Research on Mechanisms behind Typhoons and Other Extreme Weather Phenomena, and Development of Related Monitoring and Forecasting Technology

Mechanism elucidation and development of high-level monitoring and prediction technology for severe extreme weather phenomena such as typhoons, torrential rain including “senjo-kousuitai*)”, heavy snowfall, tornadoes and damaging winds are conducted using state-of-the-art observation and analysis along with high-accuracy numerical prediction. This helps to mitigate the effects of disasters related to such meteorological conditions.

*) Kato, T., 2020: Quasi-stationary band-shaped precipitation systems, named “senjo-kousuitai”, causing localized heavy rainfall in Japan. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 98, 485-509, https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2020-029.

Research on Mechanisms behind Typhoons and Other Extreme Weather Phenomena, and Development of Related Monitoring and Forecasting Technology