Results (papers)

papers (peer reviewed)

1. Sunako, S., Fujita, K., Sakai, A., and Kayastha, R. (2019). Mass balance of Trambau Glacier, Rolwaling region, Nepal Himalaya: In-situ observations, long-term reconstruction and mass-balance sensitivity. Journal of Glaciology, 65(252), 605-616. doi:10.1017/jog.2019.37.

2. Fujinami, H., H. Hirata, M. Kato and K. Tsuboki, 2020: Mesoscale precipitation systems and their role in the rapid development of a monsoon depression over the Bay of Bengal. Quarterly Journal of  Royal Meteorological Society, 146, 267– 283. https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.3672 . 

3. Fujinami, H. K. Fujita, N. Takahashi, T. Sato, H. Kanamori, S. Sunako and R.B. Kayastha, 2021: Twice-daily monsoon precipitation maxima in the Himalayas driven by land surface effects, Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 126, e2020JD034255. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JD034255. 

4. Sato, Y.,  K. Fujita, H. Inoue, S. Sunako, A. Sakai, A. Tsushima, E. A. Podolskiy, 2021:  Ice cliff dynamics of debris-covered Trakarding Glacier in the Rolwaling region, Nepal Himalaya, Frontiers in Earth Science, 9,  DOI: 10.3389/feart.2021.623623.

5. Islam A. M. and T. Sato, 2021: Influence of terrestrial precipitation on the variability of extreme sea levels along the coast of Bangladesh. Water, 13, 2915.

6. Sugimoto, S., K. Ueno, H. Fujinami, T. Nasuno, T. Sato and H. G. Takahashi, 2021: Cloud-resolving-model simulations of nocturnal precipitation over the Himalayan slopes and foothills, Journal of Hydrometeorology,  https://doi.org/10.1175/JHM-D-21-0103.1. 

7. Tsushima A, Miyahara M, Yamasaki T, Esashi N, Sato Y, Kayastha RB, Sherpa AJBL, Sano M, Fujita K, 2021: Ice core drilling on a high-elevation accumulation zone of Trambau Glacier in the Nepal Himalaya, Annals of Glaciology, 62(85-86), 353-359, doi:10.1017/aog.2021.15, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1017/aog.2021.15

8. Fujinami, H., T. Sato, H. Kanamori, and M. Kato, 2022: Nocturnal southerly moist surge parallel to the coastline over the western Bay of Bengal, Geophysical Research Letters, https://doi.org/10.1029/2022GL100174.

9. Terao,T., S. Kanae, H.Fujinami et al. 2023: AsiaPEX: Challenges and Prospects in Asian Precipitation Research, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 104, E884–E908, https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-20-0220.1. 

10. Hirata, H., Fujinami, H., Kanamori, H., Sato, Y., Kayastha R. B., Shrestha, M. L. and K. Fujita, 2023: Multiscale processes leading to heavy precipitation in the eastern Nepal Himalaya, Journal of Hydrometeorology, 24, 641–658, https://doi.org/10.1175/JHM-D-22-0080.1.

11. Sato Y, Buri P, Kneib M, et al. 2025, Modelling seasonal fluctuations and aspect characteristics of ice-cliff melt on the debris-covered Trakarding Glacier, Rolwaling Valley, Nepal Himalaya. Journal of Glaciology. Published online, 1-36. doi:10.1017/jog.2025.17

Books:

1. Fujinami, H., Sugimoto, S., Ueno, K. (2025). Dynamics of Rainstorms Over Southern Himalayan Slopes and Foothills and Their Simulation by Numerical Models. In: Das, S., Tao, WK. (eds) Severe Storms. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-7075-5_13