CURRICULUM VITAE
Akio KITOH (appears as Akio KITO in the passport)
Researcher
Japan Meteorological Business Support Centerc/o Meteorological Research Institute
1-1 Nagamine, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0052, Japan
Phone: +81-29-853-8617
Email: kitoh@jmbsc.or.jp
DATE OF BIRTH: 1 April 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH: Osaka, JAPAN
Gender: Male
Nationality: Japanese
EDUCATION
B.Sc: Geophysics
Kyoto University 1975
M.S.: Geophysics
Kyoto University 1977
D.Sc.: Geophysics
Kyoto University 1991
Thesis: "A Study of Low-Frequency Response of the Atmosphere to the Sea
Surface Temperature Variations"
EMPLOYMENT RECORDTechnical Official, Osaka District Meteorological Observatory / Japan Meteorological
Agency (JMA), Osaka, Japan, 1978-1980
Researcher, Third Research Laboratory, Forecast Research Department, MeteorologicalResearch Institute (MRI) / JMA, Tsukuba, Japan, 1980-1987
Staff Research Associate, Department of Atmospheric Science,
University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, U.S.A., 1983-1985
Senior Researcher, First Research Laboratory, Climate Research Department, MRI/JMA,
Tsukuba, Japan, 1987-1994
Head, First Research Laboratory, Climate Research Department, MRI/JMA, Tsukuba,
Japan, 1994-2007
Director, Climate Research Department, MRI/JMA, Tsukuba, Japan, 2007-2013
Senior Researcher, Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba,
Tsukuba, Japan, 2013-2017
Director, Office of Climate and Environmental Research Promotion, Japan
Meteorological Business Support Center, Tsukuba, Japan, 2017-2020
Researcher, Japan Meteorological Business Support Center, Tsukuba, Japan, 2020-2022

Affiliated Professor, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan, 1995-2004
Visiting Professor, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan, 2004-2013
Visiting Professor, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, 2009-2012
Member, Science Council of Japan, 2011-2017
Guest Researcher, MRI/JMA, 2013-present
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Member, Meteorological Society of Japan (MSJ), 1978Member, American Meteorological Society (AMS), 1983-2018
Member, American Geophysical Union (AGU), 2005-2018
Member, Japan Geoscience Union (JpGU), 2006Lead Author, Chapter 5 "Climate Models - Evaluation", IPCC WGI Second Assessment
Report (SAR), 1992-1995
Member, CLIVAR Working Group on Seasonal to Interannual Prediction (WGSIP),
1994-2000
Lead Author, Chapter 8 "Model Evaluation", IPCC WG1 Third Assessment Report(TAR), 1998-2001
Member, Scientific Advisory Committee, International Pacific Research Center (IPRC),
2002-2004
Lead Author, Chapter 10 "Global Climate Projections", IPCC WGI Fourth Assessment
Report (AR4), 2004-2007
Lead Author, IPCC Technical Paper on Climate Change and Water, 2007-2008
Member, CLIVAR Asian-Australian Monsoon Panel (AAMP), 2009-2013
Member, Scientific Advisory Committee, Beijing Climate Center (BCC), 2009-2013
Lead Author, Chapter 14 "Climate Phenomena and their Relevance for Future Regional
Climate Change", IPCC WGI Fifth Assessment Report (AR5), 2010-2013
Member, IPCC National Liaison Committee of Japan, 2004-present
Member, International Scientific Advisory Panel, Centre for Climate Research
Singapore (CCRS), 2009-2015
Member, Steering Committee on Arctic Research, National Institute of Polar Research,
2011-2016
Member, Advisory Committee, Central Environment Council, Ministry of theEnvironment, 2013-2015
Lead Author, Chapter 10 "Asia", IPCC WGII Sixth Assessment Report (AR6),
2018-2022
AWARD
The Award of the Meteorological Society of Japan, Meteorological Society of Japan,
1993
The Okada Award, Japan Weather Association, 2008
Fujiwhara Award, Meteorological Society of Japan, 2021

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Engaged in development of MRI AGCM/AOGCM/ESM since 1980 at MRI.
Numerical experiments and analyses on monsoons, ENSO, extremes, past (LGM and
Mid-Holocene) and future climate.
PROJECTS
Integrated Climate Change Projection (TOUGOU: Integrated Model Advanced
Research Program), funded by Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science andTechnology (MEXT) (FY2017-2021)
Development of Basic Technology for Risk Information on Climate Change (SOUSEI:Program for Risk Information on Climate Change), funded by Ministry of
Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) (FY2012-2016)
Research on Prediction of Climate and Environmental Change to Contribute to
Mitigation Plan Decision Making Against Climate Change, funded by Japan
Meteorological Agency (JMA) (FY2010-2014)
Projection of the Change in Future Weather Extremes Using Super-High Resolution
Atmospheric Models (KAKUSHIN: Innovative Program of Climate Change
Projection for the 21st Century), funded by Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports,
Science and Technology (MEXT) (FY2007-2011)
RESEARCH TOPICS
Climate modeling
Climate variability, extremes, monsoon and ENSO
Seasonal prediction
Global warming
Paleoclimate simulation
EDITORIAL BOARD
Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan (JMSJ), 1992-1998
Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 2000-2012
SOLA, Scientific Online Letters on the Atmosphere, Meteorological Society of Japan,
2004-2012
Asia-Pacific Journal of Atmospheric Sciences (APJAS) (former Journal of the Korean
Meteorological Society), 2008-2012
JOURNAL REVIEWS
Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan, Annals of Glaciology, Monthly Weather
Review, Papers in Meteorology and Geophysics, Geophysical Research Letters,
Theoretical and Applied Climatology, Climate Dynamics, Climate Research, Advancesin Atmospheric Sciences, Journal of Climate, Paleoceanography, Meteorologische
Zeitschrift, SOLA (Scientific Online Journal of the Atmosphere), Annales Geophysicae,
Global Planetary Change, International Journal of Ecology & Development, Climate ofthe Past, Journal of Disaster Research, Science, Nature Climate Change, Global
Environmental Research, Hydrological Sciences Journal, Atmospheric Science Letters,
Ecological Modeling, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, Nature
Communications, Weather and Climate Extremes, Progress in Earth and Planetary
Science, Engineering, Geoscientific Model Development, Nature, Scientific Reports,
Earth’s Future, Environmental Research, Environmental Research Letters, npj Climate
and Atmospheric Science, Atmosphere, Science Bulletin
RECENT PUBLICATIONS (since 2015)
Endo, H., A. Kitoh, and R. Mizuta, 2022: Future changes in extreme precipitation andtheir association with tropical cyclone activity over the western North Pacific andEast Asia in 20 km AGCM simulations. SOLA, 18, 58-64,
doi:10.2151/sola.2022-010.
Endo, H., A. Kitoh, R. Mizuta, and T. Ose, 2021: Different future changes between
early and late summer monsoon precipitation in East Asia. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan,
99, 1501-1524, doi:10.2151/jmsj.2021-073.
Hsu, P.-C., K.-C. Chen, C.-H. Tsou, H.-H. Hsu, C.-H. Hong, H.-C. Liang, C.-Y. Tu, andA. Kitoh, 2021: Future changes in the frequency and destructiveness oflandfalling tropical cyclones over East Asia projected by high-resolution AGCMs.
Earth’s Future, 9, e2020EF001888, doi:10.1029/2020EF001888.
Hong, C.-C., C.-H. Tsou, P.-C. Hsu, K.-C. Chen, H.-C. Liang, H.-H. Hsu, C.-Y. Tu, andA. Kitoh, 2021: Future changes in tropical cyclone intensity and frequency over
the western North Pacific based on 20-km HiRAM and MRI models. J. Climate,34, 2235-2251, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-20-0417.1.
Kitoh, A., E. Mohino, Y. Ding, K. Rajendran, T. Ambrizzi, J. Marengo, and V. Magaña,
2021: Combined Oceanic Influences on Continental Climates. In: C. R. Mechoso(ed.), Interacting Climates of Ocean Basins: Observations, Mechanisms,
Predictability, and Impacts. Cambridge University Press. ISBN
978-1-108-49270-6, doi:10.1017/9781108610995, pp.216-257.
Wang, B., M. Biasutti, M. P. Byrne, C. Castro, C.-P. Chang, K. Cook, R. Fu, A. Grimm,
K.-J. Ha, H. Hendon, A. Kitoh, R. Krishnan, J.-Y. Lee, J. Li, J. Liu, A. Moise, S.
Pascale, M. K. Roxy, A. Seth, C.-H. Sui, A. Turner, S. Yang, K.-S. Yun, L. Zhang,
T. Zhou, 2021: Monsoons climate change assessment. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc.,
102(1), E1-E19, doi:10.1175/BAMS-D-19-0335.1.
Kitoh, A., and H. Endo, 2020: Future Changes in Global Monsoon Precipitation andtheir Uncertainty: Results from 20-km and 60-km MRI-AGCM Ensemble
Simulations. In: C.-P. Chang, K.-J. Ha, R. H. Johnson, D. Kim, G. N.-C. Lau, andB. Wang (eds.), The Multiscale Global Monsoon System. World Scientific
Publishing, ISBN 978-981-121-659-6, doi:10.1142/11723, pp.343-353.
Ito, R., T. Ose, H. Endo, R. Mizuta, K. Yoshida, A. Kitoh, and T. Nakaegawa, 2020:
Seasonal characteristics of future climate change over Japan and the associatedatmospheric circulation anomalies in global model experiments. Hydrol. Res. Lett.,
14, 130-135.
Varghese, S. J., S. Surendran, B. Ajithkumar, K. Rajendran, and A. Kitoh, 2020: Futurechanges in rice yield over Kerala using climate change scenario from highresolution global climate model projection. Journal of Earth System Science, 129,
192, doi:10.1007/s12040-020-01459-0.
Sun, N., T. Zhou, X. Chen, H. Endo, A. Kitoh, and B. Wu, 2020: Amplified tropical
Pacific rainfall variability related to background SST warming. Clim. Dyn., 54,
2387-2402, doi:10.1007/s00382-020-05119-3.

Varghese, S. J., S. Surendran, K. Rajendran, and A. Kitoh, 2020: Future projections ofIndian summer monsoon under multiple RCPs using a high resolution global
climate model multiforcing ensemble simulations. Clim. Dyn., 54, 1315-1328,
doi:10.1007/s00382-019-05059-7.
Kitoh, A., 2019: Climate Change We Human Are Responsible for. In: Himiyama, Y.,
Satake, K., Oki,T. (eds), Human Geoscience. Advances in Geological Science.
Springer, Singapore. ISBN 978-981-32-9223-9,
doi:10.1007/978-981-32-9224-6_20, pp.283-293.
Kitoh, A., 2019: Atmosphere – The Gaseous Realm Which Supports Human Life. In:
Himiyama, Y., Satake, K., Oki,T. (eds), Human Geoscience. Advances inGeological Science. Springer, Singapore. ISBN 978-981-32-9223-9,
doi:10.1007/978-981-32-9224-6_2, pp.21-26.
Chen, C.-A., H.-H. Hsu, C.-C. Hong, P.-G. Chiu, C.-Y. Tu, S.-J. Lin, and A. Kitoh,
2019: Seasonal precipitation change in the Western North Pacific and East Asia
under global warming in two high-resolution AGCMs. Clim. Dyn.,doi:10.1007/s00382-019-04883-1.
Huang, W.-R., P.-H. Huang, Y.-H. Chang, C.-T. Cheng, H.-H. Hsu, C.-Y. Tu, and A.
Kitoh, 2019: Dynamical downscaling simulation and future projection of extreme
precipitation activities in Taiwan during the Mei-Yu season. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan,
97, 481-499, doi:10.2151/jmsj.2019-028.
Kitoh, A., 2019: Climate Change Projection over Turkey with a High-Resolution
Atmospheric General Circulation Model. In: T. Watanabe, S. Kapur, M. Aydin, R.
Kanber and E. Akca (eds.), Climate Change Impacts on Basin Agro-ecosystems,
Springer, ISBN 978-3-030-01036-2, pp.19-32.
Kitoh, A. and H. Endo, 2019: Precipitation extremes associated with tropical cyclones
and their future changes projected by large-ensemble simulations. J. Meteor. Soc.
Japan, 97, 141-152, doi:10.2151/jmsj.2019-007.
Widlansky, M. J., H. Annamalai, S. B. Gingerich, C. D. Storlazzi, J. J. Marra, K. I.
Hodges, B. Choy, and A. Kitoh, 2019: Tropical cyclone projections: Changing
climate threats for Pacific Island defense installations. Weather, Climate andSociety, 11, 3-15, doi:10.1175/WCAS-D-17-0112.1.
Noda, S., K. Kodera, Y. Adachi, M. Deushi, A. Kitoh, R. Mizuta, S. Murakami, K.
Yoshida, and S. Yoden, 2018: Mitigation of global cooling by stratosphericchemistry feedbacks in a simulation of the Last Glacial Maximum. J. Geophys. Res.
Atmos., 123, doi:10.1029/2017JD028017.
Endo, H., A. Kitoh, and H. Ueda: A unique feature of the Asian summer monsoon
response to global warming: the role of different land-sea thermal contrast change
between the lower and upper troposphere. SOLA, 14, 57-63,
doi:10.2151/sola.2018-010.
Surendran, S., S. Gadgil, K. Rajendran, S. J. Varghese, and A. Kitoh, 2018: Monsoon
rainfall over India in June and link with Northwest tropical Pacific. Theor. Appl.
Climatol., https://doi.org/10.1007/s00704-018-2440-6.
Mizuta, R., A. Murata, M. Ishii, H. Shiogama, K. Hibino, N. Mori, O. Arakawa, Y.
Imada, K. Yoshida, T. Aoyagi, H. Kawase, M. Mori, Y. Okada, T. Shimura, T.
Nagatomo, M. Ikeda, H. Endo, M. Nosaka, M. Arai, C. Takahashi, K. Tanaka, T.
Takemi, Y. Tachikawa, K. Temur, Y. Kamae, M. Watanabe, H. Sasaki, A. Kitoh, I.
Takayabu, E. Nakakita, and M. Kimoto, 2017: Over 5,000 years of ensemble futureclimate simulations by 60-km global and 20-km regional atmospheric models. Bull.
Amer. Meteor. Soc., 98, 1383-1398, doi:10.1175/BAMS-D-16-0099.1.
Ha, K.-J., J.-Y. Lee, B. Wang, S.-P. Xie and A. Kitoh, 2017: Asian monsoon climatechange ? understanding and prediction. Asia-Pac. J. Atmos. Sci., 53(2), 179-180.
Sperber, K.R., E. Cusiner, A. Kitoh, C.R. Mechoso, A.F. Moise, W. Moufouma-Okia, K.
Schiro and A.G. Turner, 2017: Modelling Monsoons. In: C.-P. Chang, H.-C. Kuo,
N.-C. Lau, R. H. Johnson, B. Wang and M. C. Wheeler (eds.), The Global

Monsoon System, Research and Forecast 3rd Edition. World Scientific Series on
Asia-Pacific Weather and Climate, Volume 9, ISBN: 978-981-3200-90-6, 79-101,
doi:10.1142/9789813200913_0007.
Kitoh, A., and H. Endo, 2017: Monsoon Precipitation in a Future Warmer World. In:
C.-P. Chang, H.-C. Kuo, N.-C. Lau, R. H. Johnson, B. Wang and M. C. Wheeler(eds.), The Global Monsoon System, Research and Forecast 3rd Edition. World
Scientific Series on Asia-Pacific Weather and Climate, Volume 9, ISBN:
978-981-3200-90-6, 303-313, doi:10.1142/9789813200913_0024.
Noda, S., K. Kodera, Y. Adachi, M. Deushi, A. Kitoh, R. Mizuta, S. Murakami, K.
Yoshida and S. Yoden, 2017: Impact of interactive chemistry of stratospheric ozone
on Southern Hemisphere paleoclimate simulation. J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 122,
878-895, doi:10.1002/2016JD025508.
Kitoh, A., 2017: The Asian monsoon and its future change in climate models: A review.
J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 95, 7-33, doi:10.2151/jmsj.2017-002.
Endo, H., A. Kitoh, R. Mizuta and M. Ishii, 2017: Future changes in precipitation
extremes in East Asia and their uncertainty based on large ensemble simulations
with a high-resolution AGCM. SOLA, 13, 7-12, doi:10.2151/sola.2017-002.
Kitoh, A., and O. Arakawa, 2016: Reduction in the east-west contrast in water budget
over the Tibetan Plateau under a future climate. Hydrol. Res. Lett., 10(4), 113-118,
doi:10.3178/hrl.10.113.
Xue, Y., F. De Sales, W.K.-M. Lau, A. Boone, K.-M. Kim, C.R. Mechoso, G. Wang, F.
Kucharski, K. Schiro, M. Hosaka, S. Li, L.M. Druyan, I. Seidou Sanda, W. Thiaw,
N. Zeng, R.E. Comer, Y.-K. Lim, S. Mahanama, G. Song, Y. Gu, S.M. Hagos, M.
Chin, P. Dirmeyer, L.R. Leung, E. Kalnay, A. Kitoh, C.-H. Lu, N.M. Mahowald,
and Z. Zhang, 2016: West African monsoon decadal variability and drought andsurface-related forcings: Second West African Monsoon Modeling and Evaluation
Project Experiment (WAMME II). Clim. Dyn., 47, 3517-3545,
doi:10.1007/s00382-016-3224-2.
Huang, W.-R., Y.-H. Chang, C.-T. Cheng, H.-H. Sui, C.-Y. Tu, and A. Kitoh, 2016:
Summer convective afternoon rainfall simulation and projection using WRF driven
by global climate model. Part I: Over Taiwan. Terr. Atmos. Ocean. Sci., 27,
659-671, doi:10.3319/TAO.2016.05.02.01
Su, Y.-F., C.-T. Cheng, J.-J. Liou, Y.-M. Chen, and A. Kitoh, 2016: Bias correction of
MRI-WRF dynamic downscaling datasets. Terr. Atmos. Ocean. Sci., 27, 649-657,
doi:10.3319/TAO.2016.07.14.1.
Kitoh, A. and H. Endo, 2016: Future changes in rainfall extremes associated with El
Niño projected by a global 20-km mesh atmospheric model. SOLA, 12A, 1-6,
doi:10.2151/sola.12A-001.
Rajendran, K., S. Surendran, A. Kitoh, and S. J. Varghese, 2016: Reduction of
uncertainty associated with future changes in Indian summer monsoon projected byclimate models and assessment of monsoon teleconnections. Proc. SPIE 9882,
Remote Sensing and Modeling of the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Interactions VI,
98820D (May 3, 2016), doi:10.1117/12.2229392.
Kitoh, A., and H. Endo, 2016: Changes in precipitation extremes projected by a 20-km
mesh global atmospheric model. Weather and Climate Extremes, 11, 41-52,
doi:10.1016/j.wace.2015.09.001.
Kieu, X., H. Vu, T. Nguyen, D. Le, L. Nguyen, I. Takayabu, H. Sasaki, and A. Kitoh,
2016: Rainfall and tropical cyclone activity over Vietnam simulated and projectedby the Non-hydrostatic regional climate model - NHRCM. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan,
94A, 135-150, doi:10.2151/jmsj.2015-057.
Muramatsu, T., T. Kato, M. Nakazato, H. Endo, and A. Kitoh, 2016: Future change of
tornadogenesis-favorable environmental conditions in Japan estimated by a
20-km-mesh atmospheric general circulation model. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 94A,
105-120, doi:10.2151/jmsj.2015-053.

Kitoh, A., T. Ose and I. Takayabu, 2016: Dynamical downscaling for climate
projection with high-resolution MRI AGCM-RCM. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 94A,
1-16, doi:10.2151/jmsj.2015-022.
Yun, K.-S., Y.-W. Seo, K.-J. Ha, J.-Y. Lee, and A. Kitoh, 2016: The seasonally varying
effect of the Tibetan Plateau on Northern Hemispheric blocking frequency andamplitude. Clim. Dyn., doi:10.1007/s00382-016-2981-2.
Endo, H., and A. Kitoh, 2016: Projecting Changes of the Asian Summer Monsoon
Through the Twenty-First Century. In: L.M.V. Carvalho and C. Jones (eds.), The
Monsoons and Climate Change: Observations and Modeling, Springer, ISBN
978-3-319-21649-2, 47-66.
Ueda, H., Y. Kamae, M. Hayasaki, A. Kitoh, S. Watanabe, Y. Miki and A. Kumai,
2015: Combined effects of recent Pacific cooling and Indian Ocean warming on the
Asian monsoon. Nature Commun., 6, 8854, doi:10.1038/ncomms9854.
Lee, J.-Y., B. Wang, K.-H. Seo, K.-J. Ha, A. Kitoh, and J. Liu, 2015: Effects ofmountain uplift on global monsoon precipitation. Asia-Pacific J. Atmos. Sci., 51,
275-290, doi:10.1007/s13143-015-0077-2.
Kitoh, A., and T. Zhou, 2015: Long-term anthropogenic drivers of monsoons. CLIVAR
Exchanges, 66, 35-37.
Tsuboki, K., M.K. Yoshioka, T. Shinoda, M. Kato, S. Kanada, and A. Kitoh, 2015:
Future increase of supertyphoon intensity associated with climate change. Geophys.
Res. Lett., 42, doi:10.1002/2014GL061793.
[195 peer reviewed articles (54 first authored) + 3 Books + 32 Book chapters]
INVITED/KEYNOTE TALKS (since 2015)
Kitoh, A., 2019.10.22: TOUGOU-C: Integrated Climate Change Projection. 2019
TCCIP International Workshop on Climate Change, 22-24 October 2019, Taipei,
Taiwan. [Keynote Address]
Kitoh, A. and H. Endo, 2019.4.28: Future changes in precipitation extremes associatedwith tropical cyclones projected by large-ensemble simulations. EAC
14thWorkshop, 27-29 April 2019, Hong Kong.
Kitoh, A. and H. Endo, 2018.6.5: Rainfall extremes associated with tropical cyclones
and their future changes. AOGS 2018 Conference, Honolulu, HI, USA,
AS20-A007.
Kitoh, A., H. Endo, R. Mizuta, H. Kawai and O. Arakawa, 2017.11.17: Future changes
in global monsoon precipitation and their uncertainty: Results fromhigh-resolution MRI-AGCM ensemble simulation with multi-SSTs andmulti-physics. IWM-VI, 13-17 November 2017, Singapore.
Kitoh, A. and H. Endo, 2016.8.2: Future changes of the monsoon precipitation by
CMIP5 models and high-resolution MRI-AGCM ensemble simulations. 13th
Annual Meeting Asia Oceania Geosciences Society, 1-5 August 2016, Beijing,
China.
Kitoh, A., 2015.11.12: High-resolution modeling under the Program for Risk
Information on Climate Change (SOUSEI Program). Eighth Jeremy Grantham
Lecture on Climate Change, Devecha Centre for Climate Change, Indian Instituteof Science, Bengaluru, India.