Papers

1.	Watanabe, M., T. Tanaka, S. Fujita, Magnetospheric Dynamo Driving Large-scale Birkeland Currents, Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics, 10.1029/2018JA026025, 124, 4249-4265, 124, 4249–4265, 2019.06.
2.	Watanabe, M., S. Fujita, T. Tanaka, Y. Kubota, H. Shinagawa, and K. T. Murata., A magnetohydrodynamic modeling of the interchange cycle for oblique northward interplanetary magnetic field, Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics, 10.1002/2017JA024468, 123, 1, 272-286, 123(1), 272–286, 2018.01.
3.	Masakazu Watanabe, Marc R. Hairston, Observation of a unipolar field-aligned current system associated with IMF By-triggered theta auroras, Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics, 10.1002/2015JA022016, 121, 5, 4483-4497, 2016.05.
4.	Masakazu Watanabe, Shintaro Sakito, Takashi Tanaka, Hiroyuki Shinagawa, Ken T. Murata, Global MHD modeling of ionospheric convection and field-aligned currents associated with IMF By triggered theta auroras, JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SPACE PHYSICS, 10.1002/2013JA019480, 119, 8, 2014.08.
5.	Watanabe, M., G. J. Sofko, X. Yan, K. A. McWilliams, J.‐P. St.‐Maurice, A. V. Koustov, G. C. Hussey, and M. R. Hairston, Ionospheric convection signatures of the interchange cycle at small interplanetary magnetic field clock angles, J. Geophys. Res., 10.1029/2009JA015041, 115, A12, A12230, 2010.12.
6.	Watanabe, M., K. Kabin, G. J. Sofko, R. Rankin, T. I. Gombosi, and A. J. Ridley, Dipole tilt effects on the magnetosphere‐ionosphere convection system during interplanetary magnetic field BY‐dominated periods: MHD modeling, J. Geophys. Res., 10.1029/2009JA014910, 115, A07, A07218, 2010.07.
7.	Watanabe, M., and G. Sofko, Role of interchange reconnection in convection at small interplanetary magnetic field clock angles and in transpolar arc motion, J. Geophys. Res., 10.1029/2008JA013426, 114, A01, A01209, 2009.01.
8.	Watanabe, M., and G. J. Sofko, The interchange cycle: A fundamental mode of magnetic flux circulation for northward interplanetary magnetic field, Geophys. Res. Lett., 10.1029/2008GL036682, 36, L03107, 2009.02.
9.	Watanabe, M., and G. J. Sofko, Dayside four-sheet field-aligned current system during IMF BY-dominated periods, J. Geophys. Res., 10.1029/2008JA013815, 114, A03, A03208, 2009.03.

Presentations

1.	Masakazu Watanabe, Shintaro Sakito, Takashi Tanaka, Hiroyuki Shinagawa, Ken T. Murata, Global MHD modeling of ionospheric convection and field-aligned currents associated with IMF BY triggered theta auroras, AOGS (Asia Oceania Geoscience Society) Annual Meeting 2014, 2014.07.
2.	Masakazu Watanabe, S. Sakito, Takashi Tanaka, H. Shinagawa, K. T. Murata, Convection and Birkeland currents associated with IMF BY triggered theta auroras: An MHD modeling, International CAWSES-II Symposium, 2013.11.

Dr. Watanabe supervises undergraduate and graduate students of the Solar-Terrestrial Physics Group at the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences. He also teaches classes both at graduate and undergraduate levels, which include "Space Electromagnetic Dynamics," "Magnetohydrodynamics," and "Information Handling for Earth and Planetary Sciences."