Tenki is the bulletin journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan in Japanese.

English abstracts are available for articles with "(abstract)".
AMSR-E All Weather Sea Surface Wind Speed (abstract)......................... Sadao SAITOH and Akira SHIBATA 5-17
Observation of Trace Gases over Toyama
Prefecture Using a Helicopter ................................ Koichi WATANABE, Nagisa EDA and Mikiko AOKI 77-82
On Optimal Excitation of Normal Mode Rossby Waves ......................... Junya FUKUDA and Saburo MIYAHARA 127-142
WRF-3DVAR Data Assimilation of Real-Time GPS Precipitable Water
....................................... Sou TANAKA, Takeshi MORIYA, Tetsuya IWABUCHI and Hiroyuki KUSAKA 213-228
Introduction to Cross-Cutting Discussion on
"Water Cycle Environmental Science" ....................................................... Qoosaku MOTEKI 193-195
Contents
1. Downscaling --The Bigger the Better?-- ................................ Masaru INATSU and Tomonori SATO 195-199
2. Estimating Aerosol Effects on Climate System ....................................... Toshihiko TAKEMURA 200-204
3. Stratocumulus Clouds --A Missing Link between Meteorology and Climatology-- ......... Hirohiko MASUNAGA 204-207
4. An Invitation to Data Assimilation ................................................... Takemasa MIYOSHI 208-211
Long-term Changes in Frequency of Heavy Snow Events and
Their Relation to Temperature in and around Niigata Prefecture:
Analysis Using Data Observed at Railway Stations (abstract) ................................ Hiroto SUZUKI 289-303
Diurnal Variation of GPS Precipitable Water over
Hokkaido during Clear Summer Days ................................... Takehiko SAWADA and Ryuichi KAWAMURA 305-314
Siebold Typhoon in 1828 (Otherwise "Nenotoshi" Typhoon) and Induced Storm Surges ............ Tatsuo KONISHI 383-398
Idealized Numerical Experiments on Polar Lows ................................................ Wataru YANASE 371-381
Assessment of Uncertainty in Estimating
the Return Periods of Extreme Rainfalls (abstract) ....................................... Fumiaki FUJIBE 449-462
Review of Dynamical Downscaling ......................................... Izuru TAKAYABU and Masao KANAMITSU 435-447
Statistical Analysis of Temperature Extremes in
Japan Considering Interannual Temperature Variations by Trend Model ........ Masami SUYA and Hakaru MIZUNO 573-588
Observation of the Vertical Temperature Profile for One Year
Using a Tower for Estimating the Atmospheric Stability
in the Urban Boundary Layer .......................... Hitoshi KONO, Satsuki WATANABE and Yoshinori IWAI 589-600
Specific Regional Reproduction of Weather and Climate
-- Advanced Utilization of Dynamic-downscaling Technology --
(A Report on the Symposium of the 2008 Fall Assembly
of the Meteorological Society of Japan) ......................... Takeshi YAMAZAKI and Toshiki IWASAKI 539-540
Contents
1. Perspectives of Dynamic Downscaling ............................... Toshiki IWASAKI and Masahiro SAWADA 540-545
2. Regional Climate Projections by Using Regional Climate Models .......................... Izuru TAKAYABU 546-550
3. Numerical Simulations on the Precipitation Zones in Asia and Its Mechanism ............... Fujio KIMURA 550-553
4. Ensemble Forecasts with Regional Models .................................................. Shigeo YODEN 554-560
5. An Application to the Snow and Ice Related Disaster Prevention ............................ Sento NAKAI 560-566
6. Utilization for Agriculture
-- An Application of Rice Blast Forecasting -- ................. Hiromitsu KANNO and Takashi KOBAYASHI 566-570
Relation between Resolution Enhancement and Accuracy in Prediction
of Turbulence Area which Perturbs Aircraft.
................... Hiroshi OIKAWA, Hamaki INOKUCHI, Koji IZUMI, Yukio KIKUCHI and Nobuyuki HAYASAKI 669-680
Climate System Science Pioneered by Ocean Observations
(A Report on the Symposium of the 2008 Spring
Assembly of the Meteorological Society of Japan) ....................................... Michio KAWAMIYA 761-762
Contents
1. Argo: Its Accomplishment and Potential .................................................... Toshio SUGA 762-767
2. Oceanic Climate Changes in Historical Observations and the Reproduction
of the 20th Century Climate by Data Assimilation ................................... Masayoshi ISHII 768-773
3. Past, Present, and Future of the Intensive Field Experiment MISMO in
the Indian Ocean .................................................................... Kunio YONEYAMA 774-778
4. Numerical Simulations of MISMO-MJO by the Global Cloud-Resolving Model NICAM ............. Masaki SATOH 779-783
5. Catastrophic Changes in the Arctic Ocean
.......... Koji SHIMADA, Takashi KAMOSHIDA, Jun INOUE, Motoyo ITOH, Kohei MIZOBATA and Masahiro HORI 784-789
Carbon Cycle Studies in Forest Ecosystems Based on Field Experiments
and Their Development in Asia ........................................................... Nobuko SAIGUSA 819-833
Development of an Improved Mellor-Yamada Level-3 Turbulence
Closure Model (MYNN Model) Based on a Large-Eddy Simulation,
and Studies on the Atmospheric Boundary Layer .................... Mikio NAKANISHI and Hiroshi NIINO 877-888