Role and Impact of the Urban Environment in a Numerical Forecast of an Intense Summertime Precipitation Event over Tokyo

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Stéphane BÉLAIR¹  Sylvie LEROYER²  Naoko SEINO³ 

[1] Meteorological Research Division, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canada;Meteorological Research Institute, Japan Meteorological Agency, Tsukuba, Japan;Meteorological Service of Canada, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canada

关键词: subkm-scale modeling;    intense precipitation;    urban impact;    breeze;    TOMACS;   

DOI  :  10.2151/jmsj.2018-011

学科分类：大气科学

来源: Meteorological Society of Japan

【 摘 要 】

 Heavy precipitation fell over Tokyo in the afternoon of 26 August 2011, leading to flooding and major disruptions for the population, businesses, and authorities. Over 150 mm of precipitation was observed over the city center on that day, with hourly accumulations reaching values as high as 90 mm in late afternoon. Numerical forecasts of this case were performed with a 250-m grid spacing version of the Global Environmental Multi-scale (GEM) model in the context of the Tokyo Metropolitan Area Convection Study (TOMACS). Although initialized only from a global 25-km upper-air analysis, results indicate that GEM can produce the intense precipitation over Tokyo at about the right location and time.

【 授权许可】

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