Publication List

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Coming (hopefully) soon

26. Li, X., W.-K. Tao, T. Matsui, C. Liu, and H. Masunaga:
Improving a spectral bin microphysical scheme using TRMM satellite observations
submitted to Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc.

To appear in journals

25. Masunaga, H. and T. S. L'Ecuyer:
The southeast Pacific warm band and double ITCZ
J. Climate, in press. Preprint in [PDF] © American Meteorological Society

Published in Journals

24. Liu, P., M. Satoh, B. Wang, H. Fudeyasu, T. Nasuno, T. Li, H. Miura, H. Taniguchi, H. Masunaga, X. Fu, and H. Annamalai:
An MJO simulated by the NICAM at 14-km and 7-km resolutions
Mon. Wea. Rev., 137, 3254-3268. [PDF] © American Meteorological Society

23. Ichikawa, H., H. Masunaga, and H. Kanzawa, 2009:
Evaluation of Precipitation and High-level Cloud Areas Associated with Large-scale Circulation over the Tropical Pacific in the CMIP3 Models
J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 87, 771-789. [PDF] ©Meteorological Society of Japan

22. Masunaga, H., 2009:
A 9-season TRMM observation of the Austral Summer MJO and Low-frequency Equatorial Waves
J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 87A (Special issue on Precipitation Measurements from Space), 295-315. [PDF(8.4Mb)] ©Meteorological Society of Japan

21. Matsui, T., X. Zeng, W.-K. Tao, H. Masunaga, W. S. Olson, and S. Lang, 2009:
Evaluation of Long-term Cloud-resolving Model Simulations Using Satellite Radiance Observations and Multi-frequency Satellite Simulators
J. Atmos. Oceanic Tech., 26, 1261-1274. [PDF] © American Meteorological Society

20. Nakajima, T. Y., H. Masunaga, and T. Nakajima, 2009:
Near-global Scale Retrievals of the Cloud Optical and Microphysical Properties from the Midori-II GLI and AMSR Data
J. Remote Sens. Soc. Japan., 29, 29-39. [PDF] © The Remote Sensing Society of Japan

19. Masunaga, H., M. Satoh, and H. Miura , 2008:
A Joint Satellite and Global Cloud-Resolving Model Analysis of a Madden-Jullian Oscillation Event: Model Diagnosis
J. Geophys. Res., 113, D17210, doi:10.1029/2008JD009986. [PDF] © American Geophysical Union

18. Masunaga, H., 2007:
Seasonality and Regionality of the Madden-Julian Oscillation, Kelvin Wave, and Equatorial Rossby Wave.
J. Atmos. Sci., 64, 4400-4416. [PDF] © American Meteorological Society

17. Masunaga, H., T. S. L'Ecuyer, and C. D. Kummerow, 2006:
The Madden-Julian Oscillation Recorded in Early Observations from the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM).
J. Atmos. Sci., 63, 2777-2794. [PDF] © American Meteorological Society

16. Matsui, T., H. Masunaga, R. A. Pielke Sr., S. M. Kreidenweis, W.-K. Tao, M. Chin, and Y. J. Kaufman, 2006:
Satellite-based Assessment of Marine Low Cloud Variability Associated with Aerosol, Atmospheric Stability, and the Diurnal Cycles.
J. Geophys. Res., 111, No. D17, D17204, doi:10.1029/2005JD006097. [PDF (8.8Mb)] [PDF (correction)] © American Geophysical Union

15. Masunaga, H., and C. D. Kummerow , 2006:
Observations of Tropical Precipitating Clouds Ranging from Shallow to Deep Convective Systems.
Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L16805, doi:10.1029/2006GL026547. [PDF] © American Geophysical Union

14. L'Ecuyer, T. S., H. Masunaga, and C. D. Kummerow, 2006:
Variability in the Characteristics of Precipitation Systems in the Tropical Pacific. Part II. Implications for Atmospheric Heating.
J. Climate, 19, 1388-1406. [PDF] © American Meteorological Society

13. Kummerow, C., W. Berg, J. Thomas-Stahle, and H. Masunaga , 2006:
Quantifying Global Uncertainties in a Simple Microwave Rainfall Algorithm.
J. Atmos. Oceanic Tech., 23, 23-37. [PDF] © American Meteorological Society

12. Kurokawa, J., H. Akiyoshi, T. Nagashima, H. Masunaga, T. Nakajima, M. Takahashi, and H. Nakane, 2005:
Effects of Atmospheric Sphericity on Stratospheric Chemistry and Dynamics over Antarctica.
J. Geophys. Res., 110, D21305, doi:10.1029/2005JD005798. [PDF] © American Geophysical Union

11. Masunaga, H. and C. D. Kummerow, 2005:
Combined Radar and Radiometer Analysis of Precipitation Profiles for a Parametric Retrieval Algorithm.
J. Atmos. Oceanic Tech., 22, 909-929. [PDF] © American Meteorological Society

10. Masunaga, H., T. S. L'Ecuyer, and C. D. Kummerow, 2005:
Variability in the Characteristics of Precipitation Systems in the Tropical Pacific. Part I. Spatial Structure.
J. Climate, 18, 823-840. [PDF] © American Meteorological Society

9. Matsui, T., H. Masunaga, R. Pielke Sr., and W.-K. Tao, 2004:
Impact of Aerosols and Atmospheric Thermodynamics on Cloud Properties within the Climate System.
Geophys. Res. Let., 31, L06109, doi:10.1029/2003GL019287. [PDF] © American Geophysical Union

8. Masunaga, H., T. Y. Nakajima, T. Nakajima, M. Kachi, and K. Suzuki, 2002:
Physical Properties of Maritime Low Clouds as Retrieved by Combined Use of TRMM Microwave Imager and Visible/Infrared Scanner. II. Climatology of Warm Clouds and Rain.
J. Geophys. Res., 107, NO. D19, 4367, doi:10.1029/2001JD001269. [PDF] © American Geophysical Union

7. Masunaga, H., T. Iguchi, R. Oki, and M. Kachi, 2002:
Comparison of Rainfall Products Derived from TRMM Microwave Imager and Precipitation Radar.
J. Applied Meteor., 41, 849-862. [PDF] © American Meteorological Society

6. Masunaga, H., T. Y. Nakajima, T. Nakajima, M. Kachi, R. Oki, and S. Kuroda, 2002:
Physical Properties of Maritime Low Clouds as Retrieved by Combined Use of TRMM Microwave Imager and Visible/Infrared Scanner. Algorithm.
J. Geophys. Res., 107, NO. D10, doi:10.1029/2001JD000743. [PDF] © American Geophysical Union

5. Masunaga, H. and T. Nakajima, 2001:
The Effective Cloud Fraction of Broken Clouds Obtained by Multi-stream Radiative Transfer. I. Longwave Radiation
J. Atmos. Sci., 58, 2455-2467. [PDF] © American Meteorological Society

4. Masunaga, H. and Inutsuka, S., 2000:
Infall Signatures in Molecular Line Spectra of Protostellar Envelopes.
Astrophys. J., 536, 406-415. [PDF] © American Astronomical Society

3. Masunaga, H. and Inutsuka, S., 2000:
A Radiation Hydrodynamic Model for Protostellar Collapse II. The Second Collapse and The Birth of a Protostar.
Astrophys. J., 531, 350-365. [PDF] © American Astronomical Society

2. Masunaga, H. and Inutsuka, S., 1999:
Does "t @ 1" Terminate the Isothermal Evolution of Collapsing Clouds?
Astrophys. J., 510, 822-827. [PDF] © American Astronomical Society

1. Masunaga, H., Miyama, S.M., and Inutsuka, S., 1998:
A Radiation Hydrodynamic Model for Protostellar Collapse I. The First Collapse.
Astrophys. J., 495, 346-369. [PDF] © American Astronomical Society

Book chapters

3. Anderson, T. L. (Rapporteur), A. Ackerman, D. L. Hartmann, G. A. Isaac, S. Kinne, H. Masunaga, J. R. Norris, U. Pöschl, K. S. Schmidt, A. Slingo, and Y. N. Takayabu , 2009:
Temporal and Spatial Variability of Clouds and Related Aerosols
in Clouds in the Perturbed Climate System: Their Relationship to Energy Balance, Atmospheric Dynamics, and Precipitation,
Ed. by Heintzenberg, J., and R. J. Charlson
Strüngmann Forum Report, 2, Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 127-147. [PDF] © The MIT Press

2. Takayabu, Y. N., and H. Masunaga, 2009:
Clouds and Precipitation: Extreme Rainfall and Rain from Shallow Clouds
in Clouds in the Perturbed Climate System: Their Relationship to Energy Balance, Atmospheric Dynamics, and Precipitation,
Ed. by Heintzenberg, J., and R. J. Charlson
Strüngmann Forum Report, 2, Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 107-125. [PDF (9.3M)] © The MIT Press

1. Kummerow, C. D., H. Masunaga, and P. Bauer, 2007:
A Next-generation Microwave Rainfall Retrieval Algorithms for use by TRMM and GPM
in Measuring Precipitation from Space: EURAINSAT and the Future,
Ed. by Levizzani, V., P. Bauer, and J. Turk
Springer, 235-252.

Ph.D. Dissertation

Masunaga, H. , 1999:
A Radiation Hydrodynamical Model for Protostar Formation
Ph.D. degree awarded by University of Tokyo, 166 pp. [PDF] © HM