2019 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Effects of aerosols on intensity and structure of tropical cyclones
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19K21053
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| Project/Area Number (Other) |
18H05872 (2018)
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund (2019)
Single-year Grants (2018) |
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| Review Section |
0204:Astronomy, earth and planetary science, and related fields
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| Research Institution | Keio University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2018-08-24 – 2020-03-31
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| Keywords | 台風 / 熱帯低気圧 / エアロゾル |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
Tropical Cyclones (TCs) are driven by latent heat released by forming clouds in the core region. TC intensity and structure depend on spatial distribution of latent heating. To form cloud droplets, cloud condensation nucleai (CCN) are essentially needed and structure of cloud depends on the number of CCN. Although some recent studies have investigated the impacts of aerosols on TCs, they examined case studies and mainly focused on impacts on clouds in TC. Hence, it is necessary to deepen the basic understanding of the impacts of aerosol on TCs. This study aims to examine the sensitivity of TC intensity and structure to the number density of aerosol. For this purpose, we conducted a set of numerical simulations using a meteorological model with a bin-microphysics model by changing the number density of aerosol.
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| Free Research Field |
気象学
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| Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements |
これまでエアロゾルの影響は、層積雲や積雲などで主に研究されてきた。近年では台風への影響も調べ始められているものの、事例研究が多く理解は進んでいない。本研究では、理想的な台風の計算条件にエアロゾルの効果だけを追加して計算を行ったため、純粋なエアロゾルの影響を議論できたと考えられる。近年の産業発展により人為起源のエアロゾルが増加しており、さらに温暖化によって中緯度まで強い台風が到達している。つまりエアロゾルの影響は、今後さらに重要になると考えられる。本研究でエアロゾルの台風への影響の理解が得られたため、今後、予測精度向上に向けて継続して研究することで、社会的意義のある成果へ繋がると期待される。
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