Ogasawara air mass

Japanese: 小笠原気団 - おがさわらきだん
Ogasawara air mass

A tropical maritime air mass that appears in the subtropical high pressure zone of the northwest Pacific Ocean. Until the early Showa period, the weather charts created by the Central Meteorological Observatory had the Ogasawara Islands on the eastern edge, so this name was given to it. It does not mean that this air mass appears near the Ogasawara Islands. It moves north in the summer, bringing stable, humid, clear summer weather to areas around Japan. It is hot and humid near the surface, but the upper layer is dry due to subsidence air currents. When a typhoon or other event moves north, an even more humid equatorial air mass may move north along the west side of this air mass, which can have a major impact, such as causing heavy rainfall at the end of the rainy season.

[Yo Narumura]

[Reference] | Air mass
Air masses near Japan and their origins
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Air masses near Japan and their origins


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Japanese:

北西太平洋の亜熱帯高圧帯で発現する海洋性熱帯気団。昭和初期まで、中央気象台で作成していた天気図は東の端が小笠原諸島であったことから名づけられた名称。小笠原付近で発現する気団ということではない。夏季に北上して日本付近に安定した蒸し暑い夏の晴天をもたらす。地表付近では高温多湿であるが、上層は沈降性気流のため乾燥している。台風などが北上すると、この気団の西側に沿ってさらに湿潤な赤道気団が北上してくることがあり、これが梅雨末期以後の集中豪雨を招くなど大きな影響を及ぼす。

[饒村 曜]

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日本付近の気団とその発源地
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日本付近の気団とその発源地


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