| Observations: oceanic climate change and sea level NL Bindoff, J Willebrand, V Artale, A Cazenave, JM Gregory, S Gulev, ... Cambridge University Press, 2007 | 2106 | 2007 |
| Mode waters K Hanawa, LD Talley International geophysics 77, 373-386, 2001 | 617 | 2001 |
| Characteristic variations of sea surface temperature with multiple time scales in the North Pacific Y Tanimoto, K Hanawa, Y Toba, N Iwasaka Journal of Climate 6 (6), 1153-1160, 1993 | 235 | 1993 |
| Variation of water system distribution in the Sanriku coastal area K Hanawa, H Mitsudera Journal of Oceanography 42, 435-446, 1986 | 228 | 1986 |
| Regime shifts found in the Northern Hemisphere SST field S Yasunaka, K Hanawa Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan. Ser. II 80 (1), 119-135, 2002 | 220 | 2002 |
| Thermostad distribution in the North Pacific subtropical gyre: The central mode water and the subtropical mode water T Suga, Y Takei, K Hanawa Journal of Physical Oceanography 27 (1), 140-152, 1997 | 219 | 1997 |
| A new depth-time equation for Sippican or TSK T-7, T-6 and T-4 expendable bathythermographs (XBT) K Hanawa, P Rual, R Bailey, A Sy, M Szabados Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers 42 (8), 1423-1451, 1995 | 211 | 1995 |
| Decadal changes in the mode waters in the midlatitude North Pacific T Yasuda, K Hanawa Journal of Physical Oceanography 27 (6), 858-870, 1997 | 207 | 1997 |
| The mixed-layer climatology in the northwestern part of the North Pacific subtropical gyre and the formation area of Subtropical Mode Wate T Suga, K Hanawa | 174 | 1990 |
| Subtropical mode water in the 137 E section T Suga, K Hanawa, Y Toba Journal of Physical Oceanography 19 (10), 1605-1618, 1989 | 165 | 1989 |
| The subtropical mode water circulation in the North Pacific T Suga, K Hanawa Journal of Physical Oceanography 25 (5), 958-970, 1995 | 151 | 1995 |
| North Pacific Tropical Water: its climatology and temporal changes associated with the climate regime shift in the 1970s T Suga, A Kato, K Hanawa Progress in Oceanography 47 (2-4), 223-256, 2000 | 138 | 2000 |
| Interannual variations of the winter‐time outcrop area of subtropical mode water in the western North Pacific Ocean K Hanawa Atmosphere-Ocean 25 (4), 358-374, 1987 | 114 | 1987 |
| Mesoscale eddies observed by TOLEX-ADCP and TOPEX/POSEIDON altimeter in the Kuroshio recirculation region south of Japan N Ebuchi, K Hanawa Journal of oceanography 56, 43-57, 2000 | 111 | 2000 |
| Decadal and interdecadal variations of the Aleutian Low activity and their relation to upper oceanic variations over the North Pacific S Sugimoto, K Hanawa Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan. Ser. II 87 (4), 601-614, 2009 | 106 | 2009 |
| Surface thermal conditions in the western North Pacific during the ENSO events K Hanawa, T Watanabe, N Iwasaka, T Suga, Y Toba Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan. Ser. II 66 (3), 445-456, 1988 | 100 | 1988 |
| A role of eddies in formation and transport of North Pacific Subtropical Mode Water H Uehara, T Suga, K Hanawa, N Shikama Geophysical Research Letters 30 (13), 2003 | 99 | 2003 |
| Interannual variations of North Pacific subtropical mode water in the 137 E section T Suga, K Hanawa Journal of physical oceanography 25 (5), 1012-1017, 1995 | 99 | 1995 |
| Trajectory of mesoscale eddies in the Kuroshio recirculation region N Ebuchi, K Hanawa Journal of Oceanography 57, 471-480, 2001 | 95 | 2001 |
| ‘Reemergence’areas of winter sea surface temperature anomalies in the world's oceans K Hanawa, S Sugimoto Geophysical Research Letters 31 (10), 2004 | 91 | 2004 |
