Hiroyuki Murakami [CV]

Project Scientist
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL),
Seasonal-to-Decadal Variability and Predictability Division


 

Research Interests

• Tropical cyclone climate projections and predictions
• Extreme hydroclimate events
• Numerical weather prediction

Research Highlights

• Study: Reducing human-caused air pollution in North America & Europe brings surprise result: more hurricanes, May 11, 2022
• Patterns and frequency of projected future tropical cyclone genesis are governed by dynamic effects
  April 12, 2022
• A new book “Climate Variability and Tropical Cyclone Activity” from Cambridge University Press. ($79.99 via Amazon.com)
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• Detected Climatic Change in Global Distribution of Tropical Cyclones
  May 4, 2020
• Tropical Cyclone Motion in a Changing Climate
  April 22, 2020
• On the Mechanisms of the Active 2018 Tropical Cyclone Season in the North Pacific
  November 4, 2019
• Dynamical Seasonal Prediction of Tropical Cyclone Activity: Robust Assessment of Prediction Skill and Predictability
  May 17, 2019
• Dominant Effect of Relative Tropical Atlantic Warming on Major Hurricane Occurrence
  September 27, 2018

Education

• Ph. D. Tsukuba University, Tsukuba, Japan – Mar 2011
  • Dissertation title: Tropical cyclone climate projections by 20-km mesh MRI/JMA atmospheric general circulation model. [PDF]
• M. Sc. Tsukuba University, Tsukuba, Japan – Mar 2000
• B. Sc. Tsukuba University, Tsukuba, Japan – Mar 1998

Professional Experience

• Project Scientist II: University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, USA, 2019-Now
• Project Scientist I: University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, USA, 2018-2019
• Associate Research Scholar: Princeton University, New Jersey, USA, 2014-2018
• Postdoctoral Fellow: University of Hawaii at Manoa, IPRC, Hawaii, USA, 2012-2014
• Project Researcher: Meteorological Research Institute (MRI), Tsukuba, Japan, 2007-2012
• Project Researcher: Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), Tokyo, Japan, 2002-2007

Selected Publications (Click here for the full list)

1. Murakami, H., 2022: Substantial global influence of anthropogenic aerosols on tropical cyclones over the past 40 years. Sci. Adv., 8, eabn9493.
2. Murakami, H., T. L. Delworth, W. F. Cooke, S. B. Kapnick, and P. -C. Hsu, 2022: Increasing frequency of anomalous precipitation events in Japan detected by a deep learning autoencoder. Earth’s Future, 10, e2021EF002481.
3. Murakami, H., and B. Wang, 2022: Patterns and frequency of projected future tropical cyclone genesis are governed by dynamic effects. Nature Commun. Earth Environ., 3, 77.
4. Murakami, H., 2022: “Tropical cyclones in changing cliamte.,” in Handbook on Air Quality and Climate Change., Akimoto, H., Ed., Springer.
5. Murakami, H., T. L. Delworth, W. F. Cooke, M. Zhao, B. Xiang, and P. -C. Hsu, 2020: Detected climatic change in global distribution of tropical cyclones. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA., 117(20), 10706-10714.
6. Murakami, H., E. Levin, T. Delworth, R. Gudgel, P.-H. Hsu, 2018: Dominant effect of relative tropical Atlantic warming on major hurricane occurrence. Science, 362, 794-799.
7. Murakami, H., G. A. Vecchi, and S. Underwood, 2017: Increasing frequency of extremely severe cyclonic storms over the Arabian Sea. Nat. Clim. Change, 7, 885-889.
8. Murakami, H., G. A. Vecchi, T. L. Delworth, A. T. Wittenberg, S. Underwood, R. Gudgel, X. Yang, L. Jia, F. Zeng, K. Paffendorf, and W. Zhang, 2017: Dominant role of subtropical Pacific warming on the extreme 2015 central Pacific hurricane season.  J. Climate, 30, 243-264.
9. Murakami, H., G. A. Vecchi, T. L. Delworth, R. Gudgel, S. Underwood, X. Yang, W. Zhang, and S. Lin, 2016: Seasonal forecasts of major hurricanes and landfalling tropical cyclones using a high-resolution GFDL coupled climate model. J. Climate, 29, 7977-7989l
10. Murakami, H., G. Villarini, G. A. Vecchi, W. Zhang, and R. Gudgel 2016: Statistical-dynamical seasonal forecast of North Atlantic hurricanes and U.S.  landfalling tropical cyclones using the high-resolution GFDL FLOR coupled model. Mon. Wea. Rev., 144, 2101-2123.
11. Murakami, H., G. A. Vecchi, T. Delworth, K. Paffendorf, R. Gudgel, L. Jia, and F. Zeng, 2015: Investigating the influence of anthropogenic forcing and natural variability on the 2014 Hawaiian hurricane season. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc.
12. Murakami, H., G. A. Vecchi, S. Underwood, T. L. Delworth, A. T. Wittenberg, W. Anderson, J. -H. Chen, R. Gudgel, L. Harris, S. -J. Lin, and F. Zeng, 2015: Simulation and prediction of Category 4 and 5 hurricanes in the high-resolution GFDL HiFLOR coupled climate model. J. Climate, 28, 9058-9079. [PDF] [research summary]
13. Murakami, H., B. Wang, T. Li, and A. Kitoh, 2013: Projected increase in tropical cyclones near Hawaii. Nat. Climate Change, 3, 749-754.
14. Murakami, H., R. Mizuta, and E. Shindo, 2012: Future changes in tropical cyclone activity projected by multi-physics and multi-SST ensemble experiments using the 60-km-mesh MRI-AGCM. Clim. Dyn., 39(9-10), 2569-2584.
15. Murakami, H., Y. Wang, H. Yoshimura, R. Mizuta, M. Sugi, E. Shindo, Y. Adachi, S. Yukimoto, M. Hosaka, S. Kusunoki, T. Ose, and A. Kitoh, 2012: Future changes in tropical cyclone activity projected by the new high-resolution MRI-AGCM. J. Climate, 25, 3237-3260.
16. Murakami, H., B. Wang, and A. Kitoh, 2011: Future change of western North Pacific typhoons: Projections by a 20-km-mesh global atmospheric model. J. Climate, 24, 1154-1169.
17. Murakami, H. and B. Wang, 2010: Future change of North Atlantic tropical cyclone tracks: Projection by a 20-km-mesh global atmospheric model. J. Climate, 23, 2699-2721.

See also GFDL Bibliography