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Wataru Mashiko

Job title	Senior Researcher
Section	The 3rd lab./Forecast Research Department
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Expertise	Severe loacal storms, Tornado, Tropical cyclone
Degree	Ph.D.
Publications	Mashiko, W., 2019: A statistical study of wind gusts in Japan using surface observations. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 97, in press. Mashiko, W., and H. Niino, 2017: Super high-resolution simulation of the 6 May 2012 Tsukuba supercell tornado: Near-surface structure and its evolution. SOLA, 13, 135-139. Mashiko, W., 2016: A numerical study of the 6 May 2012 Tsukuba City supercell tornado. Part II: Mechanisms of Tornadogenesis. Mon. Wea. Rev., 144, 3077-3098. Mashiko, W., 2016: A numerical study of the 6 May 2012 Tsukuba City supercell tornado. Part I: Vorticity sources of low-level and midlevel mesocyclones. Mon. Wea. Rev., 144, 1069-1092. Mashiko, W., H. Y. Inoue, S. Hayashi, K. Kusunoki, S. Hoshino, K. Arai, K. Shimose, M. Kusume, M. Nishihashi, H. Yamauchi, O. Suzuki, and H. Morishima, 2012: Structure of two adjacent shear lines accompanied by wind gusts in the Japan Sea coastal region during a cold-air outbreak on 12 December 2010. SOLA, 8, 90-93. Mashiko, W., H. Niino, and T. Kato, 2009: Numerical simulation of tornadogenesis in an outer-rainband minisupercell of Typhoon Shanshan on 17 September 2006. Mon. Wea Rev., 137, 4238-4260. Mashiko, W, 2008: Formation Mechanism of a Low-Level Jet during the Passage of Typhoon Ma-on (2004) over the Southern Kanto District. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 86, 183-202. Mashiko, W, 2005: Polygonal Eyewall and Mesovortices Structure in a Numerically Simulated Typhoon Rusa. SOLA, 1, 29-32
Project	Research on improvement of mesoscale weather prediction and information for disaster prevention Observational and statistical study for improved monitoring and forecasting of high-impact weather phenomena