A 20-Year Climatology of a NICAM AMIP-Type Simulation

Chihiro KODAMA, Yohei YAMADA, Akira T. NODA Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Yokohama, Japan Kazuyoshi KIKUCHI International Pacific Research Center, University of Hawaii, Hawaii, USA Yoshiyuki KAJIKAWA RIKEN Advanced Institute for Computational Science, Kobe, Japan Tomoe NASUNO Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Yokohama, Japan Tomohiko TOMITA Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan Tsuyoshi YAMAURA RIKEN Advanced Institute for Computational Science, Kobe, Japan Hiroshi G. TAKAHASHI Tokyo Metropolitan University, Hachioji, Japan Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Yokohama, Japan Masayuki HARA Center for Environmental Science in Saitama, Kazo, Japan Yoshio KAWATANI Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Yokohama, Japan Masaki SATOH Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Japan Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Yokohama, Japan and Masato SUGI Meteorological Research Institute, Tsukuba, Japan (Manuscript received 6 November 2014, in final form 17 March 2015)

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