Yoshi N. Sasaki (Yoshinori Sasaki)

Associate Professor

Physical Oceanography and Climate Laboratory

Earth and Planetary Dynamics, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University

Science 8th bldg, 8-3-20, N10, W8, Sapporo, 060-0810

Email: sasakiyo(at)sci.hokudai.ac.jp

Research Interests

• Oceanic jets and eddies
• Interannual to decadal climate variability
• Air-sea interaction in mid-latitude
• Sea level rise

Scientific Work Experience

• Associate Professor, Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University, Japan, February 2018-present
• Lecturer, Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University, Japan, April 2013-January 2018
• Project Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University, Japan, April 2011-March 2013
• Postdoctoral Fellow, Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University, Japan, December 2010-March 2011
• Postdoctoral Fellow, International Pacific Research Center, University of Hawaii, USA, April 2008-November 2010
• Research Fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Japan, April 2006-March 2008
• Research Assistant, Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University, Japan, May 2005-February 2006

Publications

• Sasaki, Y. N., and R. Ito, 2024: Impact of the Kuroshio large meander on local atmospheric circulation and precipitation in winter. Progress in Earth and Planetary Science, 11(15), https://doi.org/10.1186/s40645-024-00620-3.
• Sasaki, Y. N., and Y. Iwai, 2022: Two pathways of subsurface spiciness anomalies in the subtropical South Pacific. Frontiers in Climate, 4, doi: 10.3389/fclim.2022.897498.
• Sasaki, Y. N. and C. Umeda, 2021: Rapid warming of sea surface temperature along the Kuroshio and the China coast in the East China Sea during the 20th century. Journal of Climate, 34, 4803-4815, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-20-0421.1. [PDF]
• Kida, S. K. Takayama, Y. N. Sasaki, H. Matsuura and N. Hirise, 2021: Increasing trend in Japan Sea Throughflow transport. Journal of Oceanography, 77, 145-153, doi: 10.1007/s10872-020-00563-5.
• Woodworth, P. L., A. Melet, M. Marcos, R. D. Ray, G. Woppelmann, Y. N. Sasaki, M. Cirano, A. Hibbert, J. M. Huthnance, S. Monserrat, and M. A. Merrifield, 2019: Forcing Factors Affecting Sea Level Changes at the Coast. Surveys in Geophysics, 40, 1351-1397, doi:10.1007/s10712-019-09531-1.
• Lee, C., S. Minobe, and Y. N. Sasaki, 2018: Origin of intraseasonal variability in the eastern equatorial Indian Ocean: intrinsic variability and local and remote wind stress forcings. Journal of Oceanography, doi: 10.1007/s10872-018-0489-6.
• Na, H., K.-Y. Kim, S. Minobe, and Y. N. Sasaki, 2018: Interannual to decadal variability of the upper-ocean heat content in the western North Pacific and its relationship to oceanic and atmospheric variability. Journal of Climate, 31(13), 5107-5125, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-17-0506.1.
• Sasaki, Y. N., and Y. Yamada, 2018: Atmospheric response to interannual variability of sea surface temperature front in the East China Sea in early summer. Climate Dynamics, 51(7), 2509-2522, doi: 10.1007/s00382-017-4025-y. [PDF]
• Sasaki, Y. N., R. Washizu, T. Yasuda, and S. Minobe, 2017: Sea level variability around Japan during the 20th century simulated by a regional ocean model. Journal of Climate, 30, 5585-5595, doi: 10.1175/JCLI-D-16-0497.1. [PDF]
• Liu, Z.-L., S. Minobe, Y. N. Sasaki, and M. Terada, 2016: Dynamical downscaling of future sea-level change in the western North Pacific using ROMS. Journal of Oceanography, 72, 905-922, doi:10.1007/s10872-016-0390-0.
• Kida, S., H. Mitsudera, S. Aoki, X. Guo, S.-I. Ito, F. Kobashi, N. Komori, A. Kubokawa, T. Miyama , R. Morie, H. Nakamura, T. Nakamura, H. Nakano, H. Nishigaki, M. Nonaka, H. Sasaki, Y. N. Sasaki, T. Suga, S. Sugimoto, B. Taguchi, K. Takaya, T. Tozuka, H. Tsujino, and N. Usui, 2015: Oceanic Fronts and Jets around Japan - a review. Journal of Oceanography, doi:10.1007/s10872-015-0283-7.
• Sasaki, Y. N., and S. Minobe, 2015: Climatological mean features and interannual to decadal variability of ring formations in the Kuroshio Extension region. Journal of Oceanography, 71, 499-509, doi:10.1007/s10872-014-0270-4. [PDF] [PPT]
• Sasaki, Y. N., S. Minobe and Y. Miura, 2014: Decadal sea level variability along the coast of Japan in response to ocean circulation changes. Journal of Geophysical Research (Oceans), 119, doi:10.1002/2013JC009327. [PDF] [Poster]
• Sasaki, Y. N., S. Minobe and N. Schneider, 2013: Decadal response of the Kuroshio Extension jet to Rossby waves: Observation and thin-jet theory. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 43, 442-456. [PDF]
• Sasaki, Y. N., S. Minobe, T. Asai, and M. Inatsu, 2012: Influence of the Kuroshio in the East China Sea on the early summer (Baiu) rain. Journal of Climate, 25, 6627-6645.
• Sasaki, Y. N., and N. Schneider, 2011: Interannual to decadal Gulf Stream variability in an eddy-resolving ocean model. Ocean Modelling, 39, 209-219.
• Sasaki, Y. N., and N. Schneider, 2011: Decadal shifts of the Kuroshio Extension jet: Application of thin-jet theory. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 41, 979-993.
• Chen, J., T. Qu, Y. N. Sasaki, and N. Schneider, 2010: Anti-correlated variability in subduction rate of the western and eastern North Pacific Oceans identified by an eddy-resolving ocean GCM. Geophysical Research Letters, 37, L23608, doi:10.1029/2010GL045239.
• Sasaki, Y. N., N. Schneider, N. Maximenko and K. Lebedev, 2010: Observational evidence for propagation of decadal spiciness anomalies in the North Pacific. Geophysical Research Letters, 37, L07708, doi:10.1029/2010GL042716. [Poster]
• Sasaki, Y. N., S. Minobe, N. Schneider, T. Kagimoto, M. Nonaka and H. Sasaki, 2008: Decadal sea level variability in the South Pacific in a global eddy-resolving ocean model hindcast. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 38, 1731-1747.
• Sasaki, Y. N., Y. Katagiri, S. Minobe and I. G. Rigor, 2007: Autumn atmospheric preconditioning for interannual variability of wintertime sea-ice in the Okhotsk Sea. Journal of Oceanography, 63(2), 255-265. [PDF]
• Sasaki Y. N., and S. Minobe, 2005: Seasonally dependent interannual variability of sea ice in the Bering Sea and its relation to atmospheric fluctuations. Journal of Geophysical Research (Oceans), 110, C05011, doi:10.1029/2004JC002486.

Awards

• 2017 Advances in Atmospheric Sciences Editor's Award
• Okada prize in 2015 from the Oceanographic Society of Japan
• POC Committee Best Oral Presentation Awards, PICES-2012
• Outstanding Student Poster Awards, Ocean Sciences Meeting at 2008