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Meteorology and Climate Dynamics Lab
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A lab that explores everything from extreme weather such as typhoons and heavy rain to climate change.
AboutAbout the lab
Taking a cross-cutting approach to complex weather phenomena
The Meteorology and Climate Dynamics Lab studies a wide range of weather phenomena, from extreme weather events to abnormal weather and climate change, along with their interactions across scales.
Using any of data analysis, numerical simulation, and field observation, the lab takes a comprehensive view of the interactions between the atmosphere and the ocean, sea ice, and land surface.
Its main topics include linear precipitation systems, typhoons and explosive cyclones, monsoons, and predictions of near-future climate change on timescales from seasons to several years to a decade.
Key terms
- Explosive cyclone
- A rapidly developing extratropical cyclone. Along with typhoons, it is a representative synoptic-scale disturbance
- Monsoon
- A circulation in which the wind system reverses with the seasons. Each region has its own characteristic circulation
- Mesoscale
- The range of weather phenomena with horizontal scales from 2,000 km to 2 km
NewsLab news
Press release on research projecting future extreme precipitation caused by typhoons
Press release on the elucidation of the nature of the monsoon gyre by a lab alumnus
Assistant Professor Kawano identified the causes of the heavy rainfall on the Noto Peninsula in September 2024
A doctoral student received the Branch Encouragement Award at the Kyushu Branch meeting of the Meteorological Society of Japan
A master's student received the Matsuno Award from the Meteorological Society of Japan
ResearchResearch themes
The lab takes a cross-cutting approach to weather phenomena at many scales, from the global atmospheric general circulation and highs and lows to extreme events caused by typhoons, the Baiu front, and tornadoes. It aims to understand the mechanisms of interactions that span multiple scales, and to produce knowledge that contributes to disaster prevention and mitigation and to high-accuracy prediction of extreme weather, abnormal weather, and climate change.
*Illustrative imageLinear precipitation systems and disturbances along the Baiu front
The Kyushu region experiences many episodes of concentrated heavy rain during the rainy season. The lab studies what causes the generation of disturbances with horizontal scales of 200 km to 20 km, within the mesoscale, which are important near the Baiu front.
*Illustrative imageTyphoons, explosive cyclones, and the large-scale circulation
The lab focuses on the possibility that typhoons and explosive cyclones affect distant regions through Rossby waves. By analyzing reanalysis data and running numerical experiments, it clarifies these interactions, aiming to improve short-term weather prediction and contribute to disaster mitigation and prevention.
*Illustrative imageMonsoons and abnormal weather
Variations in the monsoon circulation, in which wind systems reverse with the seasons, cause widespread damage through floods and droughts. The lab unravels phenomena in which atmosphere-land surface interaction and atmosphere-ocean interaction are intertwined, aiming to clarify the mechanisms of related abnormal weather.
*Illustrative imagePredictability of climate change
Using techniques that assimilate observational data into climate models, the lab works on predicting climate fluctuations several years ahead, covering not only the atmosphere but also the ocean, sea ice, and land surface. It also clarifies the mechanisms of variability such as El Niño and evaluates the uncertainty of predictions.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Meteorology and Climate Dynamics Lab are faculty, an emeritus professor, and master's and undergraduate students.As of 2026
- ProfessorTakashi Mochizuki
- Assistant ProfessorTetsuya Kawano
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “Helsinki Sataa, heavy rain, flood, flooding - panoramio” eujmhs / CC BY 3.0 (cropped)
- Linear precipitation systems and disturbances along the Baiu front: “Torrential rain hit Panzhou7” Huangdan2060 / CC BY 3.0 (cropped)
- Typhoons, explosive cyclones, and the large-scale circulation: “Ex-Typhoon Namtheun on” NASA / Public domain (cropped)
- Monsoons and abnormal weather: “Monsoon Maharashtra India Rain Landscape (1) 16” Nikhil More / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Predictability of climate change: “Argo float deployed from research vessel” NOAA GOMO (Global Ocean Monitoring and Observing Program) / Public domain (cropped)
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- Related lab (Earth Interior Dynamics Lab): “The Day the Earth Smiled - PIA17172” NASA/JPL-Caltech/SSI / Public domain (cropped)
- Related lab (Atmospheric Fluid Dynamics Lab): “PSM V53 D324 General circulation of atmosphere” 作者不詳 / Public domain (cropped)
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