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Ayumi Fujisaki-Manome
Associate Research Scientist
Geospatial Data Sciences
Climate + Energy
Water
CIGLR
Office
4040 Dana / NOAA GLERL
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About
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)
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