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Decreases in the Number of Foggy Days in Thailand and Japan, and Possible Causes

著者 NOMOTO Seiki

出版者 Institute of Comparative Economic Studies, Hosei University

journal or

publication title

Journal of International Economic Studies

volume 17

page range 13‑28

year 2003‑03

URL http://doi.org/10.15002/00002482

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JoumaIoflntemationalEcmomicS【udies(2003),No.17,13-28 o2003ThelnstiluteofCompara[iveEconomicS[udics,HoseiUnWcrsity

DecreasesintheNumberofFoggyDaysinThailandand Japan,andPossibleCauses

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1.Introduction

FOg,deiinedasmoistairwithahorizontalvisibilityoflessthanlkm,isalitmustest

thatmdicates1℃gionalenvironmentalchangaltfbrmsduetothecoolmgofairlayers,

anincreaseintheratioofwatervaporsupplytoairvolume,orthemixingofairmass、

Adeclcaseinthecoolingorthesupplyofwatervapor,fOranyIeason,causeschanges

inthepattemoffOgmanifestation;thenumberoffbggydayscandecrease,thefOgcan

appearlater,orthefOg,sdurationcanbereduced・Humanactivities,suchasdefOrestation orurbanization,affectthethermalconditionsandwaterenvironmentsintheairnearthe ground,whichcanaffectfOgappearance,especiallyinmountainbasmsthatareclosedoff

EarlysmdiesfOundthatbigEuropeancitiesandNorthAmericanindustrialcitieshad morefOggydaysthandidcountrysideareas,duetotherichsupplyofcondensationnuclei

(Geigen959:LandsbuIg,1980)I、Tokyo,thebiggestcityinJapan,thenumberoffOggy

daysinc1℃asedrapidlywithindustrializationinthel920s(YOshino,1975).

Ontheotherhand,Zhang(1986)studiedtheinHuenceofdefbrestationonlocalcli-

matesinXishuangbanna,atropicalmountainousregionwith49basinsintheSouthernpart ofYimnanProvince,Chma;andpointedoutthatthenumberofannualfbggydaysdecreased rapidlyduringtheperiodofl954-1980ThedecreaseinannualfOggydaysmayhavebeen

causedbythereductionofevapotranspirationfromthetropicalfOrestduetodefOrestation

ThefOrestcoverageinXishuangbannawasreducedbyhalfintheperiodfroml949tol980;

from6996coverageinl949t030%coverageinl980、YOshino(1986)andNomoto(1995)

noticedsimilarphenomena,thoughtheirobservationwasbasedonlyonthelCcoldofone

meteorologicalstationmXishuangbanna・

ThestretchofXishuangbannaislocatedinthetropics・However,asithasabasinto-

poglaphy,ittendstoamasschillyairatnight,andtemperatu1℃scanberatherlow,especially inthebottomsofthebasinsduringthedryseason・WhenfOgfblms,thelatentheatandra- diationfromthefOgdropletswarmtheearth,ssurfaceandthelowestairlayeHarresting thedropintemperatme,TherefblB,thetreesinXishuangbannaguardthemselvesagainst thecoldbyretainingheatviafOgfbrmation.Inmostplacesthelowesttemperaturesare usuallyatdawn,butinXishuangbannaitiscoldestatmidnight,rightbefOrethefOgfOIms (Nomoto,etaL,1988:Nomoto,etaL,1990).TheseasonsofXishuangbannaareclassified intorainyanddryseasons,withthelattermnningapproximatelyhomOctobertoApriL Thereishardlyanyprecipitationdurmgthedryseason;atthistimefOgisavaluablewater

sourcefbrthetlCes(Ren,etaL,1985).

InXishuangbanna,fOgplaysasignificantroleasaconstituentelementinthemainte-

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DecIeasesinthcNumberofFbggyDaysinThailandandJapan,andPossibleCauses

nanceoftheregionalecosystems・TherefOre,therecentdecreaseinthenumberoffOggy daysinXishuangbannamayaddtothefurtherdeteriorationoftheecosystemthathasal- readybeeninjurcdbydefbrestation

lntheareaextendingfromtheSouthernpartofYUnnanProvincetoNorthemThailand,

fOgisficquenLFurthermore,asatisfactorymeteorologicalobservationnetworkhasbeen establishedalloverThailand,andthedataisrelativelyeasytoacquire・

InJapan,urbanizationhasrecentlyproceededtothecountrysideaTeasaroundbig cities,andpaddyfieldarea,whichmayaddwatervaportotheairneartheground,hasbeen drasticallyreducedinruralareasunderthefbodpolicywhichtheJapanesegovemmenthas pursuedsmcel969、

ThissmdywillexaminethenumberoffOggydaysinThailandandJapan,andaimto clarifyseveralpropertiesofthechanges.

2.ChangeintheNumberofFoggyDaysinThailandandDefbrestation 2.1FoggyRegionsandtheFogSeason

Thedatausedinthisstudy,whichwasprovidedbytheMeteorologicalDepartment ofThailand,iscomprisedmainlyofmonthlyvaluesfOrtheperiodfroml951tol995・

TheobservationalnetworkinThailandiscomposedof51synopticweatherstations(Me- teorologicalDepartment,1982),asshowninFigureLIntennsofclimatepatternsand geographicalconditions,Thailandcanbedividedintofiveparts:Northern,Northeastem,

Central,Eastern,andtheSouthernparts(RungdilokroajnandNimma,1990).Mostofthe areasintheNorthernpartarehillyandmountainous,andthemeteorologicalstationsthe1℃

arelocatedatthebottomsofdeepvalleysorbasins・TheNortheastempartconsistsofa highlevelplaincalledtheNortheastPlateau,andtheCentralpartisalargelowlevelplain runningalongtheChaoPhrayaRiveranditstributaries・TheEastempartisadjacenttothe GulfofThailand,andmostoftheareastherCconsistofplainsandsmallhills・TheSouthem partislocatedonthepeninsula,wherethetopographyishillyandmountainousbecauseof thelongridgeofwestemmountainsextendingfromthenorth,thatframesthepeninsula・

FigurelshowsadistributionofaverageannualfOggydays(1951-1980)inThailand GiventhesuitabletopographicalconditionsfOrfOgfOrmationandrichfOrests,asmentioned lateBthenumbersal己higherfOrtheNorthempart(100daysatMaeHongSon,g1daysat MaeSoL89daysatMaeSariangand87daysatPhrae).Withtheexceptionof94daysat Loei,whichisadjacenttotheNorthempart,theNortheasternpartisalessfOggyregion,

andtheCentralandEastempartshavehardlyanyfOg・Conversely,theSouthempartis consideredanotherfbggyregionofthecountry・ThenumbersamounttolO3daysatSurat Thani,thehighestvaluerecordedinthecountry,69daysatTrangand51daysatChumphon、

Figure2givesseasonalchangesinmonthlyfOggydaysandrainfallatselectedstations intheNorthem,Northeastem,CentralandSouthemparts,Itiswellknownthatthecli-

matesofcontinentalSoutheastAsiaarecontrolledtoaverylargeextentbythesystemof AsianMonsoons、MaythroughOctoberisgenerallytheSouthwestmonsoonseason(rainy season)inThailand,andthemonthlyfOggydaysbegintoinc1℃aseobviouslyattheendof therainyseason,reachingamaximuminthemiddleofthedryseasonlnThailand,the dlyseasonisalsothefOgseason・ThissuggestsaconnectionbetweenfOgfOnnationand evapotranspirationfiPomthefOrests.

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Le.,SuratThaniintheSouthempart,asshowninFigure2(。).There,thenumberoffbggy dayspermonthhastwopeaksinayear,andincreasesevenintherainyseasonSeasonal changesinthenumberoffOggydayspermontharecommonatstationsthatfTequentlyob- selvefOgintheSouthemparLThisleadsonetobelievethattheprocessesoffOgfOrmation a1℃differenti、theSouthernpartthaninotherparts.

2.2RecentChangesintheNumberofFoggyDaysinNorthemThailand

Figure3showschangesinannualfOggydaysatselectedstationsintheNorthempart (NorthemThailand)sincel95LAsmentionedpreviously,themeteorologicalstationsin NorthernThailandaTelocatedatthebottomsofdeepvalleysorbasins,andfOgisfrequently observed・ThenumberoffOggydayshasbeendecreasingatmoststations,especiallyChi- angRai,PhraeandNan,asshowninFigure3(a).Assummgthatthetrendsinchangesa1℃

lineaLtherateofdecreasereachedL42daysperyearatChiangRai,2.01days/yatPhrae andL97days/yatNan,respectively・Furtbermore,ChiangMaiandPhitsanulokaremete- orologicalstationswherehardlyanyfOgisobservedPhitsanulokhashadalmostnofOg smCe1965.Ontheotherhand,thetrendsinchangesinthenumberoffOggydaysshown inFiguTe3(b)a1℃quitediffermthomthoseinFigure3(a)ThenumbersatMaeHongSon andMaeSarianghavenotdecreasedcontinuously,buthaveHuctuatedwidelythroughout theperiod.

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Figure4showsthedecade-averagedmonthlyfOggydaysatPhrae,ChiangRai,Mae SariangandMaeHongSonThe45-year(1951-1995)periodhasbeendividedintofive

terms,withthelasttennconsistingofjustfiveyears・AtPhraeandChiangRai,where thenumberofannualfOggydaysdecreasedsharplyduringtheperiod,thedecade-averaged monthlyfbggydaysgraduallydeclcasedtowardthelasttermofeachmonththroughoutthe fOgseasonThistendencyisespeciallyclearatPhrae,whe「ethelargestrateofdecreaseof annualfOggydaysinNorthernThailand,of2.01days/y,wasrecordedOntheotherhand,

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ThenumberoffOggydayshasalsobeendecreasmgthroughoutthecountry(Nomoto,

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theMaeSaliangtypefOgwithagreater、umberoffOggydayswithaslightdec1℃ase,was notwimessedinanyoftheseparts・Theratesofdec1℃asereachedl92days/yatLoeiin theNortheastempartand2.04days/yatSuratThaniintheSouthempart,respectively・The stationsmtheEastempartobservedalmostnofbgsincel980.

2.3DefOrestationandUrbanization

Figure5showschangesinthefOrestarearate(ratiooffbrestalcatothewholepだ- fectuIearea)inselectedprefecm1℃sinNorthemThailand、Althoughfbgisaphenomenon thattakesplaceonalocalscale,dataonthefOresta1℃arateprovidesinfOrmationabout then℃ndsinthenumberoffOggydays・ManyplCfecturesinNorthernThailandhadrich fOrestsinl973,butsawthefOrestareacutbyhalfby1995.Forexample,NanPrefecture had904%fbrestcoverageml973,butjust48.9%coverageinl982and4L9%in1995.

Likewise,PhraePrefectu1℃had66.2%fbrestcoverageinl973,butonly37.2%、1995.

GiventhesechangesinthefOrestarearatQthenumberoffOggydayshasbeendeclCasing

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Figure6givesthedistributionofthefblcstarcarateinThailand,sprefectu妃sinl973 andl995,showingthatdefbrestationhastakenplacealloverthecountlyduringthisperiod.

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Amongthedifferentmeteorologicalelements,annualmeanminimumtemperatures maybethemostcloselylelatedtothetrendsinthenumberoffOggydays、Dulingthe

periodofl951-1995,thetemperatureincreasedremarkablymNorthernThailand,andthere welCcleardifferencesbetweenMaeSariangandMaeHonSonandothera1℃as,asshownin

FigulC、7(a).TheratesofincreaseatPhrae,ChiangMaiandPhitsanulokreached0.04°C/y,

0.03.C/yandOO2oqyfOrtheperiod,respectively・Ontheotherhand,theratesatMae

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Itisalsoworthytonotethedifferencesinthechangesofmeteorologicalelementsbe- tweenPhitsanulokandChiangMaiwithotherareas,asindicatedinFigu1℃s7(b)and(c).

ContrarytothereportmRungdilokroajnandNimma(1990),whichstatedthattheannual meantemperaturefOrtheperiodl951-1989increasedremarkablyalloverThailand,afUr‐

theranalysisoftemperamreduringtheperiodofl951-1995mthissmdyshowsthatatthe sametimeitfellmNOrthemThailand・Evenso,thetemperatu妃satPhitsanulokandChiang Maihavefallenstrikingly,asshowninFigure7(b).Figure7(c)showschangesinannual meanrelativehumidity・Inaccordancewiththechangesofannualmeantemperature,the humidityhasincreased,withtheexceptionoftwostations,whichalaofcourse,Phitsanu-

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ChiangMai,withapopulationofl82,O00inl996,isthelargestcityinNorthemThai- land;Phitsanulok,withapopulationof78,000,isthesecondlargesLTheriseintemperature theremaybeevidenceoftheprogressofurbanizationUrbanizationmayafTecttheurban heatandhumidity,whichaffectthenumberoffbggydayaAlthoughacitywithapopula- tionofl80,OOOdoesn,tnormaUyreceiverecognitionasbemgbig,thetrendsinthenumber offOggydaysinChiangMaiandPhitsanulokaresigniiicantlysimilartothoseinTbkyo andOsaka,OsakabeingthesecondlalgestcityinJapan(NomotoandTnkeyama,1998).

mthetropics,thephenomenonofurbanizationhasagleatermHuenceontheairnearthe groundthaninotherclimaticregions,especiallyinthedryseason・Itisthoughtthatthe recentdecreasesinthenumberoffOggydaysmaybethelesultnotonlyofdefbrestation,

butalsoofurbanizationTbeminimumtemperatulchasalsobeenrisingsharply,withthe vaporp妃ssuredecreasinginotherparts.

2.4DefbrestationandMonsoonRainfalIinNorthernThailand

Zhang(1986),studyingtheinHuenceofdefb1℃stationonlocalclimatesinXishuang‐

banna,pointedoutthatrainfalltherehaddec妃asedrema1kablyinthelaterainyseason,and suggestedthatitwasaresultoftheleductionofvaporpressureduetothedefbrestation、

Recently,totalannualrainfallhasdeceasedalloverThailand(RungdilokroajnandNimma,

1990).However,asshowninFigure8,whichindicatesthedecade-averagedtotalamount ofmonthlyrainfallatselectedstationsinNorthemThailand,mostofthestationstherehave observedincreasingrainfallintheearlyhalfoftherainyseasonThisincreasemayhave beentheresultofanincreasingBowenratioandinc1℃asingconvectiveinstabilitydueto defOrestationOntheotherhand,thetotalamountofmonthlyrainfalldecreasedsignallyin thelatterhalfoftheramyseason,atlhetimeofabatementoftheSWmonsoon,andmay havebeencausedbydecreasingevapotranspirationfromthedecreasedfOIests・Kanae,etaL

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(2001)studiedtheHuctuationofrainfallinandaroundThailandinAugustandSeptember usinganumericalsimulation,andweleabletoexplainthedec1℃aseofrainfallinSeptember byanalterationofthevegetationdistribution

Monsoonrainfall,eveninMaeSariangandMaeHonSon,clearlydemonstratesthe

effectsofdefOrestationlnthenearfnture,thepattemoffbggydaysinbothstationscould

changetoaPhraetype.

3.ChangesintheNumberofFoggyDaysinJapanandReductionofPaddy

FieldArea

3.1FoggyRegionsandFbgSeasons

Figure9showsadistributionofaverageannualfbggydays(1961-1990)inJapanThe numbersa1℃highintheinlandmountainousTegionandinal巴asalongtheseas,especially

thosefacingthePacificOceanThehighest(141days)isrecordedatKaruizawainthe

mountainousregionofcentralJapan,whereslopefbgstypicallyoccur・AdvectionfOgs

occurwiththemostfiPequencyalongthePacificcoastofHokkaido・Numberstherereach

ll2daysatKushiroandll3daysatNemurQItiswellknownthatradiationfOgistypically seenintheinlandmountainousbasins、ThenumbersofannualfOggydaysexceedlOOdays

atTbyookaandHitoyoshi.

FigureDDistributionofAveragedAnnualFoggyDaysinJapan

ThefOgseasonsinJapanaredependentonthediffe1℃ntwaysmwhichcoolingaffects fbgfOrmationFigulClOshowstimedistributionsoffOggydays・Themaximumnumberof

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3.2RecentChangesintheNumberofFoggyDays

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4.Conclusion

Fromthisstudy,wecandrawthefOllowingconclusionsonrecentchangesinthenum- beroffOggydaysinThailandandJapan

lnThailand,thenumberoffOggydaysbeginstoincreaseattheendoftherainyseason,

reachingamaximuminthemiddleofthedryseasonThedlyseasonisalsoconsideredthe fOgseason.

Duringtheperiodofl951-1995,thenumberofannualfOggydaysdecreasedthrough- outThailand・Theratesofdecreasereached2・O1daysperyearatPhraeand2D4days/y atSuratThanLInNorthemThailand,thetlcndsoffOggydayscanbeclassifiedintothree types・IntheMaeSariangtype,thedeclcaseinfOggydayscouldbeconiirmedonlyatthe monthsofthestartortheendofthefOgseason・Ontheotherhand,inthePhraetype,itwas ObservedineachmonththroughoutthefOgseasonMostofthestationsinThailandshowed eitherPhraeorPhitsanuloktypefbg

Amongsomemeteorologicalelements,theminimumtemperatureandthevaporpres- surcmaygiveusmfbrmationconcerningthedecreaseoffbggydays、TheminimumtempeP aturehasbeenincreasingdrasticallyalloverThailandduringtheperiodanditstendencies haverelationshipwiththemagnitudeofdecreasingfbggydays・Theauthorcannotsafely judgewhytheminimumtemperaturehasbeenincreasingrapidlyandthevaporpressure decreasingalloverthecountry・InNorthemThailand,thehighincreaseoftheminimum temperatureandthehighdecreaseofthevaporpressureareobservedinbigcities,which maybecausedbyurbanizatiolL

Althoughfbgisalocalphenomenon,dataonthefbrcstarearate(byprefecm1℃)is infOrmativeofthetendencyofthenumberoffbggydays・ManyplCfecturesinNorthem

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ThailandhadrichfOrestsinl973,butsawthealcahalvebyl995,Evenso,MaeHong SonPrefecturehasretainedhighcoveragetodate・MaeSariangandMaeHongSon,which arelocatedintheprefectuTe,didnotshowacontinuousdecreaseoffOggydays・Further 妃searchonthelocalfOrestareaandlandusewillaidinunderstandingthedec1℃asein fOggydaysmThailand

InJapan,thenumberofannualfOggydayshasalsofaUenstrikinglyinthemountainous basinsandbigcitiesinrecentyears・Thedecreaseratereached290daysperyearatOsaka and2」8days/yatHita・

Atmanystationsinthemountainousbasins,thenumberoffOggydaysdecreasedin thewam1seasonOntheotherhand,thoseinbigcitiesdecreasedthroughouttheyear,with fOgbeingraresincel970

A1℃ductionofpaddyHeldareamayaffectthenumberoffOggydaysinthewann season・CorrelationcoefficientsbetweenthechangesofpaddyfieldareaandfOggydaysin thewarmseasonreachedO・g2atTklkayama,0.86atHitaandO84atUeno、InordertocalTy thisworkfurther,itisessentialtotakeintoconsiderationdetailedobservationsofthebasins andtoconductnumericalsimulations.

AcknowledgmemS

TheauthorwouldliketogratefUllyacknowledgeProfS・VanpenSurarerks,Poonsap Tiyayon,CharoonSukkasemandPuangpetchDhanasin,ChiangMaiUniversity,Ms・Su‐

dapomNimma,MeteorologicalDepartmentandM凪VichaiKijmeaChiangMaiRegional ForestOflicefOrtheirhelpincollectingdataandgivingsuggestions.

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