Head
Climate Change Impacts Assessment Research Section
Center for Climate Change Adaptation
National Institute for Environmental Studies
Visiting Professor
School of Engineering
The University of Tokyo
Researcher ID: http://www.researcherid.com/rid/C-2932-2009
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=syovieoAAAAJ
Global hydrological modeling incorporating major human activities
Climate change impact assessment on the water sector
Integrated assessment modeling
Earth system modeling
March 2006: Doctor of Engineering from Univ. Tokyo, School of Engineering, Dept. Civil Engineering,
March 2003: Master of Engineering from Univ. Tokyo, School of Engineering, Dept. Civil Engineering,
March 2001: Bachelor of Engineering from Univ. Tokyo, Faculty of Engineering, Dept. Civil Engineering,
April 2022: Visiting Professor, School of Engineering, the University of Tokyo
December 2018: Head, Climate Change Impacts Assessment Research Section, Center for Climate Change Adaptation, National Institute for Environmental Studies
April 2011- Present: Senior Researcher, Climate Risk Assessment Section, Center for Global Environmental Research, National Institute for Environmental Studies
April 2006- March 2011: Researcher, Integrated Assessment Section, Social and Environmental Systems Division, National Institute for Environmental Studies
November 2025: Highly Cited Researcher 2025, Clarivate
November 2024: Highly Cited Researcher 2024, Clarivate
September 2023: Science Award, Japan Society of Hydrology and Water Resources
September 2014: Encouragement Prize (early career award), Society of Environmental Science, Japan
March 2006: Encouragement Prize of Annual Journal of Hydraulic Engineering (early career outstanding paper award), Japan Society of Civil Engineers
March 2003: Furuichi Award (upper 10% of master course graduates)
Hanasaki, N., Konar, M., Bierkens, M., Gleeson, T., Liu, J., Marston, L., Schewe, J., van Vliet, M. T. H., and Wada, Y.: Chapter Ten - Global human-water system, in: Coevolution and Prediction of Coupled Human-Water Systems, edited by: Tian, F., Wei, J., Haeffner, M., and Kreibich, H., Elsevier, 423-478, 2026. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-443-41736-8.00010-5
Seizarwati, W., Hanasaki, N., Padiyedath Gopalan, S., & Oki, T. (2026). Impacts of water supply leakage and inter-basin water transfer on groundwater dynamics in Greater Jakarta. Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies, 64, 103121. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejrh.2026.103121, 2026
Trošelj, J., and Hanasaki, N.: Simulating the Tone River eastward diversion project in Japan carried out 4 centuries ago, Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 29, 753-766, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-29-753-2025, 2025.
Otta, K., Müller Schmied, H., Gosling, S. N., and Hanasaki, N.: Towards the use of satellite remote sensing to validate reservoir storage in global hydrological models: methodology and pilot study in the CONUS, Environmental Research: Water, 1, 015002, https://doi.org/10.1088/3033-4942/adc47b, 2025.
Umer, M., Hanasaki, N., Gopalan, S. P., Ali, Z., and Oki, T.: Incorporating dynamic crop area in hydrological model to address interannual variability in water withdrawal and implication of sustainable water management, Journal of Hydrology, 661, 133778, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2025.133778, 2025.
He, Q., Hanasaki, N., Matsumura, A., Sutanudjaja, E. H., and Oki, T.: Development of a global 5 arcmin groundwater model (H08-GMv1.0): model setup and steady-state simulation. Geosci. Model Dev., 18(23), 9653-9686, https://gmd.copernicus.org/articles/18/9653/2025/, 2025.
Yao, Y., Ducharne, A., Cook, B. I., De Hertog, S. J., Aas, K. S., Arboleda-Obando, P. F., Buzan, J., Colin, J., Costantini, M., Decharme, B., Lawrence, D. M., Lawrence, P., Leung, L. R., Lo, M.-H., Devaraju, N., Wieder, W. R., Wu, R.-J., Zhou, T., Jägermeyr, J., McDermid, S., Pokhrel, Y., Elling, M., Hanasaki, N., Muñoz, P., Nazarenko, L. S., Otta, K., Satoh, Y., Yokohata, T., Jin, L., Wang, X., Mishra, V., Ghosh, S., and Thiery, W.: Impacts of irrigation expansion on moist-heat stress based on IRRMIP results, Nature Communications, 16, 1045, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-56356-1, 2025.
Müller Schmied, H., Gosling, S. N., Garnsworthy, M., Müller, L., Telteu, C. E., Ahmed, A. K., Andersen, L. S., Boulange, J., Burek, P., Chang, J., Chen, H., Gudmundsson, L., Grillakis, M., Guillaumot, L., Hanasaki, N., Koutroulis, A., Kumar, R., Leng, G., Liu, J., Liu, X., Menke, I., Mishra, V., Pokhrel, Y., Rakovec, O., Samaniego, L., Satoh, Y., Shah, H. L., Smilovic, M., Stacke, T., Sutanudjaja, E., Thiery, W., Tsilimigkras, A., Wada, Y., Wanders, N., and Yokohata, T.: Graphical representation of global water models, Geosci. Model Dev., 18, 2409-2425, https//doi.org/10.5194/gmd-18-2409-2025, 2025.
Kumar, A., Gosling, S. N., Johnson, M. F., Jones, M. D., Nkwasa, A., Koutroulis, A., Schmied, H. M., Li, H.-Y., Kim, H., Hanasaki, N., Kumar, R., Thiery, W., and Pokhrel, Y.: Cascading droughts: Exploring global propagation of meteorological to hydrological droughts (1971–2001), Sci. Total Environ., 979, 179486, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2025.179486, 2025.
Tiwari, A. D., Pokhrel, Y., Boulange, J., Burek, P., Guillaumot, L., Gosling, S. N., Grillakis, M., Hanasaki, N., Koutroulis, A., Ostberg, S., Otta, K., Schmied, H. M., Satoh, Y., Scanlon, B., Stacke, T., and Yokohata, T.: Similarities and divergent patterns in hydrologic fluxes and storages simulated by global water models, Nature Water, 3, 550-560, https://doi.org/10.1038/s44221-025-00435-6, 2025.
Tiwari, A. D., Pokhrel, Y., Felfelani, F., Elkouk, A., Boulange, J., Gosling, S. N., Hanasaki, N., Koutroulis, A., Mishra, V., Schmied, H. M., Satoh, Y., Ostberg, S., Stacke, T., and Yin, J.: Underestimation of Historical Terrestrial Water Storage Droughts in Global Water Models, Geophys. Res. Lett., 52, e2025GL115164, https://doi.org/10.1029/2025GL115164, 2025.
Padiyedath Gopalan, S., Hanasaki, N., Champathong, A., and Oki, T.: Adaptation portfolio – a multi-measure framework for future floods and droughts, npj Natural Hazards, 1, 48, 10.1038/s44304-024-00048-1, 2024.
Yoden, N., Yamazaki, D., and Hanasaki, N.: Improving river routing algorithms to efficiently implement canal water diversion schemes in global hydrological models, Hydrological Research Letters, 18, 7-13, https://doi.org/10.3178/hrl.18.7, 2024.
Ishikawa, Y., Ishihama, F., and Hanasaki, N.: The geographical location of irrigation reservoirs: application of a species distribution model considering downstream beneficiaries in the predictor variables, Hydrological Research Letters, 18, 43-50, https://doi.org/10.3178/hrl.18.43, 2024.
Porkka, M., Virkki, V., Wang-Erlandsson, L., Gerten, D., Gleeson, T., Mohan, C., Fetzer, I., Jaramillo, F., Staal, A., te Wierik, S., Tobian, A., van der Ent, R., Döll, P., Flörke, M., Gosling, S. N., Hanasaki, N., Satoh, Y., Müller Schmied, H., Wanders, N., Famiglietti, J. S., Rockström, J., and Kummu, M.: Notable shifts beyond pre-industrial streamflow and soil moisture conditions transgress the planetary boundary for freshwater change, Nature Water, https://doi.org/10.1038/s44221-024-00208-7, 2024.
Rathore, L. S., Kumar, M., Hanasaki, N., Mekonnen, M. M., and Raghav, P.: Water scarcity challenges across urban regions with expanding irrigation, Environmental Research Letters, 19, 014065, https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ad178a, 2024.
Heinicke, S., Volkholz, J., Schewe, J., Gosling, S. N., Müller Schmied, H., Zimmermann, S., Mengel, M., Sauer, I. J., Burek, P., Chang, J., Kou-Giesbrecht, S., Grillakis, M., Guillaumot, L., Hanasaki, N., Koutroulis, A., Otta, K., Qi, W., Satoh, Y., Stacke, T., Yokohata, T., and Frieler, K.: Global hydrological models continue to overestimate river discharge, Environmental Research Letters, 19, 074005, 10.1088/1748-9326/ad52b0, 2024.
Besse Rimba, A., Hirabayashi, Y., Kawamitsu, Y., Oki, T., Kiguchi, M., Tokuda, D., Hanasaki, N., Ai, Z., Iizumi, T., Nozaki, N., and Kim, W.: Synergies overcome trade-offs between climate policy and water-related SDG targets, Hydrological Research Letters, 18, 58-65, 10.3178/hrl.18.58, 2024.
Ai, Z., and Hanasaki, N.: Simulation of crop yield using the global hydrological model H08 (crp.v1), Geosci. Model Dev., 16, 3275-3290, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-16-3275-2023, 2023.
Boulange, J., Yoshida, T., Nishina, K., Okada, M., and Hanasaki, N.: Delivering the latest global water resource simulation results to the public, Climate Services, 30, 100386, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cliser.2023.100386, 2023.
Saha, D., Oki, K., Yoshida, K., Hanasaki, N., and Kamiya, H.: Impact of Paddy Field Reservoirs on Flood Management in a Large River Basin of Japan, Sustainability, 15, 6604, https://doi.org/10.3390/su15086604, 2023.
Yin, J., Gentine, P., Slater, L., Gu, L., Pokhrel, Y., Hanasaki, N., Guo, S., Xiong, L., and Schlenker, W.: Future socio-ecosystem productivity threatened by compound drought–heatwave events, Nature Sustainability, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-022-01024-1, 2023.
McDermid, S., Nocco, M., Lawston-Parker, P., Keune, J., Pokhrel, Y., Jain, M., Jägermeyr, J., Brocca, L., Massari, C., Jones, A. D., Vahmani, P., Thiery, W., Yao, Y., Bell, A., Chen, L., Dorigo, W., Hanasaki, N., Jasechko, S., Lo, M.-H., Mahmood, R., Mishra, V., Mueller, N. D., Niyogi, D., Rabin, S. S., Sloat, L., Wada, Y., Zappa, L., Chen, F., Cook, B. I., Kim, H., Lombardozzi, D., Polcher, J., Ryu, D., Santanello, J., Satoh, Y., Seneviratne, S., Singh, D., and Yokohata, T.: Irrigation in the Earth system, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, 4, 435-453, https://doi.org/10.1038/s43017-023-00438-5, 2023.
Gnann, S., Reinecke, R., Stein, L., Wada, Y., Thiery, W., Müller Schmied, H., Satoh, Y., Pokhrel, Y., Ostberg, S., Koutroulis, A., Hanasaki, N., Grillakis, M., Gosling, S. N., Burek, P., Bierkens, M. F. P., and Wagener, T.: Functional relationships reveal differences in the water cycle representahttps://doi.org/tion of global water models, Nature Water, https://doi.org/10.1038/s44221-023-00160-y, 2023.
Oda, T., Takakura, J. y., Tang, L., Iizumi, T., Itsubo, N., Ohashi, H., Kiguchi, M., Kumano, N., Takahashi, K., Tanoue, M., Tamura, M., Zhou, Q., Hanasaki, N., Hasegawa, T., Park, C., Hijioka, Y., Hirabayashi, Y., Fujimori, S., Honda, Y., Matsui, T., Matsuda, H., Yokoki, H., and Oki, T.: Total economic costs of climate change at different discount rates for market and non-market values, Environmental Research Letters, 18, 084026, https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/accdee, 2023.
Nozaki, N., Ai, Z., Hanasaki, N., Iizumi, T., Kiguchi, M., Kim, W., Oki, T., Rimba, A. B., Tokuda, D., and Hirabayashi, Y.: Side effects of climate mitigation and adaptation to sustainable development related to water and food, Environmental Research Letters, 18, 081005, https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ace922, 2023.
Falk, J., Colwell, R. R., Behera, S. K., El-Beltagy, A. S., Gleick, P. H., Kennel, C. F., Lee, Y. T., Murray, C. A., Serageldin, I., Takeuchi, K., Yasunari, T., Watanabe, C., Kauffman, J., Soderland, K., Elouafi, I., Paroda, R., Chapagain, A. K., Rundle, J., Hanasaki, N., Hayashi, H., Akinsete, E., and Hayashida, S.: An urgent need for COP27: confronting converging crises, Sustainability Science, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11625-022-01253-5, 2023.
Hanasaki, N., Matsuda, H., Fujiwara, M., Hirabayashi, Y., Seto, S., Kanae, S., and Oki, T.: Toward hyper-resolution global hydrological models including human activities: application to Kyushu island, Japan, Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 26, 1953-1975, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-26-1953-2022, 2022.
Ai, Z., Ishihama, F., and Hanasaki, N.: Mapping Current and Future Seawater Desalination Plants Globally Using Species Distribution Models, Water Resources Research, 58, e2021WR031156, https://doi.org/10.1029/2021WR031156, 2022.
Padiyedath Gopalan, S., Champathong, A., Sukhapunnaphan, T., Nakamura, S., and Hanasaki, N.: Inclusion of flood diversion canal operation in the H08 hydrological model with a case study from the Chao Phraya River basin: model development and validation, Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 26, 2541-2560, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-26-2541-2022, 2022.
Padiyedath Gopalan, S., Champathong, A., Sukhapunnaphan, T., Nakamura, S., and Hanasaki, N.: Potential impact of diversion canals and retention areas as climate change adaptation measures on flood risk reduction: A hydrological modelling case study from the Chao Phraya River Basin, Thailand, Sci. Total Environ., 841, 156742, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.156742, 2022.
Ishizaki, N. N., Shiogama, H., Hanasaki, N., & Takahashi, K. (2022). Development of CMIP6-based climate scenarios for Japan using statistical method and their applicability to heat-related impact studies. Earth and Space Science, 9, e2022EA002451. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022EA002451.
Ishizaki, N. N., Shiogama, H., Hanasaki, N., Takahashi, K., & Nakaegawa, T. (2022). Evaluation of the spatial characteristics of climate scenarios based on statistical and dynamical downscaling for impact assessments in Japan. International Journal of Climatology, 1– 14. https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.7903
Yoshida, T., Hanasaki, N., Nishina, K., Boulange, J., Okada, M., and Troch, P. A.: Inference of Parameters for a Global Hydrological Model: Identifiability and Predictive Uncertainties of Climate-Based Parameters, Water Resources Research, 58, e2021WR030660, https://doi.org/10.1029/2021WR030660, 2022.
Yusuke Satoh, Kei Yoshimura, Yadu Pokhrel, Hyungjun Kim, Hideo Shiogama, Tokuta Yokohata, Naota Hanasaki, Yoshihide Wada, Peter Burek, Edward Byers, Hannes Müller Schmied, Dieter Gerten, Sebastian Ostberg, Simon Gosling, Julien Boulange, and Taikan Oki, The timing of unprecedented hydrological drought under climate change, Nature Communications, 13, 3287, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-30729-2, 2022
Champathong, A., Hanasaki, N., Kiguchi, M., and Oki, T.: Importance of observational reliability for hydrological parameter optimization: a case study of the Upper Chao Phraya River in Thailand, Hydrological Research Letters, 16, 59-66, https://doi.org/10.3178/hrl.16.59, 2022.
Modi, P., Hanasaki, N., Yamazaki, D., Boulange, J. E. S., and Oki, T.: Sensitivity of subregional distribution of socioeconomic conditions to the global assessment of water scarcity, Communications Earth & Environment, 3, 144, https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-022-00475-w, 2022.
Vanderkelen, I., Gharari, S., Mizukami, N., Clark, M. P., Lawrence, D. M., Swenson, S., Pokhrel, Y., Hanasaki, N., van Griensven, A., and Thiery, W.: Evaluating a reservoir parametrization in the vector-based global routing model mizuRoute (v2.0.1) for Earth system model coupling, Geosci. Model Dev., 15, 4163-4192, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-4163-2022, 2022.
Kumar, A., Gosling, S. N., Johnson, M. F., Jones, M. D., Zaherpour, J., Kumar, R., Leng, G., Schmied, H. M., Kupzig, J., Breuer, L., Hanasaki, N., Tang, Q., Ostberg, S., Stacke, T., Pokhrel, Y., Wada, Y., and Masaki, Y.: Multi-model evaluation of catchment- and global-scale hydrological model simulations of drought characteristics across eight large river catchments, Advances in Water Resources, 165, 104212, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.advwatres.2022.104212, 2022.
Virkki, V., Alanärä, E., Porkka, M., Ahopelto, L., Gleeson, T., Mohan, C., Wang-Erlandsson, L., Flörke, M., Gerten, D., Gosling, S. N., Hanasaki, N., Müller Schmied, H., Wanders, N., and Kummu, M.: Globally widespread and increasing violations of environmental flow envelopes, Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 26, 3315-3336, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-26-3315-2022, 2022.
Ai, Z., Hanasaki, N., Heck, V., Hasegawa, T., and Fujimori, S.: Global bioenergy with carbon capture and storage potential is largely constrained by sustainable irrigation, Nature Sustainability, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-021-00740-4, 2021.
Boulange, J., Hanasaki, N., Satoh, Y., Yokohata, T., Shiogama, H., Burek, P., Thiery, W., Gerten, D., Müller Schmied, H., Wada, Y., Gosling, S. N., Pokhrel, Y. N., and Wanders, N.: Validity of estimating flood and drought characteristics under equilibrium climates from transient simulations, Environmental Research Letters, https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac27cc, 2021.
Thiery, W., Lange, S., Rogelj, J., Schleussner, C.-F., Gudmundsson, L., Seneviratne, S. I., Andrijevic, M., Frieler, K., Emanuel, K., Geiger, T., Bresch, D. N., Zhao, F., Willner, S. N., Büchner, M., Volkholz, J., Bauer, N., Chang, J., Ciais, P., Dury, M., François, L., Grillakis, M., Gosling, S. N., Hanasaki, N., Hickler, T., Huber, V., Ito, A., Jägermeyr, J., Khabarov, N., Koutroulis, A., Liu, W., Lutz, W., Mengel, M., Müller, C., Ostberg, S., Reyer, C. P. O., Stacke, T., and Wada, Y.: Intergenerational inequities in exposure to climate extremes, Science, 374, 158-160, https://doi.org/doi:10.1126/science.abi7339, 2021.
Dela Cruz, M. A., Nakamura, S., Hanasaki, N., and Boulange, J.: Integrated Evaluation of Changing Water Resources in an Active Ecotourism Area: The Case of Puerto Princesa City, Palawan, Philippines, Sustainability, 13, 4826, https://doi.org/10.3390/su13094826, 2021.
Takakura, J., Fujimori, S., Takahashi, K., Hanasaki, N., Hasegawa, T., Hirabayashi, Y., Honda, Y., Iizumi, T., Park, C., Tamura, M., and Hijioka, Y.: Reproducing complex simulations of economic impacts of climate change with lower-cost emulators, Geosci. Model Dev., 14, 3121-3140, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-3121-2021, 2021.
Satoh, Y., Shiogama, H., Hanasaki, N., Pokhrel, Y., Boulange, J. E. S., Burek, P., Gosling, S. N., Grillakis, M., Koutroulis, A., Müller Schmied, H., Thiery, W., and Yokohata, T.: A quantitative evaluation of the issue of drought definition: a source of disagreement in future drought assessments, Environmental Research Letters, 16, 104001, https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac2348, 2021.
Telteu, C. E., Müller Schmied, H., Thiery, W., Leng, G., Burek, P., Liu, X., Boulange, J. E. S., Andersen, L. S., Grillakis, M., Gosling, S. N., Satoh, Y., Rakovec, O., Stacke, T., Chang, J., Wanders, N., Shah, H. L., Trautmann, T., Mao, G., Hanasaki, N., Koutroulis, A., Pokhrel, Y., Samaniego, L., Wada, Y., Mishra, V., Liu, J., Döll, P., Zhao, F., Gädeke, A., Rabin, S. S., and Herz, F.: Understanding each other's models: an introduction and a standard representation of 16 global water models to support intercomparison, improvement, and communication, Geosci. Model Dev., 14, 3843-3878, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-3843-2021, 2021.
Liao, X. W., Hall, J. W., Hanasaki, N., Lim, W. H., and Paltan, H.: Water shortage risks for China’s coal power plants under climate change, Environmental Research Letters, 16, 044011, https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/abba52, 2021.
Boulange, J., Hanasaki, N., Yamazaki, D., and Pokhrel, Y.: Role of dams in reducing global flood exposure under climate change, Nature Communications, 12, 417, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-20704-0, 2021.
Padiyedath Gopalan, S., Hanasaki, N., Champathong, A., and Tebakari, T.: Impact assessment of reservoir operation in the context of climate change adaptation in the Chao Phraya River basin, Hydrological Processes, 35, e14005, https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.14005, 2021.
Kiguchi, M., Takata, K., Hanasaki, N., Archevarahuprok, B., Champathong, A., Ikoma, E., Jaikaeo, C., Kaewrueng, S., Kanae, S., Kazama, S., Kuraji, K., Matsumoto, K., Nakamura, S., Nguyen-Le, D., Noda, K., Piamsa-Nga, N., Raksapatcharawong, M., Rangsiwanichpong, P., Ritphring, S., Shirakawa, H., Somphong, C., Srisutham, M., Suanburi, D., Suanpaga, W., Tebakari, T., Trisurat, Y., Udo, K., Wongsa, S., Yamada, T., Yoshida, K., Kiatiwat, T., and Oki, T.: A review of climate-change impact and adaptation studies for the water sector in Thailand, Environmental Research Letters, 16, 023004, https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/abce80, 2021.
Shiogama, H., Ishizaki, N. N., Hanasaki, N., Takahashi, K., Emori, S., Ito, R., Nakaegawa, T., Takayabu, I., Hijioka, Y., Takayabu, Y. N., and Shibuya, R.: Selecting CMIP6-Based Future Climate Scenarios for Impact and Adaptation Studies, SOLA, 17, 57-62, https://doi.org/10.2151/sola.2021-009, 2021.
Stenzel, F., Gerten, D., and Hanasaki, N.: Global scenarios of irrigation water abstractions for bioenergy production: a systematic review, Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 25, 1711–1726, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-25-1711-2021, 2021.
van Vliet, M. T. H., Jones, E. R., Flörke, M., Franssen, W. H. P., Hanasaki, N., Wada, Y., and Yearsley, J. R.: Global water scarcity including surface water quality and expansions of clean water technologies, Environmental Research Letters, 16, 024020, https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/abbfc3, 2021.
Pokhrel, Y., Felfelani, F., Satoh, Y., Boulange, J., Burek, P., Gädeke, A., Gerten, D., Gosling, S. N., Grillakis, M., Gudmundsson, L., Hanasaki, N., Kim, H., Koutroulis, A., Liu, J., Papadimitriou, L., Schewe, J., Müller Schmied, H., Stacke, T., Telteu, C.-E., Thiery, W., Veldkamp, T., Zhao, F., and Wada, Y.: Global terrestrial water storage and drought severity under climate change, Nature Climate Change, 11, 226-233, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-020-00972-w, 2021.
Reinecke, R., Müller Schmied, H., Trautmann, T., Andersen, L. S., Burek, P., Flörke, M., Gosling, S. N., Grillakis, M., Hanasaki, N., Koutroulis, A., Pokhrel, Y., Thiery, W., Wada, Y., Yusuke, S., and Döll, P.: Uncertainty of simulated groundwater recharge at different global warming levels: a global-scale multi-model ensemble study, Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 25, 787-810, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-25-787-2021, 2021.
Ai, Z., Hanasaki, N., Heck, V., Hasegawa, T., and Fujimori, S.: Simulating second-generation herbaceous bioenergy crop yield using the global hydrological model H08 (v.bio1), Geosci. Model Dev., 13, 6077-6092, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-13-6077-2020, 2020.
Yokohata, T., Kinoshita, T., Sakurai, G., Pokhrel, Y., Ito, A., Okada, M., Satoh, Y., Kato, E., Nitta, T., Fujimori, S., Felfelani, F., Masaki, Y., Iizumi, T., Nishimori, M., Hanasaki, N., Takahashi, K., Yamagata, Y., and Emori, S.: MIROC-INTEG-LAND version 1: a global biogeochemical land surface model with human water management, crop growth, and land-use change, Geosci. Model Dev., 13, 4713-4747, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-13-4713-2020, 2020.
Lange, S., Volkholz, J., Geiger, T., Zhao, F., Vega, I., Veldkamp, T., Reyer, C. P. O., Warszawski, L., Huber, V., Jägermeyr, J., Schewe, J., Bresch, D. N., Büchner, M., Chang, J., Ciais, P., Dury, M., Emanuel, K., Folberth, C., Gerten, D., Gosling, S. N., Grillakis, M., Hanasaki, N., Henrot, A.-J., Hickler, T., Honda, Y., Ito, A., Khabarov, N., Koutroulis, A., Liu, W., Müller, C., Nishina, K., Ostberg, S., Müller Schmied, H., Seneviratne, S. I., Stacke, T., Steinkamp, J., Thiery, W., Wada, Y., Willner, S., Yang, H., Yoshikawa, M., Yue, C., and Frieler, K.: Projecting Exposure to Extreme Climate Impact Events Across Six Event Categories and Three Spatial Scales, Earth's Future, 8, e2020EF001616, https://doi.org/10.1029/2020EF001616, 2020.
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Takata, K., and Hanasaki, N.: The effects of afforestation as an adaptation option: a case study in the upper Chao Phraya River basin, Environmental Research Letters, 15, 044020, https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ab7462, 2020.
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Konar, M., Dalin, C., Suweis, S., Hanasaki, N., Rinaldo, A. and Rodriguez-Iturbe, I., (2011) Water for food: The global virtual water trade network, Water Resour. Res. 47, W05520. http://www.agu.org/pubs/crossref/2011/2010WR010307.shtml
Suweis, S., Konar, M., Dalin, C., Hanasaki, N., Rinaldo, A. and Rodriguez-Iturbe, I., (2011) Structure and controls of the global virtual water trade network, Geophys. Res. Lett. 38, L10403. http://www.agu.org/pubs/crossref/2011/2011GL046837.shtml
Shiogama, H., Emori, S., Hanasaki, N., Abe, M., Masutomi, Y., Takahashi, K., Nozawa, T., (2011) Observational constraints indicate risk of drying in the Amazon basin. Nat Commun, 2, 253. doi:10.1038/ncomms1252 http://www.nature.com/ncomms/journal/v2/n3/full/ncomms1252.html
Shiogama, H., Hanasaki, N., Masutomi, Y., Nagashima, T., Ogura, T., Takahashi, K., Hijioka, Y., Takemura, T., Nozawa, T. and Emori, S., (2010) Emission scenario dependencies in climate change assessments of the hydrological cycle, Climatic Change, 99, 321-329. DOI:10.1007/s10584-009-9765-1 http://www.springerlink.com/content/k4223u6px5677467/?p=1460a4ebf9054aa8ac8ca8befdca0e76&pi=15
Hanasaki, N., Inuzuka, T., Kanae, S., Oki, T., (2010) An estimation of global virtual water flow and sources of water withdrawal for major crops and livestock products using a global hydrological model, Journal of Hydrology, 384, 232-244. doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2009.09.028 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2009.09.028
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. [link]
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. [link]
Shen, Y., Oki, T., Utsumi, N., Kanae, S. and Hanasaki, N., (2008) Projection of future world water resources under SRES scenarios: Water withdrawal, Hydrological Sciences Journal, 53, 11-33. doi:10.1623/hysj.53.1.11 http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~db=all~content=a918668135
Islam, M., Oki, T., Kanae, S., Hanasaki, N., Agata, Y. and Yoshimura, K., (2007) A grid-based assessment of global water scarcity including virtual water trading, Water Resources Management, 21, 19-33. http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/klu/warm/2007/00000021/00000001/00009038
Hanasaki, N., Kanae, S., Oki, T., (2006) A reservoir operation scheme for global river routing models, Journal of Hydrology, 327, 22-41. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2005.11.011
Dirmeyer, P.A., Gao, X., Zhao, M., Guo, Z., Oki, T. and Hanasaki, N., (2006) GSWP2 Multimodel Analysis and Implications for our perception of the land surface, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 87-10, 1381-1397. http://ams.allenpress.com/perlserv/?request=get-abstract&doi=10.1175%2FBAMS-87-10-1381
Hanasaki, N., Konar, M., Bierkens, M., Gleeson, T., Liu, J., Marston, L., Schewe, J., van Vliet, M., and Wada, Y.: Towards modeling two-way human-water interactions at a global scale, The Second International Sociohydrology Conference, Tokyo, Japan, July 2025 (invited)
Hanasaki, N.: Climate Change Impacts on Global Water Resources — Past Achievements and Future Prospects, 9th Global Energy and Water EXchanges Open Science Conference, Sapporo, Japan, Jul 2024 (keynote)
Hanasaki, N.: Human influence on the global water cycle, UK-Japan Frontier of Sciences, Chiba, Japan, Nov 2019 (invited)
Hanasaki, N.: Frontiers of global hydrological modeling, water scarcity assessment, and water-energy nexus study, R&D Planning and Policies To Address The Energy-Water Nexus, International Energy Agency, Brussel, Belgium, May 2018 (invited)
Hanasaki, N.: A global hydrological simulation to specify the sources of water, Hydrology Delivers Earth System Sciences to Society 4, Tokyo, Japan, May 2017 (invited)
Hanasaki, N.: Reservoir operation schemes in global hydrological models, Including Water Management in Large Scale Models, GEWEX, Paris, France, Sep/2016 (keynote talk)
Hanasaki N.: Incorporation of advanced water abstraction schemes into the H08 global hydrological model, Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2016, Makuhari, Japan, May/2016 (invited)
Hanasaki, N., Masaki, Y., Mateo, C., Kanae, S., Oki, T.: A Global Hydrological Model with Reservoir Operation Scheme: Global and Regional Applications, AGU Fall meeting 2013, San Franciso, USA, Dec/2013 (invited)
Hanasaki, N.: Global Water Resources Issues and the Challenge of Global Hydrological Modeling, Japan-America Frontiers of Engineering Symposium 2009, Irvine, USA, Nov/2009 (invited)
Hanasaki, N.: Development and application of an integrated global water resources model - A modeling activity in NIES, Climate Change and Water: Impact and Response, Seoul, Korea, Mar/2009 (invited)
Hanasaki, N., Dirmeyer, P., Gao, X. and Oki, T.: The current status of Global Soil Wetness Project (GSWP-2) , EGU general assembly, Vienna, Apr/2005 (invited)
Naota Hanasaki, Kedar Otta, Hannes Müller Schmied, and Simon N. Gosling: Towards validating reservoir operations in global hydrological models using space-borne satellite remote sensing – A case study in the CONUS, AGU Fall meeting 2023, San Francisco, USA, Dec 2023.
Naota Hanasaki, Megan Konar, Marc Bierkens, Tom Gleeson, Junguo Liu, Landon Marston, Jacob Schewe, Michelle van Vliet, Yoshi Wada: Chapter 10: Global Human-Water Systems, IAHS Scientific Assembly, Montpellier, France, May 2022.
Hanasaki, N.:Towards hyper resolution global hydrological modeling with human activities – an application of the H08 model to the Kyushu Island in Japan, AGU Fall meeting 2021, New Orleans, USA, Dec 2021.
Hanasaki, N., Yoshikawa, S., Pokhrel, Y., Kanae, S.: An investigation of the thresholds for two conventional water scarcity indicators using a global hydrological model with human activities, AGU Fall meeting 2019, San Francisco, USA, Dec 2019.
Hanasaki, N., Zhou, Q.: On the sustainability and effects of irrigation for global implementation of Bio-Energy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS), JpGU 2018, Makuhari, Japan, May 2018.
Hanasaki, N.: Water-energy nexus studies by coupling the H08 global hydrological model and the AIM/CGE integrated assessment model, 8th GEWEX Open Science Conference: Extremes and Water on the Edge, Canmore, Canada, May 2018.
Hanasaki, N.: Enhancing the water management schemes of H08 global hydrological model to attribute human water use to six major water sources, American Geophysical Union Fall meeting 2017, New Orleans, USA, Dec 2017.
Hanasaki, N.: Global Water Scarcity Assessment under Shared Socio-economic Pathways, GWSP International Conference 2013, Bonn, Germany, May/2013
Hanasaki, N., Fujimori, S.: Global Water Resources Assessment under RCP, SSP, and CMIP5 Scenarios, AGU Fall meeting 2012, San Franciso, USA, Dec/2012
Hanasaki, N., Fujimori, S.: Global Water Scarcity Assessment under Post-SRES Scenarios, AGU Fall meeting 2011, San Francisico, USA, Dec/2011
Hanasaki, N., Inuzuka, T., Kanae, S., Oki, T.: A model-based estimation of global virtual water flow and sources of water withdrawal, GCI Conference, Bonn, Germany, Dec/2010
Hanasaki, N., Kanae, S. and Oki, T.: Two Novel Applications of an Integrated Model for the Assessment of Global Water Resources, AGU Fall meeting 2009, San Francisco, USA, Dec/2009
Hanasaki, N. Kanae, S., Oki, T. Masuda, K., Motoya, K., Shen, Y., Tanaka, K. and Shirakawa, N.: An integrated model for the assessment of global water resources, EGU General Assembly 2008, Vienna, Austria, Apr/2008
Hanasaki, N., Kanae, S. and Oki, T.: A global water resources assessment under climate change: A perspective on sub-annual variation in water resources and water use, EGU General Assembly 2007, Vienna, Austria, Apr/2007
Hanasaki, N., Kanae, S. and Oki, T.: Development of a Physically Based Global Integrated Water Resources Model, ESSP Open Science Conference, PS21/P10, Beijing, China, Nov/2006
Hanasaki, N. and Oki, T.: Simulating Global Irrigation Water Requirement Using a Process-Based Agricultural Model, ESSP Open Science Conference, PS45/P9, Beijing, China, Nov/2006
Hanasaki, N., Naoki Shirakawa and Oki, T.: Estimation of Environmental Flow in a Physically Based Global Integrated Water Resources Model, ESSP Open Science Conference, PS4/P24, Beijing, China, Nov/2006
Hanasaki, N., Kanae, S. and Oki, T.: A reservoir operation scheme for global river routing models, EGU general assembly, Vienna, Austria, Apr/2005
Hanasaki, N., Kanae, S. and Oki, T.: Global Runoff Dataset Produced by GSWP2, AMS annual meeting, San Diego, USA, Jan/2005
Hanasaki, N., Kanae, S. and Oki, T.: The Impact of Reservoir Operation on the Global River Discharge, AMS annual meeting, San Diego, USA, Jan/2005
Hanasaki, N., Oki, T. and Kanae, S.: Global energy and water balance simulation using Bucket model for GSWP2, AMS annual meeting, Seattle, USA, Jan/2004
Hanasaki, N., Kanae, S., Oki, T. and Musiake, K.: Simulating the discharge of Chao Phraya River considering reservoir operation, IUGG general assembly, Sapporo, Japan, July/2003
Hanasaki, N., Kanae, S., Oki, T. and Musiake, K.: Modeling reservoir operation for global river routing network model -Case study of Chao Phraya river-, 1st APHW Conference, Kyoto, Japan, Mar/2003
Environmental Research: Water Executive Editorial Board (2025/1-)
Executive Editorial Board, Environmental Research Letters, IOP Publishing (2022/1-)
Environmental Research Letters Review Section Editorial Board Member (2018/1-2021/12)
Dec 2025-Present: Lead Author, Working Group II, Chapter 16 (Water), IPCC The Seventh Assessment Report
Contributing Author, Chapter 3 Impacts of 1.5ºC global warming on natural and human systems, IPCC Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5 ºC (2018)
May 2013- April 2018: Participant of Water Futures and Solutions (WFaS)
Jan 2012- Present: Participant of Inter-Sectoral Impact Model Intercomparison Project (ISI-MIP). Provide simulation results of H08, a global water resources model, for ISIMIP Fast Track, Phase 2a, 2b, 3a, and 3b.
April 2007- July 2011: Associate of EU Water and Global Change (EU-WATCH). Provide simulation results of H08, a global water resources model, for EU-WATCH Model Intercomparison Project (WaterMIP).
April 2003- March 2006: Actively participated in the Second Global Soil Wetness Project (GSWP-2). Designed and developed a web-based Data Distribution Center.
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