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Article

Effects of the Tibetan High and the North Pacific High on the Occurrence of Hot or Cool Summers in Japan

by
Makoto Inoue
1,*,
Atsushi Ugajin
2,†,
Osamu Kiguchi
1,
Yousuke Yamashita
3,
Masashi Komine
4 and
Shuji Yamakawa
5
1
Department of Biological Environment, Akita Prefectural University, Akita 010-0195, Japan
2
Graduate School of Bioresource Sciences, Akita Prefectural University, Akita 010-0195, Japan
3
National Institute for Environmental Studies, Tsukuba 305-8506, Japan
4
Department of Biological Production, Akita Prefectural University, Akita 010-0195, Japan
5
College of Humanities and Sciences, Nihon University, Tokyo 156-8550, Japan
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
†
Current address: National Institute for Environmental Studies, Tsukuba 305-8506, Japan.
Atmosphere 2021, 12(3), 307; https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos12030307
Submission received: 19 January 2021 / Revised: 19 February 2021 / Accepted: 23 February 2021 / Published: 26 February 2021
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Extreme Weather Events and Geo-Climatic Hazards Under a Changing Climate)
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Abstract

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In this study, we investigated the effects of the Tibetan High near the tropopause and the North Pacific High in the troposphere on occurrences of hot or cool summers in Japan. We first classified Japan into six regions and identified hot and cool summer years in these regions from a 38-year sample (1980–2017) based on the monthly air temperature. To investigate the features of circulation fields over Asia during hot and cool summers in Japan, we calculated the composite differences (hot summer years minus cool summer years) of several variables such as geopotential height, which indicated significant high-pressure anomalies in the troposphere and lower stratosphere. These results suggest that both the North Pacific and the Tibetan Highs tend to extend to Japan during hot summer years, while cool summers seem to be associated with the weakening of these highs. We found that extension of the Tibetan High to the Japanese mainland can lead to hot summers in Northern, Eastern, and Western Japan. On the other hand, hot summers in the Southwestern Islands may be due to extension of the Tibetan High to the south. Similarly, the latitudinal direction of extension of the North Pacific High is profoundly connected with the summer climate in respective regions.

1. Introduction

Meteorological disasters, including drought, a cool summer, or heavy rain, have a serious effect on crop yields in Japan. Drought causes a fall in rice production due to inadequate and poorly distributed rainfall, and an exceptionally cool summer brings about low rice yields which can lead to considerable disturbances to rice markets. The Okhotsk High and the North Pacific High dominate the summer weather in East Asia including Japan [1,2,3,4,5,6]. The “Yamase” wind, a cool and moist air current originating in the Okhotsk High, induces large summer temperature variation, greatly influencing the summer climate in northeastern Japan [3,7,8]. On the other hand, the western stretch (i.e., extension to Japan) of the North Pacific High dominates the summer climate in East Asia [9,10], bringing hot and humid conditions. However, it is difficult to predict the summer weather in Japan from the development of only these two highs in the lower and middle troposphere because there are many factors, such as the El Niño–Southern Oscillation and phenomena in the upper atmosphere, that may drive temperature variability [11].
Recently, there has been discussion that the Tibetan High is an important factor in determining summer climate in Japan. This high is a warm, gigantic, anti-cyclonic circulation and covers East Asia from the upper troposphere to the lower stratosphere [12,13,14], and greatly influences the summer climate in East Asia [15]. This is characterized by a high-pressure system over the Tibetan Plateau, which is also called the South Asian High [16,17,18]. The temporal analyses revealed that the location of the upper tropospheric westerly jet core near the northern periphery of the Tibetan High changed rapidly from 140° E to 90° E during the plum rain period over East Asia [19,20]. It was indicated that cool summers are profoundly related to enhancement of the Okhotsk High and weakening of the North Pacific and Tibetan Highs [21]. Yamakawa [22] showed that strengthening of the Tibetan High associated with the eruption of Mt. Pinatubo led to a hot summer in East Asia. The effects of interannual changes in the Tibetan High on the climate were investigated by Nagano et al. [15], who revealed a recent cooling trend over Northern Japan with the weakening of the Tibetan High since 1992. Owada and Ishikawa [23] showed that the center of the Tibetan High was located around the Tibetan Plateau during hot summer in East Asia, whereas it was located near the Iranian Plateau during cool summer. The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) reported that, in 2013, Japan experienced an extremely hot summer due to the enhanced Pacific High and the Tibetan High associated with a significantly active Asian monsoon [24]. However, few studies have investigated the characteristics of drought and cool summer years in recent decades. In this study, we clarify the influences of the Tibetan High and North Pacific High on the occurrence of drought and cool summers in Japan by statistical analyses of the atmospheric circulation fields during a 35-year period not only in the lower atmosphere but also near the tropopause. In addition, we examine how the direction of extension of these highs affects the summer climate in each region of Japan.

2. Data and Analysis Methods

2.1. Surface air Temperature data and Definitions of Hot and Cool Summer Years

To define hot and cool summer years in Japan, we used monthly surface air temperature data available via the JMA website [25]. We classified Japan into six regions, the Sea of Japan side of Northern Japan (NJJ), the Pacific side of Northern Japan (NJP), Eastern Japan (EJ), Western Japan (WJ), the Northeastern part of the Southwest Islands (SIN), and the Southwestern part of the Southwest Islands (SIS). Table 1 and Figure 1 list the meteorological stations and show the map of each region, respectively. The selected stations are uniformly distributed over the whole of Japan. For instance, NJJ consists of ten stations located in the Sea of Japan side of Hokkaido prefecture and Tohoku district.
Figure 2 shows the interannual variation in surface temperature in NJJ, NJP, EJ, WJ, SIN, and SIS during the 38-year period of 1980–2017. The year 1994 had a typical hot summer, in which the surface temperature was higher at most locations [26]. This condition led to rainfall shortage and restrictions of municipal supply service in Japan. On the other hand, temperatures in 1993 and 2003 were lower, and these seriously damaged the Japanese rice crop. The summer weather in 2010 was quite hot, and much of the rice crop was damaged due to extreme heat [27]. For each region, 10 hottest years were defined as hot summer years, and 10 coolest years were defined as cool summer years based on the surface temperature data during the studied period. The classification results for the six regions are listed in Table 2.

2.2. Reanalysis Data for Composite Maps and Analysis Procedure

To examine the features of the large-scale circulation associated with higher and lower temperatures in Japan in Northern Hemisphere summers (June, July, and August) from 1980 to 2017, we used monthly reanalysis data (geopotential height, meridional wind, and vertical p velocity) with a horizontal resolution of 2.5° × 2.5° derived from the National Centers for Environmental Prediction/National Center for Atmospheric Research global atmospheric reanalysis data [28]. In addition, we utilized the monthly precipitation data with a horizontal resolution of 2.5° × 2.5° provided by the Climate Prediction Center Merged Analysis of Precipitation [29] over the same period. We calculated the difference between hot and cool summer years (i.e., hot summer years minus cool summer years) for selected variables. In addition, we evaluated the statistical significance of these composite differences using Welch’s t test with the significance level at 95%. This method has been used to clarify the features of the upper atmosphere [30,31].

3. Results

3.1. North Pacific Subtropical High and Tibetan High

We first show the features of the atmospheric field over Asia and Eurasia in summer. Figure 3 indicates the spatial distribution of geopotential height at several altitudes in the hot (left panels) and cool summer years (right panels). This distribution shows the mean values of ten years in each altitude. The North Pacific subtropical high is centered around the Hawaiian Islands at 500 hPa in the middle troposphere and at 850 hPa in the lower troposphere (Figure 3b,c,e,f). This high greatly influences the summer climate in East Asia including Japan [4,5,32]. At 150 hPa in the tropopause, we find the center of the Tibetan High (Figure 3a,d) which is a warm, gigantic, anti-cyclonic circulation that covers East Asia from the upper troposphere to the lower stratosphere [12,13,14,15]. The Tibetan High extends to the west of India and can be explained as a Rossby wave response to the heating over India [33,34]. As noted in Section 1, the Tibetan High has a crucial effect on summertime weather in Japan, though it is hard to discuss the differences between the hot summer years and cool summer years based on the distribution of mean values (i.e., Figure 3). We therefore calculate the composite differences between the both years in the next section.

3.2. Extension of the Tibetan High in Hot or Cool Summer Years

Now, we shall examine how the occurrence of hot or cool summers in Japan is connected with atmospheric circulation fields in the broad Asian monsoon regions. Figure 4a shows the composite differences in geopotential height at 150 hPa between hot and cool summer years in NJJ. We find significant high-pressure anomalies around Japan, which reflects stronger eastward extension (i.e., toward Japan) of the Tibetan High centered near the northern part of India (Figure 3a,b) in hot summer years than in cool ones. Striking positive anomalies develop over the Tian Shan Mountains (80° E) and west Asia (30–50° N), located at the same latitude band as the Japanese islands. On the other hand, low pressure anomalies can be seen in subtropical regions (south of 30° N). We here calculated the average and standard deviation of geopotential height at 150 hPa around Northern Japan (35–45° N, 60–90° E) for hot summer years (10 years) and cool summer years (10 years) in NJJ. The average ± standard deviation of geopotential height during hot summer years and cool summer years were 14,147 ± 22 m and 14,103 ± 20 m, respectively. Thus, the difference between hot and cool summer years was approximately 44 m over Northern Japan. The distribution of geopotential height differences between hot and cool summer years in NJP is similar to that in NJJ (Figure 4a,b). This means that eastward extension of the Tibetan High is an important factor in agrometeorology and crop growth in both the Sea of Japan and Pacific sides of Northern Japan. Figure 4c shows the geopotential height differences at 150 hPa between hot and cool summer years in EJ. Significant positive anomalies are present in East Asia, including Japan and Mongolia. By contrast, low pressure anomalies are dominant in the subtropics such as southern China. This characteristic is also found in the distribution of geopotential height difference in WJ (Figure 4d). We consider the mechanisms of hot and cool summers that occur in Eastern Japan to be extremely similar to those in Western Japan. Figure 4e,f show the composite differences between hot and cool summer years in SIN and SIS, respectively. Positive anomalies are seen in most parts of Asia and Eurasia, including Japan. Particularly, for hot summer years in SIS, significant high-pressure anomalies develop over the Ogasawara Islands and the Mariana Islands located southeast of the Japanese mainland. These results suggest that the Tibetan High tends to extend to the south of Japan during hot summers in the Southwest Islands compared to those of Northern, Eastern, and Western Japan.

3.3. Extension of the North Pacific High in Hot or Cool Summer Years

Next, we focus on the extension of the North Pacific High centered around the Hawaiian Islands. Figure 5a shows the composite differences in geopotential height at 850 hPa between hot and cool summer years in NJJ. We find significant high-pressure anomalies around Japan, which reflects stronger westward extension (i.e., toward Japan) of the North Pacific High centered on Hawaii (Figure 3c,f) in hot summer years than in cool ones. The average ± standard deviation of geopotential height at 850 hPa over Northern Japan (35–45° N, 60–90° E) during hot summer years and cool summer years were 1479 ± 8 m and 1471 ± 4 m, respectively. The difference between hot and cool summer years was about 8 m over Northern Japan. The distribution of geopotential height anomalies in NJP is also similar to that in NJJ (Figure 5b). Composite anomaly maps of hot and cool summer years in EJ and WJ reveal positive anomalies over those two regions, and negative anomalies around the Okhotsk Sea (Figure 5c,d). Significant high-pressure anomalies can be seen in southern parts of Kyushu district (Figure 5e,f).
To clarify the characteristics of the large-scale circulation associated with high pressure system over Japan, we investigated the distributions of geopotential height, vertical flow, and precipitation. Here we focus on the North Pacific High extension in hot and cool summer years in NJJ, WJ, and SIS as representatives of Northern Japan, Western Japan, and the Southwestern Islands, respectively (Figure 6, Figure 7 and Figure 8). Figure 6a shows the composite differences in geopotential height at 500 hPa in NJJ. We found significant high-pressure anomalies in the middle troposphere over the Japanese islands, including Hokkaido. This means that the North Pacific High extended to Japan during hot summers in Northern Japan, unlike during cool summers. The distribution of precipitation anomalies shows negative and positive anomalies over Japan and the Philippines, respectively (Figure 6b). These are consistent with ascent anomalies around the Philippine Sea at low latitude (10–25° N) and descent anomalies around Japan (30–40° N) in the troposphere (Figure 6c,d). We consider that hot summers tend to occur in Northern Japan due to extension of the North Pacific High over the Japanese mainland. For hot summers in Western Japan, significant high-pressure anomalies are seen over the Japanese mainland, as in Northern Japan (Figure 7a). However, whether the North Pacific High extends to Hokkaido during hot summers in Western Japan is unclear, compared to Northern Japan. There are positive and negative rainfall anomalies (Figure 7b), which are consistent with the distribution of ascent anomalies at low latitude (10–20° N) and descent anomalies (20–40° N) in the troposphere, respectively (Figure 7c,d). On the other hand, the analysis results for the Southwestern Islands reveal significant high-pressure anomalies in the broad region from the Philippine Sea to the Japanese islands (Figure 8a). The descent anomalies in the low and middle latitudes (20–30° N) associated with low rainfall anomalies are striking (Figure 8b–d). These results indicate that extension of the North Pacific High to the south can lead to warming and drought in the Southwestern Islands.

3.4. Relationships between the Extension of Two Highs and Occurrences of Hot or Cool Summers

Figure 9 shows a schematic diagram of the longitudinal and vertical extensions of the Tibetan High near the tropopause and the North Pacific High in the troposphere during hot summers in Japan. We suggest that the enhanced Tibetan High and North Pacific High (i.e., a structure with two layers over Japan) can lead to adiabatic heating when air masses descend in the atmosphere, causing hot summers. Conversely, cool summers are linked to the weakening of the Tibetan High and the North Pacific High.
The relationship between the latitudinal direction of extension of the Tibetan High and the region where a hot summer occurs in Japan is summarized in Figure 10a. In hot summer years for the Japanese mainland, high pressure anomalies were seen at 150 hPa over Japan. This means that hot summer in the mainland occurs due to extension to the north (i.e., the Japanese mainland) of the Tibetan High (Figure 10a). By contrast, extension to the south can lead to drought in the Southwestern Islands. Next, we focus on extension of the North Pacific High in the troposphere (Figure 10b). In hot summer years for Northern Japan, high pressure anomalies at 500 hPa are observed in the Japanese islands. On the other hand, hot summer in the Southwestern Islands seems to occur with high pressure anomalies in the subtropical zone including the southern part of Japan. This might mean that the North Pacific High extends to the north during hot summers in the Japanese mainland, whereas hot summers in the Southwestern Islands occur due to extension to the south of the North Pacific High (Figure 10b). In other words, the summer climate in each region of Japan is profoundly controlled by the direction of extension of these two highs.

4. Summary

This paper has presented the effects of the North Pacific High and the Tibetan High on occurrences of hot or cool summers in Japan. Japan was classified into six regions, and hot and cool summer years in these regions were extracted during a 38-year period (1980–2017). The features of the large-scale circulation in the troposphere and lower stratosphere and the precipitation distribution in hot and cool summer years were investigated using the National Centers for Environmental Prediction/National Center for Atmospheric Research reanalysis data and the Climate Prediction Center Merged Analysis of Precipitation data. In general, both the Tibetan High and North Pacific High tended to extend to Japan during hot summers in Northern Japan, Eastern Japan, Western Japan, and the Southwestern Islands. On the other hand, the occurrences of cool summers were associated with the weakening of these highs. Thus, the summer climate in each region of Japan is profoundly controlled by the extension of the Tibetan High and North Pacific High. It is important to monitor the behaviors of these highs for accurate prediction of extreme weather disasters such as droughts and cold weather which can seriously damage many crops. Further analyses on these highs from June through August may lead to great benefits to the agricultural and economic activity in summer.

Author Contributions

S.Y. conceived of the presented idea. M.I. took on the project administration and wrote the original draft. A.U. performed formal analysis and investigations. O.K. supervised the findings of this work and contributed to the writing—review and editing. Y.Y., M.K., and S.Y. participated in discussions and contributed to the writing—review and editing. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.

Funding

This research was supported by Grant-in-Aid for New faculty startup support of Akita Prefectural University.

Informed Consent Statement

Not applicable.

Data Availability Statement

Data used in this paper are available in a publicly accessible website: Monthly surface air temperature data for each region of Japan are available in the Japan Meteorological Agency at https://www.data.jma.go.jp/obd/stats/etrn/index.php (accessed on 26 February 2021); Monthly global atmospheric reanalysis data are available from the National Centers for Environmental Prediction/National Center for Atmospheric Research at https://psl.noaa.gov/data/gridded/data.ncep.reanalysis.pressure.html (accessed on 26 February 2021); Monthly precipitation data are available from the Climate Prediction Center Merged Analysis of Precipitation at https://psl.noaa.gov/data/gridded/data.cmap.html (accessed on 26 February 2021).

Acknowledgments

We used the Grid Analysis and Display System for drawing part of figures. This study was conducted with financial support from Akita Prefectural University, Japan.

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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Figure 1. Spatial distribution of meteorological stations for each region of (a) the Japanese mainland and (b) the Southwestern Islands used for the classification of hot and cool summer years in this study.
Figure 1. Spatial distribution of meteorological stations for each region of (a) the Japanese mainland and (b) the Southwestern Islands used for the classification of hot and cool summer years in this study.
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Figure 2. Temporal variation in surface temperature for summer (June–August) in six regions of Japan. The blue, brown, green, gold, orange, and pink lines show the surface temperature in NJJ, NJP, EJ, WJ, SIN, and SIS, respectively.
Figure 2. Temporal variation in surface temperature for summer (June–August) in six regions of Japan. The blue, brown, green, gold, orange, and pink lines show the surface temperature in NJJ, NJP, EJ, WJ, SIN, and SIS, respectively.
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Figure 3. Spatial distribution of geopotential height (in m) at (a,d) 150 hPa, (b,e) 500 hPa, and (c,f) 850 hPa for hot summer years (10 years) and cool summer years (10 years), respectively, in the Sea of Japan side of Northern Japan (NJJ).
Figure 3. Spatial distribution of geopotential height (in m) at (a,d) 150 hPa, (b,e) 500 hPa, and (c,f) 850 hPa for hot summer years (10 years) and cool summer years (10 years), respectively, in the Sea of Japan side of Northern Japan (NJJ).
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Figure 4. Composite differences in geopotential height (in m) at 150 hPa between hot and cool summer years in (a) the Sea of Japan side of Northern Japan (NJJ), (b) the Pacific side of Northern Japan (NJP), (c) Eastern Japan (EJ), (d) Western Japan (WJ), (e) the Northeastern part of the Southwest Islands (SIN), and (f) the Southwestern part of the Southwest Islands (SIS). The borders of regions that reached a significance of 95% are shown with thick lines.
Figure 4. Composite differences in geopotential height (in m) at 150 hPa between hot and cool summer years in (a) the Sea of Japan side of Northern Japan (NJJ), (b) the Pacific side of Northern Japan (NJP), (c) Eastern Japan (EJ), (d) Western Japan (WJ), (e) the Northeastern part of the Southwest Islands (SIN), and (f) the Southwestern part of the Southwest Islands (SIS). The borders of regions that reached a significance of 95% are shown with thick lines.
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Figure 5. Composite differences in geopotential height (in m) at 850 hPa between hot and cool summer years in (a) NJJ, (b) NJP, (c) EJ, (d) WJ, (e) SIN, and (f) SIS. The borders of regions that reached a significance of 95% are shown with thick lines.
Figure 5. Composite differences in geopotential height (in m) at 850 hPa between hot and cool summer years in (a) NJJ, (b) NJP, (c) EJ, (d) WJ, (e) SIN, and (f) SIS. The borders of regions that reached a significance of 95% are shown with thick lines.
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Figure 6. Composite differences in (a) geopotential height (in m) at 500 hPa, (b) precipitation (in mm day−1), and (c) vertical p-velocity (in 10−3 Pa s−1) at 500 hPa between hot and cool summer years in NJJ. (d) Latitude-pressure cross-section of the composite differences in vertical p-velocity (10−3 Pa s−1) between hot and cool summer years in NJJ at 140° E. Vectors show the composite differences in meridional-vertical flow (see legend for units). The borders of regions that reached a significance of 95% are shown with thick lines.
Figure 6. Composite differences in (a) geopotential height (in m) at 500 hPa, (b) precipitation (in mm day−1), and (c) vertical p-velocity (in 10−3 Pa s−1) at 500 hPa between hot and cool summer years in NJJ. (d) Latitude-pressure cross-section of the composite differences in vertical p-velocity (10−3 Pa s−1) between hot and cool summer years in NJJ at 140° E. Vectors show the composite differences in meridional-vertical flow (see legend for units). The borders of regions that reached a significance of 95% are shown with thick lines.
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Figure 7. Composite differences in (a) geopotential height (in m) at 500 hPa, (b) precipitation (in mm day−1), and (c) vertical p-velocity (in 10−3 Pa s−1) at 500 hPa between hot and cool summer years in WJ. (d) Latitude-pressure cross-section of the composite differences in vertical p-velocity (in 10−3 Pa s−1) between hot and cool summer years in WJ at 140° E. Vectors show the composite differences in meridional-vertical flow (see legend for units). The borders of regions that reached a significance of 95% are shown with thick lines.
Figure 7. Composite differences in (a) geopotential height (in m) at 500 hPa, (b) precipitation (in mm day−1), and (c) vertical p-velocity (in 10−3 Pa s−1) at 500 hPa between hot and cool summer years in WJ. (d) Latitude-pressure cross-section of the composite differences in vertical p-velocity (in 10−3 Pa s−1) between hot and cool summer years in WJ at 140° E. Vectors show the composite differences in meridional-vertical flow (see legend for units). The borders of regions that reached a significance of 95% are shown with thick lines.
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Figure 8. Composite differences in (a) geopotential height (in m) at 500 hPa, (b) precipitation (in mm day−1), and (c) vertical p-velocity (in 10−3 Pa s−1) at 500 hPa between hot and cool summer years in SIS. (d) Latitude-pressure cross-section of the composite differences in vertical p-velocity (in 10−3 Pa s−1) between hot and cool summer years in SIS at 140° E. Vectors show the composite differences in meridional-vertical flow (see legend for units). The borders of regions that reached a significance of 95% are shown with thick lines.
Figure 8. Composite differences in (a) geopotential height (in m) at 500 hPa, (b) precipitation (in mm day−1), and (c) vertical p-velocity (in 10−3 Pa s−1) at 500 hPa between hot and cool summer years in SIS. (d) Latitude-pressure cross-section of the composite differences in vertical p-velocity (in 10−3 Pa s−1) between hot and cool summer years in SIS at 140° E. Vectors show the composite differences in meridional-vertical flow (see legend for units). The borders of regions that reached a significance of 95% are shown with thick lines.
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Figure 9. Schematic diagram showing the longitudinal and vertical extensions of the Tibetan High and the North Pacific High during hot summers in Japan.
Figure 9. Schematic diagram showing the longitudinal and vertical extensions of the Tibetan High and the North Pacific High during hot summers in Japan.
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Figure 10. Schematic diagram showing the relationships between the latitudinal direction of extension of (a) the Tibetan High and (b) the North Pacific High and the regions where hot summers occur in Japan.
Figure 10. Schematic diagram showing the relationships between the latitudinal direction of extension of (a) the Tibetan High and (b) the North Pacific High and the regions where hot summers occur in Japan.
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Table 1. Meteorological stations for the six regions of Japan defined in this study.
Table 1. Meteorological stations for the six regions of Japan defined in this study.
RegionName of Stations
the Sea of Japan side, Northern Japan (NJJ)Haboro, Rumoi, Iwamizawa, Sapporo, Esashi, Fukaura, Akita, Sakata, Shinjo, Yamagata
the Pacific side, Northern Japan (NJP)Nemuro, Kushiro, Obihiro, Hiroo, Mutsu, Hachinohe, Miyako, Morioka, Ohunato, Ishinomaki, Sendai, Fukushima, Onahama
Eastern Japan (EJ)Mito, Utsunomiya, Maebashi, Tokyo, Katsuura, Kofu, Takada, Toyama, Suwa, Takayama, Fukui, Nagoya, Shizuoka
Western Japan (WJ)Hikone, Wakayama, Toyooka, Yonago, Hamada, Takamatsu, Matsuyama, Kochi, Fukuoka, Nagasaki, Kumamoto, Nobeoka, Makurazaki
Northeastern part of Southwest Islands (SIN)Yakushima, Naze
Southwestern part of Southwest Islands (SIS)Minamidaito, Naha, Ishigakijima, Yonagunijima
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Table 2. Classification results for hot and cool summer years in six regions of Japan.
Table 2. Classification results for hot and cool summer years in six regions of Japan.
Hot Summer YearsCool Summer Years
the Sea of Japan side, Northern Japan (NJJ)1984, 1990, 1994, 1999, 2000, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 20141980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1986, 1993, 1996, 1998, 2002, 2003
the Pacific side, Northern Japan (NJP)1990, 1994, 1999, 2000, 2004, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015, 20161980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1993, 1996, 1998, 2003
Eastern Japan (EJ)1990, 1994, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2010, 2011, 2012, 20131980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1993, 2003
Western Japan (WJ)1990, 1994, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2016, 20171980, 1982, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1993, 2003, 2015
Northeastern part of Southwest Islands (SIN)1990, 1991, 1998, 2001, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2013, 2016, 20171982, 1983, 1985, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2014
Southwestern part of Southwest Islands (SIS)1980*, 1988*, 1991, 1998, 2001, 2007, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 (* joint 10th place)1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1989, 1992, 1995, 1997, 2000
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