Annual Variation of Extreme Precipitation Intensity in Japan: Assessment of the Validity of Clausius-Clapeyron Scaling in Seasonal Change

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公開日
2016
資源種別
journal article
DOI
  • 10.2151/sola.2016-024
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公益社団法人 日本気象学会

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The annual variation of extreme precipitation in Japan was analyzed using hourly data at 981 stations for 36 years (1979-2014). Except over the Nansei Islands, the intensity of hourly extreme precipitation (Pext) defined by upper 0.1% cases is found to show a unimodal annual variation with a peak in midsummer, unlike total precipitation amount which has a bimodal annual variation with two peaks of Baiu and Shurin. The dependence of Pext on mean temperature is close to or slightly lower than the Clausius-Clapeyron (CC) rate of 6-7%/K, indicating that the annual variation of extreme precipitation is strongly linked to that of saturation vapor amount. On the other hand, Pext is different according to regions by several tens of percent for a fixed temperature. This fact suggests the influence of geographical factors on its spatial distribution. As for 24-hour precipitation, Pext shows larger deviation from the CC scaling and larger regional differences than that of hourly precipitation, implying stronger control of synoptic effects in generating long-lasting heavy rainfall.

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  • SOLA

    SOLA 12 (0), 106-110, 2016

    公益社団法人 日本気象学会

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