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Ayumi Fujisaki-Manome

Ayumi Fujisaki-Manome
Associate Research Scientist
Geospatial Data Sciences
Climate + Energy
Water
CIGLR
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My research program aims to improve predictability of hazardous weather, ice, and lake/ocean events in cold regions in order to support preparedness and resilience in coastal communities. The main question my research aims to address is: what are the impacts of interactions between ice and oceans / ice and lakes on larger scale phenomena, such as weather, storm surges, and sea/lake ice melting? I primarily use numerical geophysical modeling to address my research question; and scientific findings from my research feed back into the models and improve their predictability. My work has focused on applications to the Great Lakes, Arctic Ocean, the Alaskan coastal region, and the Sea of Okhotsk.

Publications

  • Javaherian, M. J., Cannon, D., Wang, J., Fujisaki-Manome, A., Peng, B., and Zuo, L. (2025), Simulating ice–wave interactions in the Laurentian Great Lakes using a fully coupled hydrodynamic–ice–wave model, Ocean Modeling, 195, 102513, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocemod.2025.102513.
  • Hu, H., Titze, D., Fujisaki-Manome, A., Mroczka, B., Wang, J., Hawley, N., Orendorf, S., Frank, K., and Ruberg, S. (2025), Winter ice-wave modeling with WAVEWATCH III in Lake Erie, Journal of Geophysical Research – Oceans, s, 130, e2024JC021146, https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JC021146.
  • Song, Y., Fujisaki-Manome, A., Barker, C. H., MacFadyen, A., Titze, D., Kessler, J., & Wang, J. (2025). Introducing a simple convex hull method to calibrate diffusion coefficients in Lagrangian particle models. Ocean Engineering, 316, 119926. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceaneng.2024.119926
  • Gill, D.G., Jagannathan K.A., Fujisaki-Manome, A., Field, V., Channel, K., Lemos, M.C. (2024), Linking boundary organizations to co-produce actionable knowledge: A case study of ice forecasting for Great Lakes navigation, Weather, Climate, and Society, https://doi.org/10.1175/WCAS-D-24-0012.1.  
  • Hutson, A., Fujisaki-Manome, A., Lofgren, B.M., Testing the Sensitivity of a WRF-based Great Lakes Regional Climate Model to Cumulus Parameterization and Spectral Nudging, Journal of Hydrometeorology, https://doi.org/10.1175/JHM-D-22-0234.1.
  • Fujisaki-Manome, A., Hu, H. Wang, J. Westerink, J., Wirasaet, D., Ling G, Choi, M., Moghimi, S., Myers, E., Abdolali , A., Dawson C., Janzen. C. (2024), “Advanced sea ice modeling for integration into a storm-surge, wave, and ice forecasting system for Alaska’s coasts”, Weather and Forecasting, https://doi.org/10.1175/WAF-D-23-0178.1.
  • Yang, S., Fujisaki-Manome, A., Barker, C.H., MacFadyen, A., Kessler, J., Titze, D., and Wang, J. (2024), Oil transport with ice; freshwater oil spill; physical modeling; drifter trajectory; Risk assessment, J. Environmental Management, 358, doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.120810.
  • Li, L., Fujisaki-Manome, A., Miller, R.; Titze D.; Henderson H., (2024), Evaluation of ICESat-2 Significant Wave Height Data with Buoy Observations in the Great Lakes and Application in Examination of Wave Model Predictions. Remote Sensing, 16, 679, https://doi.org/10.3390/rs16040679.
  • Zou, P.*, Bricker, J.D., Fujisaki-Manome, A., Garcia, F.E. (2024), Characteristics of ice-structure-soil interaction of an offshore wind turbine, Ocean Engineering, 295, 2024, 116975, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceaneng.2024.116975.
  • Cannon, D.J.*, Wang, J., Fujisaki-Manome, A., Kessler, J., Ruberg, S., Constant, S. (2024), Investigating Multidecadal Trends in Ice Cover and Subsurface Temperatures in the Laurentian Great Lakes Using FVCOM+CICE Models, Journal of Climate, 37(4), pp. 1249-1276, https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-23-0092.1.

Research
  • Polar physical oceanography
  • Numerical geophysical modeling
  • Sea/lake ice and lake effect snow
Education

Bachelor Degree in Engineering, Keio University (2004)

Master Degree in Ocean Engineering, University of Tokyo (2006)

Ph.D in Ocean Engineering, University of Tokyo (2009)

In the News
Inventing tomorrow: Ayumi Fujisaki-Manome
March 18, 2025

Inventing tomorrow: Ayumi Fujisaki-Manome

Ayumi Fujisaki-Manome is an associate research scientist in the Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research at the University of Michigan School for Environment and...

The state of the Great Lakes: SEAS experts available to comment
January 28, 2025

The state of the Great Lakes: SEAS experts available to comment

Ahead of a Feb. 4 congressional briefing on Great Lakes science, University of Michigan experts are available to speak on trends in policy, weather, water quality and...

2024 global temperature, climate assessment: SEAS experts available to comment
January 13, 2025

2024 global temperature, climate assessment: SEAS experts available to comment

At noon Eastern time on Jan. 10, NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will release their assessment of temperature and climate trends for 2024...

Ayumi Fujisaki-Manome
November 7, 2024

10 Questions: Ayumi Fujisaki-Manome

Ayumi Fujisaki-Manome is an associate research scientist at the Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research, which is hosted by SEAS. Her research uses geophysical modeling to address the impacts of interactions between ice, oceans and lakes on larger-scale phenomena, such as weather, storm surges and sea/lake ice melting.

Extratropical cyclones, like the one centered above Minnesota in this satellite image from 2010, are bringing warmer and wetter air to the Great Lakes region in winter. Image credit: National Weather Service
August 22, 2024

U-M research forecasts warmer, rainier winter storms ahead for Great Lakes region

Contact: [email protected] According to new research from researchers at the Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research (CIGLR) housed in the University of Michigan...

CIGLR researcher awarded sustainability catalyst grant
May 31, 2024

CIGLR researcher awarded sustainability catalyst grant

Ayumi Fujisaki-Manome, an associate research scientist at the Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research (CIGLR), and her project team have been awarded a...

PODS award winners: Ayumi Fujisaki-Manome (PI), Joshua Newell (PI), Runzi Wang (PI), and Bill Currie (Co-PI)
January 20, 2022

SEAS researchers well represented in 2021 Propelling Original Data Science grants

SEAS and Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research (CIGLR) faculty received three of the 17 Propelling Original Data Science (PODS) grants awarded by the Michigan...

Women's history month
March 3, 2022

Women’s History Month: Perspectives from SEAS Women in Sustainability

In honor of Women’s History Month, we asked our women faculty and researchers to share their perspectives as members of the sustainability field and to offer advice to...

In the Media
02/06/2025
Ayumi Fujisaki-Manome
Great Lakes continuing to lose ice coverage, experts warn (Bridge Michigan)
09/16/2024
Ayumi Fujisaki-Manome
UMich researchers identify warming winter weather trends in the Great Lakes region (The Michigan Daily)
04/03/2024
Ayumi Fujisaki-Manome
Great Lakes ice cover hits record low through mid-March of this year (Chicago Tribune)
02/19/2024
Ayumi Fujisaki-Manome
Dwindling Great Lakes ice cover highlights troubling trend (Detroit Metro Times)
05/26/2023
Ayumi Fujisaki-Manome
Great Lakes records fourth lowest ice cover in 50 years. How will that continue to impact us? (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
02/23/2023
Ayumi Fujisaki-Manome
It’s never been this warm in February. Here’s why that’s not a good thing (CNN)
02/17/2023
Ayumi Fujisaki-Manome
MICHIGAN Ice cover at record low level on Great Lakes (The Detroit News)
02/16/2022
Ayumi Fujisaki-Manome
The Midwest defined itself by its winters. What happens when they disappear? (Grist)
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