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Development of an advanced retrieval method of temperature profiles with Radio Acoustic Sounding System (RASS)

Research Project

Project/Area Number 18K03741
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Review Section Basic Section 17020:Atmospheric and hydrospheric sciences-related
Research InstitutionKyoto University

Principal Investigator

Tsuda Toshitaka  京都大学, 生存圏研究所, 研究員 (30115886)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) 矢吹 正教  京都大学, 生存圏研究所, 特定研究員 (80390590)
橋口 浩之  京都大学, 生存圏研究所, 教授 (90293943)
Project Period (FY) 2018-04-01 – 2024-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2023)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,420,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,020,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000)
KeywordsRASS / 赤道大気レーダー(EAR) / 熱帯対流圏 / 大気乱流 / 気温プロファイル / 水蒸気プロファイル / GNSS電波掩蔽 / 機械学習 / ラジオゾンデ / 熱帯大気 / 対流圏・下部成層圏 / GNSS気象学 / ウィンドプロファイラー / 対流界面 / GPS電波掩蔽 / 上部対流圏・下部成層圏(UTLS) / 対流圏界面 / 赤道大気レーダー(EAR) / 赤道大気レーダー(EAR)
Outline of Final Research Achievements

We observed temperature profiles at 2-10 km altitudes every 10-20 min. in the tropical troposphere with the Radio Acoustic Sounding System (RASS), which is constructed by attaching a sound wave transmitter to the Equatorial Atmospheric Radar (EAR) located in west Sumatra, Indonesia. We have developed an advanced algorithm with the machine learning method for retrieving a water vapor profile from the EAR-RASS data. Using the simultaneous hourly launches of radiosondes, we studied characteristics of the turbulence scattering of radio waves with particular focus on the atmospheric stability and the radio wave refractive index gradient. We also clarified the global distribution of atmospheric disturbances in the equatorial region from the GNSS radio occultation data obtained by small low-Earth-orbit satellites.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

大気力学過程を理解するうえで風速、気温および水蒸気量の時空間変動の精密測定が重要である。従来の研究でEAR-RASSにより風速と気温を同時測定できているが、さらに水蒸気量の導出が課題であった。機械学習手法を新たに導入することで水蒸気プロファイルの推定精度が向上した。また、1時間毎に20-30回にわたり放球した稀有なラジオゾンデデータを活用して、乱流散乱エコーと大気安定度等との関連を優れた時間分解能で明らかにできた。
EARを運用するインドネシアの研究機関と共同研究を進める過程で若手研究者のcapacity building に貢献した。

Report

(7 results)
  • 2023 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2022 Research-status Report
  • 2021 Research-status Report
  • 2020 Research-status Report
  • 2019 Research-status Report
  • 2018 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (29 results)

All 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 Other

All Int'l Joint Research (6 results) Journal Article (5 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 4 results,  Peer Reviewed: 5 results,  Open Access: 5 results) Presentation (18 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 9 results,  Invited: 3 results)

  • [Int'l Joint Research] National Research and Innovaiton Agency(インドネシア)

    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] National Research and Innovaiton Agency(インドネシア)

    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] インドネシア航空宇宙庁(インドネシア)

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] インドネシア航空宇宙庁(インドネシア)

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] インドネシア航空宇宙庁(LAPAN)(インドネシア)

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] インドネシア航空宇宙庁(LAPAN)(インドネシア)

    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] Tropical Temperature Variability in the UTLS: New Insights from GPS Radio Occultation Observations2021

    • Author(s)
      Scherllin-Pirscher Barbara、Steiner Andrea K.、Anthes Richard A.、Alexander M. Joan、Alexander Simon P.、Biondi Riccardo、Birner Thomas、Kim Joowan、Randel William J.、Son Seok-Woo、Tsuda Toshitaka、Zeng Zhen
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Climate

      Volume: 34 Issue: 8 Pages: 2813-2838

    • DOI

      10.1175/jcli-d-20-0385.1

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Evaluation of EAR Spaced Antenna Performance Using Multiple Receiving Antennas Orientations2020

    • Author(s)
      N. A. M. Aris, H. Hashiguchi, and M. Yamamoto
    • Journal Title

      Radio Science

      Volume: 55 Issue: 6

    • DOI

      10.1029/2019rs007049

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Development of Software-Defined Multichannel Receiver for EAR2019

    • Author(s)
      N. A. M. Aris, H. Hashiguchi, and M. Yamamoto
    • Journal Title

      Radio Sci.

      Volume: 54 Issue: 7 Pages: 671-679

    • DOI

      10.1029/2019rs006817

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Application of Parametric Speakers to Radio Acoustic Sounding System2019

    • Author(s)
      A. Adachi and H. Hashiguchi
    • Journal Title

      Atmos. Meas. Tech.

      Volume: 12 Issue: 10 Pages: 5699-5715

    • DOI

      10.5194/amt-12-5699-2019

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Retrieval of temperature profiles using radio acoustic sounding system (RASS) with the equatorial atmosphere radar (EAR) in West Sumatra, Indonesia2018

    • Author(s)
      Juaeni Ina、Tabata Hiraku、Noersomadi、Halimurrahman、Hashiguchi Hiroyuki、Tsuda Toshitaka
    • Journal Title

      Earth, Planets and Space

      Volume: 70 Issue: 1 Pages: 1-20

    • DOI

      10.1186/s40623-018-0784-x

    • NAID

      120006517891

    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Analysis of frequency and moving vertical wavenumber spectra of winds and temperature in the upper troposphere-lower stratosphere (UTLS) using superior temporal-vertical-resolution radiosondes observed at the Equatorial Radar (EAR) observatory2023

    • Author(s)
      Anis Purwaningsih, Noersomadi, Toshitaka Tsuda, Tiin Sinatra, Halimurrahman, Nani Cholianawati, Asif Awaludin
    • Organizer
      第17回MUレーダー・赤道大気レーダーシンポジウム
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Comparison of the turbulence echo power by EAR with the refractive index gradient and the atmospheric stability analyzed using hourly radiosondes with 10m vertical resolution2023

    • Author(s)
      Tiin Sinatra, Noersomadi, Asif Awaludin, Halimurrahman, Nani Cholianawati, Anis Purwaningsih, Toshitaka Tsuda, Hiroyuki Hashiguchi, Hubert Luce
    • Organizer
      第17回MUレーダー・赤道大気レーダーシンポジウム
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Study on the best-fit Probability Density Function (PDF) Model of the Refractive Index Gradient Profile Using Long-Term Radiosonde Campaign Data in the Equatorial Region2023

    • Author(s)
      Halimurrahman, Toshitaka Tsuda, Asif Awaludin, Noersomadi, Nani Cholianawati, Tiin Sinatra, Anis Purwaningsih
    • Organizer
      第17回MUレーダー・赤道大気レーダーシンポジウム
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] A Relation Between Bending Angle Gradient of GNSS RO and Atmospheric Stability: (Part I) Model study2023

    • Author(s)
      Toshitaka Tsuda, Nani Cholianawati, Noersomadi
    • Organizer
      第17回MUレーダー・赤道大気レーダーシンポジウム
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] A Relation Between Bending Angle Gradient of GNSS RO and Atmospheric Stability: (Part II) Observational study2023

    • Author(s)
      Noersomadi, Toshitaka Tsuda, Nani Cholianawati
    • Organizer
      第17回MUレーダー・赤道大気レーダーシンポジウム
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] A Relation between bending angle gradient of GNSS RO and refractive index gradient2023

    • Author(s)
      津田 敏隆, Noersomadi Adi, Nani Cholianawati
    • Organizer
      地球電磁気・地球惑星圏学会(SGEPSS)、2023年秋季学会
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] A Review on Equatorial Atmosphere Radar (EAR) Observations2022

    • Author(s)
      Hiroyuki Hashiguchi
    • Organizer
      2nd INternational Conference on Radioscience, Equatorial Atmospheric Science and Environment (INCREASE)
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] パラメトリックスピーカーによるRASS観測の精度2019

    • Author(s)
      足立アホロ・橋口浩之
    • Organizer
      日本気象学会2019年度春期大会
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Status of Equatorial MU Radar project in 20192019

    • Author(s)
      山本衛・橋口浩之・横山竜宏・津田敏隆
    • Organizer
      日本地球惑星科学連合2019年大会
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 太陽地球系結合過程の研究基盤形成2019

    • Author(s)
      山本衛・橋口浩之・横山竜宏・宮岡宏・小川泰信・塩川和夫・野澤悟徳・吉川顕正・津田敏隆
    • Organizer
      日本地球惑星科学連合2019年大会
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] The MU radar, Equatorial Atmosphere Radar, and future project EMU2019

    • Author(s)
      Mamoru Yamamoto, Hiroyuki Hashiguchi, and Toshitaka Tsuda
    • Organizer
      URSI-Japan Radio Science Meeting
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Development of a low noise RASS speaker using a parametric array2019

    • Author(s)
      Koki Muguruma and Hiroyuki Hashiguchi
    • Organizer
      39th International Conference on Radar Meteorology
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 赤道MUレーダー計画の現状20182018

    • Author(s)
      山本 衛、橋口 浩之、津田 敏隆
    • Organizer
      JpGU-AGU Joint Meeting 2018
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 太陽地球系結合過程の研究基盤形成2018

    • Author(s)
      山本 衛、橋口 浩之、宮岡 宏、小川 泰信、塩川 和夫、野澤 悟徳、吉川 顕正、津田 敏隆
    • Organizer
      JpGU-AGU Joint Meeting 2018
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] RetrievalofTemperatureProfilesusingRadioAcousticSoundingSystem(RASS)withtheEquatorial Atmosphere Radar (EAR) in West Sumatra, Indonesia2018

    • Author(s)
      InaJuaeni・HirakuTabata・Noersomadi,Halimurrahman・HiroyukiHashiguchi・Tsuda Toshitaka
    • Organizer
      第12回MUレーダー・赤道大気レーダーシンポジウム
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Characteristics of the tropical tropopause inversion layer using high resolution temperature profiles by COSMIC GPS-RO2018

    • Author(s)
      Noersomadi ,津田 敏隆, 藤原 正智
    • Organizer
      第144回 地球電磁気・地球惑星圏学会講演会
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Variability of the troposphere and the tropopause parameters at the tropical region2018

    • Author(s)
      Ina Juaeni, Hiroyuki Hashiguchi, Ginaldi Ari Nugroho, Halimurrahman, Syafrijon, Ridho, and Toshitaka Tsuda
    • Organizer
      1st International Conference on Tropical Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] The Effect of the Acoustic Source Location on the Height Profiles of Virtual Temperature in the Tropical Troposphere2018

    • Author(s)
      Ina Juaeni, Hiraku Tabata, Noersomadi, Halimurrahman, Hiroyuki Hashiguchi, and Toshitaka Tsuda
    • Organizer
      The 3rd Asia Research Node Symposium on Humanosphere Science
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research

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