Long-Term Falling Trends of Pressure over the Kanto Plain as Evidence of Increasing Heat Content in the Lower Atmosphere in the Daytime of the Warm Season

[摘要] Long-term pressure changes in the Kanto plain in the warm season (April-September) are evaluated by using data spanning 32 years (1961-1992). It is found that daytime pressure, defined as departure from nighttime pressure, has fallen over the central and northern Kanto plain at a rate of 0.2 hPa/(30 years) on the average of the warm season, and 0.3-0.4 hPa/(30 years) on sunny days with weak synoptic pressure gradient. Correspondingly, daytime temperature is found to have risen in the central-northwestern Kanto plain at a rate of 1-1.5°C/(30 years). These facts give observational evidence of widespread warming due to extensive urbanization.

[学科分类] 大气科学