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Investigation of regional variability of shallow clouds by using next-generation weather modeling

Research Project

Project/Area Number 15K17766
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Research Field Meteorology/Physical oceanography/Hydrology
Research InstitutionNagoya University (2017)
Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (2015-2016)

Principal Investigator

Yousuke Sato  名古屋大学, 工学研究科, 助教 (10633505)

Project Period (FY) 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2017)
Budget Amount *help
¥2,080,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥480,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Keywords雲物理 / 低層雲 / 雲微物理
Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this study, we investigated the difference of the microphysical properties of shallow clouds over east Pacific and those over west Pacific. Through preliminarily analyses, it was clarified that the grid resolution, which has been used for the simulation of shallow clouds, are insufficient to reproduce the shallow clouds. We firstly conducted the sensitivity experiment of grid resolution to simulated shallow clouds. The results of the sensitivity experiment indicated that the horizontal/vertical grid resolution of 12.5/10 m is required for simulating shallow clouds accurately. We next conducted the numerical simulation targeting on the shallow clouds over the west Pacific, and compared with the results of the simulation targeting on the shallow clouds over the east Pacific. The results indicated that the difference of cloud microphysical properties over the east Pacific and those over the west Pacific was originated from the difference in the longwave radiation below cloud.

Report

(4 results)
  • 2017 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2016 Research-status Report
  • 2015 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (8 results)

All 2018 2017 2016 2015

All Journal Article (1 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 1 results,  Open Access: 1 results) Presentation (7 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 4 results,  Invited: 1 results)

  • [Journal Article] A grid refinement study of trade wind cumuli simulated by a Lagrangian cloud microphysical model: the super-droplet method2017

    • Author(s)
      Sato Yousuke、Shima Shin-ichiro、Tomita Hirofumi
    • Journal Title

      Atmospheric Science Letters

      Volume: 18 Issue: 9 Pages: 359-365

    • DOI

      10.1002/asl.764

    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Presentation] A grid refinement study on shallow cumuli using a large eddy simulation model2018

    • Author(s)
      Yousuke Sato
    • Organizer
      NITech Lectures on Turbulence and Cloud Program
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] 洋上の浅い積雲に対する LES の解像度依存性2018

    • Author(s)
      佐藤陽祐、島伸一郎、富田浩文
    • Organizer
      日本気象学会2018年春季大会
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Impacts of spatial grid resolution on the cloud cover of marine shallow cumulus2016

    • Author(s)
      Y. Sato, S. Shima, and H. Tomita
    • Organizer
      The 4th International Workshop on Nonhydrostatic Numerical Models
    • Place of Presentation
      Prince Hakone Lake Ashinoko (Kanagawa・Hakone)
    • Year and Date
      2016-11-30
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Impacts of grid resolution on the maritime cumulus simulated by the stochastic lagrangian cloud microphysical scheme2016

    • Author(s)
      Y.Sato and S. Shima
    • Organizer
      17th International Conference on Clouds and Precipitations
    • Place of Presentation
      Manchester (United Kingdom)
    • Year and Date
      2016-07-25
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] ビン法雲モデルとDownscaling を用いた雲・エアロゾル相互作用に関する数値実験 ~その1:航空機観測と衛星観測を用いたモデルの妥当性評価~2016

    • Author(s)
      佐藤陽祐、石坂隆、西澤誠也、八代久、足立幸穂、吉田龍二、山浦剛、富田浩文
    • Organizer
      日本気象学会2016年春季大会
    • Place of Presentation
      国立オリンピック記念青少年総合センター(東京都・渋谷区)
    • Year and Date
      2016-05-18
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Impacts of the autoconversion scheme on the clouds as simulated by a global cloud system-resolving model: regional variability of the impacts2015

    • Author(s)
      Yousuke Sato, Kentaroh Suzuki, Takuro Michibata, Hisashi Yashiro, Daisuke Goto, Takashi M. Nagao, Hirofumi Tomita, and Teruyuki Nakajima
    • Organizer
      American Geophysical Union Fall meeting 2015
    • Place of Presentation
      San Francisco(USA)
    • Year and Date
      2015-12-14
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Autoconversionが暖かい降水に与える影響の領域間比較2015

    • Author(s)
      佐藤陽祐、八代尚、五藤大輔、鈴木健太郎、永尾隆
    • Organizer
      日本気象学会2015年秋季大会
    • Place of Presentation
      京都テルサ(京都府・京都市)
    • Year and Date
      2015-10-28
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report

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Published: 2015-04-16   Modified: 2019-03-29  

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