Lab. of Terrestrial Ecosystem Modeling
Research Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University
-Environmental Sciences on Plant Photosynthesis, Ecosystem Carbon Cycle, and Climate Change-
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Zhang RQ, Wu Z, Zheng S, Chen Y, Kato T, Tang Z, Wu L*, Sun Z*, 2025: Post-drought productivity resilience in rubber plantations: Critical thresholds of water supply scheme and effects of water supply timing, 322, 110014.
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Nagata M, Yusara A, Kato T*, Masutomi Y, 2025: Development of the global maize production model MATCRO-Maize version 1.0, Geosci. Model Dev., 18 (22), 8927-8948.
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Yusara A, Kato T*, Ainsworth AE, Battisti R, Kumagai E, Nakano S, Wu Y, Tsusumi-Morita Y, Kobayashi K, Masutomi Y, 2025: Developing an eco-physiological process-based model of soybean growth and yield (MATCRO-Soy v.1): Model calibration and evaluation, Geosci. Model Dev., 18 (22), 8801-8826.
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Kongsurakan P, Kato T*, Li X, Nakagawa T, Suzuki A, 2025: Yield dynamics of major crops in Thailand for the period 1918–2023: Regional patterns of growth, stagnation, and climate sensitivity, Field Crops Research 333, 110094
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Ueyama M*, Takao Y, Yazawa H, Tanaka M, Yabuki H, Kumagai T, Iwata H, Awal MA, Du MY, Harazono Y, Hata Y, Hirano T, Hiura T, Ide R, Ishida S, Ishikawa M, Kitamura, K, Kominami Y, Komiya, S, Kotani A, Inoue Y, Machimura T, Matsumoto K, Matsuura, Y, Mizoguchi Y, Murayama S, Nagano H, Nakai T, Nakaji T, Nakaya K, Ohkubo S, Ohta T, Ono K, Saitoh T, Sakabe A, Shimizu T, Shimoda S, Sugita M, Takagi K, Takahashi Y, Takamura N, Takanashi S, Takimoto T, Yasuda Y, Wang QX, Asanuma J, Hasegawa H, Hiyama T, Iijima Y, Ishidoya S, Itoh M, Kato T, Kondo H, Kosugi Y, Kume T, Maeda T, Matsuura S, Maximov T, Miyama T, Moriwaki R, Muraoka H, Petrov R, Suzuki J, Taniguchi S, Ichii K, 2025: The JapanFlux2024 dataset for eddy covariance observations covering Japan and East Asia from 1990 to 2023, Earth System Science Data 17 (8), 3807-3833
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Li H, Li X, Kato T, Inukai S, Hiroshima T, 2025: National-scale calibrated GEDI AGBD models for effective assessment of growth conditions across forest strata, Forest Ecology and Management 585, 122657
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Miyauchi T*, Saito M*, Noda HM, Ito A, Kato T, Matsunaga T, 2025: Process-based Modeling of Solar-induced Chlorophyll Fluorescence with VISIT-SIF version 1.0, Geosci. Model Dev., 18 (7), 2329-2347
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Fan L, Kato T*, Miyauchi T, Buareal K, Morozumi T, Ono K, 2025: Data assimilation of solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence improves gross primary production estimation by a process-based VISIT-SIF model in a rice paddy, Journal of Geophysical Research – Biogeosciences, 130 (5), e2024JG008280
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Nurrohman R K, Kato T*, Ninomiya H, Végh L, Delbart N, Miyauchi T, Sato H, Shiraishi T, Hirata R, 2024: Future prediction of Siberian wildfire and aerosol emissions via the improved fire module of the spatially explicit individual-based dynamic global vegetation model, Biogeosciences, 21 (18), 4195-4227
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Chen Z, Kato T*, Ito A, Miyauchi T, Takahashi Y, Tang J, 2024: Process-based Modeling of Ecosystem-Level Monoterpene from a Japanese Larch (Larix Kaempferi) Forest, Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences, 129 (10), e2024JG008067
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Li H, Hiroshima T, Li X, Hayashi M, Kato T*, 2024: High-resolution mapping of forest structure and carbon stock using multi-source remote sensing data in Japan. Remote Sensing of Environment, 312, 114322
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Buareal K, Kato T*, Morozumi T, Ono K, Nakashima N, 2024: Solar‐induced chlorophyll fluorescence as a potential proxy for gross primary production and methane emission in a cool‐temperate bog in northern Japan. Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences, 129, 7, e2023JG007956
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Li H, Li X, Kato T, Hayashi M, Fu J, Hiroshima T*, 2024: Accuracy Assessment of GEDI Terrain Elevation, Canopy Height, and Aboveground Biomass Density Estimates in Japanese Artificial Forests. Science of Remote Sensing, 100144
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Végh L, Kato K*, 2024: Modified SEIB-DGVM enables simulation of masting in a temperate forest. Ecological Modelling 488, 110577
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Xie M*, Ma X, Wang Y, Li C, Shi H, Yuan X, Hellwich O, Hellwich O, Chen C, Zhang W, Zhang C, Ling Q, Gao R, Zhang Y, Ochege FUchenna, Frankl A, De Maeyer P, Buchmann N, Feigenwinter I, Olesen JE, Juszczak R, Jacotot A, Korrensalo A, Pitacco A, Varlagin A, Shekhar A, Lohila A, Carrara A, Brut A, Kruijt B, Loubet B, Heinesch B, Chojnicki B, Helfter C, Vincke C, Shao C, Bernhofer C, Brümmer C, Wille C, Tuittila E-S, Nemitz E, Meggio F, Dong G, Lanigan G, Niedrist G, Wohlfahrt G, Zhou G, Goded I, Gruenwald T, Olejnik J, Jansen J, Neirynck J, Tuovinen J-P, Zhang J, Klumpp K, Pilegaard K, Šigut L, Klemedtsson L, Tezza L, Hörtnagl L, Urbaniak M, Roland M, Schmidt M, Sutton MA, Saunders M, Mauder M, Aurela M, Korkiakoski M, Du M, Vendrame N, Kowalska N, Leahy PG, Alekseychik P, Shi P, Weslien P, Chen S, Fares S, Friborg T, Tallec T, Kato T, Sachs T, Maximov T, di Cella UMorra, Moderow U, Li Y, He Y, Kosugi Y, Luo G, 2023: Monitoring of carbon-water fluxes at Eurasian meteorological stations using random forest and remote sensing. Scientific data 10 (1), 587
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Morozumi T.*, Kato T., Kobayashi H., Sakai Y., Tsujimoto K., Nakashima N., Buareal K., Lan W., Ninomiya H., 2023: Row orientation influences the diurnal cycle of solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence emission from wheat canopy, as demonstrated by radiative transfer modeling. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 339, 109576
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H Ninomiya, T Kato*, L Végh, L Wu, 2023: Modeling of non-structural carbohydrate dynamics by the spatially explicit individual-based dynamic global vegetation model SEIB-DGVM (SEIB-DGVM-NSC version 1.0). Geoscientific Model Development 16 (14), 4155-4170
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K Buareal, T Kato*, T Morozumi, K Ono, N Nakashima, 2023: Red solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence as a robust proxy for ecosystem-level photosynthesis in a rice field. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 336, 109473
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Zhang, W., Jung, M., Migliavacca, M., Poyatos, R., Miralles, D.G., El-Madany, T.S., Galvagno, M., Carrara, A., Arriga, N., Ibrom, A., Mammarella, I., Papale, D., Cleverly, J., Liddell, M., Wohlfahrt, G., Markwitz, C., Mauder, M., Paul-Limoges, E., Schmidt, M., Wolf, S., Brummer, C., Altaf Arain, M., Fares, S., Kato, T., Ardo, J., Oechel, W., Hanson, C., Korkiakoski, M., Biraud, S., Steinbrecher, R., Billesbach, D., Montagnani, L., Woodgate, W., Shao, C., Carvalhais, N., Reichstein, M. and Nelson, J., 2023: The effect of relative humidity on eddy covariance latent heat flux measurements and its implication for partitioning into transpiration and evaporation. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 330, 109305
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Morozumi T*, Kato T., Kobayashi H., Sakai Y., Nakashima N., Buareal K., Nasahara K.N., Akitsu T.K., Murayama S., Noda H., Muraoka H., 2023: Contributions of the understory and midstory to total canopy solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence in a ground-based study in conjunction with seasonal gross primary productivity in a cool-temperate deciduous broadleaf forest. Remote Sensing of Environment 284, 113340
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Li, H., Kato, T.*, Hayashi, M. 2022: Using multisource satellite products to estimate forest aboveground biomass in Oita prefecture: An approach with improved accuracy and computational efficiency. Geocarto International, https://doi.org/10.1080/10106049.2022.2134466.
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Schauberger, B.*, Kato, H., Kato, T.*, Watanabe D, Ciais P. 2022: French crop yield, area and production data for ten staple crops from 1900 to 2018 at county resolution. Scientific Data 9, 38. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-022-01145-4
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Li, H., Kato, T.*, Hayashi, M., Wu, L. 2022: Estimation of Forest Aboveground Biomass of Two Major Conifers in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan, from PALSAR-2 and Sentinel-2 Data. Remote Sensing, 14, 468. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14030468
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Nakashima N.*, Kato T.*, Morozumi T., Tsujimoto K., Akitsu T.K., Nasahara K.N., Murayama S., Muraoka H. and Noda H.M., 2021: Area-ratio Fraunhofer line depth (aFLD) method approach to estimate solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence in low spectral resolution spectra in a cool-temperate deciduous broadleaf forest. J Plant Res 134, 713–728. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10265-021-01322-3
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Sakai Y, Kobayashi H, Kato T, 2020: FLiES-SIF version 1.0: three-dimensional radiative transfer model for estimating solar induced fluorescence, Geoscientific Model Development 13 (9), 4041-4066
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Pastorello, G., Trotta, C., Canfora, E., Cheah, Y., Christianson, D., Chu, H., Poindexter, C., Chen, J., Elbashandy, A., Humphrey, M., Isaac, P., Polidori, D., Ribeca, A., Van Ingen, C., Zhang, L., Amiro, B., Ammann, C., Arain, M., Ardö, J., Arkebauer, T., Arndt, S., Arriga, N., Aubinet, M., Aurela, M., Baldocchi, D., Barr, A., Beamesderfer, E., Belelli Marchesini, L., Bergeron, O., Beringer, J., Bernhofer, C., Berveiller, D., Billesbach, D., Black, T., Blanken, P., Bohrer, G., Boike, J., Bolstad, P., Bonal, D., Bonnefond, J., Bowling, D., Rosvel, B., Brodeur, J., Brümmer, C., Buchmann, N., Burban, B., Burns, S., Buysse, P., Cale, P., Cavagna, M., Cellier, P., Chen, S., Chini, I., Christensen, T., Cleverly, J., Collalti, A., Consalvo, C., Cook, B., Cook, D., Coursolle, C., Cremonese, E., Curtis, P., D`andrea, E., Da Rocha, H., Dai, X., Davis, K., De Cinti, B., De Grandcourt, A., De Ligne, A., De Oliveira, R., Delpierre, N., Desai, A., Di Bella, C., Di Tommasi, P., Dolman, H., Domingo, F., Dong, G., Dore, S., Duce, P., Dufrêne, E., Dunn, A., Dušek, J., Eamus, D., Eichelmann, U., Elkhidir, H., Eugster, W., Ewenz, C., Ewers, B., Famulari, D., Fares, S., Feigenwinter, I., Feitz, A., Fensholt, R., Filippa, G., Fischer, M., Frank, J., Galvagno, M., Gharun, M., Gianelle, D., Gielen, B., Gioli, B., Gitelson, A., Goded Ballarin, I., Goeckede, M., Goldstein, A., Gough, C., Goulden, M., Graf, A., Griebel, A., Gruening, C., Grünwald, T., Hammerle, A., Han, S., Han, X., Hansen, B., Hanson, C., Hatakka, J., He, Y., Hehn, M., Heinesch, B., Hinko-Najera, N., Hörtnagl, L., Hutley, L., Ibrom, A., Ikawa, H., Jackowicz-Korczynski, M., Janouš, D., Jans, W., Jassal, R., Jiang, S., Kato, T., Khomik, M., Klatt, J., Knohl, A., Knox, S., Kobayashi, H., Koerber, G., Kolle, O., Kosugi, Y., Kotani, A., Kowalski, A., Kruijt, B., Kurbatova, J., Kutsch, W., Kwon, H., Launiainen, S., Laurila, T., Law, B., Leuning, R., Li, Y., Liddell, M., Limousin, J., Lion, M., Liska, A., Lohila, A., López-Ballesteros, A., López-Blanco, E., Loubet, B., Loustau, D., Lucas-Moffat, A., Lüers, J., Ma, S., Macfarlane, C., Magliulo, V., Maier, R., Mammarella, I., Manca, G., Marcolla, B., Margolis, H., Marras, S., Massman, W., Mastepanov, M., Matamala, R., Matthes, J., Mazzenga, F., Mccaughey, H., Mchugh, I., Mcmillan, A., Merbold, L., Meyer, W., Meyers, T., Miller, S., Minerbi, S., Moderow, U., Monson, R., Montagnani, L., Moore, C., Moors, E., Moreaux, V., Moureaux, C., Munger, J., Nakai, T., Neirynck, J., Nesic, Z., Nicolini, G., Noormets, A., Northwood, M., Nosetto, M., Nouvellon, Y., Novick, K., Walter, O., Olesen, J., Ourcival, J., Papuga, S., Parmentier, F., Paul-Limoges, E., Pavelka, M., Peichl, M., Pendall, E., Phillips, R., Pilegaard, K., Pirk, N., Posse, G., Thomas, P., Prasse, H., Prober, S., Rambal, S., Rannik, Ü., Raz-Yaseef, N., Reed, D., Resco De Dios, V., Restrepo-Coupe, N., Reverter, B., Roland, M., Sabbatini, S., Sachs, T., Saleska, S., Sánchez-Cañete, E., Sanchez-Mejia, Z., Schmid, H., Schmidt, M., Schneider, K., Schrader, F., Schroder, I., Scott, R., Sedlák, P., Serrano-Ortíz, P., Shao, C., Shi, P., Shironya, I., Siebicke, L., Šigut, L., Silberstein, R., Sirca, C., Spano, D., Steinbrecher, R., Stevens, R., Sturtevant, C., Suyker, A., Tagesson, T., Takanashi, S., Tang, Y., Tapper, N., Thom, J., Tiedemann, F., Tomassucci, M., Tuovinen, J., Urbanski, S., Valentini, R., Van Der Molen, M., Van Gorsel, E., Van Huissteden, K., Varlagin, A., Verfaillie, J., Vesala, T., Vincke, C., Vitale, D., Vygodskaya, N., Walker, J., Walter-Shea, E., Wang, H., Weber, R., Westermann, S., Wille, C., Wofsy, S., Wohlfahrt, G., Wolf, S., Woodgate, W., Yuelin, L., Zampedri, R., Zhang, J., Zhou, G., Zona, D., Agarwal, D., Biraud, S., Torn, M. and Papale, D., 2020: The FLUXNET2015 dataset and the ONEFlux processing pipeline for eddy covariance data, Scientific Data, 7, 225. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-020-0534-3
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Zhang, Y., Bastos, A., Maignan, F., Goll, D., Boucher, O., Li, L., Cescatti, A., Vuichard, N., Chen, X., Ammann, C., Arain, M. A., Black, T. A., Chojnicki, B., Kato, T., Mammarella, I., Montagnani, L., Roupsard, O., Sanz, M. J., Siebicke, L., Urbaniak, M., Vaccari, F. P., Wohlfahrt, G., Woodgate, W., and Ciais, P., 2020: Modeling the impacts of diffuse light fraction on photosynthesis in ORCHIDEE (v5453) land surface model, Geosci. Model Dev., 13, 5401–5423, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-13-5401-2020
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Wu L, Kato T, Sato H, Hirano T. Yazaki T, 2019: Sensitivity analysis of the typhoon disturbance effect on forest dynamics and carbon balance in the future in a cool-temperate forest in northern Japan by using SEIB-DGVM, Forest Ecology and Management, 451, 1, 117529, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2019.117529
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Peaucelle, M, Bacour, C, Ciais, P, Vuichard, N, Kuppel, S, Peñuelas, J, Belelli Marchesini, L, Blanken, PD, Buchmann, N, Chen, J, Delpierre, N, Desai, AR, Dufrene, E, Gianelle, D, Gimeno-Colera, C, Gruening, C, Helfter, C, Hörtnagl, L, Ibrom, A, Joffre, R, Kato, T, Kolb, TE, Law, B, Lindroth, A, Mammarella, I, Merbold, L, Minerbi, S, Montagnani, L, Šigut, L, Sutton, M, Varlagin, A, Vesala, T, Wohlfahrt, G, Wolf, S, Yakir, D & Viovy, N ,2019: Co-variations between plant functional traits emerge from constraining parameterization of a terrestrial biosphere model, Global Ecology and Biogeography, https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.12937.
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Chen, Y.Y., Huang, W., Wang, W.H., Juang, J.Y., Kato, T., Luyssaert, S., 2019: Reconstructing Taiwan's land cover changes between 1904 and 2015 from historical maps and satellite images, Scientific Reports, 9(1):3643. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-40063-1.
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Schauberger B, Ben-Ari T, Makowski D Kato T, Kato H, Ciais P., 2018: Yield trends, variability and stagnation analysis of major crops in France over more than a century., Scientific Reports, 15;8(1): 16865. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-35351-1.
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Yao, Y., Liang, S., Li, X., Zhang, Y., Chen, J., Jia, K., Zhang, X., Fisher, J.B., Wang, X., Zhang, L., Xua, J., Shao, C., Posse, G., Li, Y., Magliulo, V., Varlagin, A., Moors, E.J., Boike, J., Macfarlane E., Kato, T., Buchmann, N., Billesbach, D.P., Beringer, J., Wolf, S., Papuga, S.A., Wohlfahrt, G., Montagnani, L., Ardö, J., Paul-Limoges, E., Emmel, C., Hörtnagl, L.J., Sachs, T., Gruening, C., Gioli, B., López-Ballesteros, A., Steinbrecher, R., Gielen B., 2017: Estimation of high-resolution terrestrial evapotranspiration from Landsat data using a simple Taylor skill fusion method. Journal of Hydrology, 553, 508-526. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2017.08.013
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Lin H, Chen, Y., Song, Q., Fu, P., Cleverly, J., Magliulo, V., Law, B.E., Gough, C.C., Hörtnag, L., Gennaro, F.D., Matteucci, G., Montagnani, L., Duce, P., Shao, C., Kato, T., Bonal, D., Paul-Limoges, E., Beringer, J., Fan, X., 2017: Quantifying deforestation and forest degradation with thermal response. Science of the Total Environment, 607-608:1286-1292. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.07.062
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Kato, T., Yamada, S., Yoshida, N., Tang, Y., Wada, E., 2017: Carbon isotopic signature reveals the geographical trend in methane consumption and production pathways in alpine ecosystems over the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. Isotopes in Environmental & Health Studies, 1-13. doi: 10.1080/10256016.2017.1326916.
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Ma, R., Zhang, L., Tian, X., Zhang, J., Yuan, W., Zheng, Y., Zhao, X., Kato, T., 2017: Assimilation of remotely sensed leaf area index into a dynamic vegetation model for gross primary productivity estimation. Remote Sensing, 9(3), 188; doi:10.3390/rs9030188
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Wang, B., Jin, H., Li, Q., Chen, D., Zhao, L., Tang, Y., Kato, K., Gu, S., 2017: Diurnal and Seasonal Variations in the Net Ecosystem CO2 Exchange of a Pasture in the Three-River Source Region of the Qinghai−Tibetan Plateau . PloS one 12 (1), e0170963
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Van Oijen, M., Balkovi, J., Beer, C., Cameron, D. R., Ciais, P., Cramer, W., Kato, T., Kuhnert, M., Martin, R., Myneni, R., Rammig, A., Rolinski, S., Soussana, J.-F., Thonicke, K., Van der Velde, M., and Xu, L., 2014: Impact of droughts on the carbon cycle in European vegetation: a probabilistic risk analysis using six vegetation model. Biogeosciences, 11, 6357-6375
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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,.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Kato, T., Kamichika, M., 2006. Determination of a crop coefficient for evapotranspiration in a sparse sorghum field. Irrigation and Drainage, 55(2), 165-175.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.