Most Cited Articles

The list of top cited articles is from Thomson ISI's Web of Knowledge.
Last updated: July 28, 2016

Most Cited Articles since 2000:

Onogi, K., J. Tsutsui, H. Koide, M. Sakamoto, S. Kobayashi, H. Hatsushika, T. Matsumoto, N. Yamazaki, H. Kamahori, K. Takahashi, S. kadokura, K. Wada, K. Kato, R. Oyama, T. Ose, N. Mannoji, and R. Taira, 2007: The JRA-25 Reanalysis. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 85, 369-432.
https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.85.369
Times Cited: 873
Oouchi, K., J. Yoshimura, H. Yoshimura, R. Mizuta, S. Kusunoki, and A. Noda, 2006: Tropical Cyclone Climatology in a Global-Warming Climate as Simulated in a 20 km-Mesh Global Atmospheric Model: Frequency and Wind Intensity Analyses. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 84, 259-276.
https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.84.259
Times Cited: 256
Wang, Y., L. R. Leung, J. L. McGregor, D.-K. Lee, W.-C. Wang, Y. Ding, and F. Kimura, 2004: Regional Climate Modeling: Progress, Challenges, and Prospects. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 82, 1599-1628.
https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.82.1599
Times Cited: 212
Kuo, Y.-H., T.-K. Wee, S. Sokolovskiy, C. Rocken, W. Schreiner, D. Hunt, and R. A. Anthes, 2004: Inversion and Error Estimation of GPS Radio Occultation Data. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 82, 507-531.
https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2004.507
Times Cited: 212
Chen, S.-S., and W.-Y. SUN, 2002: A One-dimensional Time Dependent Cloud Model. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 80, 99-118.
https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.80.99
Times Cited: 164
Sugi, M., A. Noda, and N. Sato, 2002: Influence of the Global Warming on Tropical Cyclone Climatology: An Experiment with the JMA Global Model. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 80, 249-272.
https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.80.249
Times Cited: 160
Gettelman, A., and P. M. F. Forster, 2002: A Climatology of the Tropical Tropopause Layer. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 80, 911-924.
https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.80.911
Times Cited: 131
Plumb, R. A., 2002: Stratospheric Transport. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 80, 793-809.
https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.80.793
Times Cited: 130
Iguchi, T., T. Kozu, J. Kwiatkowski, R. Meneghini, J. Awaka, K.'I. Okamoto, 2009: Uncertainties in the Rain Profiling Algorithm for the TRMM Precipitation Radar. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 87A, 1-30.
https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.87A.1
Times Cited: 122
Mizuta, R., K. Oouchi, H. Yoshimura, A. Noda, K. Katayama, S. Yukimoto, M. Hosaka, S. Kusunoki, H. Kawai, and M. Nakagawa, 2006: 20-km-Mesh Global Climate Simulations Using JMA-GSM Model —Mean Climate States—. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 84, 165-185.
https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.84.165
Times Cited: 117
Kobayashi, S., Y. Ota, Y. Harada, A. Ebita, M. Moriya, H. Onoda, K. Onogi, H. Kamahori, C. Kobayashi, H. Endo, K. Miyaoka, and K. Takahashi, 2015: The JRA-55 Reanalysis: General specifications and basic characteristics. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 93, 5-48.
https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2015-001 Graphical Abstract

Times Cited: 116
Randel, W. J., F. Wu, and R. Stolarski, 2002: Changes in Column Ozone Correlated with the Stratospheric EP Flux. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 80, 849-862.
https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.80.849
Times Cited: 115
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.
https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2012-A02
Times Cited : 114
Kusaka, H., and F. Kimura, 2004: Coupling a Single-Layer Urban Canopy Model with a Simple Atmospheric Model: Impact on Urban Heat Island Simulation for an Idealized Case. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 82, 67-80.
https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.82.67
Times Cited: 113
Wickert, J., T. Schmidt, G. Beyerle, R. König, C. Reigber, and N. Jakowski, 2004: The Radio Occultation Experiment aboard CHAMP: Operational Data Analysis and Validation of Vertical Atmospheric Profiles. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 82, 381-395.
https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2004.381
Times Cited: 107
Ohsawa, T., H. Ueda, T. Hayashi, A. Watanabe, and J. Matsumoto, 2001: Diurnal Variations of Convective Activity and Rainfall in Tropical Asia. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 79, 333-352.
https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.79.333
Times Cited: 106
Saito, K., J. -I. Ishida, K. Aranami, T. Hara, T. Segawa, M. Narita, and Y. Honda, 2007: Nonhydrostatic Atmospheric Models and Operational Development at JMA. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 85B, 271-304.
https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.85B.271
Times Cited: 104
Lu, R., 2001: Interannual Variability of the Summertime North Pacific Subtropical High and its Relation to Atmospheric Convection over the Warm Pool. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 79, 771-783.
https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.79.771
Times Cited: 94
Ding, Y., and Y. Liu, 2001: Onset and the evolution of the Summer Monsoon over the South China Sea during SCSMEX Field Experiment in 1998. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 79, 255-276.
https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.79.255
Times Cited: 88
Ushio, T., K. Sasashige, T. Kubota, S. Shige, K.I. Okamoto, K. Aonashi, T. Inoue, N. Takahashi, T. Iguchi, M. Kachi, R. Oki, T. Morimoto, and Z.-I. Kawasaki, 2009: A Kalman Filter Approach to the Global Satellite Mapping of Precipitation (GSMaP) from Combined Passive Microwave and Infrared Radiometric Data. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 87A, 137-151.
https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.87A.137
Times Cited: 86
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.
https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.84.333
Times Cited: 86
Behera, S. K., and T. Yamagata, 2003: Influence of the Indian Ocean Dipole on the Southern Oscillation. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 81, 169-177.
https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.81.169
Times Cited: 84
Shepherd, T. G., 2002: Issues in Stratosphere-troposphere Coupling. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 80, 769-792.
https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.80.769
Times Cited: 82
Yasunaka, S., and K. Hanawa, 2002: Regime Shifts Found in the Northern Hemisphere SST Field. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 80, 119-135.
https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.80.119
Times Cited: 82
Kusunoki, S., J. Yoshimura, H. Yoshimura, A. Noda, K. Oouchi, and R. Mizuta, 2006: Change of Baiu Rain Band in Global Warming Projection by an Atmospheric General Circulation Model with a 20-km Grid Size. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 84, 581-611.
https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.84.581
Times Cited: 80
Stevens, B., and A. Seifert, 2008: Understanding macrophysical outcomes of microphysical choices in simulations of shallow cumulus convection. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 86A, 143-162.
https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.86A.143
Times Cited: 77
Aonashi K., J. Awaka, M. Hirose, T. Kozu, T. Kubota, G. Liu, S. Shige, S. Kida, S. Seto, N. Takahashi, and Y. N. Takayabu, 2009: GSMaP Passive Microwave Precipitation Retrieval Algorithm : Algorithm Description and Validation. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 87A, 119-136.
https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.87A.119
Times Cited: 74
Shepherd, T. G., 2007: Transport in the Middle Atmosphere. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 85B, 165-191.
https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.85B.165
Times Cited: 74
Ashok, K., Z. Guan, and T. Yamagata, 2003: A Look at the Relationship between the ENSO and the Indian Ocean Dipole. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 81, 41-56.
https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.81.41
Times Cited: 70
Nakanishi, M., H. Niino, 2009: Development of an Improved Turbulence Closure Model for the Atmospheric Boundary Layer. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 87, 895-912.
Times Cited: 68
Ninomiya, K., 2000: Large- and Meso-α-scale Characteristics of Meiyu/Baiu Front Associated with Intense Rainfalls in 1-10 July 1991. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 78, 141-157.
Times Cited: 68
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.
https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2012-A12
Times Cited : 67
Lau, K.-M., and H. Weng, 2002: Recurrent Teleconnection Patterns Linking Summertime Precipitation Variability over East Asia and North America. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 80, 1309-1324.
https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.80.1309
Times Cited: 67
Lee, M. -I., I. -S. Kang, and B. E. Mapes, 2003: Impacts of Cumulus Convection Parameterization on Aqua-planet AGCM Simulations of Tropical Intraseasonal Variability. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 81, 963-992.
https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.81.963
Times Cited: 66
Hamada, J.-I., M. D. Yamanaka, J. Matsumoto, S. Fukao, P. A. Winarso, and T. Sribimawati, 2002: Spatial and Temporal Variations of the Rainy Season over Indonesia and their Link to ENSO. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 80, 285-310.
https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.80.285
Times Cited: 66
Lu, R., and B. Dong, 2001: Westward Extension of North Pacific Subtropical High in Summer. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 79, 1229-1241.
https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.79.1229
Times Cited: 66
Kusaka, H., F. Kimura, H. Hirakuchi, and M. Mizutori, 2000: The Effects of Land-Use Alteration on the Sea Breeze and Daytime Heat Island in the Tokyo Metropolitan Area. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 78, 405-420.
Times Cited: 66
Emori, S., T. Nozawa, A. Numaguti, and I. Uno, 2001:Importance of Cumulus Parameterization for Precipitation Simulation over East Asia in June. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 79, 939-947.
https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.79.939
Times Cited: 65
Yoshimura, J., M. Sugi, and A. Noda, 2006: Influence of Greenhouse Warming on Tropical Cyclone Frequency. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 84, 405-428.
https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.84.405
Times Cited: 64
Gendt, G., G. Dick, C. Reigber, M. Tomassini, Y. Liu, and M. Ramatschi, 2004: Near Real Time GPS Water Vapor Monitoring for Numerical Weather Prediction in Germany. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 82, 361-370.
https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2004.361
Times Cited: 64
Lu, R., 2004: Associations among the Components of the East Asian Summer Monsoon System in the Meridional Direction. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 82, 155-165.
https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.82.155
Times Cited: 64
Gutman, S. I., S. R. Sahm, S. G. Benjamin, B. E. Schwartz, K. L. Holub, J. Q. Stewart, and T. L. Smith, 2004: Rapid Retrieval and Assimilation of Ground Based GPS Precipitable Water Observations at the NOAA Forecast Systems Laboratory: Impact on Weather Forecasts. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 82, 351-360.
https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2004.351
Times Cited: 63
Tanaka, K., H. Ishikawa, T. Hayashi, I. Tamagawa, and Y. Ma, 2001: Surface Energy Budget at Amdo on the Tibetan Plateau using GAME/Tibet IOP98 Data. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 79, 505-517.
https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.79.505
Times Cited: 63
Ding, Y., 2007: The Variability of the Asian Summer Monsoon. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 85B, 21-54.
https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.85B.21
Times Cited: 60
Yang, K., T. Watanabe, T. Koike, X. Li, H. Fujii, K. Tamagawa, Y. Ma, and H. Ishikawa, 2007: Auto-calibration System Developed to Assimilate AMSR-E Data into a Land Surface Model for Estimating Soil Moisture and the Surface Energy Budget. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 85A, 229-242.
https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.85A.229
Times Cited: 60
Lang, T. J., and A. P. Barros, 2004: Winter Storms in the Central Himalayas. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 82, 829-844.
https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2004.829
Times Cited: 60
Johnson, R. H., and P. E. Ciesielski, 2002: Characteristics of the 1998 Summer Monsoon Onset over the Northern South China Sea. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 80, 561-578.
https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.80.561
Times Cited: 60
Williamson, D. L., 2007: The evolution of dynamical cores for global atmospheric models. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 85B, 241-269.
https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.85B.241
Times Cited: 58
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.
https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.84.247
Times Cited: 58
Inoue, T., and J. Matsumoto, 2004: A Comparison of Summer Sea Level Pressure over East Eurasia between NCEP-NCAR Reanalysis and ERA-40 for the Period 1960-99. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 82, 951-958.
https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2004.951
Times Cited: 58

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