1029/2010JD014021.
• Kitoh. A, 2011: Impact of Climate Change on Asian Monsoon Characteristics. In: C.-P. Chang, Y. Ding, N.-C. Lau, R.H. Johnson, B. Wang and T. Yasunari (eds.) The Global Monsoon System: Research and Forecast, 2nd Edition, World Scientific Series on Asia-Pacific Weather and Climate - Vol. 5, World Scientific Publication Company, 557-568.
• Yukimoto, S., H. Yoshimura, M. Hosaka, T. Sakami, H. Tsujino, M. Hirabara, T.Y. Tanaka, M. Deushi, A. Obata, H. Nakano, Y. Adachi, E. Shindo, S. Yabu, T. Ose and A. Kitoh, 2011: Meteorological Research Institute-Earth System Model v1 (MRI-ESM1) - Model Description -. Technical Report of MRI, No. 64, 83 pp.
• Murakami, H., B. Wang and A. Kitoh, 2011: Future changes in the western North Pacific typhoons: Projection with a 20-km-mesh global atmospheric model. J. Climate, 24, 1154-1169.
• Kitoh, A., S. Kusunoki and T. Nakaegawa, 2011: Climate change projections over South America in the late 21st century with the 20 and 60 km mesh Meteorological Researcg Institute atmospheric general circulation model (MRI-AGCM). J. Geophys. Res., 116, D06105, doi:10.1029/2010JD014920.
• Kitoh, A., S. Kusunoki, Y. Sato, N. Ferdousi, M. Rahman, E.E.S. Makmur, A.L.S. Solis, W. Chaowiwat and T.D. Trong, 2011: Climate Change Projections in Some Asian Countries. In: Climate Change Adaptation and International Development, (R. Fujikura and M. Kawanishi), Earthscan, London, 19-62.

2010

• Kitoh, A., T. Motoi and O. Arakawa, 2010: Climate modelling study on mountain uplift and Asian monsoon evolution. In: Monsoon Evolution and Tectonics - Climate Linkage in Asia. [Clift, P.D., R. Tada and H. Zheng (eds.)], Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 342, 293-301
• Jin, F., A. Kitoh and P. Alpert, 2010: Water cycle changes over the Mediterranean: a comparison study of a super-high-resolution global model with CMIP3. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A, 368, 1-13
• Xue, Y., F. De Sales, W.K.-M. Lau, A. Boone, J. Feng, P. Dirmeyer, Z. Guo, K.-M. Kim, A. Kitoh, V. Kumar, I. Poccard-Leclercq, N. Mahowald, W. Moufouma-Okia, P. Pegion, D.P. Rowell, J. Schemm, S.D. Schubert, A. Sealy, W.M. Thiaw, A. Vintzileos, S.F. Williams and M.-L.C. Wu, 2010: Intercomparison and analyses of the climatology of the West African Monsoon in the West African Monsoon Modeling and Evaluation project (WAMME) first model intercomparison experiment. Clim. Dyn., 35, 3-27.
• Kamiguchi, K., O. Arakawa, A. Kitoh, A. Yatagai, A. Hamada and N. Yasutomi, 2010: Development of APHRO_JP, the first Japanese high-resolution daily precipitation product for more than 100 years. Hydrological Research Letters, 4, 60-64.
• Kitoh, A., 2010: Projection of the changes in future weather extremes. Kaiyo Monthly, 475, 264-270. (in Japanese)
• Kitoh, A., 2010: Simulations of mid-Holocene and the Last Glacial Maximum climate by Paleoclimate Modeling Intercomparison Project. Kaiyo Monthly, 473, 163-167. (in Japanese)

2009

• Kitoh, A., T. Ose, K. Kurihara, S. Kusunoki, M. Sugi and KAKUSHIN Team-3 Modeling Group, 2009: Projection of changes in future weather extremes using super-high-resolution global and regional atmospheric models in the KAKUSHIN Program: Results of preliminary experiments. Hydrological Research Letters, 3, 49-53.
• Kitoh, A. and T. Mukano, 2009: Changes in daily and monthly surface air temperature variability by multi-model global warming experiments. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 87, 513-524.
• Liu, P., Y. Kajikawa, B. Wang, A. Kitoh, T. Yasunari, T. Li, H. Annamalai, X. Fu, K. Kikuchi, R. Mizuta, K. Rajendran, D.E. Waliser and D. Kim, 2009: Tropical intraseasonal variability in the MRI-20km60L AGCM. J. Climate, 22, 2006-2022.
• Kitoh, A. and M. Hosaka, 2009: Projection of River Flow Changes Caused by Climate Change. In: Study on Asian River Basin. (K. Sunada, Ed.), Japan Science and Technology Agency, V-1 - V-29.

2008

• Zhao, Z., A. Kitoh and D.-K. Lee, 2008: Warming in East Asia as a consequence of increasing greenhouse gases. In: Changes in the Human-Monsoon System of East Asia in the Context of Global Change. (C. Fu, J.R. Freney and J.W.B. Stewart, Eds.), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., 105-114.
• Motoi, T., A. Kitoh, T. Midorikawa, O. Arakawa, Y. Sasai and W.-L. Chan, 2008: Evolution of large-scale topography and variation in climate. Journal of Geography, 117, 1015-1028. (in Japanese with English abstract)
• Rajendran, K. and A. Kitoh, 2008: Indian summer monsoon in future climate projection by a super high-resolution global model. Current Science, 95, 1560-1569.
• Wohlfahrt, J., S.P. Harrison, P. Braconnot, C.D. Hewitt, A. Kitoh, U. Mikolajewicz, B.L. Otto-Bliesner and S.L. Weber, 2008: Evaluation of coupled ocean-atmosphere simulations of the mid-Holocene using palaeovegetation data from the northern hemisphere extratropics. Clim. Dyn., 31, 871-890.
• Kim, K-Y., A. Kitoh and K.-J. Ha, 2008: The SST-forced predictability of the sub-seasonal mode over East Asia with an atmospheric general circulation model. Int. J. Climatol., 28, 1599-1606.
• Kanada, S., M. Nakano, S. Hayashi, T. Kato, M. Nakamura, K. Kurihara and A. Kitoh, 2008: Reproducibility of maximum daily precipitation amount over Japan by a high-resolution non-hydrostatic model. SOLA, 4, 105-108.
• Kitoh, A., A. Yatagai and P. Alpert, 2008: Reply to comment by Ben-Zvi and Givati on 'First super-high-resolution model projection that the ancient "Fertile Crescent" will disappear in this century'. Hydrological Research Letters, 2, 46.
• Kitoh, A. and S. Kusunoki, 2008: East Asian summer monsoon simulation by a 20-km mesh AGCM. Clim. Dyn., 31, 389-401.
• Yun, K.-S., S.-H. Shin, K.-J. Ha, A. Kitoh and S. Kusunoki, 2008: East Asian precipitation change in the global warming climate simulated by a 20-km mesh AGCM. Asia-Pacific Journal of Atmospheric Sciences, 44, 233-247.
• Bates, B.C., Z.W. Kundzewicz, S. Wu and J.P. Palutikof (Eds.), 2008: Climate Change and Water. Technical Paper of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, IPCC Secretariat, Geneva, 210 pp.
• Rajendran, K., A. Kitoh, R. Mizuta, S. Sajani and T. Nakazawa, 2008: High-resolution simulation of mean convection and its intraseasonal variability over the tropics in the MRI/JMA 20-km mesh AGCM. J. Climate, 21, 3722-3739.
• Kitoh, A., M. Hosaka, K. Kamiguchi and D. Nohara, 2008: Projection of future streamflow change by global warming. In: Water Issues in Asia. (Ed. K. Sunada), Gihodo Shuppan, 199-225. (in Japanese)
• Kitoh, A., 2008: Climate change. In: Asia-Pacific Coasts and Their Management: States of Environment. [Mimura, N. (ed.)], Springer, The Netherlands, 18-25.
• Kitoh, A., A. Yatagai and P. Alpert, 2008: First super-high-resolution model projection that the ancient "Fertile Crescent" will disappear in this century. Hydrological Research Letters, 2, 1-4.

2007

• Meehl, G.A., T.F. Stocker, W.D. Collins, P. Friedlingstein, A.T. Gaye, J.M. Gregory, A. Kitoh, R. Knutti, J.M. Murphy, A. Noda, S.C.B. Raper, I.G. Watterson, A.J. Weaver and Z.-C. Zhao, 2007: Global Climate Projections. In: Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis. Contribution of Working Group I to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [Solomon S., D. Qin, M. Manning, Z. Chen, M. Marquis, K.B. Averyt, M. Tignor and H.L. Miller (eds.)], Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom and New York, NY, USA, 747-845.
• Takayabu, I., H. Kato, K. Nishizawa, Y.N. Takayabu, Y. Sato, H. Sasaki K. Kurihara and A. Kitoh, 2007: Future projections in precipitation over Asia simulated by two RCMs nested into MRI-CGCM2.2. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 85, 511-519.
• Kitoh, A., 2007: Variability of Indian monsoon-ENSO relationship in a 1000-year MRI-CGCM2.2 simulation. Natural Hazards, 42, 261-272.
• Sajani, S., T. Nakazawa, A. Kitoh and K. Rajendran, 2007: Ensemble simulation of Indian summer monsoon rainfall by an atmospheric general circulation model. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 85, 213-231.
• Braconnot, P., B. Otto-Bliesner, S. Harrison, S. Joussaume, J.-Y. Peterchmitt, A. Abe-Ouchi, M. Crucifix, E. Driesschaert, Th. Fichefet, C.D. Hewitt, M. Kageyama, A. Kitoh, M.-F. Loutre, O. Marti, U. Merkel, G. Ramstein, P. Valdes, S.L. Weber, Y. Yu and Y. Zhao, 2007: Results of PMIP2 coupled simulations of the Mid-Holocene and Last Glacial Maximum - Part 2: feedbacks with emphasis on the location of the ITCZ and mid- and high latitudes heat budget. Clim. Past, 3, 279-296.
• Braconnot, P., B. Otto-Bliesner, S. Harrison, S. Joussaume, J.-Y. Peterchmitt, A. Abe-Ouchi, M. Crucifix, E. Driesschaert, Th. Fichefet, C.D. Hewitt, M. Kageyama, A. Kitoh, A. Laine, M.-F. Loutre, O. Marti, U. Merkel, G. Ramstein, P. Valdes, S.L. Weber, Y. Yu and Y. Zhao, 2007: Results of PMIP2 coupled simulations of the Mid-Holocene and Last Glacial Maximum - Part 1: experiments and large-scale features. Clim. Past, 3, 261-277.
• Yasunari, T., M. Abe and A. Kitoh, 2007: Impact of the uplift of the Tibetan Plateau on changes of monsoon and climate over the Asia-Pacific region since the Neogene era. Tenki, 54, 421-425. (in Japanese)
• Kitoh, A., T. Motoi and S. Murakami, 2007: El Nino/Southern Oscillation simulation at 6,000 yrs B.P. with the MRI-CGCM2.3: Effect of flux adjustment. J. Climate, 20, 2484-2499.
• Kitoh, A., 2007: Climate change simulations - Future climate projections and paleo-climate modeling. Low Temperature Science, 65, 77-85. (in Japanese)
• Kitoh, A., 2007: ENSO modulation by mountain uplift. Clim. Dyn., 28, 781-796.
• Nakaegawa, T, S. Kusunoki, M. Sugi, A. Kitoh, C. Kobayashi and K. Takano, 2007: A study of dynamical seasonal prediction of potential water resoures based on an atmospheric GCM experiment with prescribed sea-surface temperature. Hydrol. Sci. J., 52, 152-165.
• Sato, T., F. Kimura and A. Kitoh, 2007: Projection of global warming onto regional precipitation over Mongolia using a regional climate model. J. Hydrol., 333, 144-154.

2006

• Nohara, D., A. Kitoh, M. Hosaka and T. Oki, 2006: Impact of climate change on river discharge projected by multi-model ensemble. J. Hydrometeor., 7, 1076-1089.
• Kageyama, M., A. Laine, A. Abe-Ouchi, P. Braconnot, E. Cortijo, M. Crufifix, A. de Vernal, J. Guiot, C.D. Hewitt, A. Kitoh, M. Kucera, O. Marti, R. Ohgaito, B. Otto-Bliesner, W.R. Peltier, A. Rosell-Mele, G. Vettoretti, S.L. Weber, Y. Yu and MARGO Project Members, 2006: Last Glacial Maximum temperatures over the North Atlantic, Europe and western Siberia: a comparison between PMIP models, MARGO sea-surface temperatures and pollen-based reconstructions. Quaternary Science Reviews, 25, 2082-2102.
• Yukimoto, S., A. Noda, T. Uchiyama, S. Kusunoki and A. Kitoh, 2006: Climate changes of the twentieth through twenty-first centuries simulated by the MRI-CGCM2.3. Pap. Meteor. Geophys., 56, 9-24.
• Uchiyama, T., R. Mizuta, K. Kamiguchi, A. Kitoh and A. Noda, 2006: Changes in temperature-based extremes indices due to global warming projected by a global 20-km-mesh atmospheric model. SOLA, 2, 68-71.
• Kamiguchi, K., A. Kitoh, T. Uchiyama, R. Mizuta and A. Noda, 2006: Changes in precipitation-based extremes indices due to global warming projected by a global 20-km-mesh atmospheric model. SOLA, 2, 64-67.
• Yukimoto, S., A. Noda, A. Kitoh, M. Hosaka, H. Yoshimura, T. Uchiyama, K. Shibata, O. Arakawa and S. Kusunoki, 2006: Present-day climate and climate sensitivity in the Meteorological Research Institute coupled GCM Version 2.3 (MRI-CGCM2.3). J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 84, 333-363.
• Kitoh, A. and T. Uchiyama, 2006: Changes in onset and withdrawal of the East Asian summer rainy season by multi-model global warming experiments. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 84, 247-258.
• Kitoh, A.: Climate projections by climate models. Energy and Resources, 27, 108-112. (in Japanese)
• Masson-Delmotte, V., M. Kageyama, P. Braconnot, S. Charbit, G. Krinner, C. Ritz, E. Guilyardi, J. Jouzel, A. Abe-Ouchi, M. Crucifix, R.M. Gladstone, C.D. Hewitt, A. Kitoh, A.N. Legrande, O. Marti, U. Merkel, T. Motoi, R. Ohgaito, B. Otto-Bliesner, W.R. Peltier, I. Ross, P.J. Valdes, G. Vettoretti, S.L. Weber, F. Wolk and Y. Yu, 2006: Past and future polar amplification of climate change: climate model intercomparisons and ice-core constraints. Clim. Dyn., 26, 513-529.
• Rajendran, K. and A. Kitoh, 2006: Modulation of tropical intraseasonal oscillations by ocean-atmosphere coupling. J. Climate, 19, 366-391,
• Kitoh, A., 2006: Asian Monsoons in Future. In: B. Wang (Ed), The Asian Monsoon, Springer-Praxis, Chichester, UK, pp. 631-649.

2005

• Abe, M., T. Yasunari and A. Kitoh, 2005: Sensitivity of the central Asian climate to uplift of the Tibetan Plateau in the coupled climate model (MRI-CGCM1). Island Arc, 14, 378-388.
• Kitoh, A.: Climate model simulation on the role of mountain uplift on Asian monsoon. Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, 111, 654-667. (in Japanese with English abstract)
• Yatagai, A., P. Xie and A. Kitoh, 2005: Utilization of a new gauge-based daily precipitation dataset over monsoon Asia for validation of the daily precipitation climatology simulated by the MRI/JMA 20-km-mesh AGCM. SOLA, 1, 193-196.
• Kawamura, R., A. Kitoh and O. Arakawa: Teleconnection patterns that affect summer climate in Japan. In "Cool Summer in Japan in 2003", Kisho-Kenkyu Note, 210, 181-191. (in Japanese)
• Mizuta, R., Uchiyama, T., K. Kamiguchi, A. Kitoh and A. Noda, 2005: Changes in extremes indices over Japan due to global warming projected by a global 20-km-mesh atmospheric model. SOLA, 1, 153-156.
• Zhao, Y., P. Braconnot, O. Marti, S.P. Harrison, C. Hewitt, A. Kitoh, Z. Liu, U. Mikolajewicz, B. Otto-Bliesner and S.L. Weber, 2005: A multi-model analysis of the role of the ocean on the African and Indian monsoon during the mid-Holocene. Clim. Dyn., 25, 777-800.
• Yamaguchi, K., A. Noda and A. Kitoh, 2005: The changes in permafrost induced by greenhouse warming: A numerical study applying multiple-layer ground model. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 83, 799-815.
• Kitoh, A., 2005: Does heavy rainfall increase by global warming? Kagaku, 75, No.10, 1155-1158. (in Japanese)
• Arakawa, O. and A. Kitoh, 2005: Rainfall diurnal cycle variation over the Indonesian Maritime Continent simulated by 20km mesh GCM. SOLA, 1, 109-112.
• Kitoh, A. and O. Arakawa, 2005: Reduction in tropical rainfall diurnal variation by global warming simulated by a 20-km mesh climate model. Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, L18709, doi:10.1029/2005GL023350.
• Hosaka, M., D. Nohara and A. Kitoh, 2005: Changes in snow cover and snow water equivalent due to global warming simulated by a 20km-mesh global atmospheric model. SOLA, 1, 93-96.
• Gladstone, R.M., I. Ross, P.J. Valdes, A. Abe-Ouchi, P. Braconnot, S. Brewer, M. Kageyama, A. Kitoh, A. Legrande, O. Marti, R. Ohgaito, B. Otto-Bliesner, W.R. Peltier and G. Vettoretti, 2005: Mid-Holocene NAO: A PMIP2 model intercomparison. Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, L16707, doi:10.1029/2005GL023596.
• Kitoh, A., M. Hosaka, Y. Adachi and K. Kamiguchi, 2005: Future projections of precipitation characteristics in East Asia simulated by the MRI CGCM2. Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 22, 467-478.
• Murakami, S. and A. Kitoh, 2005: Euler-Lagrange equation of the most simple 1-D climate model based on the maximum entropy production hypothesis. Quart. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 131, 1529-1538.
• Ashrit, R.G., A. Kitoh and S. Yukimoto, 2005: Transient response of ENSO-monsoon teleconnection in MRI-CGCM2.2 climate change simulations. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 83, 273-291.

2004

• Arakawa, O. and A. Kitoh, 2004: Comparison of local precipitation-SST relationship between the observation and a reanalysis dataset. Geophys. Res. Lett., 31, L12206, doi:10.1029/2004GL020283.
• Tanaka, H.L., N. Ishizaki and A. Kitoh, 2004: Trend and interannual variability of Walker, monsoon and Hadley circulations defined by velocity potential in the upper troposphere. Tellus, 56A, 250-269.
• Braconnot, P., S.P. Harrison, S. Joussaume, C.D. Hewitt, A. Kitoh, J.E. Kutzbach, Z. Liu, B. Otto-Bliesner, J. Syktus and S.L. Weber: Evaluation of PMIP coupled ocean-atmosphere simulations of the Mid-Holocene. In: Past Climate Variability through Europe and Africa, R.W. Battarbee et al.(eds), Springer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, 515-533.
• Abe, M., T. Yasunari and A. Kitoh, 2004: Effect of large-scale orography on the atmosphere-ocean coupled system in the tropical Indian and Pacific sector in boreal summer. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 82, 745-759.
• Kitoh, A., 2004: Effect of mountain uplift on East Asian summer climate investigated by a coupled atmosphere-ocean GCM. J. Climate, 17, 783-802.
• Rajendran, K., A. Kitoh and S. Yukimoto, 2004: South and East Asian summer monsoon climate and variation in MRI coupled model (MRI-CGCM2). J. Climate, 17, 763-782.
• Rajendran, K., A. Kitoh and O. Arakawa, 2004: Monsoon low-frequency oscillation and ocean-atmosphere coupling over the Indian Ocean. Geophys. Res. Lett., 31, L02210, doi:10.1029/2003GL019031.

2003

• Waliser, D. E., K. Jin, I.-S. Kang, W. F. Stern, S. D. Schubert, K.-M. Lau, M.-I. Lee, V. Krishnamurthy, A. Kitoh, G. A. Meehl, V. Y. Galin, V. Satyan, S. K. Mandke, G. Wu, Y. Liu and C.-K. Park, 2003: AGCM simulations of intraseasonal variability associated with the Asian summer monsoon. Clim. Dyn., 21, 423-446.
• Abe, M., A. Kitoh and T. Yasunari, 2003: An evolution of the Asian summer monsoon due to mountain uplift - Simulation with the MRI atmosphere-ocean coupled GCM -. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 81, 909-933.
• Kitoh, A., 2003: Monsoon in the past and in the future. In "Recent Progress in Monsoon Study" (Ed. By R. Kawamura), Kisho-Kenkyu Note, 204, 189-218. (in Japanese)
• Zhong, M., I. Naito and A. Kitoh, 2003: Atmospheric hydrological, and ocean current contribution to Earth's annual wobble and length-of-day signals based on output from a climate model. J. Geophys. Res., 108(B1), 2057, doi:10.1029/2001JB000457.

2002

• Kitoh, A. and S. Murakami, 2002: Pacific climate at the Mid-Holocene and the Last Glacial Maximum simulated by a coupled ocean-atmosphere GCM. Paleoceanography, 17(3), 1047, doi:10.1029/2001PA000724.
• Kitoh, A., 2002: Effects of large-scale mountains on surface climate: A coupled ocean- atmosphere general circulation model study. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 80, 1165-1181.
• Kang, I.-S., K. Jin, K.-M. Lau, J. Shukla, V. Krishnamurthy, S.D. Schubert, D.E. Waliser, W.F. Stern, V. Satyan, A. Kitoh, G.A. Meehl, M. Kanamitsu, V. Ya. Galin, J.- K. Kim, A. Sumi, G. Wu and Y. Liu, 2002 : Intercomparison of GCM simulated anomalies associated with the 1997-98 El Nino. J. Climate, 15, 2791-2805.
• Kang, I.-S., K. Jin, B. Wang, K.-M. Lau, J. Shukla, V. Krishnamurthy, S.D. Schubert, D.E. Waliser, W.F. Stern, A. Kitoh, G.A. Meehl, M. Kanamitsu, V. Y. Galin, V. Satyan, C.-K. Park and Y. Liu, 2002: Intercomparison of the climatological variations of Asian summer monsoon precipitation simulated by 10 GCMs. Clim. Dyn., 19, 383-395.
• Kitoh, A., 2002: Influence of the Himalaya-Tibetan orography on climate. Chikyu Monthly, 24, 310-315. (in Japanese)
• Davey, M.K., M.Huddleston, K.R.Sperber, P.Braconnot, F.Bryan, D.Chen, R.A.Colman, C.Cooper, U.Cubasch, P.delecluse, D.DeWitt, L.Fairhead, G.Flato, C.Gordon, T.Hogan, M.Ji, M.Kimoto, A.Kitoh, T.R.Knutson, M.Latif, H.LeTreut, T.Li, S.Manabe, C.R.Mechoso, G.A.Meehl, S.B.Power, E.Roeckner, L.Terray, A.Vintzileos, R.Voss, B.Wang, W.M.Washington, I.Yoshikawa, J.-Y.Yu, S.Yukimoto and S.E.Zebiak, 2002: STOIC: a study of coupled model climatology and variability in tropical ocean regions. Clim. Dyn., 18, 403-420.
• Nakaegawa, T., S. Kusunoki, M. Sugi, A. Kitoh, C. Kobayashi and K. Takano, 2002: A study of accuracy and potential predictability of seasonal prediction of water resources based on atmospheric seasonal forecast experiments, Annual Journal of Hydroscience and Hydraulic Engineering, JSCE, 46, 109-114. (in Japanese with English abstract)

2001

• McAvaney, B.J., C. Covey, S. Joussaume, V. Kattsov, A. Kitoh, W. Ogana, A.J. Pitman, A.J. Weaver, R.A. Wood and Z.-C. Zhao, 2001: Model Evaluation. In: Climate Change 2001: The Scientific Basis. Contribution of Working Group I to the Third Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (J.T.Houghton et al., Eds.), Cambridge University Press, UK, 471-523.
• Latif, M., K. Sperber, J. Arblaster, P. Braconnot, D. Chen, A. Colman, U. Cubasch, C. Cooper, P. Delecluse, D. DeWitt, L. Fairhead, G. Flato, T. Hogan, M. Ji, M. Kimoto, A. kitoh, T. Knutson, H. Le Treut, T. Li, S. Manabe, O. Marti, C. Mechoso, G. Meehl, S. Power, E. Roeckner, J. Sirven, L. Terray, A. Vintzileos, R. Voss, B. Wang, W. Washington, I. Yoshikawa, J. Yu and S. Zebiak, 2001: ENSIP: the El Nino simulation intercomparison project. Clim. Dyn., 18, 255-276.
• Kusunoki, S., M. Sugi, A. Kitoh, C. Kobayashi and K. Takano, 2001: Atmospheric seasonal predictability experiments by the JMA GCM. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 79, 1183- 1206.
• Sperber, K.R., C. Brankovic, M. Deque, C.S. Frederiksen, R. Graham, A. Kitoh, C. Kobayashi, T. Palmer, K. Puri, W. Tennant and E. Volodin, 2001: Dynamical seasonal predictability of the Asian summer monsoon. Mon. Wea. Rev., 129, 2226-2248.
• Kitoh, A., 2001: Effect of orography on land and ocean surface temperature. Present and Future of Modeling Global Environmental Change: Toward Integrated Modeling, Eds., T. Matsuno and H. Kida, TERRAPUB, pp. 427-431.
• Kitoh, A., S. Murakami and H. Koide, 2001: A simulation of the Last Glacial Maximum with a coupled atmosphere-ocean GCM. Geophys. Res. Lett., 28, 2221-2224.
• Yukimoto, S., A. Noda, A. Kitoh, M. Sugi, Y. Kitamura, M. Hosaka, K. Shibata, S. Maeda and T. Uchiyama, 2001: A new Meteorological Research Institute coupled GCM (MRI-CGCM2) - its climate and variability -. Pap. Met. Geophys., 51, 47-88.

2000

• Kobayashi, C., K. Takano, S. Kusunoki, M. Sugi and A. Kitoh, 2000: Seasonal predictability in winter over eastern Asia using the JMA global model. Q. J. R. Meteor. Soc., 126, 2111-2123.
• Yukimoto, S., M. Endoh, Y. Kitamura, A. Kitoh, T. Motoi and A. Noda, 2000: ENSO-like interdecadal variability in the Pacific Ocean as simulated in a coupled general circulation model. J. Geophys. Res., 105, C6, 13,945-13,963.
• Pawson, S., K. Kodera, K. Hamilton, T.G. Shepherd, S.R. Beagley, B.A. Boville, J.D. Farrara, T.D.A. Fairlie, A. Kitoh, W.A. Lahoz, U. Langematz, E. Manzini, D.H. Rind, A.A. Scaife, K. Shibata, P. Simon, R. Swinbank, L. Takacs, R.J. Wilson, J.A. Al-Saadi, M. Amodei, M. Chiba, L. Coy, J. de Grandpre, R.S. Eckman, M. Fiorino, W.L. Grose, H. Koide, J.N. Koshyk, D. Li, J. Lerner, J.D. Mahlman, N.A. McFarlane, C.R. Mechoso, A. Molod, A. O'Neill, R.B. Pierce, W.J. Randel, R.B. Rood and F. Wu, 2000: The GCM-Reality Intercomparison Project for SPARC (GRIPS): Scientific issues and initial results. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 81, 781-796.

1995-1999

• Moon, J.-Y., K.-J. Ha and A. Kitoh, 1999: The eddy-mean flow interaction and the tropical-extratropical interaction in a GCM and their dependence on model horizontal resolution. Kor. J. Atmos. Sci., 2, 15-28.
• Ogasawara, N., A. Kitoh, T. Yasunari, A. Noda, 1999: Tropospheric Biennial Oscillation in the MRI Coupled GCM. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 77, 1247-1270.
• Kitoh, A., S. Yukimoto and A. Noda, 1999: ENSO-monsoon Relationship in the MRI Coupled GCM. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 77, 1221-1245.
• A. Chandrasekar, D.V. Bhaskar Rao and A. Kitoh, 1999: Effect of horizontal resolution on the simulation of Asian summer monsoon using the MRI GCM-II. Pap. Met. Geophys., 50, 65-80.
• Kitoh, A. and O. Arakawa, 1999: Overestimation of tropical precipitation by an atmospheric GCM with prescribed SST. Geophys. Res. Lett., 26, 2965-2968.
• Kitoh, A., T. Motoi and H. Koide, 1999: SST variability and its mechanism in a coupled atmosphere/mixed-layer ocean model. J. Climate, 12, 1221-1239.
• Joussaume,S., K.E.Taylor, P.Braconnot, J.F.B.Mitchell, J.E.Kutzbach, S.P.Harrison, I.C.Prentice, A.J.Broccoli, A.Abe-Ouchi, P.J.Bartlein, C.Bonfils, B.Dong, J.Guiot, K.Herterich, C.D.Hewitt, D.Jolly, J.W.Kim, A.Kislov, A.Kitoh, M.F.Loutre, V.Masson, B.McAvaney, N.McFarlane, N.de Noblet, W.R.Peltier, J.Y.Peterschmitt, D.Pollard, D.Rind, J.F.Royer, M.E.Schlesinger, J.Syktus, S.Thompson, P.Valdes, G.Vettoretti, R.S.Webb and U.Wyputta, 1999: Monsoon changes for 6000 years ago: Results of 18 simulations from the Paleoclimate Modeling Intercomparison Project (PMIP). Geophys. Res. Lett., 26, 859-862.
• Motoi, T., A. Kitoh and H. Koide, 1998: Antarctic circumpolar wave in a coupled ocean- atmosphere model. Annals of Glaciology, 27, 483-487.
• A. Chandrasekar and A. Kitoh, 1998: Impact of Localized Sea Surface Temperature Anomalies over the Equatorial Indian Ocean on the Indian Summer Monsoon. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 76, 841-853.
• F.D'Andrea, S.Tibaldi, M.Blackburn, G.Boer, M.Deque, M.R.Dix, B.Dugas, L.Ferranti, T.Iwasaki, A.Kitoh, V.Pope, D.Randall, E.Roeckner, D.Straus, W.Stern, H.Van den Dool and D.Williamson, 1998: Northern Hemisphere atmospheric blocking as simulated by 15 atmospheric general circulation models in the period 1979-1988. Clim. Dyn., 14, 385- 407.
• Zhang, Y., K. R. Sperber, J. S. Boyle, M. Dix, L. Ferranti, A. Kitoh, K. M. Lau, K. Miyakoda, D. Randall, L. Takacs and R. Wetherald, 1997: East Asian winter monsoon: results from eight AMIP models. Clim. Dyn., 13, 797-820.
• Ose, T., Y. Song and A. Kitoh, 1997: Sea surface temperature in the South China Sea - an index for the Asian monsoon and ENSO system -. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 75, 1091- 1107.
• Kitoh, A., Yukimoto, S., A. Noda and T. Motoi, 1997: Simulated changes in the Asian summer monsoon at times of increased atmospheric CO2. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 75, 1019-1031.
• Kitoh, A., 1997: Investigation of the role of the Tibetan Plateau by climate model. Journal of Geography, 106, 270-279. (in Japanese with English abstract)
• Kitoh, A., 1997: Mountain uplift and surface temperature changes. Geophys. Res. Lett., 24, 185-188.
• Yukimoto, S., M. Endoh, Y. Kitamura, A. Kitoh, T. Motoi, A. Noda and T. Tokioka, 1996: Interannual and interdecadal variabilities in the Pacific in an MRI coupled GCM. Clim. Dyn., 12, 667-683.
• Kodera, K., M. Chiba, H. Koide, A. Kitoh and Y. Nikaidou, 1996: Interannual variability of the winter stratosphere and troposphere in the Northern Hemisphere. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 74, 365-382.
• Slingo, J.M., K.R.Sperber, J.S.Boyle, J.-P.Ceron, M.Dix, B.Dugas, W.Ebisuzaki, J.Fyfe, D.Gregory, J.-F.Gueremy, J.Hack, A.Harzallah, P.Inness, A.Kitoh, W.K.- M.Lau, B.McAvaney, R.Madden, A.Matthews, T.N.Palmer, C.K.Park, D.A.Randall and N.Renno, 1996: Intraseasonal oscillations in 15 atmospheric general circulation models: results from an AMIP diagnostic subproject. Clim. Dyn., 12, 325-357.
• Kitoh, A., H. Koide, K. Kodera, S. Yukimoto and A. Noda, 1996: Interannual variability in the stratospheric-tropospheric circulation in a coupled ocean-atmosphere GCM. Geophys. Res. Lett., 23, 543-546.
• Gates, W.L., A. Henderson-Sellers, G.J. Boer, C.K. Foland, A. Kitoh, B.J. McAvaney, F. Semazzi, N. Smith, A.J. Weaver and Q.-C. Zeng, 1995: Climate Models - Evaluation. In: Climate Change 1995: The Science of Climate Change. Contribution of Working Group I to the Second Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (J.T.Houghton et al., Eds.), Cambridge University Press, UK, 229-284.
• Weare, B.C., I.I.Mokhov, and Project Members, 1995: Evaluation of total cloudiness and its variability in the Atmospheric Model intercomparison Project. J. Climate, 8, 2224-2238.
• Tokioka, T., A. Noda, A. Kitoh, Y. Nikaidou, S. Nakagawa, T. Motoi, S. Yukimoto and K. Takata, 1995: A transient CO2 experiment with the MRI CGCM - Quick Report -. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 73, 817-826.
• Kitoh, A., A. Noda, Y. Nikaidou, T. Ose and T. Tokioka, 1995: AMIP simulations of the MRI GCM. Pap. Met. Geophys., 45, 121-148.
• Gleckler, P.J., D.A.Randall, G.Boer, R.Colman, M.Dix, V.Galin, M.Helfand, J.Kiehl, A.Kitoh, W.Lau, X.-Y.Liang, V.Lykossov, B.McAvaney, K.Miyakoda, S.Planton and W.Stern, 1995: Cloud-radiative effects on implied oceanic energy transports as simulated by atmospheric general circulation models. Geophys. Res. Letters, 22, 791-794.
• Kitoh, A., 1995: Observation and simulation of the relationship between the global sea surface temperature variability and the 500 hPa height in the northern summer. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 73, 247-253.

1990-1994

• Kitoh, A., 1994: Tropical influence on the South Pacific double-jet variability. Proceedings of the NIPR Symposium on Polar Meteorology and Glaciology, November 1994, vol.8, 34-45.
• Kitoh, A., K. Yamazaki and T. Tokioka: Summertime moisture flux in the desert regions of western China. Journal of Arid Land Studies, 3, 9-17. (in Japanese with English abstract)
• Kitoh, A.: Decadal-scale changes in the atmosphere-ocean system in the winter Northern Hemisphere. Umi to sora, 68, 191-202. (in Japanese with English abstract)
• Kitoh, A., 1992: Simulated interannual variations of the Indo-Australian monsoons. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 70, 563-583.
• Bhaskar Rao, D. V., K. Yamazaki and A. Kitoh, 1991: Some GCM experiments of the Asian summer monsoon related to land boundary conditions. Pap. Met. Geophys., 42, 127-143.
• Yasunari, T., A. Kitoh and T. Tokioka, 1991: Local and remote response to excessive snow mass over Eurasia appearing in the northern spring and summer climate. - A study with the MRI GCM - J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 69, 473-487.
• Kitoh, A, 1991: Interannual variations in an atmospheric GCM forced by the 1970-1989 SST. Part II: Low-frequency variability of the wintertime Northern Hemisphere extratropics. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 69, 271-291.
• Kitoh, A, 1991: Interannual variations in an atmospheric GCM forced by the 1970-1989 SST. Part I: Response of the tropical atmosphere. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 69, 251-269.
• Kitoh, A. and K. Yamazaki, 1991: Impact of surface drag of islands in the maritime continent on the atmospheric general circulation. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 69, 241-249.
• Kitoh, A., K. Yamazaki and T. Tokioka, 1990: The double-jet and semi-annual oscillations in the Southern Hemisphere simulated by the Meteorological Research Institute general circulation model. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 68, 251-264.

Before 1989

• Kitoh, A., 1989: Observed and simulated persistence of the 500 mb height anomalies. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 67, 1001-1013.
• Kitoh, A., 1989: Persistent anomalies in the Northern Hemisphere of the MRI GCM-I compared with the observation. Pap. Met. Geophys., 40, 83-101.
• Kitoh, A., 1988: Correlation between the surface air temperature over Japan and the global sea surface temperature. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 66, 967-986.
• Kitoh, A., T. Ose, K. Yamazaki and T. Tokioka, 1988: Long-range forecast experiments for the summer of 1984 with the MRI GCM-I - Sensitivities to the sea surface temperature anomalies and cumulus parameterizations. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 66, 913-925.
• Tokioka, T., K. Yamazaki, A. Kitoh and T. Ose, 1988: The equatorial 30-60 day oscillation and the Arakawa-Schubert penetrative cumulus parameterization. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 66, 883-901.
• Kitoh, A., 1988: A numerical experiment on sea surface temperature anomalies and warm winter in Japan. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 66, 515-533.
• Kitoh, A., K. Yamazaki and T. Tokioka, 1988: Influence of soil moisture and surface albedo changes over the African rain forest on summer climate investigated with the MRI GCM-I. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 66, 65-86.
• Mechoso, C. R., A. Kitoh, S. Moorthi and A. Arakawa, 1987: Numerical simulations of the atmospheric response to a sea surface temperature anomaly over the equatorial eastern Pacific Ocean. Mon. Wea. Rev., 115, 2936-2956.
• Kitoh, A. and T. Tokioka, 1987: On the effects of vertical resolution on medium-range weather forecasts. Short- and Medium-Range Numerical Weather Prediction. Collection of papers presented at the WMO/IUGG NWP symposium, Tokyo, 4-8 August 1986, Special volume of the J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 273-280.
• Kitoh, A. and T. Tokioka, 1987: A simulation of the tropospheric general circulation with the MRI atmospheric general circulation model. Part III: The Asian summer monsoon. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 65, 167-187.
• Kitoh, A. and T. Tokioka, 1986: A simulation of the tropospheric general circulation with the MRI atmospheric general circulation model. Part II: The July performance. Pap. Met. Geophys., 37, 145-168.
• Tokioka, T., A. Kitoh and A. Katayama, 1986: Atmospheric response to the sea surface temperature anomalies in the mature phase of El Nino: Numerical experiment under the perpetual January condition. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 64, 347-362.
• Mechoso, C. R., Max, J. Suarez, K. Yamazaki, A. Kitoh and A. Arakawa, 1986: Numerical forecasts of tropospheric and stratospheric events during the winter of 1979; sensitivity to the model's horizontal resolution and vertical extent. Advances in Geophysics, Volume 29, Ed. by R. Benzi, B. Saltzman and A. C. Wiin-Nielsen, Academic Press, 375- 413.
• Mechoso, C. R., K. Yamazaki, A. Kitoh and A. Arakawa, 1985: Numerical forecasts of stratospheric warming events during the winter of 1979. Mon. Wea. Rev., 113, 1015- 1029.
• Tokioka, T., A. Kitoh, I. Yagai and K. Yamazaki, 1985: A simulation of the tropospheric general circulation with the MRI atmospheric general circulation model. Part I: The January performance. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 63, 749-778.