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Oizumi, T., K. Saito, J. Ito, T. Kuroda, and L. Duc, 2018: Ultra-high-resolution numerical weather prediction with a large domain using the K Computer: A case study of the Izu Oshima heavy rainfall event on October 15-16, 2013. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 96, 25-54.
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Kato, T., 2018: Representative height of the low-level water vapor field for examining the initiation of moist convection leading to heavy rainfall in East Asia. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 96, 69-83.
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Yang, C.-C., C.-C. Wu, and K. K. W. Cheung, 2018: Diagnosis of large prediction errors on recurvature of Typhoon Fengshen (2008) in the NCEP-GFS Model. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 96, 85-96.
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Chen, G., and K. Wang, 2018: Why is the tropical cyclone activity over the western North Pacific so distinct in 2016 and 1998 following super El Niño events? J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 96, 97-110.
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Kawase, H., T. Sasai, T. Yamazaki, R. Ito, K. Dairaku, S. Sugimoto, H. Sasaki, A. Murata, and M. Nosaka, 2018: Characteristics of synoptic conditions for heavy snowfall in western to
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Okamoto, K., T. Ishibashi, S. Ishii, P. Baron, K. Gamo, T. Y. Tanaka, K. Yamashita, and T. Kubota, 2018: Feasibility study for future space-borne coherent Doppler wind lidar, Part 3: Impact assessment using sensitivity observing system simulation experiments. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 96, 179-199. https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2018-024Graphical Abstract
Kuji, M., A. Murasaki, M. Hori, and M. Shiobara, 2018: Cloud fractions estimated from shipboard whole-sky camera and ceilometer observations between East Asia and Antarctica. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 96, 201-214.
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Uchiyama, A., B. Chen, A. Yamazaki, G. Shi, R. Kudo, C. Nishita-Hara, M. Hayashi, A. Habib, and T. Matsunaga, 2018: Aerosol optical characteristics in Fukuoka and Beijing Measured by integrating nephelometer and aethalometer: Comparison of source and downstream regions. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 96, 215-240.
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Notes and Correspondence
Ishioka, K., 2018: A new recurrence formula for efficient computation of spherical harmonic transform. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 96, 241-249. https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2018-019
Kawai, K., K. Kai, Y. Jin, N. Sugimoto, and D. Batdorj, 2018: Lidar network observation of dust layer development over the Gobi Desert in association with a cold frontal system on 22–23 May 2013. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 96, 255-268.
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Takahashi, H. G., and J. M. B. Dado, 2018: Relationship between sea surface temperature and rainfall in the Philippines during the Asian summer monsoon. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 96, 283-290.
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Zhuge, X., and X. Zou, 2018: Summertime convective initiation nowcasting over Southeastern China based on Advanced Himawari Imager observations. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 96, 337-353. https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2018-041Graphical Abstract
Ueda, H., K. Miwa, and Y. Kamae, 2018: Seasonal modulation of tropical cyclone occurrence associated with coherent Indo-Pacific variability during decaying phase of El Niño. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 96, 381-390.
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Wang, H., L. Qiu, X. Xie, Z. Wang, and X. Liu, 2018: Climate variability in monsoon and arid regions attributable to dynamic vegetation in a global climate model. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 96, 391-403. https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2018-047Graphical Abstract
Notes and Correspondence
Misumi, R., Y. Uji, Y. Tobo, K. Miura, J. Uetake, Y. Iwamoto, T. Maesaka, and K. Iwanami, 2018: Characteristics of droplet size distributions in low-level stratiform clouds observed from Tokyo Skytree. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 96, 405-413. https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2018-040Graphical Abstract
Takahashi, H. G., 2018: A systematic tropospheric dry bias in the tropics in CMIP5 models: Relationship between water vapor and rainfall characteristics. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 96, 415-423. https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2018-046Graphical Abstract
Chen, Y., J. Wang, Y. Gao, X. Chen, H. Wang, and X.-Y. Huang, 2018: Refinement of the use of inhomogeneous background error covariance estimated from historical forecast error samples and its impact on short-term regional numerical weather prediction. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 96, 429-446. https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2018-048Graphical Abstract
Wang, C.-C., G. T.-J. Chen, C.-H. Ngai, and K. Tsuboki, 2018: Case study of a morning convective rainfall event over southwestern Taiwan in the mei-yu season under weak synoptic conditions. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 96, 461-484. https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2018-051Graphical Abstract
Ito, R., T. Aoyagi, N. Hori, M. Oh’izumi, H. Kawase, K. Dairaku, N. Seino, and H. Sasaki, 2018: Improvement of snow depth reproduction in Japanese urban areas by the inclusion of a snowpack scheme in the SPUC model. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 96, 511-534. https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2018-053Graphical Abstract
Ito, T., S. Nishimoto, and H. Kanehisa, 2018: Growing vortex Rossby waves with azimuthal wavenumber one in quasigeostrophic system. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 96, 549-564. https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2018-055Graphical Abstract
Fukui, S., T. Iwasaki, K. Saito, H. Seko, and M. Kunii, 2018: A feasibility study on the high-resolution regional reanalysis over Japan assimilating only conventional observations as an alternative to the dynamical downscaling. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 96, 565-585. https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2018-056Graphical Abstract
Yamashita, Y., H. Naoe, M. Inoue, and M. Takahashi, 2018: Response of the Southern Hemisphere atmosphere to the stratospheric equatorial quasi-biennial oscillation (QBO) from winter to early summer. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 96, 587-600. https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2018-057Graphical Abstract