Yusuke Uchiyama

Now at Kobe University, Japan

Doctor of Engineering

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University of California at Los Angeles
Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics
Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
Prof. James C. McWilliams

Education

Professional Experience

Academic Memberships

Academic Awards

Selected Publications
(for articles in Japanese)


a, Peer Reviewed Journals

1. Uchiyama, Y. and McWilliams, J.C. (2011): Three-dimensional unstable rip currents, J. Geophys. Res. (in preparation)
2. Zhang, B., Murtugudde, R., Ide, K., Uchiyama, Y., McWilliams, J.C. and Prasad, M.B.K. (2011): Internal variability in the Chesapeake Bay and the adjacent coastal area-a modeling study, Progress in Oceanography (special issue on CAMEO). (submitted)
3. Buijsman, M., Uchiyama, Y., McWilliams, J.C. and Hill-Lindsay, C.R. (2011): Modeling semiduirnal internal tides in the Sourthern California Bight, J. Phys. Oceanogr. (submitted)
4. Weir, B., Uchiyama, Y., Lane, E.M., Restrepo, J.M. and McWilliams, J.C. (2011): A vortex-force analysis of the interaction of rip currents and gravity waves, J. Geophys. Res. (accepted)


5. Uchiyama, Y., McWilliams, J.C. and Shchepetkin, A.F. (2010): Wave-current interaction in an oceanic circulation model with a vortex force formalism: Application to the surf zone, Ocean Modelling Vol. 34:1-2, pp.16-35.
6. Dong, C., Mavor, T., Nencioli, F., Jiang, S., Uchiyama, Y , McWilliams, J.C., Dickey, T., Ondrusek, M., Zhang, H. and Clark, D.K. (2009): An oceanic cyclonic eddy on the lee side of Lanai Island, Hawai'i, J. Geophys. Res., Vol. 114, C10008, doi:10.1029/2009JC005346.
7. Uchiyama, Y., McWilliams, J.C. and Restrepo, J.M. (2009): Wave-current interaction in nearshore shear instability analyzed with a vortex-force formalism, J. Geophys. Res.,Vol. 114, C06021, doi:10.1029/2008JC005135.
8. Uchiyama, Y. and McWilliams, J.C. (2008): Infragravity Waves in the Deep Ocean: Generation, Propagation, and Seismic Hum Excitation, J. Geophys. Res., 113, C07029, doi:10.1029/2007JC004562.
9. Uchiyama, Y. (2007): Hydrodynamics and associated morphological variations on an estuarine intertidal sand-flat, Journal of Coastal Research, Vol. 23, No.4, pp. 1015-1027.
10. Kuwae, T., Kamio, K., Inoue, T., Miyoshi, E., and Uchiyama, Y. (2006): Oxygen exchange flux between sediment and water in an intertidal sandflat, measured in situ by the eddy-correlation method., Mar. Ecol. Progr. Ser., Vol. 307, pp.59-68.
11. Uchiyama, Y. and Kuriyama, Y. (2003): A Complex principal component analysis on medium-term geomorphology of an exposed sandy beach at Sendai Coast, Japan, Journal of Hydraulic, Coastal and Environmental Engineering, No. 747/II-65, pp.135-154, JSCE. (in Japanese)
12. Kuriyama, Y., Uchiyama, Y., Nakamura, S. and Nagae, T. (2003): Morphological change around jetties at Imagireguchi Inlet in Hamana Lake, Japan, Journal of Hydraulic, Coastal and Environmental Engineering, No. 726/II-65, pp.109-120, JSCE (in Japanese).
13. Kuriyama, Y., Uchiyama, Y., Nakamura, S. and Nagae, T. (2003): Medium-term bathymetric change around jetties at Imagireguchi Inlet, Japan, Journal of Coastal Research, Vol. 33, pp.223-236.
14. Uchiyama, Y. (2001): Sediment suspension and short-term morphological response in winter on Banzu intertidal sand-flat, Tokyo Bay, Japan, Journal of Hydraulic, Coastal and Environmental Engineering, No. 677/II-55, pp.129-140, JSCE. (in Japanese)
15. Uchiyama, Y. (2001): Tidal circulation of groundwater flow formed in sandy-beach aquifers, Journal of Hydraulic, Coastal and Environmental Engineering, No.670/II-54, pp.37-48. (in Japanese)
16. Uchiyama, Y., Nadaoka, K., Rolke, P., Adachi, K. and Yagi, H. (2000): Submarine groundwater discharge into the sea and associated nutrient transport in a sandy beach, Water Resources Research, American Geophysical Union, Vol.36, No.6, pp.1467-1479.
17. Uchiyama, Y., Rolke, P., Adachi, K., Nadaoka, K. and Yagi, H. (1999): Submarine groundwater discharge into the sea and associated nutrient transport in a sandy beach, Journal of Hydraulic, Coastal and Environmental Engineering, No.635/II-49, pp.127-139, JSCE. (in Japanese)
18. Uchiyama, Y., Nadaoka, K., Sezaki, T. and Yagi, H. (1998): Water environments in a stratified shallow sea on a sandy beach in Tokyo Bay, Journal of Hydraulic, Coastal and Environmental Engineering, No.593/II-43, pp.125-144, JSCE. (in Japanese)
19. Nadaoka, K., Uchiyama, Y. and Yamashita, T. (1996): Analysis of micrometeorological and thermal environments on sandy beaches in summer, Journal of Hydraulic, Coastal and Environmental Engineering, No.533/II-34, pp.193-204, JSCE. (in Japanese)

b. Others (Internal Reports / Conference Proceedings / Workshops)

1. Uchiyama, Y., McWilliams, J.C. and Shchepetkin, A.F. (2010): Wave-current interaction in a three-dimensional oceanic circulation model based on a vortex-force formalism: Applications to the surf-zone and inner-shelf circulations (invited), Eos Trans. AGU, 91(26), Ocean Sci. Meet. Suppl., Abstract GO31A-02, Ocean Sciences Meeting 2010, Portland, OR, USA.
2. Voulgaris, G., Kumar, N., Warner, J.C., Haas, K.A., Uchiyama, Y., McWilliams, J.C.(2010): Applications of Regional Ocean Modeling System (ROMS) for surf zone environment, Eos Trans. AGU, 91(26), Ocean Sci. Meet. Suppl., Abstract PO13B-02, Ocean Sciences Meeting 2010, Portland, OR, USA.
3. Hill-Lindsay, C., Buijsman, M.C., Uchiyama, Y., McWilliams, J.C.(2010): Non-tidal Variability in Semidiurnal Internal Tide Generation in the Southern California Bight, Eos Trans. AGU, 91(26), Ocean Sci. Meet. Suppl., Abstract PO25K-15, Ocean Sciences Meeting 2010, Portland, OR, USA.
4. Miyoshi, T., Ide, K., McWilliams, J.C., Li, Z., Uchiyama, Y., and Kalnay, E. (2009): Ensemble Data Assimilation for Idealized California Current System with ROMS-LETKF, The 5th WMO Symposium on Data Assimilation, Extended Abstract, 8pp, Melbourne, Australia.
5. Uchiyama, Y., McWilliams, J.C., Buijsman, M. and Shchepetkin, A.F. (2009): Wave-current interaction in ROMS: A vortex-force formalism, 2009 ROMS/TOMS Asia-Pacific Workshop, Sydney Institute of Marine Science (SIMS), Sydney, Australia.
6. Uchiyama, Y., McWilliams, J.C. and Shchepetkin, A.F. (2008): Submesoscale instability in subtidal inner shelf circulation off Palos Verdes, California, Ocean Sciences Meeting 2008, Orlando, FL, USA.
7. Uchiyama, Y., McWilliams, J.C., Dong, C. and Shchepetkin, A.F. (2007): A high-resolution nested simulation on non-cohesive suspended sediment transport around Palos Verdes, California, ROMS/TOMS Workshop, University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, CA, USA.
8. Uchiyama, Y. and McWilliams, J.C. (2006): Simulating forced infragravity long-waves with ROMS, Eos Trans. AGU, 87(36), Ocean Sci. Meet. Suppl., Abstract ,OS54G-03, Honolulu, HI, USA.
9. Uchiyama, Y. and McWilliams, J.C. (2005): Infragravity waves forced by surface wind waves in the central North Pacific Ocean, a paper presented at ROMS/TOMS Users Workshop, La Jolla, CA, USA. [Workshop Web Site] [PPT file]
10. Uchiyama, Y. (2005) : Modeling three-dimensional cohesive sediment transport and associated morphological variation in estuarine intertidal mudflats, Rep. Port and Airport Res. Inst., Yokosuka, Japan, Vol.44, No.1, pp.3-21.
11. Uchiyama, Y. (2004): Wetting and drying scheme for POM and its application to San Francisco Bay, Hydrodynamics VI - Theory and Application, (eds) L. Cheng and K. Yeow, Taylor & Francis Group, London, UK, pp.293-299.
12. Uchiyama, Y. (2004) : Modeling wetting and drying scheme based on an extended logarithmic law for a three-dimensional sigma-coordinate coastal ocean model, Rep. Port and Airport Res. Inst., Yokosuka, Japan, Vol.43, No.4, pp.3-21.
13. Uchiyama, Y. (2004): Intertidal sediment transport and morphological response in San Francisco Bay using modefied Princeton Ocean Model, Proc. AGU Chapmen Conference on Salt Marsh Geomorphology: Physical and Ecological Effects on Landform, AGU, Halifax, NS, Canada, p.33.
14. Uchiyama, Y. (2003): Modeling wetting and drying process in San Francisco Bay using the Princeton Ocean Model, Eos. Trans. AGU, 84 (46), Fall Meet. Suppl., OS32B-0245, AGU, San Francisco, CA, USA.
15. Uchiyama, Y. and Kuriyama Y. (2003): Complex principal component analysis of medium-term nearshore geomorphology at North Sendai Coast, Japan, Proc. Coastal Structures 2003, ASCE, Portland, OR, USA, pp. 1176-1188.
16. Uchiyama, Y. (2003): Near-bed velocity and turbidity measurements at an intertidal estuarine sand-flat influenced by fluvial discharges, Proceedings of EGS-AGU-EUG Joins Assembly, EAE03-A-07915, OS2-1TU1P-0508, Nice, France.
17. Uchiyama, Y. (2002): Hydrodynamic, sedimentological and morphological processes on Banzu intertidal sand-flat, Tokyo Bay, Japan, AGU Spring Meeting EOS Transaction, OS21A-08, AGU, Washington DC, USA.
18. Uchiyama, Y., Kuriyama, Y. and Katoh, K. (2001): Suspended sediment and morphological response on Banzu tidal flat, Japan, Proc. of 4th International Conference on Coastal Dynamics, ASCE, pp.1038-1047.
19. Uchiyama, Y., Nakashima, T. and Ueoka, S (2001): Morphodynamics on Banzu intertidal sand-flat with fluvial input, Proc. of Coastal Engineering, JSCE, Vol. 48, pp.531-535. (in Japanese)
20. Uchiyama, Y., Kuriyama, Y. and Hatano, A. (2001): Medium-term topography change in front of Gamo Lagoon, Proc. of Coastal Engineering, JSCE, Vol. 47, pp.601-605. (in Japanese)
21. Uchiyama, Y., Katoh, K., Kuriyama, Y. and Furukawa, K. (2000): Suspended sediment and morphological response on Banzu tidal flat, Proc. of Coastal Engineering, JSCE, Vol. 47, pp.521-525. (in Japanese)
22. Nadaoka, K. and Uchiyama, Y. (2000): Formation of longitudinal vortices generated by wind-driven current in the nearshore sea, Proc. of the 4th International Conference on Hydrodynamics, IAHR, pp.797-802, 2000.
23. Uchiyama, Y. (1999): Numerical analysis on groundwater flow in sandy beaches considering tidal fluctuation and density distribution, Report of Port and Harbour Research Institute, Vol.38, No.2, pp.3-27. (in Japanese)
24. Uchiyama, Y. (1999): Numerical Simulation on Local Circulation of Groundwater Flow in Beaches, Proc. of Coastal Engineering, JSCE, Vol. 46, pp.1241-1245. (in Japanese)
25. Uchiyama, Y. (1999): Coastal groundwater flow and associated nutrient transport into the sea, Proc. of the 2nd Joint Meeting of the Coastal Environmental Science and Technology (CEST) Panel, UJNR, pp.22-35, Oct. 1999.
26. Uchiyama, Y., Nadaoka, K. and Horikawa, S. (1998): Shallow water environment on a sandy beach and a tidal flat in Tokyo Bay, Proc. of Coastal Engineering, JSCE, Vol. 45, pp.1051-1055. (in Japanese)
27. Uchiyama, Y., Rolke, P., Nadaoka, K., Adachi, K. and Yagi, H. (1998): Submarine groundwater discharge into the sea and associated nutrient transport, Proc. of Coastal Engineering, JSCE, Vol. 45, pp.1076-1080. (in Japanese)
28. Uchiyama, Y., Nadaoka, K., Sezaki, T. and Yagi, H. (1997): Thermal structure in a stratified shallow water on a sandy beach in Tokyo Bay, Proc. of Coastal Engineering, JSCE, Vol. 44, pp.1071-1075. (in Japanese)
29. Nadaoka, K. and Uchiyama, Y. (1997): Formation of longitudinal vortices generated by wind-driven current and their influence on mixing processes in nearshore region, Proc. of Coastal Engineering, JSCE, Vol. 44, pp.421-425. (in Japanese)
30. Nadaoka, K., Uchiyama, Y. and Higashikawa, K. (1996): Salinity environments in the air and ground for coastal vegetation, Proc. of Coastal Engineering, JSCE, Vol. 43, pp.1171-1175. (in Japanese)
31. Nadaoka, K., Uchiyama, Y. and Higashikawa, K. (1996): Three-dimensional organized structure of turbulent air flow around a coastal vegetational layer, Proc. of Coastal Engineering, JSCE, Vol. 43, pp.401-405. (in Japanese)
32. Nadaoka, K., Uchiyama, Y. and Sezaki, T. (1996): Water temperature, D.O. and Chl.a on a sandy beach in inner bay area in summer, Proc. of Coastal Engineering, JSCE, Vol. 43, pp.1101-1105. (in Japanese)
33. Nadaoka, K., Uchiyama, Y. and Higashikawa, K. (1996): Large eddy simulation of organized structure in turbulent flow around a plant canopy layer, Proc. of 1st Symposium on Environmental Fluid Mechanics, JSFM, Vol.1, pp.387-389. (in Japanese)

Last update: 1-2-2011