Development of weather disaster prevention system with Phased Array Weather Radar and Lightning Location System

• Project/Area Number: 26350487
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Natural disaster / Disaster prevention science
• Research Institution: Osaka University
• Principal Investigator: Ushio Tomoo 大阪大学, 工学研究科, 准教授 (50332961)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 金 寛 大阪大学, 工学研究科, 助教 (90243170)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2016)
• Budget Amount: ¥4,680,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,080,000); Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000); Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
• Keywords: レーダ / 降水 / 積乱雲 / 防災 / レーダー

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Recently, it has been required to mitigate hazardous meteorological phenomena such as tornado, heavy rainfall event, lightning. In this research, Phased Array Weather Radar Network, Broad Band Ku-band Radar Network, and lightning location system are put together in Osaka Bay Area to monitor severe thunderstorm. Especially data processing algorithm and data distribution system are developed and evaluated.

Research Products

• [Int'l Joint Research] Colorado State University(米国)
• [Journal Article] Probabilistic Attenuation Correction in a Networked Radar Environment (2016)
  • Author(s): himamura, S., V. Chandrasekar, T. Ushio, G. Kim, E. Yoshikawa, and H. Chen
  • Journal Title: IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens. Volume: 54 Issue: 12 Pages: 6930-6938
  • DOI: 10.1109/tgrs.2016.2592532
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] Preliminary breakdown of intracloud lightning: Initiation altitude, propagation speed, pulse train characteristics, and step length estimation, (2015)
  • Author(s): T. Wu, S. Yoshida, Y. Akiyama, M. Stock, T. Ushio, Z. Kawasaki,
  • Journal Title: Journal of Geophysical Research, Volume: 120 Issue: 18 Pages: 9071-9086
  • DOI: 10.1002/2015jd023546
• [Journal Article] A Bayesian Approach for Integrated Raindrop Size Distribution (DSD) Retrieval on an X-Band Dual-Polarization Radar Network, (2015)
  • Author(s): E. Yoshikawa, V. Chandrasekar, T. Ushio, T. Matsuda,
  • Journal Title: Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology Volume: 33 Issue: 2 Pages: 377-389
  • DOI: 10.1175/jtech-d-15-0060.1
• [Journal Article] 気象用フェーズドアレイレーダの精度検証 (2014)
  • Author(s): 平野裕基, 円尾晃一, 嶋村重治, 吉田智, 牛尾知雄, 水谷文彦, 佐藤晋介,
  • Journal Title: IEEJ Volume: 134 Pages: 204-210
  • NAID: 130003391560
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] 気象用フェーズドアレイレーダにおける最小二乗平均誤差法を用いたクラッタエコー低減の観測的検討 (2014)
  • Author(s): 円尾晃一, 嶋村重治, 吉川栄一，吉田智, 牛尾知雄, 水谷文彦, 佐藤晋介,
  • Journal Title: IEEJ Volume: 134 Pages: 197-203
  • NAID: 130003391559
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Raindrop Size Distribution (DSD) Retrieval for X-Band Dual-Polarization Radar (2014)
  • Author(s): Yoshikawa, E., V. Chandrasekar, T. Ushio
  • Journal Title: J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol Volume: Vol.31 Pages: 387-403
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Large bipolar lightning discharge events in winter thunderstorms in Japan, (2014)
  • Author(s): Ting Wu, Satoru Yoshida, Tomoo Ushio, Zen Kawasaki, Yuji Takayanagi,Daohong Wang,
  • Journal Title: Journal of Geophysical Research Volume: Vol119 Pages: 555-566
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] Probabilitic Attenuation Correction in Dual-Pol Radar Network (2016)
  • Author(s): Shimamura, S., T. Ushio, G. Kim, E. Yoshikawa, and V. Chandrasekar
  • Organizer: IGARSS 2016
  • Place of Presentation: CNCC Grand, Beijing
  • Year and Date: 2016-07-10
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Phased Array Radar and Lightning Network Experiment, (2016)
  • Author(s): 牛尾 知雄,菊池 博史,嶋村 重治,Wu Ting,吉田 智
  • Organizer: 日本地球惑星科学連合
  • Place of Presentation: 幕張メッセ国際会議場,千葉
  • Year and Date: 2016-05-23
• [Presentation] Upgrade to the Broadband Observation network for Lightning and Thunderstorms, (2015)
  • Author(s): Akiyama, Y., T. Wu, M. Stock, Y. Nakamura, H. Kikuchi, S. Yoshida, T. Ushio, Z. Kawasaki,
  • Organizer: 2015 AGU Fall Meeting,
  • Place of Presentation: San Francisco US,
  • Year and Date: 2015-12-12
• [Presentation] Near-field Interferometric Imaging of Lightning (2015)
  • Author(s): M. Stock, T. Wu, Y. Akiyama, Z. Kawasaki, T. Ushio,
  • Organizer: 2015 AGU Fall Meeting
  • Place of Presentation: San Francisco US
  • Year and Date: 2015-12-12
• [Presentation] Large-volume Data Compression Using Compressed Sensing for Meteorological Radar, (2015)
  • Author(s): Shimamura, S., H.Kikuchi, T.Matsuda, G.kim, T.Ushio, E.Yoshikawa, Y.Nakamura,
  • Organizer: 37th Conference on Radar Meteorology,
  • Place of Presentation: Oklahoma US,
  • Year and Date: 2015-09-14
• [Presentation] MMSE approach for estimating radar Doppler spectrum, (2015)
  • Author(s): T. Adachi, K. Kusunoki, S. Yoshida, K. I. Arai, S. Hayashi, and T. Ushio,
  • Organizer: 37th Conference on Radar Meteorology,
  • Place of Presentation: Oklahoma US,
  • Year and Date: 2015-09-14
• [Presentation] Development of an Upgraded BOLT System to Improve Location Accuracy, (2015)
  • Author(s): Akiyama, Y., H. Kikuchi, T. Wu, M. Stock, Y. Nakamura, S. Yoshida, T. Ushio,
  • Organizer: 2015 URSI-Japan Radio Science Meeting, Tokyo Institute of Technology,
  • Place of Presentation: 東京工業大学(東京都 目黒区)
  • Year and Date: 2015-09-03
• [Presentation] PROBABILISTIC APPROACH FOR PRECIPITATION ATTENUATION CORRECTION IN MULTIPLE RADAR NETWORK, (2015)
  • Author(s): Shimamura, S., V. Chandrasekar, T. Ushio, E. Yoshikawa,
  • Organizer: IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society,
  • Place of Presentation: Milan Italy,
  • Year and Date: 2015-07-26
• [Presentation] Probabilistic approach for attenuation correction in multiple dual-polarimetric radar network, (2015)
  • Author(s): Shimamura, S., V. Chandrasekar, T. Ushio, E. Yoshikawa,
  • Organizer: The 2015 IEEE AP -S Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and URSI CNC/USNC Joint Meeting,
  • Place of Presentation: Vancouver Canada
  • Year and Date: 2015-07-19
• [Presentation] Comparison of preliminary breakdown pulses of cloud-to-ground and intracloud lightning flashes using BOLT and phased array radar, (2015)
  • Author(s): Akiyama, Y., W. Ting, K. Gwan, H. Kikuchi, T. Ushio, S. Yoshida,
  • Organizer: 電磁環境・マグネティックス合同研究会,
  • Place of Presentation: Bangkok Thailand,
  • Year and Date: 2015-06-25
• [Presentation] Development of LF Lightning Location Network (BOLT) in Kinki Region of japan, (2015)
  • Author(s): T. Wu, S. Yoshida, T. Ushio,
  • Organizer: Asia-Pacific International Conference on Lightning,
  • Place of Presentation: WINC AICHI (愛知県 名古屋市)
  • Year and Date: 2015-06-23
• [Presentation] 雲内放電及び対地放電に先行するPreliminary breakdownの比較, (2015)
  • Author(s): 秋山 泰洋1、Ting Wu1、金 寛1、菊池 博史1、牛尾 知雄1、吉田 智2 （1.大阪大学、2.気象研）
  • Organizer: JPGU
  • Place of Presentation: 幕張メッセ(千葉県 千葉市)
  • Year and Date: 2015-05-22
• [Presentation] フェーズドアレイレーダネットワークにおける降雨減衰を考慮した合成手法の検討 (2015)
  • Author(s): 藤田 秀平1、嶋村 重治1、妻鹿 友昭1、菊池 博史1、呉 亭1、金 寛1、牛尾 知雄1、吉川 栄一2 （1.大阪大学、2.宇宙航空研究開発機構）,
  • Organizer: JPGU
  • Place of Presentation: 幕張メッセ(千葉県 千葉市)
  • Year and Date: 2015-05-22
• [Presentation] PROBABILISTIC ATTENUATION CORRECTION IN MULTIPLE RADAR NETWORK, (2015)
  • Author(s): Shimamura, S., V. Chandrasekar, T. Ushio, E. Yoshikawa,
  • Organizer: 1st URSI Atlantic Radio Science Conference,
  • Place of Presentation: Gran,Canaria,Spain
  • Year and Date: 2015-05-18
• [Presentation] GLOBAL LIGHTNING AND SPRITE MEASUREMENTS FROM INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION(invited), (2014)
  • Author(s): T. Ushio, M. Sato, T. Morimoto, M. Suzuki, H. Kikuchi, Y. Hobara, T. Adachi, A. Yamazaki,
  • Organizer: 31st URSI General Assembly and Scientific Symposium
  • Place of Presentation: Beijing, China,
  • Year and Date: 2014-08-16 – 2014-08-21
• [Presentation] DEVELOPMENT AND OBSERVATION OF THE PHASED ARRAY RADAR AT X BAND(invited) (2014)
  • Author(s): T. Ushio, S. Shimamura, H. Kikuchi, T. Wu, T. Mega, F. Mizutani, M. Wada, S. Satoh, T. Iguchi, E. Yoshikawa
  • Organizer: 31st URSI General Assembly and Scientific Symposium
  • Place of Presentation: Beijing, China,
  • Year and Date: 2014-08-16 – 2014-08-21
• [Presentation] The Use of Phased Array Radar in GPM, (2014)
  • Author(s): Ushio, T., S. Shimamura, H. Kikuchi, T. Wu, S. Mega, Y. Hirano, T. Iguchi, T. Kubota
  • Organizer: AOGS2014
  • Place of Presentation: 札幌ホテル(北海道札幌市)
  • Year and Date: 2014-07-28 – 2014-08-01
• [Presentation] Development and Observation of the Phased Array Radar at X band (2014)
  • Author(s): Ushio, T., S. Shimamura, H. Kikuchi, T. Wu, F. Mizutani, M. Wada, S. Satoh, T. Iguchi,
  • Organizer: AOGS2014
  • Place of Presentation: 札幌ホテル(北海道札幌市)
  • Year and Date: 2014-07-28 – 2014-08-01
• [Presentation] Ground Validation of TRMM/PR with Phased Array Weather Radar in Osaka Area, Japan (2014)
  • Author(s): Yoshikawa, E., T. Ushio, V. Chandrasekar
  • Organizer: IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)
  • Place of Presentation: Quebec City, Canada
  • Year and Date: 2014-07-13 – 2014-07-19
• [Presentation] GPM/DPR と PAR を用いた高分解能降水観測 (2014)
  • Author(s): 妻鹿友昭、嶋村重治、菊池博史、呉亭、牛尾知雄（大阪大）
  • Organizer: 日本大気電気学会第91回研究発表会
  • Place of Presentation: テクノプラザ太田(群馬県太田市)
  • Year and Date: 2014-07-11 – 2014-07-12
• [Presentation] Development and Observation of the Phase Array Radar at X band (2014)
  • Author(s): Tomoo Ushio, Shigeharu Shimamura, Ting Wu, Hiroshi Kikuchi, Eiichi Yoshikawa, Satoru Yoshida, Zen Kawasaki, Fumihiko Mizutani, Masakazu Wada, Shinsuke Satoh, Toshio Iguchi
  • Organizer: INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY
  • Place of Presentation: Norman,USA
  • Year and Date: 2014-06-16 – 2014-06-20
• [Presentation] VHF Radio Observations of Lightning Discharges on JEM-GLIMS (2014)
  • Author(s): Kikuchi, H., T. Morimoto, T. Ushio, M. Sato, A. Yamazaki and M. Suzuki,
  • Organizer: 2014 International Symposium on Electromagnetic Compatibility
  • Place of Presentation: 一橋大学ホール(東京都千代田区)
  • Year and Date: 2014-05-13 – 2014-05-16
• [Presentation] Xバンドフェーズドアレイレーダの開発と観測 (2014)
  • Author(s): 牛尾 知雄、嶋村 重治、菊池 博史、Wu Ting、妻鹿 友昭、水谷 文彦、和田 将一、佐藤 晋介、井口 俊夫
  • Organizer: JPGU
  • Place of Presentation: パシフィコ横浜(神奈川県横浜市)
  • Year and Date: 2014-04-28 – 2014-05-02
• [Presentation] 広帯域雷放電観測装置の開発とその応用 (2014)
  • Author(s): 吉田 智、Wu Ting、牛尾 知雄、楠 研一
  • Organizer: JPGU
  • Place of Presentation: パシフィコ横浜(神奈川県横浜市)
  • Year and Date: 2014-04-28 – 2014-05-02
• [Presentation] フェーズドアレイレーダによる観測と今後の展開について (2014)
  • Author(s): 牛尾 知雄、Wu Ting、菊池 博史、嶋村 重治、妻鹿 友昭、水谷 文彦、和田 将一、井口 俊夫、佐藤 晋介、高橋 暢宏
  • Organizer: JPGU
  • Place of Presentation: パシフィコ横浜(神奈川県横浜市)
  • Year and Date: 2014-04-28 – 2014-05-02