Publications with peer reviewers

1. Fang, J.Y., Kato, T., Guo, Z., Yang, YH., Hu, HF., Shen, HH, Zhao, X., Kishimoto-Mo, AW., Tang, YH. Houghton, RA., 2014: Evidence for environmentally enhanced forest growth. Proc. Nat. Aca. Sci., 111(26), 9527-9532, doi: 10.1073/pnas.1402333111
   
   
2. Yuan, W., Cai, W., Xia, J., Chen, J., Liu, S., Dong, W., Merbold, L., Law, B., Arain, A., Beringer, J., Bernhofer, C., Black, A., Blanken, PD., Cescatti, A., Chen, Y., Francois, L., Gianelle, D., Janssens, IA., Jung, M., Kato, T., Kiely, G., Liu, D., Marcolla, B., Montagnani, L., Raschi, A., Roupsard, O., Varlagin, A., Wohlfahrt., G., 2014: Global Comparison of Light Use Efficiency Models for Simulating Terrestrial Vegetation Gross Primary Production based on the LaThuile Database. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 192: 108-120.
   
   
3. Xia, J, Yuan, W., Liang, S., Chen, J., Li, L., Li, X., Zhang, L., Fu, Y., Zhao, T., Feng, J., Ma, Z., Ma, M., Liu, S., Zhou, G., Asanuma, J., Chen, S., Du, M., Davaa, G., Kato, T., Liu, Q., Liu, S., Li, S., Shao, C., Tang, Y., Zhao, X., 2014: Satellite-Based Analysis of Evapotranspiration and Water Balance in the Grassland Ecosystems of Dryland East Asia. Plos One, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0097295
   
   
4. Fang, J.Y., Guo, Z., Hu, H., Kato, T., Muraoka, H., Son, Y., 2014: Forest biomass carbon sinks in East Asia, with special reference to the relative contributions of forset expansion and forest growth. Global Change Biology, doi:10.1111/gcb.12512
   
   
5. Zhou, Y., Zhang, L., Xiao, J., Chen, S., Kato, T., Zhou, G., 2014: A comparison of satellite-derived vegetation indices for approximating gross primary productivity of grasslands. Rangeland Ecology & Management, 67, 9-18.
   
   
6. Zhang, L., Guo, H., Jia, G., Wylie, B., Gilmanov, T., Howard, D., Ji, L., Xiao, J., Li, J., Yuan, W., Zhao, T., Chen, S., Zhou, G., Kato, T. (2014) Net ecosystem productivity of temperate grasslands in northern China: An upscaling study. Agric. For. Meteorol., 184, 71-81.
   
   
7. Kaminski, T., Knorr, W., Schürmann, G., Scholze, M., Rayner, P.J., Zaehle, S., Blessing, S., Dorigo, W., Gayler, V., Giering, R., Gobron, N., Grant, J.P., Heimann, M., Hooker-Strout, A., Houweling, S., Kato, T., Kattge, J., Kelley, D., Kemp, S., Koffi, E.N., Köstler, C., Mathieu, P.P., Pinty, B., Reick, C.H., Rödenbeck, C., Schnur, R., Scipal, K., Sebald, C., Stacke, T., Terwisscha van Scheltinga, A., Vossbeck, M., Widmann, H., Ziehn, T., 2013: The BETHY/JSBACH Carbon Cycle Data Assimilation System: experiences and challenges. J. Geophys. Res. Biogeosci., 118:doi:10.1002/jgrg.20118,.
   
   
8. Xiao, J., Sun, G., Chen, J., Chen, H., Chen, S., Dong, G., Gao, S., Guo, H., Han, S., Kato, T., Li, Y., Lin, G., Lu, W., Ma, M., McNulty, S., Shao, C., Wang, X., Xie, X., Zhang, X., Zhang, Z., Zhao, B., Zhou, B., Zhou, G., Zhou, J., 2013: Carbon fluxes, evapotranspiration, and water use efficiency of terrestrial ecosystems in China, Agric. For. Meteorol., 182-183, 76-90.
   
   
9. Kato, T., Yamada, S., Yoshida, N., Tang, Y., Wada, E., 2013: Stable carbon isotopic evidence of methane consumption and production in three alpine ecosystems on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. Atmospheric Environment, 77, 338-347, doi: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2013.05.010.
   
   
10. Kato, T., Toyoda, S., Yoshida, N., Tang, Y., Wada, E., 2013: Isotopologue signatures of N2O produced in alpine ecosystems on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. Rapid Communication in Mass Spectrometry, 27(13):1517-26. doi: 10.1002/rcm.6595.
    
    
11. Kato, T., Scholze, M., Knorr, W., Veenendaal, E., Kaminski, T., Kattge, J., Gobron, N., 2013: Simultaneous assimilation of satellite and eddy covariance data for improving terrestrial water and carbon simulations at a semi-arid woodland site in Botswana. Biogeosciences, 10, 789-802, doi:10.5194/bg-10-789-2013.
    
    
12. Li X., Liang S., Yu G., Yuan W., Cheng X., Chen X., J., Zhao T., Feng J., Ma Z., Ma M., Liu S., Chen J., Shao C., Li S., Zhang X., Zhang Z., Chen S., Ohta T., Varlagin A., Miyata A., Takagi K., Saigusa N., Kato T., 2013: Estimation of gross primary production over the terrestrial ecosystems in China. Ecological Modelling, 261-262, 80-92. doi:10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2013.03.024
    
    
13. Saigusa, N., Li, S.-G., Kwon, H., Takagi, K, Zhang, L.-M, Ide, R., Ueyama, M., Asanuma, J. Choi, Y.-J., Chun, J.H., Han, S.-J., Hirano, T., Hirata, R., Kang, M., Kato, T., Kim, J., Li, Y.-N., Maeda, T., Miyata, A., Mizoguchi, Y., Murayama, S., Nakai, Y., Ohta, T., Saitoh, T.M., Wang, H.-M., Yu, G.-R., Zhang, Y.-P., Zhao, F.-H., 2012, Dataset of CarboEastAsia and the uncertainties in the CO2 budget evaluation caused by different data-processing. Journal of Forest Research, DOI 10.1007/s10310-012-0378-6.
    
    
14. Ichii K., Kondo M., Lee Y.H., Wang S.Q., Kim J., Ueyama M., Lim H.J., Shi H., Suzuki T., Ito A., Kwon H., Ju W., Huang M., Sasai T., Asanuma J., Han S.J., Hirano T., Hirata R., Kato, T., Li S.G., Li Y.N., Maeda T., Miyata A., Matsuura Y., Maruyama S., Nakai Y., Ohta T., Saitoh T.M., Saigusa N., Takagi K., Tang Y.H., Wang H.M., Yu G.R., Zhang Y.P., Zhao F.H.,2012, Site-level model-data synthesis of terrestrial carbon fluxes in the CarboEastAsia eddy-covariance observation network: Toward future modeling efforts. Journal of Forest Research (CarboEastAsia special issue), DOI 10.1007/s10310-012-0367-9.
    
    
15. Li, X., Liang, S., Yuan, W., Yu, G., Cheng, X., Chen, Y., Zhao, T., Feng, J., Ma, Z., Ma, M., Liu, S., Chen, J., Shao, C., Li, S., Zhang, X., Zhang, Z., Sun, G., Chen, S., Ohta, T., Varlagin, A., Miyata, A., Takagi, K., Saigusa, N., Kato, T., 2012: Estimation of evapotranspiration over the terrestrial ecosystems in China. Ecohydrology. doi: 10.1002/eco.1341
    
    
16. Wang, Y., Fang, J. Y., Kato, T., Guo, Z. D., Zhu, B., Mo, W. H., Tang, Y. H., 2011, Inventory-based estimation of aboveground net primary production in Japan's forests from 1980 to 2005. Biogeosciences, 8, 2099-2106, doi:10.5194/bg-8-2099-2011.
    
    
17. Kato, T., Hirota, M., Tang, Y., Wada, E., 2011, Spatial variability of CH4 and N2O fluxes in alpine ecosystems on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. Atmospheric Environment, 45, 5632-5639, doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.03.010.
    
    
18. Ichii, K., Suzuki, T., Kato, T., Ito, A., Hajima, T., Ueyama, M., Sasai, T., Hirata, R., Saigusa, N., Ohtani, Y., Takagi, K., 2010. Multi-model analysis of terrestrial carbon cycles in Japan: reducing uncertainties in model outputs among different terrestrial biosphere models using flux observations, Biogeosciences, 7, 2061-2080.
    
    
19. Ito, A., Ichii, K., Kato, T., 2010, Spatial and temporal patterns of soil respiration over the Japanese Archipelago: A model intercomparison study. Ecological Research, 25, 1033-1044.
    
    
20. Chen, J., Shen, M., Kato, T., 2009, Diurnal and seasonal variations in light-use efficiency in an alpine meadow ecosystem: causes and implications for remote sensing. Journal of Plant Ecology, 2, 173-185, doi:10.1093/jpe/rtp020
    
    
21. Kato, T., Ito, A., Kawamiya, M., 2009. Multiple temporal scale variability during the 20th century in global carbon dynamics simulated by a coupled climate-terrestrial carbon cycle model. Climate Dynamics, 32(7-8), 901-923.
    
    
22. Saito, M., Kato, T., Tang, Y., 2009. Temperature controls ecosystem CO2 exchange of an alpine meadow on the northeastern Tibetan Plateau. Global Change Biology, 15, 1, 221-228.
    
    
23. Kato, T., Tang, Y., 2008. Spatial variability and major controlling factors of CO2 sink strength in Asian terrestrial ecosystems: evidence from eddy covariance data. Global Change Biology, 14, 10, 2333-2348, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2486.2008.01646.x.
    
    
24. Yoshikawa, C., Kawamiya, M., Kato, T., Yamanaka, Y., Matsuno, T., 2008. Geographical distribution of the feedback between future climate change and the carbon cycle. J. Geophys. Res. Biogeosci., 113, G03002, doi:10.1029/2007JG000570.
    
    
25. Ito, A., Penner, J. E., Prather, M. J., de Campos, C. P., Houghton, R. A., Kato, T., Jain, A. K., Yang, X., Hurtt, G. C., Frolking, S., Fearon, M. G., Chini, L. P., Wang, A., and Price, D. T., 2008. Can we reconcile differences in estimates of carbon fluxes from land-use change and forestry for the 1990s?, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 8, 3291-3310.
    
    
26. Gu, S., Tang, Y., Cui, X., Du, M., Zhao, L., Li, Y., Xu, S., Zhou, H., Kato, T., Qi, P., Zhao, X., 2008. Characterizing evapotranspiration over a meadow ecosystem on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, J. Geophys. Res., 113, D08118, doi:10.1029/2007JD009173.
    
    
27. Cui, X., Gu, S., Zhao, X., Wu, J., Kato, T., Tang, Y., 2008. Diurnal and seasonal variations of UV radiation on the northern edge of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, Agric. For. Meteorol., 148, 144-151.
    
    
28. Hirota, M., Kawada, K., Hu, Q., Kato, T., Tang, Y., Mo, W., Cao, G. and Mariko, S., 2007. Net primary productivity and spatial distribution of vegetation in an alpine wetland, Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, Limnology, 8, 161-170.
    
    
29. Friedlingstein, P., Cox, P., Betts, R., Bopp, L., von Bloh, W., Brovkin, V., Cadule, P., Doney, S., Eby, M., Fung, I., Bala, G., John, J., Jones, C., Joos, F., Kato, T., Kawamiya, M., Knorr, W., Lindsay, K., Matthews, H. D., Raddatz, T., Rayner, P., Reick, C., Roeckner, E., Schnitzler, K.-G., Schnur, R., Strassmann, K., Weaver, A.J., Yoshikawa, C., and Zeng, N., 2006. Climate-carbon cycle feedback analysis, results from the C4MIP model intercomparison, Journal of Climate, 19, 3337-3353.
    
    
30. Kato, T., Tang, Y., Gu, S., Hirota, M., Du, M., Li, Y., Zhao, X., 2006. Temperature and biomass influences on interannual changes in CO2 exchange in an alpine meadow on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. Global Change Biology, 12(7), 1285-1298.
    
    
31. Hirota, M., Tang, Y., Hu, Q., Hirata, S., Kato, T., Mo, W., Cao, G., Mariko, S., 2006. Carbon Dioxide Dynamics and Controls in a Deep-water Wetland on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. Ecosystems, 9, 673-688.
    
    
32. Kato, T., Kamichika, M., 2006. Determination of a crop coefficient for evapotranspiration in a sparse sorghum field. Irrigation and Drainage, 55(2), 165-175.
    
    
33. Hirota, M., Tang, Y., Hu, Q., Kato, T., Hirata, S., Mo, W., Cao, G., Mariko, S., 2005. The potential importance of grazing to the fluxes of carbon dioxide and methane in an alpine wetland on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. Atmospheric Environment 39, 5255-5259.
    
    
34. Kato, T., Hirota, M., Tang, Y., Cui, X., Li, Y., Zhao, X., Oikawa, T., 2005. Strong temperature dependence and no moss photosynthesis in winter CO2 flux for a Kobresia meadow on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. Short communication, Soil Biol. Biochem. 37(10), 1966-1969.
    
    
35. Gu, S., Tang, Y., Cui, X., Kato, T., Du, M., Li, Y., Zhao, X., 2005. Energy exchange between the atmosphere and a meadow ecosystem on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. Agric. For. Meteorol. 129(3-4), 175-185.
    
    
36. Fang, J., Oikawa, T., Kato, T., Mo, W., Wang, Z., 2005. Biomass carbon accumulation by Japan’s forests from 1947 to 1995, Global Biogeochem. Cycles 19, GB2004, doi:10.1029/2004GB002253.
    
    
37. Kato, T., Tang, Y., Gu, S., Hirota, M., Cui, X., Du, M., Li, Y., Zhao, X., Oikawa, T., 2004. Seasonal patterns of gross primary production and ecosystem respiration in an alpine meadow ecosystem on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, China. J. Geophys. Res. Atmos. 109(D12), D12109, doi:10.1029/2003JD003951.
    
    
38. Hirota, M., Tang, Y., Hu, Q., Hirata, S., Kato, T., Mo, W., Cao, G., Mariko, S., 2004. Methane emissions from different vegetation zones in a Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, China, wetland. Soil Biol. Biochem. 36(5), 737-748.
    
    
39. Kato, T., Tang, Y., Gu, S., Cui, X., Hirota, M., Du, M., Li, Y., Zhao, X., Oikawa, T., 2004. Carbon dioxide exchange between the atmosphere and an alpine meadow ecosystem on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, China. Agric. For. Meteorol. 124(1-2), 121-134.
    
    
40. Kato, T., Kimura, R., Kamichika, M., 2004. Estimation of Evapotranspiration, Transpiration Ratio and Water-Use Efficincy from Sparsely Vegetated Sorghum Fields using the Compartment Model. Agric. Water Manage. 65(3), 173-191.
    
    
41. Gu, S., Du, M., Kato, T., Li, Y., Cui, X., Zhao, X., Tang, Y., 2003. Short-term variation of CO2 flux in relation to environmental controls in an alpine meadow on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. J. Geophys. Res. Atmos. 108(D21), 4670, doi:10.1029/2003JD003584.

Book Chapter

Ise, T., Hajima, T., Sato, H., Kato, T., 2009. Simulating the two-way feedback between terrestrial ecosystems and climate: Importance of forest ecological processes on global change. In Forest Canopies: Forest Production, Ecosystem Health, and Climate Conditions. New York, NOVA.

Proceedings of International Congress

Kato, T., Maigan, F., MacBean, N., Peylin, P., Goulas, Y., Daumard, F., Moya, I., Porcar-Castell, A., Nichol, C., Relationship Between a Model-Simulated Productivity and In-Situ Fluorescence Measurements at Two Flux Sites, 5th International Workshop on Remote Sensing of Vegetation Fluorescence, Paris, France.

Kato, T., Gu, S., Du, M., Li, Y., Zhao, X., Tang, Y., Oikawa, T., 2002. CO2 flux and environmental factors in an alpine grassland on Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. The 2nd International Workshop on Advanced Flux Network and Flux Evaluation Proccedings.

Kato, T., Ushijima, Y., Otsuki, K., Kamichika, M., 2000. Estimation of the Evapotranspiration from Sparse Sorghum Fields Using the Compartment Model. Proceedings of The XIV Memorial CIGR World Congress 2000

Presentation in International Meeting

Kato, T.,, Maigan, F., MacBean, N., Peylin, P., Goulas, Y., Daumard, F., Moya, I., Porcar-Castell, A., Nichol, C., Relationship Between a Model-Simulated Productivity and In-Situ Fluorescence Measurements at Two Flux Sites, 5th International Workshop on Remote Sensing of Vegetation Fluorescence, Paris, France, 23 Apr., 2014.

Kato, T., Scholze, M., Knorr, W., Veenendaal, E., Kaminski, T., Kattge, J., Gobron, N., Simultaneous assimilation of satellite and eddy covariance data for improving terrestrial water and carbon simulations at a semi-arid woodland site in Botswana, International Symposium on Agricultural Meteorology, Sapporo, Japan, 18 Mar., 2014.

Kato, T.,, Ciais, P., Viovy, N.. Vuichard, N., Chang, J., Wang, X., Bellassen, V., Control by agricultural and forest management on interannual changes in net biome productivity of Europe, Open Science Conference: Greenhouse Gas Management in European Land Use Systems, GHG-Europe Conference, Antwerp, Belgium, 17 Sep., 2013.

Kato, T.,, Ciais, P., Peylin, P., et al., Consistency between top-down and bottom-up estimates
of the CO2 budget of Europe, 9th International Carbon Dioxide Conference Beijing, China, 3-7 Jun., 2013.

Kato, T.,, Viovy, N., Vuichard, N., Ciais, P., Vulnerability of ecosystem productivity over Europe under 
past and future climate extremes, 9th International Carbon Dioxide Conference Beijing, China, 3-7 Jun., 2013.

Kato, T., Viovy, N., Vuichard, N., Ciais, P., Vulnerability of ecosystem productivity over Europe under past and future climate extremes, Climate Extremes and Biogeochemical Cycles 2013, Seefeld,Austria, 2-5 Apr.., 2013.

Kato, T., Viovy, N., Ciais, P., Vuichard, N., Effect by extreme climate on future C flux in ORCHIDEE simulations, CarboExtreme workshop, Frankfurt, Germany, 11 May, 2012

Kato, T., Peylin, P., Ciais, P., et al., Comparison of NEE over Europe between Top-down and Bottom-up approaches, GHG-Europe Annual meeting 2012, Pitesti, Romania, 19 Apr., 2012.

Kato, T., Viovy, N., Ciais, P., Vuichard, N., Preliminary results of multi-2003 year simulation and future simulation over Europe, CarboExtreme workshop, Montpellier, France, 23 Sep., 2011.

Kato, T., Viovy, N., Ciais, P., Vuichard, N., Terrestrial ecosystems' response to virtually-repeated heat-wave years of 2003 over Europe, CarboExtreme workshop, Montpellier, France, 27 Sep., 2011.

Kato, T., Peylin, P., Ciais, P., Luyssaert, S., Maignan, F., CARBOEUROPE modelers, Comparison of terrestrial carbon fluxes over Europe between by Top-down and Bottom-up approaches: Atmospheric inversion and Terrestrial ecosystem model, iLEAPS 2011 meeting, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, 20 Sep., 2011.

Kato, T., Scholze, A., Knorr, W., Kaminski, T., Kattge, J., Effect of eco-hydrological parameters on hydrology in semi-arid woodland in Botswana simulated by the Carbon cCycle Data Assimilation System. "Earth System Science 2010: Global Change, Climate and People", AIMES Open Science Conference, Edinburgh, UK, 10-13 May, 2010.

Kato, T., Scholze, A., Knorr, W. The impact of CO2 fertilization on the global terrestrial carbon cycle and interannual changes in CO2 studied through a carbon cycle data assimilation system. Eighth International Carbon Dioxide Conference, Jena, Germany, 15 Sep., 2009.

Kato, T., Multi-temporal variability in global carbon dynamics during the 20th century simulated by a coupled climate-terrestrial carbon cycle model. Second OGED seminar, Tsukuba, Japan, 12 Dec., 2007.

Kato, T., Saigusa, N., Hirata, R., Ichii, K. Inter-site comparison, up-scaling, and integration efforts to quantify the distribution and strength of carbon sink/source, and their spatial and temporal variability and uncertainty, International Seminar of A3 Foresight Program 'CarboEastAsia Meeting 2007', Beijing, China, 30 Nov., 2007.

Kato, T., Ito, A, Kawamiya, M. The temporal variability in global carbon dynamics during the 20th century simulated by a coupled climate-terrestrial carbon cycle model. Second International Conference on Earth System Model, Hamburg, Germany, 30 Aug., 2007.

Kato, T., Carbon sequestration in East Asia: A mini-review of eddy flux measurement studies. International Workshop on Flux Estimation over Diverse Terrestrial Ecosystems in Asia - AsiaFlux Workshop2006 -, Chiang Mai, Thailand, 30 Nov., 2006.

Kato, T., Ito, A. Historical influence by land ecosystem uptake and land use change emission on the global carbon budget and climate change in the 20th century. European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly 2006, Vienna, Austria, 5 Apr., 2006.

Kato, T., Tang, Y., Gu, S., Hirota, M., Du, M., Li, Y., Zhao, X. Temperature plays a major role in controlling ecosystem CO2 exchange in an alpine meadow on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. 2nd East Asian Federation of Ecological Societies International Congress, Niigata, Japan, 26 Mar., 2006.

Kato, T., Ito, A. Development of the coupled climate-terrestrial carbon cycle model. Seventh International Carbon Dioxide Conference, Broomfield, USA, 26 Sep., 2005.

Kato, T., Ito, A. Development of the coupled climate-terrestrial carbon cycle model. ESA 90th Annual Meeting, to be held jointly with the INTECOL IX International Congress of Ecology, Montreal, Canada, 10 Aug., 2005 [invited].

Kato, T., Tang, Y., Gu, S., Cui, X., Hirota, M., Du, M., Li, Y., Zhao, X., Oikawa, T.. CO2 Exchanges between the Atmosphere and an Alpine Meadow Ecosystem on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, San Francisco, 17 Dec., 2004.

Kato, T., Gu, S., Du, M., Li, Y., Zhao, X., Tang, Y., Oikawa, T. CO2 flux and environmental factors in an alpine grassland on Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. The 2nd International Workshop on Advanced Flux Network and Flux Evaluation, Jeju, Korea, 10 Jan., 2002.

Kato, T., Ushijima, Y., Otsuki, K., Kamichika, M. Estimation of the evapotranspiration from sparse sorghum fields using the compartment model. The XIV Memorial CIGR World Congress 2000, Tsukuba, Japan, Dec., 2000.

Other Documents

Kawamiya, M, C. Yoshikawa, T. Kato, H. Sato, K. Sudo, S. Watanabe, T. Matsuno, 2006. Development of an Integrated Earth System Model on the Earth Simulator, Journal of Earth Simulator, 4, 18-30.