| Session Details | |
| Section | AS - Atmospheric Sciences |
| Session Title | Multi-sensor Observations of Severe Storms and Disaster Reduction |
| Main Convener | Prof. Eiichi Nakakita (Kyoto University, Japan) |
| Co-convener(s) | Prof. Kazuhisa Tsuboki (Nagoya University, Japan) Prof. Satoru Oishi (Kobe University, Japan) Dr. Kenji Suzuki (Yamaguchi University, Japan) Dr. Katsuhiro Nakagawa (National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Japan) |
| Session Description | Recently, disaster due to localized heavy rainfall is noticeable under climate change and urbanization. Although prediction accuracy of heavy rainfall in large spatial scale is getting higher and higher, it is still difficult for localized heavy rainfall in smaller spatial scale to be even reproduced. Moreover, earlier detection and prediction of localized and suddenly generated heavy rainfall (so called guerrilla heavy rainfall) and back-building type localized heavy rainfall are very important, even if the time lag is five to ten minutes. Also, prediction and early warning of flash flood are expected. Under these circumstances, this scientific integrated research have been conducted the world's first in-situ campaign observations of storm genesis and growth by synchronizing various type of radars with various lengths that include polarimetric radar and various type of sondes, videosonde, HYVIS, and CPS for more than ten years. Also, this research aims to develop methodologies for reducing serious disaster due to localized heavy rainfall by developing early warning systems. In this session, various kinds of topics with wide spectrum of sections such as hydrology, meteorology, electotechnology, are expected to be presented toward their further progress in Asia and the Pasific regions. |