1. Refereed Publications:

Yamazaki, A., M. Honda, and H. Kawase, 2019: Regional snowfall distributions in a Japan-Sea side area of Japan associated with Eurasian jet variability and Siberian blocking, J. Meteor. Soc. Japan., 97, 205-226, doi:10.2151/jmsj.2019-012.

Hoshi, K., J. Ukita, M. Honda, T. Nakamura, K. Yamazaki, Y. Miyoshi, and R. Jaiser, 2019: Weak stratospheric polar vortex events modulated by the Arctic sea ice loss. J. Geophys. Res., 124, 858-869, doi:10.1029/2018JD029222.

Tachibana, Y., Y. Inoue, K. K. Komatsu, T. Nakamura, M. Honda, S. Yamaguchi, K. Ogata, and K. Yamazaki, 2018: Interhemispheric synchronization between the AO and AAO. Geophys. Res. Lett., 45, 13477-13484, doi:10.1029/2018GL081002.

Kurosaka, Y., T. Oshima, and M. Honda, 2018: Influence of weather on the acoustical properties of a ground surface: measurements and models. Noise Control Engr. J., 66(6), 505-522, doi.org/10.3397/1/376643.

Hoshi, K., J. Ukita, M. Honda, K. Iwamoto, T. Nakamura, K. Yamazaki, K. Dethloff, R. Jaiser, and D. Handorf, 2017: Poleward eddy heat flux anomalies with recent Arctic sea-ice loss. Geophys. Res. Lett., 44, 446-454, doi:10.1002/2016GL071893.

Nakamura, T., K. Yamazaki, M. Honda, J. Ukita, R. Jaiser, D. Handorf, and K. Dethloff, 2016: On the atmospheric response experiment to a Blue Arctic Ocean. Geophys. Res. Lett., 43(19), 10394-10402, doi:10.1002/2016GL070526.

Honda, M., A. Yamazaki, A. Kuwano-Yoshida, Y. Kimura, and K. Iwamoto, 2016: Synoptic conditions causing an extreme snowfall event in the Kanto-Koshin district of Japan on 14-15 February 2014, Sci. Online Lett. Atmos., 12, 259-264, doi:10.2151/sola.2016-051.

Nakamura, T., K. Yamazaki, K. Iwamoto, M. Honda, Y. Miyoshi, Y. Ogawa, Y. Tomikawa, and J. Ukita, 2016: The stratospheric pathway for Arctic impacts on mid-latitude climate. Geophys. Res. Lett., 43, 3494-3501, doi:10.1002/2016GL068330.

Ogi, M., B. Taguchi, M. Honda, D. G. Barber, and S. Rysgaad, 2015: Summer-to-winter sea-ice linkage between the Arctic Ocean and the Okhotsk Sea through atmospheric circulation. J. Climate, 28, 4971-4979, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00125.1.

Yamazaki, A., M. Honda, and A. Kuwano-Yoshida, 2015: Heavy snowfall in Kanto and on the Pacific Ocean side of northern Japan associated with western Pacific blocking, Sci. Online Lett. Atmos., 11, 59-64, doi:10.2151/sola.2015-013.

Nakamura, T., K. Yamazaki, K. Iwamoto, M. Honda, J. Ukita, Y. Miyoshi, and Y. Ogawa, 2015: A negative phase shift of the winter AO/NAO due to the recent Arctic sea-ice reduction in late autumn. J. Geophys. Res., 120, 3209-3227, doi:10.1002/2014JD022848.

Hori, M. E., J. Inoue, T. Kikuchi, M. Honda, and Y. Tachibana, 2011: Recurrence of Intraseasonal Cold Air Outbreak during the 2009/2010 Winter in Japan and its Ties to the Atmospheric Condition over the Barents-Kara Sea. SOLA, 7, 25-28.

Nakamura, H., T. Miyasaka, Y. Kosaka, K. Takaya, and M. Honda, 2010: Northern Hemisphere extratropical tropospheric planetary waves and their low-frequency variability: Their vertical structure and interaction with transient eddies and surface thermal contrasts, Chap. 6, "Climate Dynamics: Why Does Climate Vary?", D. Sun and F. Bryan, Eds., Geophys. Monogr., 189, American Geophysical Union, 149-179.

Honda, M., J. Inoue and S. Yamane, 2009: Influence of low Arctic sea-ice minima on anomalously cold Eurasian winters. Geophys. Res. Lett. , 36, L08707, doi:10.1029/2008GL037079.iHighly Cited Paper, 284 times cited as of Nov/Dec 2018, Web of Sciencej

Orsolini, Y. J., N. G. Kvamsto, I. T. Kindem, M. Honda, and H. Nakamura, 2007: Influence of the Aleutian-Icelandic low seesaw and ENSO onto the stratosphere in ensemble winter hindcasts. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 86,817-825.

Honda, M., S. Yamane, and H. Nakamura, 2007: Inter-basin link between the North Pacific and North Atlantic in the upper tropospheric circulation: Its dominance and seasonal dependence. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 85,899-908.

Ukita, J., M. Honda, H. Nakamura, Y. Tachibana, D. J. Cavarieli, C. L. Parkinson, H. Koide, and K. Yamamoto, 2007: Northern Hemisphere sea ice variability: Lag and propagation. Tellus, 59A, 261-272.

Yamamoto, K., Y. Tachibana, M. Honda, and J. Ukita, 2006: Intra-seasonal relationship between the Northern Hemisphere sea ice and the North Atlantic Oscillation. Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L14711, doi:10.1029/2006GL026286.

Nakamura, T., Y. Tachibana, M. Honda, and S. Yamane, 2006: Influence of the Northern Hemisphere annular mode on ENSO by modulating westerly wind bursts. Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L07709, doi:10.1029/2005GL025432.

Mori, A., N. Kawasaki, K. Yamazaki, M. Honda, and H. Nakamura, 2006: A reexamination of the Arctic Oscillation by the independent component analysis. SOLA, 2, 5-8.

Honda, M., S. Yamane, and H. Nakamura, 2005: Impacts of the Aleutian-Icelandic low seesaw on surface climate during the twentieth century. J. Climate, 18, 2793-2802.

Honda, M., Y. Kushnir, H. Nakamura, S. Yamane, and S. E. Zebiak, 2005: Formation, mechanisms and predictability of the Aleutian-Icelandic low seesaw in ensemble AGCM simulations. J. Climate, 18, 1423-1434.

Inoue, J., J. Ono, Y. Tachibana, M. Honda, K. Iwamoto, Y. Fujiyoshi, and K. Takeuchi, 2003: Sea-ice effect on the air mass transformation over the southwestern region of the Sea of Okhotsk during cold-air outbreaks. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 81, 1057-1067.

Nakamura, H., and M. Honda, 2002: Interannual seesaw between the Aleutian and Icelandic lows. Part III: Its influence upon the stratospheric variability. Special Issue of J. Meteor. Soc. Japan on the Stratospheric Variability and Climate, 80, 1051-1067.

Honda, M., and H. Nakamura, 2001: Interannual seesaw between the Aleutian and Icelandic lows. Part II: Its significance in the interannual variability over the wintertime Northern Hemisphere. J. Climate, 14, 4512-4529.

Inoue, J., M. Honda, and M. Kawashima, 2001: Air mass transformation processes over the southwestern region of the ice-covered Sea of Okhotsk during cold-air outbreaks. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 79, 657-670.

Iwamoto, K., K. Domon, M. Honda, Y. Tachibana, and K. Takeuchi, 2001: Estimation of surface heat flux based on rawinsonde observation in the southwestern part of the Sea of Okhotsk under ice-covered condition. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 79, 687-694.

Honda, M., H. Nakamura, J. Ukita, I. Kousaka, and K. Takeuchi, 2001: Interannual seesaw between the Aleutian and Icelandic lows. Part I: Seasonal dependence and life cycle. J. Climate, 14, 1029-1042.

Honda, M., K. Yamazaki, H. Nakamura, and K. Takeuchi, 1999: Dynamic and thermodynamic characteristics of atmospheric response to anomalous sea-ice extent in the Sea of Okhotsk. J. Climate, 12, 3347-3358.

Honda, M., K. Yamazaki, Y. Tachibana, and K. Takeuchi, 1996: Influence of Okhotsk sea-ice extent on atmospheric circulation. Geophys. Res. Lett., 23, 3595-3598.

Tachibana, Y., M. Honda, and K. Takeuchi, 1996: The abrupt decrease of the sea ice over the southern part of the Sea of Okhotsk in 1989 and its relation to the recent weakening of the Aleutian low. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 74, 579-584.

Honda, M., Y. Tachibana, and M. Wakatsuchi, 1994: The influences of the sea ice and wind field on the winter air temperature variation in Hokkaido. Proc. NIPR Symp. Polar Meteor. Glaciol., 8, 81-94.

2. Theses for Degrees

Honda, M., 1996: The influence of the Okhotsk sea-ice extent on the atmospheric circulation. Ph. D. dissertation, Institute of Low Temperature Science, Hokkaido University, 26pp with 26figures.

Honda, M., 1993: Role of Okhotsk sea-ice extent on air temperature variations in Hokkaido during winter (in Japanese), Master thesis, Institute of Low Temperature Science, Hokkaido University, 98pp.

3. Other Publications

(Conference Report etc.)
Overland, J. E., M. Honda, and R. Graversen, 2010: Hot Arctic-Cold Continents: Global Impacts of Arctic Change, Eos, 91, 373.

(Proceedings, Extended Abstract etc.)
Honda, M., K. Yamamoto, Y. Tachibana, and J. Ukita, 2008: Intra-seasonal relationship between the Northern Hemisphere sea ice variability and the North Atlantic Oscillation. 23th International Symposium on Okhotsk Sea and Sea Ice, 127-130.

Inoue, J., J. Ono, Y. Tachibana, M. Honda, K. Iwamoto, Y. Fujiyoshi, and K. Takeuchi, 2004: Characteristics of heat transfer over the ice covered Sea of Okhotsk during cold-air outbreaks. 19th International Symposium on Okhotsk Sea and Sea Ice, 117-121.

Honda, M., J. Ukita, H. Nakamura, Y. Tachibana, D. Cavalieri, C. Parkinson and H. Koide, 2004: Northern Hemisphere sea ice variability and its linkage to the NAO and ENSO. 19th International Symposium on Okhotsk Sea and Sea Ice, 122-123.

Yamamoto, K., Y. Tachibana, M. Honda and J. Ukita, 2004: A negative feedback between the Northern Hemisphere sea ice and the NAO. 19th International Symposium on Okhotsk Sea and Sea Ice, 125-127.

Iwamoto, K., Y. Tachibana, M. Honda and K. Takeuchi, 2004: Atmospheric heat budget over the Sea of Okhotsk based on rawinsonde data set. 19th International Symposium on Okhotsk Sea and Sea Ice, 128-130.

Honda, M., H. Nakamura, and J. Ukita, 2001: Influence of the Aleutian-Icelandic low seesaw on the Arctic Oscillation. 6th Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography, San Diego, CA, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 97-100.

Honda, M., and H. Nakamura, 2001: Dynamic and thermodynamic characteristics of large-scale atmospheric response to anomalous sea-ice extent in the Sea of Okhotsk. 6th Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography, San Diego, CA, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 304-307.

Inoue, J., M. Honda and M. Kawashima, 2001: Role of sea-ice in the air mass transformation over the southwestern region of the Sea of Okhotsk during cold air outbreaks. 6th Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography, San Diego, CA, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 308-309.

Iwamoto, K., Y. Tachibana, M. Honda and K. Takeuchi, 2001: Estimation of surface heat flux based on rawinsonde observation in the southern part of the Sea of Okhotsk under ice-covered condition. 6th Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography, San Diego, CA, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 310-311.

Honda, M., H. Nakamura, and J. Ukita, 2001: Seasonal dependence and life cycle of the interannual seesaw between the Aleutian and Icelandic lows. Second Wadati Conf. on Global Change and Polar Climate, 184-187.

Nakamura, H., and M. Honda, 2001: Influence of the Aleutian/Icelandic low seesaw upon the seasonality of the variability in the Northern Hemisphere circulation. Second Wadati Conf. on Global Change and Polar Climate, 121-124.

Honda, M., H. Nakamura, and J. Ukita, 2001: Seasonal dependence and life cycle of the interannual seesaw between the Aleutian and Icelandic lows. Tohoku Geophys. J., 36, 171-176.

Nakamura, H., and M. Honda, 2001: Aleutian-Icelandic low seesaw and its relationship with the Arctic Oscillation. Tohoku Geophys. J., 36, 177-180.

Honda, M., and H. Nakamura, 2001: Dynamic and thermodynamic characteristics of large-scale atmospheric response to Okhotsk sea-ice extent anomalies. Proc. International Symposium on Atmosphere-Ocean-Cryosphere Interaction in the Sea of Okhotsk and Surrounding Environment, 70-71.

Nakamura, H., M. Honda, Y. Tachibana and K. Takaya, 2001: Large-scale atmosphere-ocean-ice interactions in and around the Sea of Okhotsk. Proc. International Symposium on Atmosphere-Ocean-Cryosphere Interaction in the Sea of Okhotsk and Surrounding Environment, 68-69.

Iwamoto, K., J. Inoue, K. Takeuchi, M. Kawashima, M. Honda, Y. Tachibana and K. Domon, 2001: Atmospheric boundary-layer modification in the southwestern part of the Sea of Okhotsk. Proc. International Symposium on Atmosphere-Ocean-Cryosphere Interaction in the Sea of Okhotsk and Surrounding Environment, 44-45.

Honda, M., H. Nakamura, and J. Ukita, 1999: Seasonal dependence and time evolution of the interannual seesaw between the Aleutian and Icelandic lows. 12th Conf. Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics, New York, NY, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 179-182.

Honda, M., and H. Nakamura, 1999: Dynamic and thermodynamic characteristics of atmospheric response to Okhotsk sea-ice extent anomalies. 12th Conf. Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics, New York, NY, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 183-187.

Honda, M., 1996: Sea ice and climate of the Okhotsk Sea. Proc. Int. Workshop on the Okhotsk Sea and Arctic, 12-15.

(Observation Report etc.)
Ushio, S., M. Honda, and H. Ito, 1994: Temperature profiles of the Greenland Sea in the summer of 1992: Report of oceanographic observation on the R/V Lance Cruise. Antarctic Rec., 38, 63-67.

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