B.S., Geophysics, University of Tokyo, Japan (1983)
Ph.D., Physical Oceanography, Joint Program in Oceanography, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (1989)
Research Interests
Analysis of ocean circulation using observations and models
Sea level change and ocean climate variability
Ocean state estimation and data assimilation
Numerical modeling of the ocean
Selected Awards
NASA Exceptional Public Achievement Medal (2017)
NASA Group Achievement Award, Oceans Melting Greenland Team (2017, 2019)
NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal (2005)
Selected Publications
Journal Articles
Fukumori, I., P. Heimbach, R. M. Ponte, and C. Wunsch, 2018: A Dynamically Consistent, Multi-Variable Ocean Climatology, B Am Meteorol Soc, doi:10.1175/bams-d-17-0213.1.
Piecuch, C. G., R. M. Ponte, C. M. Little, M. W. Buckley, and I. Fukumori, 2017: Mechanisms underlying recent decadal changes in subpolar North Atlantic Ocean heat content, Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans,122(9), 7181-7197, doi:10.1002/2017JC012845.
Fukumori, I., O. Wang, W. Llovel, I. Fenty, and G. Forget, 2015: A near-uniform fluctuation of ocean bottom pressure and sea level across the deep ocean basins of the Arctic Ocean and the Nordic Seas, Prog. Oceanogr., 134, 152-172, doi:10.1016/j.pocean.2015.01.013.
Piecuch, C. G., I. Fukumori, R. M. Ponte, and O. Wang, 2015: Vertical structure of ocean pressure variations with application to satellite-gravimetric observations, J. Atmos. Oceanic. Tech.,32(3), 603-613, doi:10.1175/JTECH-D-14-00156.
Llovel, W., J. K. Willis, F. W. Landerer, and I. Fukumori, 2014: Deep-ocean contribution to sea level and energy budget not detectable over the past decade, Nature Climate Change, 4(11), 1031-1035, doi:10.1038/nclimate2387.
Fukumori, I., and O. Wang, 2013: Origins of heat and freshwater anomalies underlying regional decadal sea level trends, Geophys. Res. Lett., 40 (3), 563-567, doi: 10.1002/grl.50164.
Wunsch, C., P. Heimbach, R. M. Ponte, and I. Fukumori, 2009: The global general circulation of the ocean estimated by the ECCO-Consortium, Oceanography, 22 (2), 88-103, doi:10.5670/oceanog.2009.41.
Fukumori, I., D. Menemenlis, and T. Lee, 2007: A near-uniform basin-wide sea level fluctuation of the Mediterranean Sea, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 37, 338-358, doi:10.1175/Jpo3016.1.
Fukumori, I., T. Lee, B. Cheng, and D. Menemenlis, 2004: The origin, pathway, and destination of Niño3 water estimated by a simulated passive tracer and its adjoint, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 34, 582-604, doi:10.1175/2515.1.
Gross, R. S., I. Fukumori, and D. Menemenlis, 2003: Atmospheric and oceanic excitation of the Earth’s wobbles during 1980-2000, J. Geophys. Res., 108 (B8), 2370, doi:10.1029/2002JB002143.
Lee, T., I. Fukumori, D. Menemenlis, Z. Xing, and L.-L. Fu, 2002: Effects of the Indonesian Throughflow on the Pacific and Indian Oceans, Journal of Physical Oceanography, 32, 1404-1429, doi:10.1175/1520-0485(2002)032<1404:Eotito>2.0.Co;2.
Fukumori, I., 2002: A partitioned Kalman filter and smoother, Monthly Weather Review, 130, 1370-1383, doi:10.1175/1520-0493(2002)130<1370:Apkfas>2.0.Co;2.
Book Chapters
Fukumori, I., 2015: Combining models and data in large-scale oceanography: Examples from the Consortium for Estimating the Circulation and Climate of the Ocean (ECCO), in “Advanced Data Assimilation for Geosciences: Lecture Notes of the Les Houches School of Physics: Special Issue, June 2012”, E. Blayo, M. Bocquet, E. Cosme, and L. F. Cugliandolo Eds., Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198723844.003.0023.
Fukumori, I., 2006: What is data assimilation really solving, and how is the calculation actually done?, in “Ocean Weather Forecasting: An Integrated View of Oceanography”, E. P. Chasignet and J.Verron, Eds., Springer, doi:10.1007/1-4020-4028-8_11.
Fukumori, I., 2000: Data Assimilation by Models, in “Satellite Altimetry and Earth Sciences”, L.-L. Fu and A. Cazenave, editors, Academic Press, doi:10.1016/S0074-6142(01)80150-9.