Ito, K., C.-C. Wu, K. T. F. Chan, R. Toumi, and C. Davis, 2020: Recent progress in the fundamental understanding of tropical cyclone motion. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 98, 5-17.
https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2020-001
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Luo, Y., R. Xia, and J. C. L. Chan, 2020: Characteristics, physical mechanisms, and prediction of pre-summer rainfall over South China: research progress during 2008-2019. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 98, 19-42.
https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2020-002
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Seo, J. M., H. Lee, S. Moon, J.-J. Baik, 2020: How mountain geometry affects aerosol-cloud-precipitation interactions: Part I. Shallow convective clouds. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 98, 43-60.
https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2020-003
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Fudeyasu, H., R. Yoshida, M. Yamaguchi, H. Eito, C. Muroi, S. Nishimura, K. Bessho, Y. Oikawa, and N. Koide, 2020: Development conditions for tropical storms over the western North Pacific stratified by large-scale flow patterns. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 98, 61-72.
https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2020-004
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Hohenegger, C., L. Kornblueh, D. Klocke, T. Becker, G. Cioni, J. F. Engels, U. Schulzweida, and B. Stevens, 2020: Climate statistics in global simulations of the atmosphere, from 80 to 2.5 km grid spacing. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 98, 73-91.
https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2020-005
Special Edition on DYAMOND: The DYnamics of the Atmospheric general circulation Modeled On Non-hydrostatic Domains
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Lin, Y.-F., C.-C. Wu, T.-H. Yen, Y.-H. Huang, and G.-Y. Lien, 2020: Typhoon Fanapi (2010) and its interaction with Taiwan terrain - Evaluation of the uncertainty in track, intensity and rainfall simulations. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 98, 93-113.
https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2020-006
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Umezawa, T., S. J. Andrews, and T. Saito, 2020: A cryogen-free automated measurement system of stable carbon isotope ratio of atmospheric methane. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 98, 115-127.
https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2020-007

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Miao, J.-E., and M.-J. Yang, 2020: A modeling study of the severe afternoon thunderstorm event at Taipei on 14 June 2015: The roles of sea breeze, microphysics, and terrain. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 98, 129-152.
https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2020-008
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Ha, K.-J., J.-H. Yeo, Y.-W. Seo, E.-S. Chung, J.-Y. Moon, X. Feng, Y.-W. Lee, and C.-H. Ho, 2020: What caused the extraordinarily hot 2018 summer in Korea? J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 98, 153-167.
https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2020-009
Special Edition on Extreme Rainfall Events in 2017 and 2018
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Takemura, K.,and H. Mukougawa, 2020: Dynamical relationship between quasi-stationary Rossby wave propagation along the Asian jet and Pacific-Japan pattern in boreal summer. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 98, 169-187.
https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2020-010
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Tomita, T., T. Shirai, and T. Yamaura, 2020: Effects of the Australian winter monsoon on the persistence of La Niña events. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 98, 189-211.
https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2020-011
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Li, Z., Y. Luo, Y. Du, and J. C. L. Chan, 2020: Statistical characteristics of pre-summer rainfall over South China and associated synoptic conditions. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 98, 213-233.
https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2020-012
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Yokoyama, C., H. Tsuji, and Y. N. Takayabu, 2020: The effects of an upper-tropospheric trough on the heavy rainfall event in July 2018 over Japan. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 98, 235-255.
https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2020-013
Special Edition on Extreme Rainfall Events in 2017 and 2018
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Sui, C.-H., M. Satoh, and K. Suzuki, 2020: Precipitation efficiency and its role in cloud-radiative feedbacks to climate variability. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 98, 261-282.
https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2020-024
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Chen, W., Z. Guan, H. Yang, and Q. Xu, 2020: East Asian-Australian monsoon variations and their impacts on regional climate during boreal summer. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 98, 283-297.
https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2020-014
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Jayalakshmi, J., B. K. Seela, P.-L. Lin, P. K. Wang, C.-H. Tseng, K. K. Reddy, H. Hashiguchi, L. Feng, S. K. Das, and C. K. Unnikrishnan, 2020: Raindrop size distribution characteristics of Indian and Pacific Ocean tropical cyclones observed at India and Taiwan sites. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 98, 299-317.
https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2020-015
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Aono, K., T. Iwasaki, and T. Sasai, 2020: Effects of Wind-evaporation feedback in outer regions on tropical cyclone development. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 99, 319-328.
https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2020-017
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Tomita, T., and T. Yamaura, 2020: Interannual variability of Baiu frontal activity in May and its connectivity with June. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 98, 329-351.
https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2020-018
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Naoe, H., T. Matsumoto, K. Ueno, T. Maki, M. Deushi, and A. Takeuchi, 2020: Bias correction of multi-sensor total column ozone satellite data for 1978-2017. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 98, 353-377.
https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2020-019
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Yang, H., L. Wu, and T. Xie, 2020: Comparisons of four methods for tropical cyclone center detection in a high-resolution simulation. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 98, 379-393.
https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2020-020
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Stevens, B., C. Acquistapace, A. Hansen, R. Heinze, C. Klinger, D. Klocke, H. Rybka, W. Schubotz, J. Windmiller, P. Adamidis, I. Arka, V. Barlakas, J. Biercamp, M. Brueck, S. Brune, S. A. Buehler, U. Burkhardt, G. Cioni, M. Costa-Surós, S. Crewell, T. Crüger, H. Deneke, P. Friederichs, C. C. Henken, C. Hohenegger, M. Jacob, F. Jakub, N. Kalthoff, M. Köhler, T. W. van Laar, P. Li, U. Löhnert, A. Macke, N. Madenach, B. Mayer, C. Nam, A. K. Naumann, K. Peters, S. Poll, J. Quaas, N. Röber, N. Rochetin, L. Scheck, V. Schemann, S. Schnitt, A. Seifert, F. Senf, M. Shapkalijevski, C. Simmer, S. Singh, O. Sourdeval, D. Spickermann, J. Strandgren, O. Tessiot, N. Vercauteren, J. Vial, A. Voigt, and G. Zängl, 2020: The added value of large-eddy and storm-resolving models for simulating clouds and precipitation. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 98, 395-435.
https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2020-021
Special Edition on DYAMOND: The DYnamics of the Atmospheric general circulation Modeled On Non-hydrostatic Domains
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Miyamoto, Y., S. Nishizawa, and H. Tomita, 2020: Impacts of number of cloud condensation nuclei on two-dimensional moist Rayleigh convection. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 98, 437-453.
https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2020-023
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Duc, L., K. Saito, and D. Hotta, 2020: An explanation for the diagonally predominant property of the positive symmetric ensemble transform matrix. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 98, 455-462.
https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2020-022
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Geng, B., M. Katsumata, and K. Taniguchi, 2020: Modulation of the diurnal cycle of precipitation near the southwestern coast of Sumatra by mixed Rossby-gravity waves. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 98, 463-480.
https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2020-026
Special Edition on Years of the Maritime Continent (YMC)
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Kato, T., 2020: Quasi-stationary band-shaped precipitation systems, named “senjo-kousuitai”, causing localized heavy rainfall in Japan. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 98, 485-509.
https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2020-029
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Ma, Y., V. Chandrasekar, and S. K. Biswas, 2020: A Bayesian correction approach for improving Dual-frequency Precipitation Radar rainfall rate estimates. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 98, 511-525.
https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2020-025
Special Edition on Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM): 5th Anniversary
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Cui, Y., Z. Ruan, M. Wei, F. Li, and R. Ge, 2020: Vertical structure and dynamical properties during snow events in middle latitudes of China from observations by the C-band vertically pointing radar. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 98, 527-550.
https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2021-028
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Dueben, P. D., N. Wedi, S. Saarinen, and C. Zeman, 2020: Global simulations of the atmosphere at 1.45 km grid-spacing with the Integrated Forecasting System. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 98, 551-572.
https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2020-016
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Radhakrishna, B., K. Saikranthi, and T. N. Rao, 2020: Regional differences in raindrop size distribution within Indian subcontinent and adjoining seas as inferred from global precipitation measurement dual-frequency precipitation radar. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 98, 573-584.
https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2021-030
Special Edition on Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM): 5th Anniversary
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Geng, B., and M. Katsumata, 2020: An algorithm for detecting and removing the spurious differential phase observed by C-band polarimetric radar in the rain. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 98, 585-613.
https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2020-031
Special Edition on Years of the Maritime Continent (YMC)
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Shibata, K., and R. Lehmann, 2020: Partitioning of ozone loss pathways in the ozone quasi-biennial oscillation simulated by a chemistry-climate model. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 98, 615-636.
https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2020-032
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Cao, X., R. Wu, N. Wei, and Y. Dai, 2020: Location of the preferred region for tropical cyclogenesis in strong monsoon trough pattern over the western North Pacific. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 98, 637-654.
https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2020-034
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Naoi, M., Y. Kamae, H. Ueda, and W. Mei, 2020: Impacts of seasonal transitions of ENSO on atmospheric river activity over East Asia. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 98, 655-668.
https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2020-027
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Kawano, T., and R. Kawamura, 2020: Genesis and maintenance processes of a quasi-stationary convective band that produced record-breaking precipitation in northern Kyushu, Japan on 5 July 2017. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 98, 673-690.
https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2020-033
Special Edition on Extreme Rainfall Events in 2017 and 2018
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Takamura, N., and A. Wada, 2020: Unusual characteristics of extratropical transition of typhoons in August 2016. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 98, 691-706.
https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2020-035
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Wang, C.-C., K.-Y. Lin, C. A. Davis, S.-Y. Huang, S. C.-S. Liu, K. Tsuboki, and B. J.-D. Jou, 2020: A modeling study on the impacts of Typhoon Morakot’s (2009) vortex structure on rainfall in Taiwan using piecewise potential vorticity inversion. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 98, 707-733.
https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2020-036
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Feng, T., X.-Q. Yang, L. Wu, R. Huang, and D. Yang, 2020: How do the monsoon trough and the tropical upper-tropospheric trough affect synoptic-scale waves: A comparative study. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 98, 735-754.
https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2020-037
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Yamaji, M., H. G. Takahashi, T. Kubota, R. Oki, A. Hamada, and Y. N. Takayabu, 2020: 4-year climatology of global drop size distribution and its seasonal variability observed by spaceborne Dual-frequency Precipitation Radar. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 98, 755-773.
https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2021-038
Special Edition on Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM): 5th Anniversary
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Yamaguchi, M., and S. Maeda, 2020: Increase in the number of tropical cyclones approaching Tokyo since 1980. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 98, 775-786.
https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2020-039
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Jin, K., F. Wang, Q. Zong, P. Qin, and C. Liu, 2020: An updated estimate of the urban heat island effect on observed local warming trends in mainland China’s 45 urban stations. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 98, 787-799.
https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2020-040
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Nishii, K., B. Taguchi, and H. Nakamura, 2020: An atmospheric general circulation model assessment of oceanic impacts on extreme climate events over Japan in July 2018. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 98, 801-820.
https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2020-041
Special Edition on Extreme Rainfall Events in 2017 and 2018
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Takemura, K., H. Mukougawa, and S. Maeda, 2021: Decrease of Rossby wave breaking frequency over the middle North Pacific in boreal summer under global warming in large-ensemble climate simulations. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 99, 879-897.
https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2021-042
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Hirockawa, Y., T. Kato, H. Tsuguti, and N. Seino, 2020: Identification and classification of heavy rainfall areas and their characteristic features in Japan. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 98, 835-857.
https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2020-043
Special Edition on Extreme Rainfall Events in 2017 and 2018
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Tsuji, H., C. Yokoyama, and Y. N. Takayabu, 2020: Contrasting features of the July 2018 heavy rainfall event and the 2017 Northern Kyushu rainfall event in Japan. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 98, 859-876.
https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2020-045
Special Edition on Extreme Rainfall Events in 2017 and 2018
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Mesinger, F., and K. Veljovic, 2020: Topography in weather and climate models: Lessons from cut-cell Eta vs. European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts experiments. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 98 , 881-900.
https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2020-050
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Song, H.-J., S. Kim, S. Roh, and H. Lee, 2020: Difference between Cloud Top Height and Storm Height for heavy rainfall using TRMM measurements. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 98, 901-914.
https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2020-044
Special Edition on Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM): 5th Anniversary
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Nakamura, Y., T. Miyakawa, and M. Satoh, 2020: The role of Typhoon Kilo (T1517) in the Kanto-Tohoku heavy rainfall event in Japan in September 2015. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 98, 915-926.
https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2021-046
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Ose, T., Y. Takaya, S. Maeda, and T. Nakaegawa, 2020: Resolution of summertime East Asian pressure pattern and southerly monsoon wind in CMIP5 multi-model future projections. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 98, 927-944.
https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2020-047
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Chen, X., X. Huang, Y. Cai, H. Shen, and J. Lu, 2020: Intra-day forecast of ground horizontal irradiance using long short-term memory network (LSTM). J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 98, 945-957.
https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2020-048
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Thundathil, R., T. Schwitalla, A. Behrendt, S. K. Muppa, S. Adam, and V. Wulfmeyer, 2020: Assimilation of lidar water vapour mixing ratio and temperature profiles into a convection-permitting model. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 98, 959-986.
https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2020-049
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Miyamoto, Y., Y. Sato, S. Nishizawa, H. Yashiro, T. Seiki, and A. T. Noda, 2020: An energy balance model for low-level clouds based on a simulation resolving mesoscale motions. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 98, 987-1004.
https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2020-051
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Cao, X., R. Wu, Y. Dai, and J. Xu, 2020: A comparison of the effects of an upper-level anticyclone and a lower-level cyclone on tropical cyclogenesis in idealized simulations. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 98, 1005-1027.
https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2020-052
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Hermoso, A., V. Homar, S. J. Greybush, and D. J. Stensrud, 2020: Tailored ensemble prediction systems: Application of seamless scale bred vectors. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 98, 1029-1050.
https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2020-053
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Wang, K., G. Chen, X. Bi, D. Shi, and K. Chen, 2020: Comparison of convective and stratiform precipitation properties in developing and nondeveloping tropical disturbances observed by the Global Precipitation Measurement over the western North Pacific. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 98, 1051-1067.
https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2021-056
Special Edition on Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM): 5th Anniversary
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Ohno, T., A. T. Noda, and M. Satoh, 2020: Impacts of sub-grid ice cloud physics in a turbulence scheme on high clouds and their response to global warming. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 98, 1069-1081.
https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2020-054
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Krzyścin, J., 2020: Is the Antarctic ozone hole recovering faster than changing the stratospheric halogen loading? J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 98, 1083-1091.
https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2020-055
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Kawai, H., and S. Shige, 2020: Marine low clouds and their parameterization in climate models. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 98, 1097-1127.
https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2020-059
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Liao, L., R. Meneghini, A. Tokay, and H. Kim, 2020: Assessment of Ku- and Ka-band Dual-frequency radar for snow retrieval. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 98, 1129-1146.
https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2021-057
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Nayak, S., and T. Takemi, 2020: Clausius-Clapeyron scaling of extremely heavy precipitations: Case studies of the July 2017 and July 2018 heavy rainfall events over Japan. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 98, 1147-1162.
https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2020-058
Special Edition on Extreme Rainfall Events in 2017 and 2018
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Oizumi, T., K. Saito, L. Duc, and J. Ito, 2020: Ultra-high resolution numerical weather prediction with a large domain using the K computer. Part 2: The case of the Hiroshima heavy rainfall event on August 2014 and dependency of simulated convective cells on model resolutions. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 98, 1163-1182.
https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2020-060
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Takemura, K., and H. Mukougawa, 2020: Maintenance mechanism of Rossby wave breaking and Pacific-Japan pattern in boreal summer. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 98, 1183-1206.
https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2020-061
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Harada, Y., H. Endo, and K. Takemura, 2020: Characteristics of large-scale atmospheric fields during heavy rainfall events in western Japan: Comparison with an extreme event in early July 2018. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 98, 1207-1229.
https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2020-062
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Zhou, X., L. Wu, Q. Liu, and Y. Zheng, 2020: Influence of low-level, high-entropy air in the eye on tropical cyclone intensity: A trajectory analysis. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 98, 1231-1243.
https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2021-063
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Iwakiri, T., and M. Watanabe, 2020: Multiyear La Niña impact on summer temperature over Japan. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 98, 1245-1260.
https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2020-064
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Tamura, K., and T. Sato, 2020: Responses of polar mesocyclone genesis to topographic forcing along the　eastern coast of Eurasian continent. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 98, 1261-1277.
https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2020-065
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Arnold, N. P., W. M. Putman, and S. R. Freitas, 2020: Impact of resolution and parameterized convection on the diurnal cycle of precipitation in a global nonhydrostatic model. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 98, 1279-1304.
https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2020-066
Special Edition on DYAMOND: The DYnamics of the Atmospheric general circulation Modeled On Non-hydrostatic Domains
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Kawazoe, S., M. Fujita, S. Sugimoto, Y. Okada, and S. Watanabe, 2020: Projected changes of extremely cool summer days over northeastern Japan simulated by 20 km-mesh large ensemble experiment. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 98, 1305-1319.
https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2020-067
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Yamaguchi, M., and S. Maeda, 2020: Slowdown of typhoon translation speeds in mid-latitudes in September influenced by the Pacific Decadal Oscillation and global warming. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 98, 1321-1334.
https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2020-068
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Huang, Q., X. Ge, and M. Peng, 2020: Impacts of an upper-level easterly wave on the sudden track change of Typhoon Megi (2010). J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 98, 1335-1352.
https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2020-069
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Zou, S., J. Abuduwaili, J. Ding, W. Duan, P. De Maeyer, and T. Van de Voorde, 2020: Description and attribution analysis of the 2017 spring anomalous high temperature causing floods in Kazakhstan. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 98, 1353-1368.
https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2020-070
Special Edition on Extreme Rainfall Events in 2017 and 2018
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Tseng, W.-L., C.-C. Hong, M.-Y. Lee, H.-H. Hsu and C.-C. Chang, 2020: Compound effect of local and remote sea surface temperature on the unusual 2018 western North Pacific summer monsoon. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 98, 1369-1385.
https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2020-071
Special Edition on Extreme Rainfall Events in 2017 and 2018
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