Hiroto Abe

Affiliation

• Assistant Professor at Graduate School of Fisheries Sciences, Hokkaido University

Academic qualifications

• Mar 2006 Bachelor of Science, Tohoku university
• Mar 2008 Master of Science, Tohoku university
• Mar 2011 Doctoral Degree of Science, Tohoku university

Work experience

• Jul 2011 - Mar 2016: Institute of Low Temperature Science, Hokkaido University
• Apr 2016 - Oct 2016: Division of Climate System Research, Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, the University of Tokyo
• Nov 2016 - present: Graduate School of Fisheries Sciences, Hokkaido University

Research experience

• Satellite surface salinity
• Surface current variations using satellite altimeter and High Frequency Radar
• Atmosphere-ocean interaction

Awards

• The Hidaka Outstanding-Publication Award 2021, Oceanographic Society of Japan
  
• Best Poster Presentation Award 2018, North Pacific Marine Science Organization (PICES)
  
• The Young Author Award 2015, Oceanographic Society of Japan
  

Refereed papers

In press/published
24. Wang et al., accepted
    
23. Abe, H., Y. Yahiro, T. Hasegawa, T. Hirawake, H. Onishi, A. Ooki, T. Takatsu, K. Sasaki, M. Wakita, H. Kaneko, S. Watanabe, T. Tanaka, T. Okunishi, S. Ohno, and S. Hashizume, Intrusion of Coastal Oyashio Water to Funka Bay and Tsugaru Strait occasionally disturbed by Kuroshio-originating warm core ring, J. Oceanogr., accepted.
    
22. Umezawa, S., M. Tozawa, Y. Nosaka, D. Nomura, H. Onishi, H. Abe, T. Takatsu, and A. Ooki, Nutrient consumption by diatoms in the dark subsurface layer of Funka Bay, Hokkaido, Japan, Biogeoscience, accepted.
    
21. Kaneko, H., T. Tanaka, H. Abe, M. Wakita, K. Sasaki, Y. Miyazawa, T. Okunishi, S. Watanabe, S. Tatamisashi, and Y. Sato, 2022: Subinertial frequency variations in the axis of the Tsugaru Warm Current east of the Tsugaru Strait, Prog Earth Planet Sci 9, 53. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40645-022-00509-z. [pdf]
    
20. Ooki, A., N. Miyashita, S. Umezawa, M. Tozawa, Y. Nosaka, D. Nomura, H. Onishi, H. Abe, and T. Takatsu, 2022: Isoprene production in the water column and sediment in Funka Bay, Hokkaido, Japan. Geochem. J., 56, 142-150. https://doi.org/10.2343/geochemj.GJ22013. [pdf]
    
19. Shilimkar, V., H. Abe, M. K. Roxy, and Y. Tanimoto, 2022: Projected future changes in the contribution of Indo-Pacific sea surface height variability to the Indonesian Throughflow. J. Oceanogr., https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10872-022-00641-w. [pdf]
    
18. Yasui, T., H. Abe, T. Hirawake, K. Sasaki, and M. Wakita, 2022: Seasonal pathways of the Tsugaru Warm Current revealed by high-frequency ocean radars. J. Oceanogr., https://doi.org/10.1007/s10872-022-00631-y. [pdf]
    
17. Waga, H., A. Fujiwara, T. Hirawake, K. Suzuki, K. Yoshida, H. Abe, and D. Nomura, 2022: Primary productivity and phytoplankton community structure in surface waters of the western subarctic Pacific and the Bering Sea during summer with reference to bloom stages. Progress in Oceanography, 201, 102738, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2021.102738. [pdf]
    
16. Kaneko, H., K. Sasaki, H. Abe, T. Tanaka, M. Wakita, S. Watanabe, T. Okunishi, Y. Sato, and S. Tatamisashi, 2021: The role of an intense jet in the Tsugaru Strait in the formation of the outflow gyre revealed using high-frequency radar data. Geophysical Research Letters, 48, e2021GL092909. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GL092909 [pdf]
    
15. Abe, H., D. Nomura, and T. Hirawake, 2021: Salinity regime of the northwestern Bering Sea shelf, Progress in Oceanography, 198, 102675, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2021.102675. [pdf]
    
14. Hirawake, T., J. Oida, Y. Yamashita, H. Waga, H. Abe, J. Nishioka, D. Nomura, H. Ueno, A. Ooki, 2021: Water mass distribution in the northern Bering and southern Chukchi seas using light absorption of chromophoric dissolved organic matter. Progress in Oceanography, 197, 102641, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2021.102641. [pdf]
    
13. Nomura, D., H. Abe, T. Hirawake, A. Ooki, Y. Yamashita, A. Murayama, K. Ono, J. Nishioka, 2021: Formation of dense shelf water associated with sea ice freezing in the Gulf of Anadyr estimated with oxygen isotopic ratios. Progress in Oceanography, 196, 102595, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2021.102595.[pdf]
    
12. Wakita, M., K. Sasaki, A. Nagano, H. Abe, T. Tanaka, K. Nagano, K. Sugie, H. Kaneko, K. Kimoto, T. Okunishi, M. Takada, J. Yoshino, and S. Watanabe, 2021: Rapid reduction of pH and CaCO3 saturation state in the Tsugaru Strait by the intensified Tsugaru Warm Current during 2012-2019, Geophysical Research Letter, 48, e2020GL091332. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GL091332.[pdf]
    
11. Hirawake, T., M. Uchida, H. Abe, I. Alabia, T. Hoshino, S. Masumoto, A. S. Mori, J. Nishioka, B. Nishizawa, A. Ooki, A. Takahashi, Y. Tanabe, M. Tojo, M. Tsuji, H. Ueno, H. Waga, Y. Watanabe, A. Yamaguchi, Y. Yamashita, 2021: Response of Arctic biodiversity and ecosystem to environmental changes: Findings from the ArCS project, Polar Science, 27, 100533, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polar.2020.100533.[pdf]
    
10. Kikuchi, G., H. Abe, T. Hirawake, and M. Sampei, 2020: Distinct spring phytoplankton bloom in the Bering Strait in 2018: A year of historically minimum sea ice extent, DSR-II, 181-182, 104905, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2020.104905.[pdf]
    
9. Ueno, H., M. Komatsu, Z. Ji, R. Dobashi, M. Muramatsu, H. Abe, K. Imai, A. Ooki, and T. Hirawake, 2020: Stratification in the northern Bering Sea in early summer of 2017 and 2018, DSR-II, 181-182, 104820, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2020.104820.[pdf]
   
8. Zhang, W., N. Ebuchi, Y. Fukamachi, F. Cheng, K. I. Ohshima, B. Emery, T. Toyota, H. Abe, and K. Shirasawa, 2020: Sea Ice Observation with Oceanographic HF Radar, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 58(1), 378-390, 10.1109/TGRS.2019.2936576.[pdf]
   
7. Abe, H., M. Sampei, T. Hirawake, H. Waga, S. Nishino, and A. Ooki, 2019: Sediment-associated phytoplankton release from the sea floor in response to wind-induced barotropic current in the Bering Strait. Front. Mar. Sci., 6:97, doi:10.3389/fmars.2019.00097. [pdf]
   
6. Abe, H., N. Ebuchi, H. Ueno, H. Ishiyama, and Y. Matsumura, 2019: Aquarius reveals eddy stirring after a heavy precipitation event in the subtropical North Pacific. J. Oceanogr., 75, 37-50, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10872-018-0482-0. [pdf]
   
5. Abe, H., Y. Tanimoto, T. Hasegawa, and N. Ebuchi, 2016: Oceanic Rossby waves over the eastern tropical Pacific of both hemispheres forced by anomalous surface winds after mature phase of ENSO. J. Phys. Oceanogr., vol. 46, no. 11, 3397-3414, doi:10.1175/JPO-D-15-0118.1. [pdf]
   
4. Toyoda, T., Y. Fujii, T. Kuragano, J. P. Matthews, H. Abe, N. Ebuchi, N. Usui, K. Ogawa, and M. Kamachi, 2015: Improvements to a global ocean data assimilation system through the incorporation of Aquarius surface salinity data. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 141, 2750-2759, doi: 10.1002/qj.2561.[pdf]
   
3. Abe, H., and N. Ebuchi, 2014: Evaluation of sea surface salinity observed by Aquarius. J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 119, 8109-8121, doi: 10.1002/2014JC010094.[pdf]
   
2. Abe, H., Y. Tanimoto, T. Hasegawa, N. Ebuchi, and K. Hanawa, 2014: Oceanic Rossby waves induced by the meridional shift of the ITCZ in association with ENSO events. J. Oceanogr., 70, 165-174, doi:10.1007/s10872-014-0220-1.[pdf]
   
1. Abe, H., K. Hanawa, and N. Ebuchi, 2013: Interannual variations in the Hawaiian Lee Countercurrent. J. Oceanogr., 69, 191-202, doi:10.1007/s10872-012-0166-0.[pdf]
   

Unrefereed papers

• Abe, H., K. Sasaki, T. Yasui, and M. Wakita, 2020: Observation of Tsugaru warm current by High Frequency Radar and preliminary result for its prediction. Kaiyo Monthly, Vol. 52, No. 7, 312-316. (in Japanese)
• Toyoda, T., Y. Fujii, T. Kuragano, J. P. Matthews, H. Abe, N. Ebuchi, N. Usui, K. Ogawa, and M. Kamachi, 2015: Improvements of the surface layer in the North Pacific reproduced by an ocean data assimilation system through the incorporation of Aquarius surface salinity data. Kaiyo Monthly, Vol. 47, No. 4, 172-180. (in Japanese)
• Zhang, W., N. Ebuchi, B. Emery, and H. Abe, 2015: Drift ice detection by HF ocean radar off Mombetsu. Proceedings of 30th International Symposium on Okhotsk Sea and Sea Ice, Mombetsu, Japan, February 2015, 95-98.
• Ebuchi, N., and H. Abe, 2014: Evaluation of sea surface salinity observed by Aquarius. Proc. IGARSS 2014, Quebec City, Canada, July 2014, 4427-4430, doi: 10.1109/IGARSS.2014.6947473.
• Ebuchi, N., and H. Abe, 2013: Evaluation of sea surface salinity observed by Aquarius and SMOS. Proc. IGARSS 2013, Melbourne, Australia, July 2013, 656-659, doi: 10.1109/IGARSS.2013.6721242.
• Ebuchi, N., and H. Abe, 2012: Evaluation of sea surface salinity globally observed Aquarius. Proceedings of ISRS 2012 ICSANE, Incheon, Korea, October 2012, 4 pp.(DVD)(20121000)
• Ebuchi, N., and H. Abe, 2012: Evaluation of sea surface salinity observed Aquarius on SAC-D. Proceedings of SPIE Asia-Pacific Remote Sensing Conference, Remote Sensing of the Marine Environment II, Kyoto, Japan, October 2012, doi :10.1117/12.970253(20121000)
• Ebuchi, N., and H. Abe, 2012: Evaluation of sea surface salinity observed by Aquarius. Proc. IGARSS 2012, Munich, Germany, July 2012, 5767-5769, doi:10.1109/IGARSS.2012.6352300.
• Abe, H., and K. Hanawa, 2010: "Mean sea surface height in the world ocean using Argo float and altimetry" in Proceedings of OceanObs'09: Sustained Ocean Observations and Information for Society (Annex), Venice, Italy, 21-25 September 2009, Hall, J., Harrison, D.E. & Stammer, D., Eds., ESA Publication WPP-306.

Journal Referee

• Journal of Geophysical Research
• Geophysical Research Letters
• Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology
• Deep Sea Research I/II
• Continental Shelf Research
• Journal of Oceanography
• International Journal of Remote Sensing
• Remote Sensing of Environment
• Remote Sensing Letters
• Remote Sensing