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JMSJ, 2015, Vol. 93, No.1 (February)

• Editorial
  https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2015-100a
• JMSJ Award in 2014
  https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2015-100b

Articles

• Kobayashi, S., Y. Ota, Y. Harada, A. Ebita, M. Moriya, H. Onoda, K. Onogi, H. Kamahori, C. Kobayashi, H. Endo, K. Miyaoka, and K. Takahashi, 2015: The JRA-55 Reanalysis: General specifications and basic characteristics. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 93, 5-48.
  https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2015-001  Graphical Abstract

 

• Sekiyama, T. T., M. Kunii, M. Kajino, and T. Shimbori, 2015: Horizontal resolution dependence of atmospheric simulations of the Fukushima nuclear accident using 15-km, 3-km, and 500-m grid models. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 93, 49-64.
  https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2015-002  Graphical Abstract

 

• Kwon, S., G. W. Lee, and G. Kim, 2015: Rainfall estimation from an operational S-band dual-polarization radar: Effect of radar calibration. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 93, 65-79.
  https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2015-005  Graphical Abstract

 

• Zhao, H., X. Jiang, and L. Wu, 2015: Modulation of Northwest Pacific tropical cyclone genesis by the intraseasonal variability. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 93, 81-97.
  https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2015-006  Graphical Abstract

 

• Taguchi, M., 2015: Changes in frequency of major stratospheric sudden warmings with ENSO and QBO. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 93, 99-115.
  https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2015-007  Graphical Abstract

 

• Cho, E., H. Moon, and M. Choi, 2015: First assessment of the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer 2 (AMSR2) soil moisture contents in northeast Asia. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 93, 117-129.
  https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2015-008  Graphical Abstract

Notes and Correspondence

• Isono, J., and K. Ueno, 2015: Diurnal variations of surface wind speed observed in the mountainous area of central Japan during sunny summer days. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 93, 131-141.
  https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2015-003  Graphical Abstract

 

• Orikasa, N., and M. Murakami, 2015: Ice crystal shapes in midlatitude cirrus clouds derived from hydrometeor videosonde (HYVIS) observations. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 93, 143-155.
  https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2015-004  Graphical Abstract

 

JMSJ, 2015, Vol. 93, No.2 (April)

Articles

• Murazaki, K., H. Tsujino, T. Motoi, and K. Kurihara, 2015: Influence of the Kuroshio large meander on the climate around Japan based on a regional climate model. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 93, 161-179.
  https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2015-009  Graphical Abstract

 

• Noda, A. T., M. Satoh, Y. Yamada, C. Kodama, T. Miyakawa, and T. Seiki, 2015: Cold and warm rain simulated using a nonhydrostatic model without cumulus parameterization, and their responses to global warming. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 93, 181-197.
  https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2015-010  Graphical Abstract

 

• Enomoto, T., S. Yamane, W. Ohfuchi, 2015: Simple sensitivity analysis using ensemble forecasts. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 93, 199-213.
  https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2015-011  Graphical Abstract

 

• Shusse, Y., M. Maki, S. Shimizu, K. Iwanami, T. Maesaka, S. Suzuki, N. Sakurai, R. Misumi, 2015: Relationship between precipitation core behavior in cumulonimbus clouds and surface rainfall intensity on 18 August 2011 in the Kanto region, Japan. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 93, 215-228.
  https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2015-012  Graphical Abstract

 

• Matsumura, S., K. Yamazaki, and T. Sato, 2015: Role of Siberian land-atmosphere coupling in the development of the August Okhotsk High in 2008. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 93, 229-244.
  https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2015-013  Graphical Abstract

 

• Takahashi, T., T. Kawano, and M. Ishihara, 2015: Different precipitation mechanisms produce heavy rain with and without lightning in Japan. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 93, 245-263.
  https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2015-014  Graphical Abstract

 

• Jin, D., Z. Guan, J.Cai, and W. Tang, 2015: Interannual variations of regional summer precipitation in Mainland China and their possible relationships with different teleconnections in the past five decades. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 93, 265-283.
  https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2015-015  Graphical Abstract

 

• Nakayama, T., H. Suzuki, S. Kagamitani, Y. Ikeda, A. Uchiyama, and Y. Matsumi, 2015: Characterization of a three wavelength photoacoustic soot spectrometer (PASS-3) and a photoacoustic extinctiometer (PAX). J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 93, 285-308.
  https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2015-016  Graphical Abstract

 

• Kashimura, H., and S. Yoden, 2015: Regime diagrams of solutions in an idealized quasi-axisymmetric model for superrotation of planetary atmospheres. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 93, 309-326.
  https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2015-017  Graphical Abstract

 

JMSJ, 2015, Vol. 93, No.3 (June)

Articles

• Maruyama, F., K. Kai, and H. Morimoto, 2015: Wavelet-based multifractal analysis on climatic regime shifts. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 93, 331-341.
  https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2015-018  Graphical Abstract

 

• Li, Y., L. Yu, and B. Chen, 2015: An assessment of design of the observation network over the Tibetan Plateau based on Observing System Simulation Experiments (OSSE). J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 93, 343-358.
  https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2015-019  Graphical Abstract

 

• Adachi, A., T. Kobayashi, and H. Yamauchi, 2015: Estimation of raindrop size distribution and rainfall rate from polarimetric radar measurements at attenuating frequency based on the self-consistency principle. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 93, 359-388.
  https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2015-020  Graphical Abstract

 

JMSJ, 2015, Vol. 93, No.4 (August)

Articles

• Kodama, C., Y. Yamada, A. T. Noda, K. Kikuchi, Y. Kajikawa, T. Nasuno, T. Tomita, T. Yamaura, H. G. Takahashi, M. Hara, Y. Kawatani, M. Satoh, and M. Sugi, 2015: A 20-year climatology of a NICAM AMIP-type simulation. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 93, 393-424.
  https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2015-024  Graphical Abstract

 

• Oda, M., and H. Kanehisa, 2015: Interaction between Rossby and gravity waves in a simple analytical model. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 93, 425-442.
  https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2015-026  Graphical Abstract

 

• Taguchi, M., 2015: On the asymmetry of forecast errors in the Northern winter stratosphere between vortex weakening and strengthening conditions. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 93, 443-457.
  https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2015-029  Graphical Abstract

 

• Otsuka, M., M. Kunii, H. Seko, K. Shimoji, M. Hayashi, K. Yamashita, 2015: Assimilation experiments of MTSAT rapid scan atmospheric motion vectors on a heavy rainfall event. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 93, 459-475.
  https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2015-030  Graphical Abstract

 

• Hira, S., and H. Kanehisa, 2015: An analytical solution of nocturnal low level jets. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 93, 477-487.
  https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2015-031  Graphical Abstract

Notes and Correspondence

• Satoh, M., Y. Yamada, M. Sugi, C. Kodama, and A. T. Noda, 2015: Constraint on future change in global frequency of tropical cyclones due to global warming. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 93, 489-500.
  Special Edition on Contributions to Asia Oceania Atmospheric Sciences
  https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2015-025  Graphical Abstract

 

• Fujibe, F., 2015: Comments on "Anthropogenic heat release: Estimation of global distribution and possible climate effect" by Chen, B. et al. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 93, 501-503.
  https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2015-027  Graphical Abstract

 

• Chen, B., J.-Q. Zhao, L. Chen, G. Shi, 2015: Reply to the comments of F. Fujibe on "Anthropogenic heat release: Estimation of global distribution and possible climate effect" by Chen, B. et al. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 93, 505-508.
  https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2015-028  Graphical Abstract

 

JMSJ, 2015, Vol. 93, No.5 (October)

Invited Review Article

• Yoshimura, K., 2015: Stable water isotopes in climatology, meteorology, and hydrology: A review. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 93, 513-533.
  https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2015-036  Graphical Abstract

Articles

• Xie, R., F.-F. Jin, F. Huang, 2015: An improved atmospheric component of Zebiak-Cane model for simulating ENSO winds J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 93, 551-570.
  https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2015-033

 

• Taniguchi, K., and K. Sho, 2015: Applications of the pseudo global warming dynamic downscaling method for the Tokai heavy rain in 2000. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 93, 551-570.
  https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2015-043  Graphical Abstract

Notes and Correspondence

• Kawase, H., H. Sasaki, A. Murata, M. Nosaka, and N. N. Ishizaki, 2015: Future changes in winter precipitation around Japan projected by ensemble experiments using NHRCM. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 93, 571-580.
  https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2015-034  Graphical Abstract

 

• Mori, K., and T. Sato, 2015: Evaluating the role of snow cover in urban canopy layer on the urban heat island in Sapporo, Japan with a regional climate model. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 93, 581-592.
  https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2015-039  Graphical Abstract

JMSJ, 2015, Vol. 93, No.6 (December)

Invited Review Article

• Kato, S., N. G. Loeb, D. Rutan, and F. Rose, 2015: Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES) data products for climate research. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 93, 597-612.
  https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2015-048  Graphical Abstract

Articles

• Kawai, H., S. Yabu, Y. Hagihara, T. Koshiro, and H. Okamoto, 2015: Characteristics of the cloud top heights of marine boundary layer clouds and the frequency of marine fog over mid-latitudes. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 93, 613-628.
  https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2015-045  Graphical Abstract

 

• Yamashita, Y., H. Akiyoshi, T. G. Shepherd, and M. Takahashi, 2015: The combined influences of westerly phase of the Quasi-Biennial Oscillation and 11-year solar maximum conditions on the Northern Hemisphere extratropical winter circulation. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 93, 629-644.
  Special Edition on Contributions to Asia Oceania Atmospheric Sciences
  https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2015-054  Graphical Abstract

 

Erratum

• Erratum
  https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2015-060