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Publications

  • Phillips, H. E., V. V. Menezes, M. Nagura, M. J. McPhaden, P. N. Vinayachandran, and . M. Beal, 2024: Indian Ocean Circulation. The Indian Ocean and its Role in the Global Climate System, edited by Ummenhofer and Hood, Elsevier., View online

  • McPhaden, M. J., L. M. Beal, T. V. S. Udaya Bhaskar, T. Lee, M. Nagura, P. G. Strutton, and L. Yu, 2024: The Indian Ocean Observing System (IndOOS). The Indian Ocean and its Role in the Global Climate System, edited by Ummenhofer and Hood, Elsevier., View online

  • Sprintall, J.,  M. Nagura, J. Hermes, M. K. Roxy, M. J. McPhaden, E. Pattabhi Rama Rao, Srinivasa Kumar Tummala, S. Thurston, J. Li, M. Belbeoch, Victor Turpini, 2024: COVID Impacts Cause Critical Gaps in the Indian Ocean Observing System. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 103, 3, pp. E725–E741, https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-22-0270.1. View online

  • Nagura, M., and M. J. McPhaden, 2023: Dual frequency wind-driven mixed Rossby gravity waves in the equatorial Indian Ocean. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 53, 6, pp. 1535-1553, https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-22-0222.1. View online

  • Huang, K., D. Wang, G. Chen, M. Nagura, W. Han, M. J. McPhaden, M. Feng, Y. Wu, X. Zhang, Y. Li, Q. Xie, W. Wang, and F. Zhou, 2022: Intensification and dynamics of the westward equatorial undercurrent during the summers of 1998 and 2016 in the Indian Ocean. Geophysical Research Letters, 49, e2022GL100168. https://doi. org/10.1029/2022GL100168. View online

  • Nagura, M., and S. Osafune, 2022: Second baroclinic mode Rossby waves in the south Indian Ocean. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 52, 8, pp. 1749-1773, https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-21-0290.1. View online

  • Iskandar, I., M. Nagura, and M. J. McPhaden, 2021: Role of the eastern boundary-generated waves on the termination of 1997 Indian Ocean Dipole event. Geoscience Letters, 8, 35, https://doi.org/10.1186/s40562-021-00205-8. View online

  • Nagura, M., and M. J. McPhaden, 2021: Predicting interannual variability in sea surface height along the west coast of Australia using a simple ocean model. Geophysical Research Letters, 48, e2021GL094592. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GL094592. View online

  • Li, Z., H. Aiki, M. Nagura, and T. Ogata, 2021: The vertical structure of annual wave energy flux in the tropical Indian Ocean. Progress in Earth and Planetary Science, 8, 43, https://doi.org/10.1186/s40645-021-00432-9. View online

  • Nagura, M., and M. J. McPhaden, 2021: Interannual variability in sea surface height at southern mid-latitudes of the Indian Ocean. Journal of Physical Oceanography, Vol. 51, No. 5, pp. 1595-1609, DOI: 10.1175/JPO-D-20-0279.1. View online

  • Nagura, M., 2021: Spiciness anomalies of Subantarctic mode water in the south Indian Ocean. Journal of Climate, Vol. 34, No. 10, pp. 3927-3953, DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-20-0482.1. View online

  • Toyoda, T., H. Nakano, H. Aiki, T. Ogata, Y. Fukutomi, Y. Kanno, L. S. Urakawa, K. Sakamoto, G. Yamanaka, and M. Nagura, 2021: Energy flow diagnosis of ENSO from an ocean reanalysis. Journal of Climate, Vol. 34, No. 10, pp. 4032-4042, DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-20-0704.1. View online

  • Nagura, M., 2020: Variability in meridional transport of the subtropical circulation in the south Indian Ocean for the period from 2006 to 2017. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, 124, e2019JC015874. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JC015874. View online

  • Nagura, M., 2018: Annual Rossby waves below the pycnocline in the Indian Ocean. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, 123, 9405-9415, https://doi.org/ 10.1029/2018JC014362 View online

  • Nagura, M., and S. Kouketsu, 2018: Spiciness anomalies in the upper South Indian Ocean. Journal of Physical Oceanography, Vol. 48, No. 9, pp. 2081-2101, DOI: 10.1175/JPO-D-18-0050.1. View online

  • Nagura, M., and M. J. McPhaden, 2018: The shallow overturning circulation in the Indian Ocean. Journal of Physical Oceanography, Vol. 48, No. 2, pp. 413-434, DOI: 10.1175/JPO-D-17-0127.1. View online

  • Nagura, M., J.P. McCreary, and H. Annamalai, 2018: Origins of coupled-model biases in the Arabian-Sea climatological state. Journal of Climate, Vol. 31, No. 5, pp. 2005-2029, DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-17-0417.1. View online

  • Annamalai, H., B. Taguchi, J.P. McCreary, M. Nagura, and T. Miyama, 2017: Systematic errors in South Asian Monsoon simulation: Importance of equatorial Indian Ocean. Journal of Climate, Vol. 30, No. 20, pp. 8159-8178, DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-16-0573.1. View online

  • Ogata, T., M. Nagura, and Y. Masumoto, 2017: Mean subsurface upwelling induced by intraseasonal variability over the equatorial Indian Ocean. Journal of Physical Oceanography, Vol. 47, No.6, pp. 1347-1365, DOI: 10.1175/JPO-D-16-0257.1. View online

  • Ando, K., Y. Kuroda, Y. Fujii, T. Fukuda, T. Hasegawa, T. Horii, Y. Ishihara, Y. Kashino, Y. Masumoto, K. Mizuno, M. Nagura and I. Ueki, 2017: Fifteen years progress of the TRITON Array in the western Pacific and eastern Indian Oceans. Journal of Oceanography, Vol. 73, Issue 4, pp. 403-426, DOI 10.1007/s10872-017-0414-4. View online

  • Nagura, M., and M. J. McPhaden, 2016: Zonal propagation of near surface zonal currents in relation to surface wind forcing in the equatorial Indian Ocean. Journal of Physical Oceanography, Vol. 46, No. 12, pp. 3623-3638, DOI: 10.1175/JPO-D-16-0157.1. View online

  • Masumoto, Y., M. Nagura, S.-P. Xie, P. N. Vinayachandran, T. Miyama, Z. Yu, J. P. McCreary, Jr, R. R. Hood, and H. Gildor, 2016: Ocean Processes Relevant to Climate Variations in the Indian Sector. Indo-Pacific Climate Variability and Predictability, World Scientific Series on Asia-Pacific Weather and Climate, T. Yamagata and S.K. Behera, eds., World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd. View online

  • Richter, I., P. Chang, Z. Xu, T. Doi, T. Kataoka, M. Nagura, P. Oettli, S. de Szoeke and T. Tozuka, 2016: An overview of coupled GCM performance in the tropics. Indo-Pacific Climate Variability and Predictability, World Scientific Series on Asia-Pacific Weather and Climate, T. Yamagata and S.K. Behera, eds., World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd. View online

  • Seiki, A., Nagura, M., T. Hasegawa and K. Yoneyama, 2015: Seasonal onset of the Madden-Julian Oscillation and its relation to the southeastern Indian Ocean cooling.  Journal of Meteorological Society of Japan, Vol. 93A, pp. 139-156, DOI:10.2151/jmsj.2015-047. View online

  • Nagura, M., and Y. Masumoto, 2015: A wake due to the Maldives in the eastward Wyrtki jet. Journal of Physical Oceanography, Vol. 45, No. 7, 1858-1876, DOI: 10.1175/JPO-D-14-0191.1. View online

  • Nagura, M., T. Terao and M. Hashizume, 2015: The role of temperature inversions in the generation of seasonal and interannual SST variability in the far northern Bay of Bengal. Journal of Climate, Vol. 28, No. 9, pp. 3671-3693, DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00553.1. View online

  • Iskandar, I., W. Mardiansyah, D. Setiabudidaya, P. Poerwono, N. Kurniawati, F. Saymsuddin and M. Nagura, 2014: Equatorial oceanic waves and the evolution of 2007 positive Indian Ocean Dipole. Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences journal, Vol. 25, No. 6, pp. 847-856, doi: 10.3319/TAO.2014.08.25.01(Oc). View online

  • Nagura, M. and M.J. McPhaden, 2014: Zonal momentum budget along the equator in the Indian Ocean from a high resolution ocean general circulation model. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans., Vol. 119, No. 7, pp. 4444-4461, doi:10.1002/2014JC009895. View online

  • Tozuka, T., M. Nagura, T. Yamagata, 2014: Influence of the reflected Rossby waves on the western Arabian Sea upwelling region. Journal of Physical Oceanography, Vol. 44, No. 5, pp. 1424-1438, DOI: 10.1175/JPO-D-13-0127.1. View online

  • McPhaden, M.J., and M. Nagura, 2014: Indian Ocean dipole interpreted in terms of recharge oscillator theory. Climate Dynamics, Vol. 42, No. 5-6, pp. 1569-1586, doi:10.1007/s00382-013-1765-1. View online

  • Nagura, M., Y. Masumoto, and T. Horii, 2014: Meridional heat advection due to mixed Rossby gravity waves in the equatorial Indian Ocean. Journal of Physical Oceanography, Vol. 44, No. 1, pp. 343-358, DOI: 10.1175/JPO-D-13-0141.1. View online

  • Horii, T., K. Mizuno, M. Nagura, T. Miyama, and K. Ando, 2013: Seasonal and interannual variation in the cross-equatorial meridional currents observed in the eastern Indian Ocean. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, Vol. 118, No. 12, pp. 6658-6671, doi:10.1002/2013JC009291. View online

  • Nagura M., W. Sasaki, T. Tozuka, J.-J. Luo, S. K. Behera and T. Yamagata, 2013: Longitudinal biases in the Seychelles Dome simulated by 35 ocean-atmosphere coupled general circulation models. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, Vol. 118, No. 2, pp. 831-846, doi:10.1029/2012JC008352. View online

  • Nagura, M., and M. J. McPhaden, 2012: The dynamics of wind-driven intraseasonal variability in the equatorial Indian Ocean. Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 117, No. C2, C02001, doi:10.1029/2011JC007405. View online

  • Nagura, M., and M. J. McPhaden, 2010: The dynamics of zonal current variations associated with the Indian Ocean Dipole. Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 115, No. C11, C11026, doi:10.1029/2010JC006423. View online

  • Nagura, M., and M. J. McPhaden, 2010: Wyrtki Jet dynamics: Seasonal variability. Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 115, No. C7, C07009, doi:10.1029/2009JC005922. View online

  • Nagura, M., and M. J. McPhaden, 2008: The dynamics of zonal current variations in the central equatorial Indian Ocean. Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 35, No. 23, L23603, doi:10.1029/2008GL035961. View online

  • Nagura, M., K. Ando, and K. Mizuno, 2008: Pausing of the ENSO cycle: A case study from 1998 to 2002. Journal of Climate, Vol. 21, No. 2, pp. 342-363, DOI: 10.1175/2007JCLI1765.1. View online

  • Nagura, M., and M. Konda, 2007: The seasonal development of an SST anomaly in the Indian Ocean and its relationship to ENSO. Journal of Climate, Vol. 20, No. 1, pp. 38-52, DOI: 10.1175/JCLI3986.1. View online

  • Nagura, M., and M. Konda, 2005: The relationship between the interannual variation of the north Indian Ocean SST induced by surface wind and ENSO. Journal of Climate, Vol. 18, No. 12, pp. 1942-1956, https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI3378.1. View online

Education and Career

2021-present     Senior Researcher, JAMSTEC

2013-2021         Researcher, JAMSTEC

2010-2013         Project Researcher, JAMSTEC

2008-2010         Postdoc, NOAA/PMEL (U.S. NRC Research Associateship Award)

2005-2008         Postdoc, JAMSTEC

2005                  Ph.D, Kyoto University (Physical Oceanography)

2002                  M.S., Kyoto University (Geophysics)

2000                  B.S., Kyoto University (Geophysics)

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