Observational study on the thermodynamics of Okhotsk high

2008 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 18340144
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Meteorology/Physical oceanography/Hydrology
• Research Institution: Mie University (2008); Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (2006-2007)
• Principal Investigator: TACHIBANA Yoshihiro Mie University, 大学院・生物資源学研究科, 教授 (10276785)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): NAKAMURA Hisashi 東京大学, 理学研究科, 准教授 (10251406) ; INOUE Jun 独立行政法人海洋研究開発機構, 地球環境観測研究センター, 研究員 (00421884)
• Project Period (FY): 2006 – 2008
• Keywords: オホーツク海高気圧 / 冷夏 / 下層雲 / 霧 / ラジオゾンデ / ロシア船

Research Abstract

オホーツク海高気圧とそれに伴う下層雲の変動を理解するために、ロシア船と日本船の二艘の観測船にてロシアが領有権を主張しているオホーツク海の内部に入り、そこでラジオゾンデ観測を行った。また、観測データの解析と、既存の客観解析データを解析してオホーツク海高気圧の力学、熱力学、大気海洋双方向作用の研究を行った。

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Influences of large-scale atmospheric circulation and local sea surface temperature on convective activity over the Sea of Japan in December (2008)
  • Author(s): Takano, Y., Y. Tachibana, and K. Iwamoto
  • Journal Title: SOLA 4 Pages: 113-116
• [Journal Article] Observational study on atmospheric and oceanic boundary-layer structures accompanying the Okhotsk anticyclone under fog and non-fog conditions (2008)
  • Author(s): Tachibana, Y., K. Iwamoto, H. Ogawa, M.Shiohara, K. Takeuchi and M. Wakatsuchi
  • Journal Title: Journal of Meteorological Society of Japan 86 Pages: 753-771
• [Journal Article] Seasonal and interannual variations of Amur River discharge and their relationships to large-scale atmospheric patterns and moisture fluxes (2008)
  • Author(s): Tachibana, Y., K. Oshima and M. Ogi
  • Journal Title: Journal of Geophysical Research 113 Pages: D16102
• [Journal Article] Effect of heat transmission through melt ponds and ice on melting during summer in the Arctic Ocean (2008)
  • Author(s): Inoue, J., T. Kikuchi and D.K. Perovich
  • Journal Title: J. Geophys. Res. 113 Pages: C05020
• [Journal Article] Application of Aerosondes to melt-pond observation over Arctic sea ice (2008)
  • Author(s): Inoue, J., J. A. Curry and J.A. Maslanik
  • Journal Title: J. Atmos. Ocean. Tech. 25 Pages: 327-334
• [Journal Article] A comparative study on the dynamics of the Pacific-Japan(PJ)teleconnection pattern based on reanalysis datasets (2008)
  • Author(s): Kosaka Y and H. Nakamura
  • Journal Title: SOLA 4 Pages: 9-12
• [Journal Article] Interannual variation in snow-accumulation events in Tokyo and its relationship to the Eurasian pattern (2007)
  • Author(s): Tachibana, Y., T. Nakamura and N. Tazou
  • Journal Title: SOLA 3 Pages: 129-132
• [Journal Article] The importance of cold and dry surges in substantiating the NAM and ENSO relationship (2007)
  • Author(s): Nakamura, T., Y. Tachibana and H. Shimoda
  • Journal Title: Geophysical Research Letters 34 Pages: L22703
• [Journal Article] Characteristics of particle size distributions in the tropical tropopause based on optical particle counter and lidar measurements (2007)
  • Author(s): Iwasaki S., K. Maruyama, M. Hayashi, S. Y. Ogino, H. Ishimoto, Y. Tachibana, A. Shimizu, I. Matsui, N. Sugimoto, K. Yamashita, K. Saga, K. Iwamoto, Y. Kamiakito, A. Chabangborn, B. Thana, M. Hashizume, T. Koike, T. Oki
  • Journal Title: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Discussions 7 Pages: 1595-1622
• [Journal Article] Northern Hemisphere Sea Ice Variability : Lag and Propagation (2007)
  • Author(s): Ukita J., M. Honda, H. Nakamura, Y.Tachibana, D. J. Cavalieri, C. L. Parkinson, H. Koide, K. Yamamoto
  • Journal Title: Tellus 59 Pages: 261-272
• [Journal Article] Outflow of summertime Arctic sea ice observed by ice drifting buoys and its linkage with ice reduction and atmospheric circulation patterns (2007)
  • Author(s): Inoue, J., and T. Kikuchi
  • Journal Title: J. Meteor. Soc. Japan 85 Pages: 881-887
• [Journal Article] Argo-type profiling float observations under the Arctic multiyear ice (2007)
  • Author(s): Kikuchi, T., J. Inoue, and D. Langevin
  • Journal Title: Deep-Sea Res. I, 54 Pages: 1675-1686
• [Journal Article] Evaluation of snow/ice albedo parameterizations and their impacts on sea ice simulations (2007)
  • Author(s): Liu, J., Z. Zhang, J. Inoue, and R.M. Horton
  • Journal Title: Int. J. Climatol. 27 Pages: 81-91
• [Journal Article] Inter-basin link between the North Pacific and North Atlantic in the upper-tropospheric circulation : Its dominance and seasonal dependence (2007)
  • Author(s): Honda M, S. Yamane, H. Nakamura
  • Journal Title: Journal of Meteorological Society of Japan 85 Pages: 895-908
• [Journal Article] "Virtual" atmospheric and oceanic circulations in the Earth Simulator, (2007)
  • Author(s): Ohfuchi, W, H. Sasaki, Y. Masumoto, H. Nakamura
  • Journal Title: Bull. American Meteorological Society 88 Pages: 861-866
• [Journal Article] Impacts of ENSO and IOD events on the Southern Hemisphere storm track activity during austral winter (2007)
  • Author(s): Ashok, K, H. Nakamura, T. Yamagata
  • Journal Title: Journal of Climate 20 Pages: 3147-3163
• [Journal Article] Intra-seasonal relationship between the Northern Hemisphere sea ice variability and the North Atlantic Oscillation (2006)
  • Author(s): Yamamoto, K., Y. Tachibana, M. Honda, and J. Ukita
  • Journal Title: variability and the North Atlantic Oscillation Geophysical Research Letters 33 Pages: L14711
• [Journal Article] Influence of the annual Arctic Oscillation on the negative correlation between Okhotsk sea ice and Amur River discharge (2006)
  • Author(s): Ogi, M. and Y. Tachibana
  • Journal Title: Geophysical Research Letters 33 Pages: L08709
• [Journal Article] Influence of the Northern Hemisphere annular mode on ENSO by modulating westerly wind bursts (2006)
  • Author(s): Nakamura, T, Y. Tachibana, M. Honda, S. Yamane
  • Journal Title: Geophysical Research Letters 33 Pages: L07709
• [Journal Article] Climatological description of seasonal variations in lower-tropospheric inversion layers over the Indochina Peninsula (2006)
  • Author(s): Nodzu, M. I., Shin-Ya, Ogino, Y. Tachibana, M.D. Yamanaka
  • Journal Title: Journal of Climate 19 Pages: 3307-3319
• [Journal Article] Effect of summertime wind conditions on lateral and bottom melting in the central Arctic (2006)
  • Author(s): Inoue, J., and T. Kikuchi
  • Journal Title: Ann. Glaciol. 44 Pages: 37-41
• [Journal Article] Intercomparison of Arctic regional climate models : Modeling clouds and radiation for SHEBA in May 1998 (2006)
  • Author(s): Inoue, J., J. Liu, J. O. Pinto, J. A. Curry
  • Journal Title: J. Climate 19 Pages: 4167-4178
• [Journal Article] North Pacific decadal variability in SST and frontal structure simulated in a high-resolution OGCM (2006)
  • Author(s): Nonaka M, H. Nakamura, Y. Tanimoto, T. Kagimoto, H. Sasaki
  • Journal Title: Journal of Climate 19 Pages: 1970-1989
• [Journal Article] Structure and dynamics of the summertime Pacific-Japan (PJ) teleconnection pattern (2006)
  • Author(s): Kosaka Y and H. Nakamura
  • Journal Title: Quarterly Journal of Royal Meteorological Society 132 Pages: 2009-2030
• [Book] オホーツク海の気象-大気と海洋の双方向作用- (2008)
  • Author(s): 立花義裕・本田明治(編)
  • Total Pages: 214, 184
  • Publisher: 気象研究ノート
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