Publications by the KANTO project

• M. J. Alexander, M. Geller, C. McLandress, S. Polavarapu, P. Preusse, F. Sassi, K. Sato, S. Eckermann, M. Ern, A. Hertzog, Y. Kawatani, M. Pulido, T. Shaw, M. Sigmond, R. Vincent, S. Watanabe, Recent Developments in Gravity Wave Effects in Climate Models, and the Global Distribution of Gravity Wave Momentum Flux from Observations and Models. Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., in press.
  
• K. Miyazaki, S. Watanabe, Y. Kawatani, Y. Tomikawa, M. Takahashi and K. Sato, Transport and mixing in the extratropical tropopause region in a high vertical resolution GCM. Part I: Potential vorticity and heat budget analysis. J. Atmos. Sci., in press (PDF)
  
• K. Miyazaki, K. Sato, S. Watanabe, Y. Tomikawa, Y. Kawatani and M. Takahashi, Transport and mixing in the extratropical tropopause region in a high vertical resolution GCM. Part II: Relative importance of large-scale and small-scale dynamics. J. Atmos. Sci., in press (PDF)
  
• Y. Kawatani, K. Sato, T. J. Dunkerton, S. Watanabe, S. Miyahara, and M. Takahashi, The roles of equatorial trapped waves and internal inertia-gravity waves in driving the quasi-biennial oscillation. Part I: zonal mean wave forcing. J. Atmos. Sci, 67, 963-980, DOI:10.1175/2009JAS3222.1, 2010. (PDF)
  
• Y. Kawatani, K. Sato, T. J. Dunkerton, S. Watanabe, S. Miyahara, and M. Takahashi, The roles of equatorial trapped waves and internal inertia-gravity waves in driving the quasi-biennial oscillation. Part II: Three-dimensional distribution of wave forcing, J. Atmos. Sci, 67, 981-997, DOI:10.1175/2009JAS3223.1, 2010. (PDF)
  
• K. Sato, S. Watanabe, Y. Kawatani, Y. Tomikawa, K. Miyazaki, and M. Takahashi, On the origins of mesospheric gravity waves. Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L19801, doi:10.1029/2009GL039908, 2009. (PDF)
  
• S. Watanabe, Y. Tomikawa, K. Sato, Y. Kawatani, K. Miyazaki, and M. Takahashi, Simulation of the eastward 4-day wave in the Antarctic winter mesosphere using a gravity wave resolving general circulation model. J. Geophys. Res., 114, D16111, doi:10.1029/2008JD011636, 2009. (PDF)
  
• Y. Tomikawa, K. Sato, S. Watanabe, Y. Kawatani, K. Miyazaki, and M. Takahashi, Wintertime temperature maximum at the subtropical stratopause in a T213L256 GCM. J. Geophys. Res., 113, D17117, doi:10.1029/2008JD009786, 2008. (PDF)
  
• S. Watanabe, Y. Kawatani, Y. Tomikawa, K. Miyazaki, M. Takahashi, and K. Sato, General Aspects of a T213L256 Middle Atmosphere General Circulation Model. J. Geophys. Res., 113, D12110, doi:10.1029/2008JD010026, 2008. (highlighted). (PDF)