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YOSHINO Jun
Title Associate Professor
Department Department of Civil Engineering
Course Environmental Studies Course

Research fields

Weather forecasts we watch on TV and internet everyday is created based on the simulation technology called "Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) model", which can predict the future behavior of the motion and states of the atmosphere. The NWP model numerically solves the governing equations of the atmospheric dynamics and physics with target 3-D simulation grids. To prevent disasters from imminent super typhoons and torrential rainfalls, a high-resolution NWP model must be developed by improving existing technologies.

In our laboratory, we are conducting operational weather forecasts everyday based on the "Gifu University Local Weather Forecasting System (GULWFS)." Please visit and enjoy our following website: http://net.cive.gifu-u.ac.jp. In 2005, the Japan Meteorological Agency authorized the only and first-ever attempt in the Japanese universities. Many people in Gifu Prefecture choose our daily weather forecasts because we provide 36-hourly-ahead forecasts of hourly weather, wind speed, wind direction, temperature, humidity, radiation, and wave height with a 2-km resolution grid spacing.

The high-resolution NWP model we are developing in our laboratory is expected to boost studies of the meteorological engineering relating to disaster prevention, natural environment, and natural energy.

The 3-D structure of Typhoon Bart (1999) simulated by the NWP model. The website of Gifu University Local Weather Forecasting System GULFS (http://net.cive.gifu-u.ac.jp/)

Research Keywords

Meteorology, Natural Energy, Atmospheric Disaster, Coastal Engineering

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