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Publications (Peer-Reviewed)

Submitted

• Xie, S.-P.*, J. Chen*, A. Miyamoto*, Y. Liang, and Z. Wen, Subtropical Pacific meridional mode and equatorial booster drove the rapid growth of 2026 super El Niño. submitted.
  (*These authors contributed equally.)
• Chen, J., S.-P. Xie, A. Miyamoto, Z.-H. Fu, X. Chen, and Z. Wen, Late-summer East Asian monsoon variability sustained by spring North Pacific meridional mode. submitted.
• Chen, J., S.-P. Xie, Z. Wen, A. Miyamoto, and X. Chen, Reconciling the forcing and effect of North Pacific Meridional Mode variability. submitted.
• Yamada, A., M. Koike, H. Nakamura, H. Miura, H. Kawai, K. Kita, T. Mori, S. Okajima, S. Sekizawa, A. Miyamoto, T. Miyasaka, T. Koshiro, N. Moteki, S. Ohata, and H. Iwabuchi, Vertical structures of summertime marine low-level stratiform clouds over the western North Pacific revealed by A-FORCE 2022 aircraft observations. submitted.
• Ren, Q., S.-P. Xie, L. Hahn, A. Hu, A. Miyamoto, F. Wang, and Y. Li, Indo-Pacific ocean heat transport lessens Atlantic meridional overturning circulation effect on tropical rainfall. submitted.
• Wu, B., S.-P. Xie, A. Miyamoto, Y. Kosaka, F. Inagaki, and T. Suga, Extreme warming east of Japan tied to multidecadal cooling of the tropical Pacific. submitted.
• Fu, Z.-H., S.-P. Xie, A. Miyamoto, Q. Peng, and W. Zhou, A predictable mode of interannual variability over monsoon Asia during September-October shoulder season. submitted.
• Oh, J.-H., S.-P. Xie, J.-S. Kug, J.-H. Park, Y. Yamagami, A. Miyamoto, G.-I. Kim, and B. Wu, Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation slowdown amplifies decadal variability along the Kuroshio-Oyashio and Gulf Stream extensions. submitted.

2026

• Tsuchida, K., Y. Kosaka, T. Kataoka, A. Miyamoto, M. Watanabe, H. Shiogama, S. Okajima, Y. Yamagami, and X. Su, 2026: Exceptional North Atlantic warming together with El Niño set the record global temperatures in 2023-2024. npj Climate and Atmospheric Science, in press.
• Liang, Y., S.-P. Xie, A. Fedorov, Q. Peng, and A. Miyamoto, 2026: An eastward-propagating coupled mode amplifying the early growth of extreme El Niño events. Science Advances, 12, eaee0444, https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aee0444.
• Xie, S.-P.*, A. Miyamoto*, Q. Peng, and M. T. Luongo, 2026: Major role for internal variability in tropical Pacific warming pattern over satellite era. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 123, e2615883123, https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2615883123.
  (*These authors contributed equally.)
• Miyamoto, A., S.-P. Xie, and Q. Peng, 2026: Simulating SST variability by forcing a coupled model with observed wind stress. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 18, e2025MS005672, https://doi.org/10.1029/2025MS005672.
• Miyamoto, A., S.-P. Xie, and C. Deser, 2026: Unforced interannual-to-decadal variability of global radiation imbalance: Role of low clouds. Journal of Climate, 39, 2751-2765, https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-25-0320.1.

2025

• Koike, M., Y. Kawai, K. Adachi, H. Aiki, Y. Kanaya, H. Kawai, K. Kita, F. Kondo, T. Koshiro, H. Matsui, T. Miyakawa, A. Miyamoto, T. Miyasaka, Y. Miyazaki, M. Mochida, T. Mori, N. Moteki, T. Murayama, H. Nakamura, S. Ohata, E. Oka, S. Okajima, Y. Tobo, S. Sekizawa, and A. Yoshida, 2025: Integrated aircraft and research vessel observational studies of aerosols and clouds in summer over the western North Pacific. Progress in Earth and Planetary Science, 12, 50, https://doi.org/10.1186/s40645-025-00719-1.
• Peng, Q., S.-P. Xie, A. Miyamoto, C. Deser, P. Zhang, and M. T. Luongo, 2025: Strong 2023-24 El Niño generated by ocean dynamics. Nature Geoscience, 18, 471-478, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-025-01700-9.
• Xie, S.-P.*, A. Miyamoto*, P. Zhang*, Y. Kosaka, Y. Liang, and N. J. Lutsko, 2025: What made 2023 and 2024 the hottest years in a row? npj Climate and Atmospheric Science, 8, 117, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41612-025-01006-y.
  (*These authors contributed equally.)
• Sekizawa, S., S. Okajima, A. Miyamoto, T. Miyasaka, H. Kawai, M. Koike, and H. Nakamura, 2025: Summer low clouds off southeast of Hokkaido simulated in the Japan Meteorological Agency Meso-scale model under different synoptic conditions. Scientific Online Letters on the Atmosphere, 21, 24-33, https://doi.org/10.2151/sola.2025-004.
• Satoh, R., Y. Kosaka, H. Nakamura, A. Miyamoto, and S. Okajima, 2025: Energetics of atmospheric meridional teleconnection patterns over the North Pacific in winter. Journal of Climate, 38, 611-626, https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-24-0077.1.
• Miyamoto, A., and S.-P. Xie, 2025: Low cloud-SST variability over the summertime subtropical Northeast Pacific: Role of extratropical atmospheric modes. Journal of Climate, 38, 165-180, https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-24-0015.1.

2024

• Xu, Z., Y. Kosaka, M. Toda, T. Iwakiri, G. Huang, F. Ji, A. Miyamoto, and W. Tao, 2024: Irreversibility of winter precipitation over the Northeastern Pacific and Western North America against CO₂ forcing. npj Climate and Atmospheric Science, 7, 300, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41612-024-00864-2.
• Toda, M., Y. Kosaka, A. Miyamoto, and M. Watanabe, 2024: Walker circulation strengthening driven by sea surface temperature changes outside the tropics. Nature Geoscience, 17, 858-865, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-024-01510-5.
• Zhang, P., S.-P. Xie, Y. Kosaka, N. J. Lutsko, Y. M. Okumura, and A. Miyamoto, 2024: Why are East Asian monsoon anomalies more robust in post-El Niño than post-La Niña summers? Nature Communications, 15, 7401, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-51885-7.
• Peng, Q., S.-P. Xie, G. Passalacqua, A. Miyamoto, and C. Deser, 2024: The 2023 coastal El Niño: Atmospheric and air-sea coupling mechanisms. Science Advances, 10, eadk8646, https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adk8646.

2023

• Miyamoto, A., H. Nakamura, S.-P. Xie, T. Miyasaka, and Y. Kosaka, 2023: Radiative impacts of Californian marine low clouds on North Pacific climate in a global climate model. Journal of Climate, 36, 8443-8459, https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-23-0153.1. Yamamoto Medal

2022

• Miyamoto, A., H. Nakamura, T. Miyasaka, Y. Kosaka, B. Taguchi, and K. Nishii, 2022: Maintenance mechanisms of the wintertime subtropical high over the south Indian Ocean. Journal of Climate, 35, 2989-3005, https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-21-0518.1.
• Miyamoto, A., H. Nakamura, T. Miyasaka, and Y. Kosaka, 2022: Wintertime weakening of low-cloud impacts on the subtropical high in the south Indian Ocean. Journal of Climate, 35, 323-334, https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-21-0178.1.

2021

• Miyamoto, A., H. Nakamura, T. Miyasaka, and Y. Kosaka, 2021: Radiative impacts of low-level clouds on the summertime subtropical high in the south Indian Ocean simulated in a coupled general circulation model. Journal of Climate, 34, 3991-4007, https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-20-0709.1.

2018

• Miyamoto, A., H. Nakamura, and T. Miyasaka, 2018: Influence of the subtropical high and storm track on low-cloud fraction and its seasonality over the south Indian Ocean. Journal of Climate, 31, 4017-4039, https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-17-0229.1.

Reports (Japanese/日本語)

• 河本和明, ..., 宮本歩, 2021: 第6章 夏季北太平洋の雲と海洋．気象研究ノート「気候系のHotspot: 中緯度大気海洋相互作用研究の新展開」，244，中村尚・川村隆一 編集，日本気象学会
• 青木茂, ..., 宮本歩, ..., 吉田聡, 2021: 第9章 大気海洋雪氷系における大洋・半球スケールの鉛直結合変動．気象研究ノート「気候系のHotspot: 中緯度大気海洋相互作用研究の新展開」，244，中村尚・川村隆一 編集，日本気象学会
• 宮本歩, 2018: 第21回米国気象学会大気海洋相互作用会議と第23回米国気象学会境界層・乱流シンポジウム参加報告．天気, 65(10), 665-668
• 升永竜介, 宮本歩, 2015: 第26回国際測地学・地球物理学連合総会（IUGG2015・プラハ）の報告 -近年の大気海洋相互作用研究の進展-．天気, 62(11), 949-952