Publication List

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Book

Masunaga, H., 2022:
Satellite Measurements of Clouds and Precipitation: Theoretical Basis
Springer Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry. Springer, Singapore, pp. 297, eBook ISBN: 978-981-19-2243-5 (Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-19-2242-8)
2022 ASLI Choice (Science and Technology) Award recepient

To appear in journals

New papers coming (hopefully) soon.

Published in Journals

70. Li, Y.-X., H. Masunaga, H. Takahashi, and J.-Y. Yu, 2024:
When, where and to what extent do temperature perturbations near tropical deep convection follow convective quasi equilibrium?
Geophys. Res. Lett., 51, e2024GL108233. doi:10.1029/2024GL108233 © Authors [PDF]

69. Watari, A., Iizuka, Y., Fujita, K. H. Masunaga, and K. Kawamoto 2024:
Long-term relationships between summer clouds and aerosols over mid-high latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere
Sci. Rep., 14, 9059 doi:10.1038/s41598-024-59817-7 © Authors [PDF]

68. Masunaga, H. and H. Takahashi, 2024:
The Energetics of the Lagrangian Evolution of Tropical Convective Systems
J. Atmos. Sci., 81, 783-799 doi:10.1175/JAS-D-23-0141.1 © American Meteorological Society [PDF] [Supplemental material]

67. Takahashi, H., Z. J. Luo, H. Masunaga, R. Storer, and A. T. Noda, 2024:
Investigating cnvective processes underlying ENSO: New insights into the fixed anvil temperature hypothesis
Geophys. Res. Lett., 51, e2023GL107113, doi:10.1029/2023GL107113 © JPL [PDF]

66. Masunaga, H., 2023:
The edge intensification of eastern Pacific ITCZ convection
J. Climate, 36, 3469-3480 doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-22-0382.1 © American Meteorological Society [PDF]

65. Ito, M. and H. Masunaga, 2022:
Process-level assessment of the iris effect over tropical oceans
Geophys. Res. Lett., 49, e2022GL097997, doi:10.1029/2022GL097997 © Authors [PDF]

64. Hirose, M., S. Shige, T. Kubota, F. A. Furuzawa, H. Minda, and H. Masunaga, 2021:
Refinement of surface precipitation estimates for the Dual-frequency Precipitation Radar on the GPM Core Observatory using near-nadir measurments.
J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 99, 1231-1252, doi:10.2151/jmsj.2021-060 © Authors [PDF]

63. Sekaranom, A. B., E. Nurjani, S. B. Wibowo, and H. Masunaga, 2021:
Characterizing ice-scattering homogeneity in TRMM Microwave Imagers and its influence on ocean rainrate estimation bias of TRMM Precipitation Radar
Atmos., 12, 1377 doi:10.3390/atmos12111377 © Authors [PDF]

62. Takahashi, H., M. Lebsock, Z. J. Luo, H. Masunaga, and C. Wang, 2021:
Detection and tracking of tropical convective storms based on globally precipitation measurements: Algorithm and Survey over the Tropics
J. Appl. Meteorol. Climatol., 60, 403-421, doi:10.1175/JAMC-D-20-0171.1 © American Meteorological Society [PDF]

61. Masunaga, H., C. E. Holloway, H. Kanamori, S. Bony, and T. H. M. Stein, 2021:
Transient aggregation of convection: Observed behavior and underlying processes
J. Climate, 34, 1685-1700, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-19-0933.1 © American Meteorological Society [PDF]

60. Jeyaratnam, J., Z. J. Luo, S. Giangrande, D. Wang, and H. Masunaga, 2021:
A satellite-based estiamte of convective vertical velocity and convective mass flux: Global survey and comparison with radar wind profiler observations
Geophys. Res. Lett., 48, e2020GL090675, doi:10.1029/2020GL090675 © American Geophysical Union [PDF]

59. Masunaga, H. and B. E. Mapes, 2020:
A mechanism for the maintenance of sharp tropical margins
J. Atmos. Sci., 77, 1181-1197, doi:10.1175/JAS-D-19-0154.1 © American Meteorological Society [PDF]

58. Masunaga, H., M. Schröder, F. A. Furuzawa, C. Kummerow, E. Rustemeier and U. Schneider, 2019:
Inter-product biases in global precipitation extremes
Environ. Res. Lett., 14, 125016, doi:10.1088/1748-9326/ab5da9 © Authors [PDF]

57. Sumi, Y. and H. Masunaga, 2019:
Vertical modes and effective stability of quasi-2-day waves
J. Atmos. Sci., 76, 2005-2022, doi:10.1175/JAS-D-19-0092.1 © American Meteorological Society [PDF]

56. Sekaranom, A. B. and H. Masunaga, 2019:
Origins of heavy precipitation biases in the TRMM PR and TMI products assessed with CloudSat and reanalysis data
J. Appl. Meteor. Clim., 58, 37-54, doi:10.1175/JAMC-D-18-0011.1 © American Meteorological Society [PDF]

55. Kadoya, T. and H. Masunaga, 2018:
New observational metrics of convective self-aggregation: Methodology and a case study
J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 96, 535-548, doi:10.2151/jmsj.2018-054 © Authors [PDF]

54. Masunaga, H. and S. Bony, 2018:
Radiative invigoration of tropical convection by preceding cirrus clouds
J. Atmos. Sci., 75, 1327-1342, doi:10.1175/JAS-D-17-0355.1 © American Meteorological Society [PDF]

53. Mapes, B. E., E.-S. Chung, W. M. Hannah, H. Masunaga, A. J. Wimmers and C. S. Velden, 2018:
The meandering margin of the meteorological moist Tropics
Geophys. Res. Lett., 45, 1177-1184, doi:10.1002/2017GL076440 © American Geophysical Union [PDF]

52. Nuijens, L., K. Emanuel, H. Masunaga and T. S. L'Ecuyer, 2017:
Implications of warm rain in shallow cumulus and congestus clouds for large-scale circulations
Surv. Geophys., 38, 1257-1282, doi:10.1007/s10712-017-9429-z © Authors [PDF]

51. Sekaranom, A. B. and H. Masunaga, 2017:
Comparison of TRMM-derived rainfall products for general and extreme rains over the Maritime Continent
J. Appl. Meteor. Clim., 56, 1867-1881, doi:10.1175/JAMC-D-16-0272.1 © American Meteorological Society [PDF]

50. Tapiador, F. J., A. Navarro, V. Levizzani, E. García-Ortega, G. J. Huffman, C. Kidd, P. A. Kucera, C. D. Kummerow, H. Masunaga, W. A. Petersen, R. Roca, J.-L. Sánchez, W.-K. Tao and F. J. Turk, 2017:
Global precipitation measurements for validating climate models
Atmos. Res., 197, 1-20, doi:10.1016/j.atmosres.2017.06.021 © Elsevier [PDF]

49. Choi, Y.-S., WM. Kim, S.-W. Yeh, H. Masunaga, M.-J. Kwon, H.-S. Jo and L. Huang, 2017:
Revisiting the iris effect of tropical cirrus clouds with TRMM and A-Train satellite data
J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 112, 5917-5931, doi:10.1002/2016JD025827 © American Geophysical Union [PDF]

48. Holloway, C. E., A. A. Wing, S. Bony, C. Muller, H. Masunaga, T. S. L'Ecuyer, D. D. Turner and P. Zuidema, 2017:
Observing convective aggregation
Surv. Geophys., 38, 1199-1236, doi:10.1007/s10712-017-9419-1 © Authors [PDF]

47. Masunaga, H. and Y. Sumi, 2017:
A toy model of tropical convection with a moisture storage closure
J. Adv. Model. Earth Syst., 9, doi:10.1002/2016MS000855 © Authors [PDF]

46. Yanase, A., K. Yasunaga and H. Masunaga, 2017:
Relationship between the direction of diurnal rainfall migration and the ambient wind over the southern Sumatra island
Earth Space Sci., 4, doi:10.1002/2016EA000181 © Authors [PDF]

45. Masunaga, H. and Z. J. Luo, 2016:
Convective and large-scale mass flux profiles over tropical oceans determined from synergistic analysis of a suite of satellite observations
J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 121, doi:10.1002/2016JD024753 © Authors [PDF]

44. Sumi, Y. and H. Masunaga, 2016:
A Moist Static Energy Budget Analysis of Quasi 2-day Wave Using Satelite and Reanalsyis Data
J. Atmos. Sci., 73, 743-759, doi:10.1175/JAS-D-15-0098.1 © American Meteorological Society [PDF]

43. Masunaga, H., 2015:
Assessment of a Satellite-based Atmospheric Budget Analysis Method with CINDY2011/DYNAMO/AMIE and TOGA COARE Sounding Array Data
J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 93A (Special issue on the Coordinated International Field Campaign on the Madden-Julian Oscillation), 21-40, doi:10.2151/jmsj.2015-032 ©Meteorological Society of Japan [PDF]

42. Norouzi,H., M. Temimi, C. Prigent, J. Turk, R. Khanbilvardi, Y. Tian, F. A. Furuzawa and H. Masunaga, 2015:
Assessment of the consistency among global microwave land surface emissivity products
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 8, 1197-1205, doi:10.5194/amt-8-1197-2015 © Authors [PDF]

41. Toyoshima, K., H. Masunaga and F. A. Furuzawa, 2015:
Early evaluation of Ku- and Ka-band sensitivities for the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Dual-frequency Precipitation Radar (DPR)
SOLA, 11, 14-17, doi:10.2151/sola.2015-004 © Meteorological Society of Japan [PDF]

40. Masunaga, H., 2014:
Free-tropospheric moisture convergence and tropical convective regimes
Geophys. Res. Lett., 41, 8611-8618, doi:10.1002/2014GL062301 © American Geophysical Union [PDF]

39. Masunaga, H. and Tristan S. L'Ecuyer, 2014:
A mechanism of tropical convection inferred from observed variability in the moist static energy budget
J. Atmos. Sci., 71, 3747-3766, doi:10.1175/JAS-D-14-0015.1 © American Meteorological Society [PDF]

38. Kanemaru, K. and H. Masunaga, 2014:
The potential roles of background surface wind in the SST variability associated with intraseasonal oscillations
J. Climate, 27, 7053-7068, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-13-00774.1 © American Meteorological Society [PDF]

37. Tian, Y., C. Peters-Lidard , K. W. Harrison, C. Prigent, H. Norouzi, F. Aires, S.-A. Boukabara, F. A. Furuzawa and H. Masunaga, 2014:
Quantifying uncertainties in land surface microwave emissivity retrievals
IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., 52, 829-840, doi:10.1109/TGRS.2013.2244214

36. Li, X., W.-K. Tao, H. Masunaga, G. Gu and X. Zeng, 2013:
Aerosol effects on cumulus congestus population over the tropical Pacific: A cloud-resolving modeling study
J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 91, 817-833, doi: 10.2151/jmsj.2013-607 © Meteorological Society of Japan [PDF]

35. Masunaga, H., 2013:
A satellite study of tropical moist convection and environmental variability: A moisture and thermal budget analysis
J. Atmos. Sci., 70, 2443-2466, doi:10.1175/JAS-D-12-0273.1 © American Meteorological Society [PDF]

34. Kanemaru, K. and H. Masunaga, 2013:
A satellite study of the relationship between sea surface temperature and column water vapor over tropical and subtropical oceans
J. Climate, 26, 4204-4218, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00307.1 © American Meteorological Society [PDF]

33. Ferraro, R., C. Peters-Lidard , C. Hernandez, F. J. Turk, F. Aires, C. Prigent, X. Lin, S.-A. Boukabara, F. Furuzawa, K. Gopalan, K. Harrison, F. Karbou, L. Li, C. Li, H. Masunaga, L. Moy, S. Ringerud, G. Skofronik-Jackson, Y. Tian and N.-Y. Wang, 2013:
An evaluation of microwave land surface emissivities over the continental United States to benefit GPM-era precipitation algorithms
IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., 51, 378-398, doi:10.1109/TGRS.2012.2199121

32. Ichikawa, H., H. Masunaga, Y. Tsushima and H. Kanzawa, 2012:
Analysis of cloud properties associated with tropical convection in climate models and satellite data.
J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 90, 629-646, doi:10.2151/jmsj.2012-504 © Japan Meteorogical Society [PDF]

31. Masunaga, H., 2012:
Short-term versus climatological relationship between precipitation and tropospheric humidity
J. Climate, 25, 7983-7990, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00037.1 © American Meteorological Society [PDF]

30. Ichikawa, H., H. Masunaga, Y. Tsushima and H. Kanzawa, 2012:
Reproducibility by climate models of cloud radiative forcing associated with tropical convection
J. Climate, 25, 1247-1262, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00114.1 © American Meteorological Society [PDF]

29. Masunaga, H., 2012:
A satellite study of the atmospheric forcing and response to moist convection over tropical and subtropical oceans
J. Atmos. Sci., 69, 150-167, doi:10.1175/JAS-D-11-016.1 © American Meteorological Society [PDF]

28. Masunaga, H. and T. S. L'Ecuyer, 2011:
Equatorial asymmetry of the east Pacific ITCZ: Observational constraints on the underlying processes
J. Climate, 24, 1784-1800, doi:10.1175/2010JCLI3854.1 © American Meteorological Society [PDF]

27. Masunaga, H., T. Matsui, W.-K. Tao, A. Y. Hou, C. D. Kummerow, T. Nakajima, P. Bauer, W. S. Olson, M. Sekiguchi and T. Y. Nakajima, 2010:
Satellite Data Simulator Unit (SDSU): A multi-sensor, multi-spectral satellite simulator package
Bull. Amer. Meteorol. Soc., 91,1625-1632, doi:10.1175/2010BAMS2809.1 © American Meteorological Society [PDF]

26. Li, X., W.-K. Tao, T. Matsui, C. Liu and H. Masunaga, 2010:
Improving a spectral bin microphysical scheme using TRMM satellite observations
Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 136, 382-399, doi:10.1002/qj.569 © Royal Meteorological Society [PDF]

25. Masunaga, H. and T. S. L'Ecuyer, 2010:
The southeast Pacific warm band and double ITCZ
J. Climate, 23, 1189-1208, doi:10.1175/2009JCLI3124.1 © American Meteorological Society [PDF]

24. Liu, P., M. Satoh, B. Wang, H. Fudeyasu, T. Nasuno, T. Li, H. Miura, H. Taniguchi, H. Masunaga, X. Fu and H. Annamalai, 2009:
An MJO simulated by the NICAM at 14-km and 7-km resolutions
Mon. Wea. Rev., 137, 3254-3268, doi:10.1175/2009MWR2965.1 © American Meteorological Society [PDF]

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, doi:10.2151/jmsj.87.771 ©Meteorological Society of Japan [PDF]

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, doi:10.2151/jmsj.87A.295 ©Meteorological Society of Japan [PDF(8.4Mb)]

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, doi:10.1175/2008JTECHA1168.1 © American Meteorological Society [PDF]

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-Julian Oscillation Event: Model Diagnosis
J. Geophys. Res., 113, D17210, doi:10.1029/2008JD009986 © American Geophysical Union [PDF]

18. Masunaga, H., 2007:
Seasonality and Regionality of the Madden-Julian Oscillation, Kelvin Wave and Equatorial Rossby Wave.
J. Atmos. Sci., 64, 4400-4416, doi:10.1175/2007JAS2179.1 © American Meteorological Society [PDF]

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, doi:10.1175/JAS3783.1 © American Meteorological Society [PDF]

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 © American Geophysical Union [PDF (8.8Mb)] [PDF (correction)]

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 © American Geophysical Union [PDF]

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. doi:10.1175/JCLI3698.1 © American Meteorological Society [PDF]

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. doi:10.1175/JTECH1827.1 © American Meteorological Society [PDF]

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 © American Geophysical Union [PDF]

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. doi:10.1175/JTECH1751.1 © American Meteorological Society [PDF]

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, doi:10.1175/JCLI-3304.1 © American Meteorological Society [PDF]

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 © American Geophysical Union [PDF]

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 © American Geophysical Union [PDF]

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, doi:10.1175/1520-0450(2002)041<0849:CORPDF>2.0.CO;2 © American Meteorological Society [PDF]

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:10.1029/2001JD000734 © American Geophysical Union [PDF]

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, doi:10.1175/1520-0469(2001)058<2455:TECFOB>2.0.CO;2 © American Meteorological Socieety [PDF]

4. Masunaga, H. and Inutsuka, S., 2000:
Infall Signatures in Molecular Line Spectra of Protostellar Envelopes.
Astrophys. J., 536, 406-415, doi:10.1086/308901 © American Astronomical Society [PDF]

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, doi:10.1086/308439 © American Astronomical Society [PDF]

2. Masunaga, H. and Inutsuka, S., 1999:
Does "τ ≈ 1" Terminate the Isothermal Evolution of Collapsing Clouds?
Astrophys. J., 510, 822-827, doi:10.1086/306608 © American Astronomical Society [PDF]

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, doi:10.1086/305281 © American Astronomical Society [PDF]

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, USA: 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
Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer, 235-252. [PDF] © Springer

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