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• Bessho, K., K. Date, M. Hayashi, A. Ikeda, T. Imai, H. Inoue, Y. Kumagai, T. Miyakawa, H. Murata, T. Ohno, A. Okuyama, R. Oyama, Y. Sasaki, Y. Shimazu, K. Shimoji, Y. Sumida, M. Suzuki, H. Taniguchi, H. Tsuchiyama, D. Uesawa, H. Yokota, and R. Yoshida, 2016: An introduction to Himawari-8/9 - Japan's new-generation geostationary meteorological satellites.J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 94, 151-183.
  https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2016-009   Graphical Abstract
  

  Times Accessed : 3146

• 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
  

  Times Accessed : 1778

• Yukimoto, S., Y. Adachi, M. Hosaka, T. Sakami, H. Yoshimura, M. Hirabara, T. Y. Tanaka, E. Shindo, H. Tsujino, M. Deushi, R. Mizuta, S. Yabu, A. Obata, H. Nakano, T. Koshiro, T. Ose, and A. Kitoh, 2012: A New Global Climate Model of the Meteorological Research Institute: MRI-CGCM3-Model Description and Basic Performance. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 90A, 23-64.
  https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2012-A02
  

  Times Accessed : 906

• Yamamoto, Y., H. Ishikawa, Y. Oku, and Z. Hu, 2018: An algorithm for land surface temperature retrieval using three thermal infrared bands of Himawari-8. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 96B, 59-76.
  https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2018-005   Graphical Abstract
  

  Times Accessed : 711

• Harada, Y., H. Kamahori, C. Kobayashi, H. Endo, S. Kobayashi, Y. Ota, H. Onoda, K. Onogi, K. Miyaoka, and K. Takahashi, 2016: The JRA-55 Reanalysis: Representation of atmospheric circulation and climate variability. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 94, 269-302.
  https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2016-015  Graphical Abstract

  Times Accessed : 424

• Basconcillo, J., A. Lucero, A. Solis, R. Sandoval, Jr., E. Bautista, T. Koizumi, and H. Kanamaru, 2016: Statistically downscaled projected changes in Seasonal Mean Temperature and Rainfall in Cagayan Valley, Philippines. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 94A, 151-164.
  https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2015-058  Graphical Abstract
  

  Times Accessed : 413

• Iwabuchi, H., N. S. Putri, M. Saito, Y. Tokoro, M. Sekiguchi, P. Yang, and B. A. Baum, 2018: Cloud property retrieval from multiband infrared measurements by Himawari-8. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 96B, 27-42.
  https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2018-001   Graphical Abstract
  

  Times Accessed : 296

• Cayanan, E. O., T.-C. Chen, J. C. Argete, M.-C. Yen, and P. D. Nilo, 2011: The effect of tropical cyclones on southwest monsoon rainfall in the Philippines. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 89A, 123-139.
  https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2011-A08  

  Times Accessed : 293

• Hamada, J.-I., M. D. Yamanaka, S. Mori, Y. I. Tauhid, and T. Sribimawati, 2008: Differences of rainfall characteristics between coastal and interior areas of central western Sumatera, Indonesia. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 86, 593-611.
  https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.86.593
  

  Times Accessed : 265

• Jiang, X., Y. Li, X. Zhao, and T. Koike, 2012: Characteristics of the summertime boundary layer and atmospheric vertical structure over the Sichuan Basin. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 90C, 33-54.
  https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2012-C03 

  Times Accessed : 173

• Yamamoto, Y., and H. Ishikawa, 2018: Thermal land surface emissivity for retrieving land surface temperature from Himawari-8. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 96B, 43-58.
  https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2018-004   Graphical Abstract

  Times Accessed : 121

• Mizuta, R., H. Yoshimura, H. Murakami, M. Matsuda, H. Endo, T. Ose, K. Kamiguchi, M. Hosaka, M. Sugi, S. Yukimoto, S. Kusunoki, and A. Kitoh, 2012: Climate Simulations Using MRI-AGCM3.2 with 20-km Grid. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 90A, 233-258.
  https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2012-A12 

  Times Accessed : 117

• Wada, A., and R. Oyama, 2018: Relation of convective bursts to changes in the intensity of Typhoon Lionrock (2016) during the decay phase simulated by an atmosphere-wave-ocean coupled model. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 96, 489-509.
  Special Edition on Tropical Cyclones in 2015–2016
  https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2018-052   Graphical Abstract

  Times Accessed : 112

• Oyama, R., M. Sawada, and K. Shimoji, 2018: Diagnosis of tropical cyclone intensity and structure using upper tropospheric atmospheric motion vectors. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 96B, 3-26.
  https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2017-024   Graphical Abstract
  

  Times Accessed : 107

• Ito, T., S. Nishimoto, and H. Kanehisa, 2018: Growing vortex Rossby waves with azimuthal wavenumber one in quasigeostrophic system. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 96, 549-564.
  https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2018-055   Graphical Abstract

  Times Accessed : 101

• Yumimoto, K., T. Y. Tanaka, M. Yoshida, M. Kikuchi, T. M. Nagao, H. Murakami, and T. Maki, 2018: Assimilation and forecasting experiment for heavy Siberian wildfire smoke in May 2016 with Himawari-8 aerosol optical thickness. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 96B, 133-149.
  https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2018-035   Graphical Abstract

  Times Accessed : 97

• Zhan, Y., G. Ren, and Y. Ren, 2016: Start and end dates of rainy season and their temporal change in recent decades over East Asia. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 94, 41-53.
  https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2016-003  Graphical Abstract

  Times Accessed : 95

• Kurosaki, Y., and M. Mikami, 2005: Regional difference in the characteristic of dust event in East Asia: Relationship among dust outbreak, surface wind, and land surface condition. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 83A, 1-18 .
  https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.83A.1

Times Accessed : 91

• Ishioka, K., 2018: A new recurrence formula for efficient computation of spherical harmonic transform. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 96, 241-249.
  https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2018-019

  Times Accessed : 89

• Chandrasekar, V., H. Chen, and B. Philips, 2018: Principles of high-resolution radar network for hazard mitigation and disaster management in an urban environment. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 96A, 119-139.
  https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2018-015  Graphical Abstract

  Times Accessed : 80

• Ushio, T., K. Sasashige, T. Kubota, S. Shige, K. Okamoto, K. Aonashi, T. Inoue, N. Takahashi, T. Iguchi, M. Kachi, R. Oki, T. Morimoto, Z.-I. Kawasaki, 2009: A Kalman filter approach to the Global Satellite Mapping of Precipitation (GSMaP) from combined passive microwave and infrared radiometric data. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 87A, 137-151.
  https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.87A.137
  

  Times Accessed : 79

• Kosaka, Y., H. Nakamura, M. Watanabe, and M. Kimoto, 2009: Analysis on the dynamics of a wave-like teleconnection pattern along the summertime Asian jet based on a reanalysis dataset and climate model simulations. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 87, 561-580.
  https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.87.561 

  Times Accessed : 71

• Saito, K., M. Kunii, and K. Araki, 2018: Cloud resolving simulation of a local heavy rainfall event on 26 August 2011 observed in TOMACS. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 96A, 175-199.
  https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2018-027   Graphical Abstract

  Times Accessed : 67

• Seto, Y., H. Yokoyama, T. Nakatani, H. Ando, N. Tsunematsu, Y. Shoji, K. Kusunoki, M. Nakayama, Y. Saitoh, and H. Takahashi, 2018: Relationships among rainfall distribution, surface wind, and precipitable water vapor during heavy rainfall in central Tokyo in summer. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 96A, 35-49.
  https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2017-020   Graphical Abstract

Times Accessed : 64

• Nair, S., G. Srinivasan, and R. Nemani, 2009: Evaluation of multi-satellite TRMM derived rainfall estimates over a western state of India. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 87, 927-939.
  https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.87.927 

  Times Accessed : 64

• Nishimoto, S., and H. Kanehisa, 2018: Analytical solutions of vortex Rossby waves associated with vortex resiliency of tropical cyclones. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 96, 5-24.
  https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2018-003  Graphical Abstract
  

  Times Accessed : 62

• Ueda, H., K. Miwa, and Y. Kamae, 2018: Seasonal modulation of tropical cyclone occurrence associated with coherent Indo-Pacific variability during decaying phase of El Niño. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 96, 381-390.
  https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2018-044   Graphical Abstract

  Times Accessed : 61

• Kato, T., 2018: Representative height of the low-level water vapor field for examining the initiation of moist convection leading to heavy rainfall in East Asia. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 96, 69-83.
  https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2018-008   Graphical Abstract
  

Times Accessed : 59

• 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
  

  Times Accessed : 58

• Kitoh, A., 2002: Effects of large-scale mountains on surface climate — A coupled ocean-atmosphere general circulation model study. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 80, 1165-1181.
  https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.80.1165  

  Times Accessed : 55

• Kusaka, H., and F. Kimura, 2004: Coupling a single-layer urban canopy model with a simple atmospheric model: Impact on urban heat island simulation for an idealized case. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 82, 67-80.
  https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.82.67  

  Times Accessed : 55

• Oizumi, T., K. Saito, J. Ito, T. Kuroda, and L. Duc, 2018: Ultra-high-resolution numerical weather prediction with a large domain using the K Computer: A case study of the Izu Oshima heavy rainfall event on October 15-16, 2013. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 96, 25-54.
  https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2018-006   Graphical Abstract
  

Times Accessed : 53

• Oouchi, K., J. Yoshimura, H. Yoshimura, R. Mizuta, S. Kusunoki, and A. Noda, 2006: Tropical cyclone climatology in a global-warming climate as simulated in a 20 km-mesh global atmospheric model: Frequency and wind intensity analyses. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 84, 259-276.
  https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.84.259

  Times Accessed : 52

• Okamoto, K., T. Ishibashi, S. Ishii, P. Baron, K. Gamo, T. Y. Tanaka, K. Yamashita, and T. Kubota, 2018: Feasibility study for future space-borne coherent Doppler wind lidar, Part 3: Impact assessment using sensitivity observing system simulation experiments. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 96, 179-199.
  https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2018-024   Graphical Abstract
  

Times Accessed : 47

• Kazumori, M., 2018: Assimilation of Himawari-8 Clear Sky Radiance data in JMA's global and mesoscale NWP systems. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 96B, 173-192.
  https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2018-037   Graphical Abstract

  Times Accessed : 47

• Ishidoya, S., S. Aoki, and T. Nakazawa, 2003: High precision measurements of the atmospheric O₂/N₂ ratio on a mass spectrometer. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 81, 127-140.
  https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.81.127

  Times Accessed : 46

• Mashiko, W., 2019: A statistical study of wind gusts in Japan using surface observations. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 97, 39-54.
  https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2019-001   Graphical Abstract

  Times Accessed : 45

• Liu, Y., B. Hoskins, and M. Blackburn, 2007 : Impact of Tibetan orography and heating on the summer flow over Asia. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 85B, 1-19.
  https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.85B.1  

  Times Accessed : 45

• Cifelli, R., V. Chandrasekar, H. Chen, and L. E. Johnson, 2018: High resolution radar quantitative precipitation estimation in the San Francisco Bay Area: Rainfall monitoring for the urban environment. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 96A, 141-155.
  https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2018-016   Graphical Abstract

  Times Accessed : 41

• Kawase, H., T. Sasai, T. Yamazaki, R. Ito, K. Dairaku, S. Sugimoto, H. Sasaki, A. Murata, and M. Nosaka, 2018: Characteristics of synoptic conditions for heavy snowfall in western to northeastern Japan analyzed by the 5-km regional climate ensemble experiments. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 96, 161-178.
  https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2018-022   Graphical Abstract

  Times Accessed : 40

• Yoshida, M., M. Kikuchi, T. M. Nagao, H. Murakami, T. Nomaki, and A. Higurashi, 2018: Common retrieval of aerosol properties for imaging satellite sensors. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 96B, 193-209.
  https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2018-039   Graphical Abstract

  Times Accessed : 40

• Zhuge, X., and X. Zou, 2018: Summertime convective initiation nowcasting over Southeastern China based on Advanced Himawari Imager observations. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 96, 337-353.
  https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2018-041   Graphical Abstract

  Times Accessed : 40