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About Our Lab

The Meteorology Data Science Laboratory opened in the Depaerment of Data Science at Rissho University in April 2021. The PI in this lab is Dr. Hidedata Hirata . Our research group trys to derive various values from meteorological big data (observation, reanalysis, forecast, and numerical experiments)!

Specific objectives of our lab are as follows:
・Elucidation of the mechanisms of metrological phenomena (e.g., explosive cyclones, typhoons, and heavy rain/snow fall)
・Creation of useful information on preventing metrological disasters
・Application of meteorological big data for digital societies

Works of Our Lab

・ Hidetaka Hirata, Hatsuki Fujinami, Hironari Kanamori, Yota Sato, Masaya Kato, Rijan B. Kayastha, Madan L. Shrestha, and Koji Fujita, 2023: Multiscale processes leading to heavy precipitation in the eastern Nepal Himalayas . Journal of Hydrometeorology, 24(4), 641-658.
・ Hidetaka Hirata, Ryuichi Kawamura, Masami Nonaka, Kazuhisa Tsuboki, 2021: Kuroshio-enhanced convective rainband associated with an extratropical cyclone in the cold season . Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan, 99(4), 899-912.
・ Hidetaka Hirata, 2021: Climatological features of strong winds caused by extratropical cyclones around Japan . Journal of Climate, 34(11), 4481-4494.
・ Hidetaka Hirata, Masami Nonaka, 2021: Impacts of strong warm ocean currents on development of extratropical cyclones through the warm and cold conveyor belts: A review . Tropical and Extratropical Air-Sea Interactions: Modes of Climate Variations (Swadhin Behera Ed), Elsevier, 267-293.
・ Hatsuki Fujinami, Hidetaka Hirata, Masaya Kato, Kazuhisa Tsuboki, 2020: Mesoscale precipitation systems and their role in the rapid development of a monsoon depression over the Bay of Bengal . Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 146(726), 267-283.
・ Hidetaka Hirata, Ryuichi Kawamura, Masami Nonaka, Kazuhisa Tsuboki, 2019: Significant impact of heat supply from the Gulf Stream on a “superbomb” cyclone in January 2018 . Geophysical Research Letters, 46, 7718-7725.
・ Hidetaka Hirata, Ryuichi Kawamura, Mayumi K. Yoshika, Masami Nonaka, Kazuhisa Tsuboki, 2019: Key role of the Kuroshio Current in the formation of frontal structure of an extratropical cyclone associated with heavy precipitation . Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 124, 6143-6156.
・ Hidetaka Hirata, Ryuichi Kawamura, Masaya Kato, Taro Shinoda, 2018: A positive feedback process related to the rapid development of an extratropical cyclone over the Kuroshio/Kuroshio Extension . Monthly Weather Review, 146(2), 417-433.
・ Keita Fujiwara, Ryuichi Kawamura, Hidetaka Hirata, Masaya Kato, Taro Shinoda, 2017: A positive feedback process between tropical cyclone intensity and the moisture conveyor belt assessed with Lagrangian diagnostics . Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 122(12), 502-521.
・ Hidetaka Hirata, Ryuichi Kawamura, Masaya Kato, Taro Shinoda, 2016: Response of rapidly developing extratropical cyclones to sea surface temperature variations over the western Kuroshio-Oyashio confluence region . Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 121(8), 3843-3858.
・ Hidetaka Hirata, Ryuichi Kawamura, Masaya Kato, Taro Shinoda, 2015: Influential Role of Moisture Supply from the Kuroshio/Kuroshio Extension in the Rapid Development of an Extratropical Cyclone . Monthly Weather Review, 143(10), 4126-4144.
・ Tadasuke Kudo, Ryuichi Kawamura, Hidetaka Hirata, Kimpei Ichiyanagi, Masahiro Tanoue, Kei Yoshimura, 2014: Large-scale vapor transport of remotely evaporated seawater by a Rossby wave response to typhoon forcing during the Baiu/Meiyu season as revealed by the JRA-55 reanalysis . Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 119(14), 8825-8838.
・ Hidetaka Hirata, Ryuichi Kawamura, 2014: Scale interaction between typhoons and the North Pacific subtropical high and associated remote effects during the Baiu/Meiyu season . Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 119(9), 5157-5170.
・ Hidetaka Hirata, Ryuichi Kawamura, 2013: Remote Forcing and Response of Tropical Cyclones over the Bay of Bengal to the Asian Jet Variability in Late Fall . SOLA, 9, 27-31.