Climatological Study of Urban Climate and Heat and Cold Mortalities in Japan

Part 1. Urban Heat Islands and Urban Warming in Japan.- Chapter 1. Basic Features of the Urban Heat Island (UHI).- 1.1 Observational Studies on Nighttime UHIs.- 1.1.1 Examples of UHI.- 1.1.2 Vertical Structure of UHI.- 1.2 Climatology of UHI Intensity.- 1.2.1 Indices of UHI Intensity and Urbanness.- 1.2.2 Relationship between Nighttime UHI Intensity and Climatological Factors.- 1.3 Mechanisms of UHI Formation.- Chapter 2. Climatology of Long-term Urban Warming.- 2.1 Interest in Urban Warming.- 2.2 Detection of Urban Warming in Long-term Temperature Trends in Japan.- 2.2.1 Relationship between Temperature Trends and Population Density.- 2.2.2 Dependence of Temperature Trends on Population Density: Analysis for a Centennial Time Scale.- 2.3 Dependence of Urban Warming on Weather Conditions.- Chapter 3. Sub-city Scale Temperature Distribution.- 3.1 Introduction.- 3.2 Temperature around Urban Parks.- 3.3 Microscale Effects on Observed Temperature.- 3.4 Microscale Effects on Long-term Temperature Trends.- Chapter 4. Wind and Precipitation in Cities.- 4.1 Urban Wind.- 4.1.1 Urban Effects on Surface Wind Speed.- 4.1.2 Heat-island Circulation.- 4.1.3 Interaction between the Heat-island Circulation and Local Winds.- 4.2 Urban Humidity and Precipitation.- 4.2.1 Relative Humidity and Amount of Water Vapor.- 4.2.2 Urban Fog.- 4.2.3 Clouds and Precipitation in Cities.- 4.2.4 Urban Snow.- Part 2. Climatology of Heat and Cold Mortalities in Japan.- Chapter 5. Climatology of Heat Stroke Mortality in Japan.- 5.1 Basic Statistics of Heat Stroke Deaths in Japan.- 5.1.1 Outline of Heat Stroke Data.- 5.1.2 Definition of Heat Stroke Mortality Rate.- 5.1.3 Basic Statistics of Heat Stroke Mortality in Japan.- 5.2 Regional Variations of Heat Stroke Mortality Rates and Temperature.- 5.2.1 Outline of the Analysis Procedure.- 5.2.2 Spatial Patterns.- 5.2.3 Interannual Variability.- 5.2.4 Seasonal Variations.- 5.2.5 Summary and Remarks.- 5.3 Relationship between Daily Heat Stroke Mortality and

Fumiaki Fujibe received his Doctor of Science degree in 1983. He conducted statistical research on local and urban meteorology at the Meteorological Research Institute in Japan. Since the start of the 2000s, he has studied urban climate change. Beginning in the 2010s, he has investigated mortality due to extreme high and low temperatures at Tokyo Metropolitan University from a climatological viewpoint. He was a board member of the Meteorological Society of Japan (MSJ) and the Heat Island Institute International, and he served as the editor-in-chief of Tenki, the Japanese Journal of the MSJ from 2007 to 2018.