IMPACT OF THE ACTUAL SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE OF TOKYO BAY ON URBAN AIR TEMPERATURE

Abstract

To investigate the impact of the actual sea surface temperature (SST) of Tokyo Bay on urban air temperature, an observation network was constructed. SST had been measured at 14 observation sites, such as the lighted buoy in Tokyo Bay since November 2006 to September 2007, and urban air temperature was simulated using the numerical modeling system, WRF, in which SST obtained from this observation was used. In this study, the following results are obtained.(1) From observational study, spatial distribution of air temperature is similar to that of SST, and air temperature over Tokyo Bay is considerably affected by air advection from the coastal land area.(2) Actual SST of Tokyo Bay has significant seasonal and diurnal variation compared with outer SST.(3) Air temperature at Tokyo increases about 0.1°C in summer if the outer SST is replaced with observed SST in Tokyo Bay in the numerical simulation.