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JMSJ, 2025, Vol. 103, No. 4 (August)

Article Haginoya, S., and Y. Kawabata, 2025: Re-examination of errors and exclusion range, and gap-filling for surface flux estimation using the Bowen ratio method. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan , 103 . https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2025-026 Early Online Release
Article Kotani, H., W. Ogawa, and K. Matsushima, 2025: Does the performance of a flood early warning system affect casualties and economic losses? Empirical analysis using open data from the 2018 Japan Floods. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan , 103 . https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2025-025 Early Online Release
Article Wang, D., S. Yue, X. Gu, S. Chen, S. Zhang, Y. Qian, J. Tao, and Z. Qian, 2025: Microphysical characteristics of warm-season precipitation in eastern coastal China. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan , 103 . https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2025-024 Early Online Release Graphical Abstract
Article Chen, P.-Y., and C.-M. Wu, 2025: Identifying cold pool scales over complex topography using TaiwanVVM simulations. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan , 103 . https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2025-023 Early Online Release Graphical Abstract
Article Yamaura, T, 2025: Generation of ensemble perturbations using low-precision floating-point numbers. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan , 103 . https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2025-022 Early Online Release Graphical Abstract

JMSJ, 2025, Vol. 103, No. 3 (June)

Article Ishizaki, H., K. Okazaki, T. Sakazaki, and K. Ishioka, 2025: Eigenvalue analysis of atmospheric free oscillations under the influence of a zonal mean field. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan , 103 , 411-435. https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2025-021 Editor's Highlight Graphical Abstract
Article Takahashi, K., and T. Sakazaki, 2025: The climatological features of atmospheric rivers and their role in water vapor transport in the south polar region. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan , 103 , 389−410. https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2025-020 Editor's Highlight Graphical Abstract
Article Sakazaki, T., and M. Schindelegger, 2025: Global atmospheric normal modes identified in surface barometric observations. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan , 103 , 371−388. https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2025-019 Editor's Highlight Graphical Abstract
Article Yamaguchi, M., Y. Ikuta, K. Ito, and M. Satoh, 2025: Tropical cyclone track and intensity predictions in the western North Pacific basin using Pangu-Weather and JMA initial conditions. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan , 103 , 357−370. https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2025-018 Graphical Abstract
Article Shibata, K., and H. Naoe, 2025: Structure, trend and variability of the semiannual oscillation in the equatorial middle atmosphere in JRA-3Q and in satellite observations. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan , 103 , 335-355. https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2025-017 Graphical Abstract
Article Sekiyama, T. T., and M. Kajino, 2025: Dispersion simulation using the 1-km gridded wind fields constructed by super-resolution surrogate downscaling. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan , 103 , 321-333. https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2025-016 Graphical Abstract
Review Article Abe, M., H. Fudeyasu, and M. Sasaoka, 2025: Historical review of research activities toward typhoons/hurricanes modification in Japan and the United States. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan , 103 , 305-320. https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2025-015 Editor's Highlight Graphical Abstract

JMSJ, 2025, Vol. 103, No. 2 (April)

Article Nishii, A., T. Shinoda, and K. Sassa, 2025: Maintenance mechanisms of orographic quasi-stationary convective band formed over the eastern part of Shikoku, Japan. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan , 103 , 279−301. https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2025-014 Graphical Abstract
Article Song, J., P. J. Klotzbach, Y.-F. Wang, and Y. Duan, 2025: Seasonality in the ENSO-independent influence of tropical Indian Ocean sea surface temperature anomalies on western North Pacific tropical cyclone genesis. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan , 103 , 257-278. https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2025-013 Graphical Abstract
Article Naoe, H., C. Kobayashi, S. Kobayashi, Y. Kosaka, and K. Shibata, 2025: Representation of quasi-biennial oscillation in JRA-3Q. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan , 103 , 233−255. https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2025-012 Graphical Abstract
Article Unuma, T., H. Yamauchi, T. Kato, A. Umehara, A. Hashimoto, A. Adachi, and N. Nagumo, 2025: Characteristics of raindrop size distribution using 10-year disdrometer data in eastern Japan. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan , 103 , 219−232. https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2025-011 Graphical Abstract
Article Maru, E., K. Ito, and H. Yamada, 2025: Analysis of tropical cyclone rapid intensification in the Southwest Pacific region. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan , 103 , 201-218. https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2025-010 Graphical Abstract
Article Kamezaki, K., S. O. Danielache, S. Ishidoya, T. Maeda, and S. Murayama, 2025: A low-power continuous measurement system for atmospheric carbonyl sulfide concentration and its application to the observation in Tsukuba, Japan. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan , 103 , 181-200. https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2025-009 Graphical Abstract
Review Article Ito, K., Y. Miyamoto, C.-C. Wu, A. Didlake, J. Hlywiak, Y.-H. Huang, T.-K. Lai, L. Pattie, N. Qin, U. Shimada, D. Tao, Y. Yamada, J. A. Zhang, S. Kanada, and D. Herndon, 2025: Recent research and operational tools for improved understanding and diagnosis of tropical cyclone inner core structure. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan , 103 , 147-180. https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2025-008 Editor's Highlight Graphical Abstract
Article Ono, K., and M. Inatsu, 2025: Nonlinear perturbation growth at mesoscale related to upscaling processes from a mesoscale convective system. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan , 103 , 127−146. https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2025-007 Graphical Abstract
Article Tokimori, E., M. Kohma, and K. Sato, 2025: A statistical study of gravity waves in the troposphere and lower stratosphere in the Antarctic based on the PANSY radar observations. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan , 103 , 113-125. https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2025-006 Graphical Abstract

JMSJ, 2025, Vol. 103, No. 1 (February)

Article Li, W., K. Ichii, B. Zhang, Y. Yamamoto, W. Yang, T. Miura, H. Yoshioka, M. Matsuoka, K. Obata, R. C. Sharma, H. Yamamoto, H. Irie, P. Khatri, B. Liley, I. Morino, H. Takenaka, and A. Higuchi, 2025: Estimation and evaluation of land surface reflectance from a next-generation geostationary meteorological satellite, Himawari-8/9 AHI. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan , 103 , 87−109. https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2025-005 Graphical Abstract
Article Yamada, K., Y. Niwa, Y. Terao, Y. Tohjima, K. Tsuboi, K. Ishijima, and S. Murayama, 2025: Estimation of CO2 fluxes from Tokyo using a global model and tower observation. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan , 103 , 67-85. https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2025-004 Graphical Abstract
Article Kanno, Y., S. Sugimoto, and M. Murakami, 2025: Synoptic- and meso-scale features of the heavy wet snow accretion event along the Okhotsk Sea coast on December 22–23, 2022. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan , 103 , 45-66 . https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2025-003 Editor's Highlight Graphical Abstract
Article Ishii, M., A. Nishimura, S. Yasui, and S. Hirahara, 2025: Historical high-resolution daily SST analysis (COBE-SST3) with consistency to monthly land surface air temperature. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan , 103 , 17-44. https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2025-002 Editor's Highlight Graphical Abstract
Article Nakanishi, R., M. Kuramochi, and H. Ueda, 2025: Summertime convection jump over the subtropical western North Pacific and its relation to Rossby wave breaking near the Asian jet exit region. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan , 103 , 5-15. https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2025-001 Graphical Abstract

JMSJ, 2024, Vol. 102, No. 6 (December)

Article Fukui, S., E. Shirakawa, D. Soga, R. Ohara, K. Usui, K. Takiguchi, K. Ono, T. Hirose, S. Matsushima, J. Ito, T. Yamazaki, K. Saito, H. Seko, and T. Iwasaki, 2024: Long-term regional reanalysis for Japan with assimilating conventional observations (RRJ-Conv). J. Meteor. Soc. Japan , 102 , 677-696. https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2024-036 Editor's Highlight Graphical Abstract
Article Wongnim, P., M. Wang, and T. Y. Nakajima, 2024: Investigation of characteristics of warm clouds in Thailand under different climate patterns with contoured frequency by optical depth diagrams and ground-based meteorological data. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan , 102 , 665-676. https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2024-035 Graphical Abstract
Article Tomikawa, Y., I. Murata, M. Kohma, and K. Sato, 2024: Simultaneous observation of near-inertial frequency gravity waves by a long-duration balloon and the PANSY radar in the Antarctic. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan , 102 , 655-664. https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2024-034 Graphical Abstract
Article Niu, N., S. Ren, D. Mao, Q. Wu, B. Yang, and D. Chyi, 2024: The application of meteorological satellite products in the extreme sea-effect snowstorm monitoring in East Asia. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan , 102 , 633-653. https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2024-033 Graphical Abstract
Article Nakashita, S., T. Enomoto, and S. Ishii, 2024: Multi-scale uncertainty of mesoscale convective systems in the Baiu frontal zone: A case study from June 2022. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan , 102 , 599-631. https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2024-032 Graphical Abstract

JMSJ, 2024, Vol. 102, No. 5 (October)

Article Shimada, U., M. Hayashi, and A. Mouche, 2024: A comparison between SAR wind speeds and western North Pacific tropical cyclone best track estimates. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan , 102 , 575-593. https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2024-031 Editor's Highlight Graphical Abstract
Article Shimada, U., 2024: Tropical cyclone intensity forecasting with three multiple linear regression models and random forest classification. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan , 102 , 555-573. https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2024-030 Graphical Abstract
Article Sekido, H., K. Sato, H. Okui, D. Koshin, and T. Hirooka, 2024: A study of zonal wavenumber 1 Rossby-gravity wave using long-term reanalysis data for the whole neutral atmosphere. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan , 102 , 539-553. https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2024-029 Editor's Highlight Graphical Abstract
Article Segura, H., and C. Hohenegger, 2024: How do the tropics precipitate? Daily variations in precipitation and cloud distribution. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan , 102 , 525-537. https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2024-028 Graphical Abstract
Article Tsuyuki, T., 2024: A hybrid ensemble Kalman filter to mitigate non-Gaussianity in nonlinear data assimilation. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan , 102 , 507-524. https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2024-027 Graphical Abstract
Article Fujita, S., and K. Ishioka, 2024: Do dry GCMs generate QBO-like oscillation? J. Meteor. Soc. Japan , 102 , 485-506. https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2024-026 Graphical Abstract
Article Takahashi, Y. O., Y.-Y. Hayashi, G. L. Hashimoto, K. Kuramoto, M. Ishiwatari, and H. Kashimura, 2024: Radiative effects on the formation of the stably stratified layer in the lower atmosphere of Venus. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan , 102 , 469-483. https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2024-025 Graphical Abstract

JMSJ, 2024, Vol. 102, No. 4 (August)

Article Kato, R., S. Shimizu, K. Shimose, K. Hirano, K. Shiraishi, S. Yoshida, T. Sakai, and T. Nagai, 2024: Improvement of two-hour-ahead QPF using blending technique with spatial maximum filter for tolerating forecast displacement errors and water vapor lidar assimilation. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan , 102 , 455-464. https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2024-024 Graphical Abstract
Article Kuo, W.-C., K. Yamashita, M. Murakami, T. Tajiri, and N. Orikasa, 2024: Numerical simulation on feasibility of rain enhancement by hygroscopic seeding over Kochi area, Shikoku, Japan in early summer. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan , 102 , 429-443. https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2024-021 Graphical Abstract
Article Inoue, T., T. T. Sekiyama, and A. Kudo, 2024: Development of a temperature prediction method combining deep neural networks and a Kalman filter. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan , 102 , 415-427. https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2024-020 Editor's Highlight Graphical Abstract

JMSJ, 2024, Vol. 102, No. 3 (June)

Article Chen, Y., A. Zhang, T. Liu, and W. Li, 2024: Diurnally propagating precipitation features caused by MCS activities during the pre-summer rainy season in South China. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan , 102 , 391-406. https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2024-019 Graphical Abstract
Article Aizawa, M., K. Ito, and U. Shimada, 2024: Revisiting Koba’s relationship to improve minimum sea-level pressure estimates of western North Pacific tropical cyclones. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan , 102 , 377-390. https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2024-018 Graphical Abstract
Article Murakami, M., Y. Yamada, and K. Iwanami, 2024: Precipitation mechanisms in stratiform snow clouds associated with a mid-level trough over the Sea of Japan. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan , 102 , 365-376. https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2024-017 Graphical Abstract
Article Yamashita, K., W.-C. Kuo, M. Murakami, T. Tajiri, A. Saito, N. Orikasa, and H. Ohtake, 2024: Physical properties of background aerosols and cloud condensation nuclei measured in Kochi City in June 2010 and its implication for planned and inadvertent cloud modification. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan , 102 , 353-363. https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2024-016 Graphical Abstract
Article Wang, Y., 2024: Meiyu-Baiu rainstorm associated diurnal variation and kinetic energy source analyzed by multiscale window transform–based energetics analysis. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan , 102 , 335-352. https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2024-015 Graphical Abstract

JMSJ, 2024, Vol. 102, No. 2 (April)

Article Murata, F., T. Terao, Y. Yamane, A. Fukushima, M. Kiguchi, M. Tanoue, H. Kamimera, H. J. Syiemlieh, L. Cajee, S. Ahmed, S. A. Choudhury, P. Bhattacharya, A. K. Bhagabati, S. Dutta, and T. Hayashi, 2024: Validation of spaceborne precipitation radar data by rain gauges and disdrometers over the complex topography of the Northeastern Indian subcontinent. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan , 102 , 309-329. https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2024-014 Graphical Abstract
Article Kusunoki, S., T. Nakaegawa, and R. Mizuta, 2024: Evaluation of precipitation simulated by the atmospheric global model MRI-AGCM3.2. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan , 102 , 285-308. https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2024-013 Graphical Abstract
Article Ose, T., H. Endo, and T. Nakaegawa, 2024: Emergence of future sea-level pressure patterns in recent summertime East Asia. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan , 102 , 265-283. https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2024-012 Graphical Abstract
Article Wang, G., W. Han, S. Yuan, J. Wang, R.-Y. Yin, S. Ye, and F. Xie, 2024: Retrieval of high-frequency temperature profiles by FY-4A/GIIRS based on generalized ensemble learning. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan , 102 , 241-264. https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2024-011 Graphical Abstract
Article Ishii, M., H. Kamahori, H. Kubota, M. Zaiki, R. Mizuta, H. Kawase, M. Nosaka, H. Yoshimura, N. Oshima, E. Shindo, H. Koyama, M. Mori, S. Hirahara, Y. Imada, K. Yoshida, T. Nozawa, T. Takemi, T. Maki, and A. Nishimura,, 2024: Global historical reanalysis with a 60-km AGCM and surface pressure observations: OCADA. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan , 102 , 209-240. https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2024-010 Editor's Highlight Graphical Abstract
Article Ito, J., H. Niino and E. Tochimoto, 2024: Numerical simulation of tornadoes in a mini-supercell associated with Typhoon Tapah on 22 September 2019. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan , 102 , 185-208. https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2024-009 Graphical Abstract
Article Toyooka, D., T. Kawabata, and H.L. Tanaka, 2024: Windward region sensitivity and its effects on heavy rainfall prediction investigated with ensemble systems. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan , 102 , 167-183. https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2024-008 Graphical Abstract
Article Otsubo, A., and A. Adachi, 2024: Short-term predictability of extreme rainfall using dual-polarization radar measurements. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan , 102 , 151-165. https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2024-007 Graphical Abstract
Article Yokota, S., T. Banno, M. Oigawa, G. Akimoto, K. Kawano, and Y. Ikuta, 2024: JMA operational hourly hybrid 3DVar with singular 3Vector-based Mesoscale Ensemble Prediction System. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan , 102 , 129-150. https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2024-006 Editor's Highlight Graphical Abstract

JMSJ, 2024, Vol. 102, No. 1 (February)

Article Geng, Y., H.-L Ren, and J. Li, 2024: Roles of August Kuroshio SST anomaly in precipitation variation during September over Central China. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan , 102 , 111-123. https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2024-005 Graphical Abstract
Article Kosaka, Y., S. Kobayashi, Y. Harada, C. Kobayashi, H. Naoe, K. Yoshimoto, M. Harada, N. Goto, J. Chiba, K. Miyaoka, R. Sekiguchi, M. Deushi, H. Kamahori, T. Nakaegawa; T. Y.Tanaka, T. Tokuhiro, Y. Sato, Y. Matsushita, and K. Onogi, 2024: The JRA-3Q Reanalysis. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan , 102 , 49-109. https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2024-004 Editor's Highlight Graphical Abstract
Article Duc, L., and Y. Sawada, 2024: Geometry of rainfall ensemble means: from arithmetic averages to Gaussian-Hellinger barycenters in unbalanced optimal transport. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan , 102 , 35-47. https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2024-003 Editor's Highlight Graphical Abstract
Article Koga, S., 2024: Optical Properties of Aerosol Particles in the Atmospheric Boundary Layer over the Northwestern Pacific: High Refractive Index for Coarse Particles in Pristine Air. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan , 102 , 17-33. https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2024-002 Graphical Abstract
Article Takahashi, Y. O., Y.-Y. Hayashi, G. L. Hashimoto, K. Kuramoto, M. Ishiwatari, and H. Kashimura, 2024: Dependence of the radiative-convective equilibrium structure of the lower atmosphere of Venus on the thermodynamic model. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan , 102 , 5-16. https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2024-001 Graphical Abstract

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