Publication list of Kooiti MASUDA

• Items marked with "(E)" are written in English.
• Items marked with "(J)" are written in Japanese. Their titles appearing in English here are sometimes official ones written in the publications, but often tentative ones given by me.
• Note: This list is out-of-date. [Japanese version] is current.

1. Review articles and parts of textbooks

• Masuda K., 2007: Global Warming and Associated Changes in the Hydrological Cycle. Daiyonki Kenkyu (The Quaternary Research), 46, 249 - 255 (E).
• Masuda K., 2003: Two sections "4.1. Atmosphere and ocean of the present earth" and "4.2. On the causes of climatic changes" in Quaternary Science (Machida H. et al. eds.) Tokyo: Asakura Shoten, 76 - 88 (J).
• Masuda K., 2001: Climatology and Geographical Information System. in GIS -- Contribution to Geography (Kosaka H. and Murayama Y. eds.) Tokyo: Kokon Shoin, 39 -- 57 (J).
• Masuda K., 2000: Energy of the atmosphere. JIE Journal (Japan Institute of Energy), 79, 338 -- 347 (J).
• Sakamoto N. and Masuda K., 1999: Climate fossils: A common ground for theoretical and observational data in paleo-climate. Kagaku (=Science) (Iwanami Shoten), 69, 790 -- 793 (J).
• Masuda K. and Abe-Ouchi A., 1996: Quaternary climatic changes. Climatic Changes (Sumi A. et al. eds., Iwanami Lectures on Earth and Planetary Sciences 11), Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, 103 -- 156 (J).
• Masuda K., 1995: Global environmental data in the perspective of geographical information science. Theory and Application of GIS (GIS Association of Japan), 3, No. 2, 11 -- 18 (J).
• Masuda K., 1995: Global environmental data management, revisited. Proc. 1995 Symposium on Informatics, 155 -- 160 (J).
• Masuda K. and Tanabe K., 1994: Global warming. Environmental Science Illustrated (Center for Environmental Information Science, eds.) Tokyo: Asakura Shoten, 96 -- 101 (J).
• Masuda K., 1993: Glacial-interglacial cycles and the orbital parameter of the earth. Meteorological Research Notes (Meteorological Society of Japan), No. 177, 223 -- 248 (J).
• Abe-Ouchi A. and Masuda K., 1993: Ice sheets and climate sensitivity--A review of modelling studies. Meteorological Research Notes (Meteorological Society of Japan), No. 177, 183 -- 222 (J).
• Masuda K., 1992: Thinking about causes of the Little Ice Age. Chiri (=Geography) (Kokon Shoin), 37, No. 2, 56 -- 65 (J).
• Masuda K., 1991: Can meteorology (general circulation models, in particular) be exemplar for modernization of earth sciences? Chikyu (=Earth) Monthly, 13, 594 -- 601 (J).
• Masuda K., 1990: Toward an organized data environment for global environmental research (climate research). Proc. 1990 Symposium on Informatics, 221 -- 230 (J).
• Masuda K., 1989: Investigation of the climate system by four-dimensional assimilation of atmospheric data. Science and Technology of Japan, 30, No. 255, 54 -- 59 (J).

2. Original research articles (peer-reviewed)

• Hirabayashi Y., Kanae S., Motoya K., Masuda K. and Döll P., 2008: A 59-year (1948-2006) global near-surface meteorological data set for land surface models. Part I: Development of daily forcing and assessment of precipitation intensity. Hydrological Research Letters, 2, 36 - 40 (E). (on-line from http://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/hrl/2/0/2_36/_article/)
• Hanasaki N., Kanae S., Oki T., Masuda K., Motoya K., Shirakawa N., Shen Y. and Tanaka K., 2008: An integrated model for the assessment of global water resources. Part 1: Model description and input meteorological forcing Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 12, 1007 - 1025 (E). (on-line at http://direct.sref.org/1607-7938/hess/2008-12-1007/)
• Hanasaki N., Kanae S., Oki T., Masuda K., Motoya K., Shirakawa N., Shen Y. and Tanaka K., 2008: An integrated model for the assessment of global water resources. Part 2: Applications and assessments. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 12, 1027 - 1037 (E). (on-line at http://direct.sref.org/1607-7938/hess/2008-12-1027/)
• Fukutomi Y., Masuda K. and Yasunari T., 2007: Cyclone activity associated with the interannual seesaw oscillation of summer precipitation over northern Eurasia. Global and Planetary Change, 56, 387 - 398 (E).
• Iijima Y., Masuda K. and Ohata T., 2007: Snow disappearance in Eastern Siberia and its relationship to atmospheric infulences. International Journal of Climatology, 27, 169 - 177 (E).
• Suzuki R., Masuda K. and Dye D.G., 2007: Interannual covariability between actual evapotranspiration and PAL and GIMMS NDVIs of northern Asia. Remote Sensing of Environment, 106, 387 - 398 (E).
• Xu J., Haginoya S., Masuda K. and Suzuki R., 2005: Heat and water balance estimates over the Tibetan Plateau in 1997 - 1998. J. Meteorol. Soc. Japan, 83, 577 - 593. (E)
• Matsuyama H., Miyaoka K. and Masuda K., 2005: Year-to-year variations of the stable isotopes in precipitation in February at Cuiabá located in the northern fringe of Pantanal, Brazil. J. Hydrometeorol., 6, 324 - 329. (E)
• Suzuki R. and Masuda K., 2004: Interannual covariability found in evapotranspiration and satellite-derived vegetation indices over northern Asia. J. Meteorol. Soc. Japan, 82, 1233 - 1241 (E).
• Fukutomi Y., Masuda K. and Yasunari T., 2004: Role of storm track activity in the interannual seasaw of summer precipitation over northern Eurasia. J. Geophys. Res., 109, D02109, doi:10.1029/2003JD003912 (E).
• Fukutomi Y., Igarashi H., Masuda K. and Yasunari T., 2003: Interannual variability of summer water balance components in three major river basins of northern Eurasia. J. Hydrometeorology, 3, 249 - 266 (E).
• Sakamoto N. and Masuda K., 2002: Significance of the sampling errors due to changing land-sea distribution in the Phanerozoic paleo-climate reconstruction. J. Meteorol. Soc. Japan, 80, 531 - 537 (E).
• Ichino M., Sakamoto N., Masuda K. and Mikami T., 2001: The method for estimating global solar radiation based on weather records --Toward the climatic reconstruction in the historical period. Tenki (Meteorological Society of Japan), 48, 823 - 830 (J).
• Masuda K., Hashimoto Y., Matsuyama H. and Oki T., 2001: Seasonal cycle of water storage in major river basins of the world. Geophysical Research Letters, 28, 3215 -- 3218 (E).
• Matsuyama H. and Masuda K., 1998: Seasonal / interannual variations of soil moisture in the former USSR and its relationship to Indian summer monsoon rainfall. J. Climate, 11, 652 -- 658 (E).
• Sakamoto N., Suzuki C. and Masuda K., 1998: An attempt toward the reconstruction of paleo-climate by means of a data base of fossils. Geoinformatics (Japan Society of Geoinformatics), 9, 13 -- 18 (J).
• Matsuyama H. and Masuda K., 1997: Estimates of continental-scale soil wetness and comparison with the soil moisture data of Mintz and Serafini. Climate Dynamics, 13, 681 -- 689 (E).
• Matsuyama H., Oki T. and Masuda K., 1995: Applicability of ECMWF's 4DDA data to the interannual variability of the water budget of the Mississippi river basin. J. Meteorol. Soc. Japan, 73, 1167 -- 1174 (E).
• Oki T., Musiake K., Matsuyama H. and Masuda K., 1995: Atmospheric water balance and global hydrological cycle. Proc. JSCE (Japan Society of Civil Engineers), No. 521/II-32, 13 -- 27 (J).
• Oki T., Musiake K., Matsuyama H. and Masuda K., 1995: Global atmospheric water balance and runoff from large river basins. Hydrological Processes, 9, 655 -- 678 (E).
• Ito T., Masuda K., Hamano Y. and Matsui T., 1995: Climate friction: A possible cause for secular drift of earth's obliquity. J. Geophys. Res., 100, 15147 -- 15161 (E).
• Matsuyama H., Oki T., Shinoda M. and Masuda K., 1994: The seasonal change of the water budget in the Congo river basin. J. Meteorol. Soc. Japan, 72, 281 -- 299 (E).
• Oki T., Musiake K., Masuda K. and Matsuyama H., 1993: Global runoff estimation by atmospheric water balance using ECMWF data set. IAHS Publications (Int'l. Assoc. Hydrol. Sci.), 214, 163 -- 171 (E).
• Matsuyama H., Oki T. and Masuda K., 1993: The water budget in the Amazon River basin during the FGGE period. IAHS Publications, 216, 35 -- 42 (E).
• Oki T., Musiake K. and Masuda K., 1992: Estimation of global annual runoff by atmospheric water balance. J. Hydraulic, Coastal and Environmental Engineering (Japan Society of Civil Engineers), 36, 573 -- 578 (J).
• Oki T., Musiake K. and Masuda K., 1991: Atmospheric water vapor flux convergence and basin water balance --Case study in Chao Phraya river basin, Thailand. J. Hydraulic, Coastal and Environmental Engineering (Japan Society of Civil Engineers), 35, 679 -- 682 (J).
• Masuda K., 1990: Atmospheric heat and water budgets of polar regions: Analysis of FGGE data. Proceedings of the NIPR Symposium on Polar Meteorology and Glaciology (Tokyo: National Insitute of Polar Research), No. 3, 79 - 88 (E).
• Masuda K., 1988: Meridional heat transport by the atmosphere and the ocean: Analysis of FGGE data. Tellus, 40A, 285 -- 302 (E).
• Shinoda M., Mikami T., Iwasaki K., Kitajima H., Eguchi T., Matsumoto J. and Masuda K., 1986: Global simultaneity of the abrupt seasonal changes in precipitation during May and June of 1979. J. Meteorol. Soc. Japan, 64, 531 -- 546 (E).
• Eguchi T., Matsumoto J., Kitajima H., Iwasaki K., Shinoda M., Mikami T. and Masuda K., 1986: Global climatic classification based on seasonal distribution of non-precipitation areas. Geographical Review of Japan, 59B, 43 -- 54 (E).
• Masuda K., 1984: Diabatic heating during the FGGE: A preliminary report. J. Meteorol. Soc. Japan, 62, 702 -- 708 (E).
• Masuda K., 1983: Dynamical estimation of atmospheric diabatic heating over the northern hemisphere in winter. J. Meteorol. Soc. Japan, 61, 449 -- 454 (E).
• Nitta T. and Masuda K., 1981: Observational study of a monsoon depression developed over the Bay of Bengal during summer MONEX. J. Meteorol. Soc. Japan, 59, 672 -- 682 (E).

3. Research articles (without strict peer-review process)

• Masuda K., 2004: Seasonal cycle of water balance components in the continental Southeast Asia. Proceedings of 2003 International Symposium on the Climate System of Asian Monsoon and its Interaction with Society (Nov. 2003, Khon Kaen) (GAME Publication No. 41), 39 - 40 (E).
• Masuda K., 2003: Water balance of the Mekong river basin during GAME IOP. Proceedings of 2002 Workshop on GAME-Tropics and Hydrometeorological Studies in Thailand and Southeast Asia (Oct. 2002, Chiang Rai) (GAME Publication No. 40), 70 - 77 (E).
• Masuda K., 2000: A note on the climatic factors controlling the global distribution of vegetation. Geogr. Rep. Tokyo Metropolitan Univ., 35, 21 -- 30 (E).
• Masuda K., Hashimoto Y., Matsuyama H. and Oki T., 2000: Seasonal cycle of water storage in major river basins of the world. Proceedings of the Second WCRP International Conference on Reanalyses (World Climate Research Programme WCRP-109, WMO/TD-No. 985, World Meteorological Organization), 209 -- 212 (E).
• Yatagai A. and Masuda K., 2000: Seasonal change of the Intertropical Convergence Zone seen from the latent heat source computed by the reanalysis data. Proceedings of the Second WCRP International Conference on Reanalyses (World Climate Research Programme WCRP-109, WMO/TD-No. 985, World Meteorological Organization), 317 -- 320 (E).
• Yasunari T., Yatagai A. and Masuda K., 2000: Time-space characteristics of atmospheric water balance in monsoon areas based on ECMWF reanalysis data. Proceedings of the Second WCRP International Conference on Reanalyses (World Climate Research Programme WCRP-109, WMO/TD-No. 985, World Meteorological Organization), 261 -- 264 (E).
• Masuda K., 2000: Amplitude and phase of the annual cycle of surface air temperature in the middle and high latitudes of the world. Proceedings of the International Conference on Climate Change and Variability (Mikami, T. ed., International Geographical Union - Commission on Climatology), 287 -- 292 (E).
• Morinaga Y., Masuda K., Nishimori M. and Yasunari T., 2000: Relationships between Eurasian snow cover and the Indian summer monsoon rainfall. Proceedings of the International Conference on Climate Change and Variability (Mikami, T. ed., International Geographical Union Commission on Climatology), 293 -- 298 (E).
• Sakamoto N., Kano A., Iwase Y. and Masuda K., 1999: Global mean temperature variation through the last 600 million years estimated by carbon cycle model with weathering-CO₂-temperature feedback system. Geogr. Rep. Tokyo Metropolitan Univ., 34, 59 -- 72 (E).
• Masuda K., Morinaga Y., Numaguti A. and Abe-Ouchi A., 1993: The annual cycle of snow cover extent over the northern hemisphere as revealed by NOAA/NESDIS satellite data. Geogr. Rep. Tokyo Metropolitan Univ., 28, 113 - 132 (E).
• Ito T., Kumazawa M., Hamano Y., Matsui T. and Masuda K., 1993: Long term evolution of the solar insolation variation over 4 Ga. Proceedings of Japan Academy, 69, 233 - 237 (E).
• Yasunari T., Morinaga Y., Igarashi H. and Masuda K., 1991: Snow mass climatology over the Eurasian continent derived from Nimbus-7 SMMR data. Applications of Remote Sensing in Asia and Oceania (Murai, S. ed.), Asian Association on Remote Sensing, 352 - 355 (E).
• Masuda K., 1988: World water balance: Analysis of FGGE IIIb data. Tropical Precipitation Measurements (Theon, J. and Fugono, N. eds.), A. Deepak Publ., Hampton, VA, USA, 51 - 55 (E).

4. Specific articles and commentaries

• Masuda K., 2007: To apprehend global warming, not too lightly, not too gravely. Sekai (Iwanami Shoten), No. 769 (September 2007 issue), 133 - 141 (J).
• Masuda K., Asuka J., Yoshimura J. and Kawamiya M., 2006: Critical comments on several skeptic views about global warming. Journal of Japanese Scientists (Japan Scientists' Association), 41, 492 - 497 (J).
• Masuda K., Fujiyoshi Y., Kiguchi M., Yatagai A., Furuzawa A.F., Yang K., Hirabayashi Y. and Kanae S., 2006: A report of the 5th International Scientific Conference on the Global Energy and Water Cycle. Tenki (Meteorol. Soc. Japan), 53, 143-152 (J).
• Masuda K., 2005: Commentary. The Discovery of Global Warming by Weart S.R., Japanese edition (Tokyo: Misuzu Shobo), 257 - 262 (J).
• Masuda K., 2004: How science could change? J. Japan Soc. Hydrol. & Water Res., 17, 220 (J).
• Masuda K., Fukutomi Y., Suzuki R., Yasunari T., Hiyama T., Takahashi K., Oki T., Agata Y., Hirabayashi Y. and Yatagai A., 2002: Report of the 4th International GEWEX Conference. Tenki (Meteorol. Soc. Japan), 49, 477-486 (J).
• Masuda K., 2001: Positively evaulate Kuhn. Kagaku (Iwanami Shoten) 71, 1023 -- 1024 (J).
• Masuda K., 2000: Ability of quantitative decision as part of citizens' literacy. Kagaku (Iwanami Shoten), 70, 945 -- 947 (J).
• Matsuyama H. and Masuda K., 1998: Seasonal cycle, interannual variability and aspects in years 1993 and 1994 of soil moisture in the former Soviet Union. Meteorological Research Notes (Meteorol. Soc. Japan), No. 189, 127 -- 140 (J).
• Masuda K., 1992: Diversity and interpretation of atmospheric general circulation model output. Proceedings of the workshop on the effects of global climate change on hydrology and water resources at the catchment scale, JUCHWR Publ. No. 1 (Public Works Research Institute of Japan and U.S. Geological Survey), 81 - 90 (E).
• Masuda K., 1991: A request of sotware which helps computer users: a "hyper-manual" concept. Proc. 1991 Symposium on Informatics, 157 -- 160 (J).
• Masuda K. and Morinaga Y., 1990: Mesh data sets of snow cover over the northern hemisphere. J. Geography (Tokyo Geographical Society), 99, 695 -- 703 (J).
• Masuda K., 1988: Problem notes about FGGE IIIb data: on "main IIIb" data sets of ECMWF and GFDL. Tenki (Meteorol. Soc. Japan), 35, 5 - 19 (J).

5. Research reports

• Masuda K., 2002: Seasonal cycle of water balance components in large river basins. Energy and water cycle in Asian monsoon region (Yasunari T. ed., FY 2001 Research Report), 71 - 74 (J).
• Kimoto M., Yatagai A. and Masuda K., 1999: Diagnosis of continental-scale water and energy flow by using satellite data and atmospheric reanalysis data. Final Report, Modeling Group, "Better Understanding of Water and Energy Cycle by Satellites", 101 - 103 (J).
• Yatagai A., Kimoto M. and Masuda K., 1999 Energy budget analysis by ECMWF Reanalysis data. Final Report, Land Group, "Better Understanding of Water and Energy Cycle by Satellites", 96 - 102 (J).
• Masuda K.,, Matsuyama H., Tanimoto Y. and Nakano T., 1998: Atmospheric energy budget analysis by long-term four-dimensional assimilation product. FY 1997 Report, "Better Understanding of Water and Energy Cycle by Satellites", 114 - 119 (J).
• Masuda K., Matsuyama H. and Tanimoto Y., 1997: Atmospheric energy budget analysis by long-term four-dimensional assimilation product. FY 1996 Report, "Better Understanding of Water and Energy Cycle by Satellites", 119 - 124 (J).
• Masuda K., 1993: Trends in global environmental data production of the world. FY 1992 Report, GIS for modernization and environmental change, 2, 207 -- 214 (J).
• Masuda K., 1992: Annual march of atmospheric heat sources in the tropics: Analysis of FGGE IIIb data. Precipitation and Temperature Distribution of The World (Iwasaki, K. ed., Dept. Geography, Hokkaido Univ.), 36 -- 41 (E).
• Masuda K., 1992: Comparison of global vegetation and climate with gridded data sets. FY 1991 Report, GIS for modernization and environmental change, 1, 15 -- 22 (J).
• Masuda K., Ito T. and Umeda T., 1991: Geometric transformation of various maps of heat balance climatology. FY 1990 Report, GIS for modernization and environmental change, 1, 21 -- 26 (J).
• Masuda K., Ouchi A. and Kato K., 1991: An annual cycle of surface meteorological variables at stations of China. Meteorological Research Report 91-01, Division of Meteorology, Geophysical Institute, University of Tokyo. 197 pp. (E).
• Masuda K. ed., 1989: Analysis of the seasonal cycle of land-surface conditions in the continental scale. FY 1988 Report to Grand-in-aid for Scientific Research by Japanese Ministry of Education, 76 pp. (J)

6. Translations

• Weart, S.R., 2003; Masuda K. and Kumai H. (translation to Japanese), 2005: The Discovery of Global Warming. Tokyo: Misuzu Shobo, 262+xxi pp. (J)
• Unninayar S. and Ruttenberg S. eds., 1990; Masuda K. (translation to Japanese), 1993: Recommendations from an Interdisciplinary Forum on Data Management for Global Change. Tech. Rep. No. 4, GIS for modernization and environmental change, 83 pp. (J)

7. Technical manuals (relatively new ones only)

• Masuda K., 1995: Example programs with GKS (2)-- Representation of numerical fields by contours. Centre News (Computer Centre, Univ. of Tokyo), 27, No. 5, 38 -- 46 (J).
• Masuda K., 1994: Example programs with GKS (1). Centre News (Computer Centre, Univ. of Tokyo), 26, No. 6, 103 -- 111 (J).
• Nomoto S. and Masuda K., 1992: FORTRAN Program Debugging Aid (4th ed.). Computer Centre, Univ. of Tokyo, 143 pp. (J)
• Masuda K., 1991: "Import and export" of data by magnetic tapes (2nd ed.). Centre News (Computer Centre, Univ. of Tokyo), 23, No. 4, 131 - 143 (J).
• Masuda K., Nakamura H. and Mannoji N., 1990: Graphics Library NCARG User's Guide (2nd ed.). Computer Centre, Univ. of Tokyo, 155 pp. (J) [Available from Masuda].
• Masuda K., 1987: NCARL library -- several methods of interpolation. Centre News (Computer Centre, Univ. of Tokyo), 19, No. 9/10, 37 -- 51 (J).