South China Morning Post “Sea current course change could mean worse weather for Japan”

The Japan Meteorological Agency announced that a Kuroshio large meander has started. Dr. Miyama of the Application Laboratory was interviewed by South China Morning Post on the Kuroshio large meander.

Title Sea current course change could mean worse weather for Japan
Media South China Morning Post, Oct 31, 2017
Link http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/2117657/sea-current-course-change-could-mean-worse-weather-japan

 

Note: Although the article wrote “Our studies show that we can expect more snow than in an average year in and around Tokyo when this happens”, Miyama referred to Nakamura et al. (2012)’s study, not our study.

Nakamura H, Nishina A, Minobe S (2012) Response of Storm Tracks to Bimodal Kuroshio Path States South of Japan J Climate 25:7772-7779 doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00326.1