Investigation of a recent extreme high-temperature event in the Tokyo metropolitan area using numerical simulations: The potential role of a 'hybrid' foehn wind

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 141, Issue 690, 2015, Pages 1857-1869

  Takane, Yuya ^a   Kusaka, Hiroyuki ^b   Kondo, Hiroaki ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Complex terrain; Extreme high temperature; Foehn wind; Urban area; WRF model

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; WEATHER FORECASTING;

COMPLEX TERRAINS; FOEHN WINDS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; URBAN AREAS; WRF MODEL;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

ADVECTION; COMPLEX TERRAIN; EXTREME EVENT; FOEHN; HEAT BUDGET; HEAT ISLAND; HIGH TEMPERATURE; METROPOLITAN AREA; NUMERICAL MODEL; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; WIND FIELD;

HONSHU; JAPAN; KANTO; KUMAGAYA; SAITAMA [KANTO];

EID: 84939457400     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.2490     Document Type: Article

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