Establishment of an Advisory Panel on Extreme Climatic Events
1. Mission- Climatological analysis and research on extreme climatic events- Advice on information that JMA prepares on extreme climatic events including causes
and, if possible, outlooks of the events- Recommendation on the application of results from climatological research on extreme
climatic events to JMA’s services and activities
2. Scope
The Panel discusses extreme climatic events that are mainly caused by variations in theatmospheric general circulation and continue for a long time (about two weeks or more), e.g.
heat waves in 2004, heavy snow in 2005/06 and warm winter in 2006/07 in Japan. The Panelmay discuss, as necessary, shorter events including typhoons, heavy rains and wind storms
to provide advice on relations to large-scale atmospheric variations and global warming, etc.
3. Membership
The Panel consists of 10 prominent experts from universities and research institute aslisted in Annex. Professor Masahide KIMOTO of the University of Tokyo has been selected aschairperson. The Panel may invite, as necessary, experts outside of the Panel to discussspecific issues. The Panel will establish a working group to prepare materials to be discussed
by the Panel.
4. Functions
The Panel is to initiate discussions when an extreme climatic event has occurred or isexpected. JMA has established a system to share related information with the Panel members
through web to open preliminary discussions on-line. Following the preliminary discussions,the Panel holds a session at the JMA headquarters. The session may be held on-line inurgency. Shortly after the session, JMA is to issue a statement including causes and, ifpossible, outlooks of the event based on the advice of the Panel and other relevant
information. The statement will be provided to decision makers, industries and the generalpublic to help them avoid or minimize adverse effects from extreme climatic events. The Panelis to review its activities at its annual sessions.
5. Others
The first session was held on 12 June 2007 to select the chairperson andvice-chairperson, decide the Panel’s mandate and agree upon its future activities.
For further information on the Panel, please contact the secretariat as follows:
Mr Shuhei MAEDA
Climate Prediction Division
Japan Meteorological Agency
1-3-4, Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku, TOKYO
100-8122 JAPAN
Tel/FAX: +81 3 3211 8406
E-mail: smaeda@met.kishou.go.jp

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Members of the Advisory Panel on Extreme Climatic Events
YAMAZAKI, Koji

Professor
Graduate School of Environmental Earth Science
Hokkaido University

IWASAKI, Toshiki

Professor
Graduate School of Science
Tohoku University

YAMAGATA, Toshio

Professor
Graduate School of Science
University of TokyoKIMOTO, Masahide(Chairperson)

Professor
Center for Climate System Research
University of Tokyo

NAKAMURA, Hisashi(Vice-Chairperson)

Associate Professor
Graduate School of Science
University of Tokyo

YASUNARI, Tetsuzo

ProfessorHydrospheric Atmospheric Reseach Center
Nagoya University

MUKOUGAWA, Hitoshi

Associate Professor
Disaster Prevention Research InstituteKyoto University

HIROOKA, Toshihiko

Professor
Graduate School of Sciences
Kyushu University

KITOH, Akio

Director of Climate Research Department
Meteorological Research Institute

OSE, Tomoaki

Climate Research Department
Meteorological Research Institute