An initial study on the relationship between urbanization and heavy rainfall in the urban area by observation and numerical analysis

2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 22686053
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (A)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: Architectural environment/equipment
• Research Institution: Kyushu University (2011-2012); The University of Tokyo (2010)
• Principal Investigator: KAWAMOTO Yoichi 九州大学, 芸術工学研究院, 助教 (70569730)
• Project Period (FY): 2010 – 2012
• Keywords: 地球・都市環境 / 都市気候

Research Abstract

The relationship between urbanization process and heavy rainfall in the urban area was considered. Some cases of heavy rainfall in summer in Tokyo metropolitan area came up in the region where southerly sea breeze from Tokyo bay and easterly sea breeze from Kashimanada were converged. To investigate the effect of urbanization in Tokyo metropolitan area on property of the sea breeze from Tokyo bay, upper-air observation and numerical simulation were adopted

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Initial results from Phase 2 of the international urban energy balance model comparison (2011)
  • Author(s): C.S.B. Grimmond, M. Blackett, M.J. Best, J.-J. Baik, S.E. Belcher, J. Beringer, S.I. Bohnenstengel, I. Calmet, F. Chen, A. Coutts, A. Dandou, K. Fortuniak, M.L. Gouvea, R. Hamdi, M. Hendry, M. Kanda, T. Kawai, Y. Kawamoto, H. Kondo, E.S. Krayenhoff, S.-H.
  • Journal Title: International Journal of Climatology Volume: Vol.31 Pages: 244-272
  • DOI: DOI:10.1002/joc.2227
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Thermal Energy Balance Analysis of Tokyo Metropolitan Area Using a Mesoscale Meteorological Model Incorporating an Urban Canopy Model (2011)
  • Author(s): R. Ooka, T . Sato, K. Harayama, S. Murakami and Y. Kawamoto
  • Journal Title: Boundary Layer Meteorology Volume: Vol. 138 Pages: 77-97
  • DOI: DOI:10.1007/s10546-010-9550-8
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Process analysis of ozone formation under different weather conditions over the Kanto region of Japan using the MM5/CMAQ modelling system (2010)
  • Author(s): M. Khiem, R. Ooka, H. Hayami, H. Yoshikado, H. Huang and Y. Kawamoto
  • Journal Title: Atmospheric Environment Volume: Vol.44 Pages: 4463-4473
  • DOI: DOI:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2010.07.038
• [Journal Article] The International Urban Energy Balance Models Comparison Project: First results from Phase 1 (2010)
  • Author(s): C.S.B. Grimmond, M. Blackett, M.J. Best, J. Barlow, J.-J. Baik, S.E. Belcher, S.I. Bohnenstengel, I. Calmet, F. Chen, A. Dandou, K. Fortuniak, M.L. Gouvea, R. Hamdi, M. Hendry, T. Kawai, Y. Kawamoto, H. Kondo, E.S. Krayenhoff, S.-H. Lee, T. Loridan, A. Ma
  • Journal Title: Journal of Applied Meteorology & Climatology Volume: No. 49 Pages: 1268-92
  • DOI: DOI:10.1175/2010JAMC2354.1
• [Presentation] Doppler lidar observations of wind fields over the Tokyo metropolitan area (2012)
  • Author(s): Y. Kawamoto
  • Organizer: 5th Japanese-German Meeting on Urban Climatology
  • Place of Presentation: 広島工業大学
  • Year and Date: 2012-09-22
• [Presentation] ドップラーライダを用いた東京首都圏上空の風環境観測 (2012)
  • Author(s): 川本陽一
  • Organizer: 日本建築学会大会
  • Place of Presentation: 名古屋大学
  • Year and Date: 2012-09-14
• [Presentation] Doppler lidar observations of wind fields over the Tokyo metropolitan area (2012)
  • Author(s): Y. Kawamoto
  • Organizer: 8th International Conference on Urban Climate
  • Place of Presentation: University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
  • Year and Date: 2012-08-07
• [Presentation] メソスケール気象モデルの地表面モデル改良による地表面熱収支解析への影響検討 (2011)
  • Author(s): 川本陽一
  • Organizer: 日本建築学会大会
  • Place of Presentation: 早稲田大学
  • Year and Date: 2011-08-23
• [Presentation] Study on Progress of Large Scale Heat Island Phenomenon in Tokyo Metropolitan Area (2010)
  • Author(s): Y. Kawamoto, H. Yoshikado, R. Ooka, H. Hayami, H. Huang and M. V. Khiem
  • Organizer: First International Conference on Sustainable Urbanization
  • Place of Presentation: Harbour Grand Kowloon Hotel, Hong Kong.
  • Year and Date: 2010-12-16
• [Book] Ventilating Cities - Air-flow Criteria for Healthy and Comfortable Urban Living (2012)
  • Author(s): Z. Bu, H. Hayami, K. Hiyama, T. Hoshiko, H. Huang, S. Kato, Y. Kawamoto, M.V. Khiem, M.F.B. Mohammed, F. Nakajima, K. Nakao, R. Ooka, T. Prueksasit, H.B. Rijal, K. Yamamoto, H. Yoshikado, Springer
  • Total Pages: 11-32