Mechanism of precipitation increase with urbanization in Tokyo as revealed by ensemble climate simulations

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 824-839

  Kusaka, Hiroyuki ^a   Nawata, Keiko ^a,c   Suzuki Parker, Asuka ^a   Takane, Yuya ^b   Furuhashi, Nana ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^c TAIHO PHARMACEUTICAL CO LTD   (Japan)

^d JAPAN WEATHER ASSOCIATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOISTURE;

CLIMATE SIMULATION; MOISTURE FLUXES; PRECIPITATION CLIMATOLOGY; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SIMULATION APPROACH; STRESS RESPONSE; TOKYO , JAPAN; TOKYO METROPOLITAN AREAS;

HEAT FLUX;

CLIMATE MODELING; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; MOISTURE FLUX; NONLINEARITY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; URBANIZATION;

HONSHU; JAPAN; KANTO; TOKYO [KANTO];

EID: 84898024271     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: 15588432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAMC-D-13-065.1     Document Type: Article

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