Scientific Sessions > Ocean & Atmospheres (OA)

OA11
Satellite Observation of Water Cycle in the Atmosphere

Main Organiser
Tetsuo Nakazawa
Typhoon Research Department
Meteorological Research Institute
Tel: 029-853-8671 Fax: 029-853-8735
nakazawa@mri-jma.go.jp

Co-Organiser(s)
Riko Oki,
National Space Development Agency of Japan
oki.riko@jaxa.jp

Kenji Nakamura,
Hydrospheric Atmospheric Research Center, Nagoya University
nakamura@hyarc.nagoya-u.ac.jp

Jae-Cheol Nam,
Meteorological Research Institute, Korea Meteorological Administration
jcnam@metri.re.kr

Brief Description
Asian Monsoon Region and Pacific Basin are the key regions to understand the large-scale circulation and water cycle in the atmosphere. The comprehensive understanding of the behavior of water cycle is necessary for predicting water cycle over these regions.
Global observations by satellites are very useful and powerful to detect the present condition of the Earth. The session is to discuss new scientific results of water cycle in the atmosphere, using current Earth Observing Satellites, TRMM and ADEOS-II. Several topics in the session we would like to discuss are as follows.

  • Water cycle over the Asian monsoon region
  • Monsoon variability over the Asian monsoon region
  • Typhoon, tropical cyclone over the Asian monsoon region
  • Asian monsoon activity and ENSO
  • Diurnal cycle of rainfall
  • Interannual variability of monsoon
  • Surface flux and precipitation system
  • Water vapor transport
  • Cloud and precipitation system
  • Impact of satellite observation for forecast
  • Rainfall/snow estimation from space