Abstract: Record-breaking precipitation due to a back-building convective system occurred in Kyushu Island, Japan, on 5 July 2017. In this paper, a quasi-stationary back-building convective system is reproduced using a regional ...

Abstract: three-dimensional (3D) winter lightning mapping system employing very high frequency (VHF) broadband signals was developed for continuous remote observation in winter. VHF broadband pulses radiated by leader progression ...

Abstract: Life histories of low-level misocyclones, one of which corresponded to a tornado vortex within a winter storm in the Japan Sea coastal region on 1 December 2007, were observed from close range by X-band Doppler radar of ...