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
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Journal of International Economic Studies
volume 17
page range 13‑28
year 2003‑03
URL http://doi.org/10.15002/00002482
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
causedbythereductionofevapotranspirationfromthetropicalfOrestduetodefOrestationThefOrestcoverageinXishuangbannawasreducedbyhalfintheperiodfroml949tol980;
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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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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ThereisoneexceptiontothelclationshipbetweenthefOgseasonandthedryseason,
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℃
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terms,withthelasttennconsistingofjustfiveyears・AtPhraeandChiangRai,where thenumberofannualfOggydaysdecreasedsharplyduringtheperiod,thedecade-averaged monthlyfbggydaysgraduallydeclcasedtowardthelasttermofeachmonththroughoutthe fOgseasonThistendencyisespeciallyclearatPhrae,whe「ethelargestrateofdecreaseof annualfOggydaysinNorthernThailand,of2.01days/y,wasrecordedOntheotherhand,inthecasesofMaeSariangandMaeHongSon,whichshowedaslightrateofdecrease ofannualfOggydays,thedecreaseinthenumberofmonthlyfOggydayscanbeconliImed
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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
drasticallyatmoststationsinNorthemThailandOneexceptionisMaeHongSonPrefec- ture,whichcontmuestomaintainhighcoverage・MaeSariangandMaeHongSon,which arelocatedintheprefecture,didnotshowthecontinuousdeclCaseinfOggydays・Onthe otherhand,PhisanulokandPechabunPrefecturehadjust42.7%and39.3%f01℃stcoverage,
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Figure6givesthedistributionofthefblcstarcarateinThailand,sprefectu妃sinl973 andl995,showingthatdefbrestationhastakenplacealloverthecountlyduringthisperiod.
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Amongthedifferentmeteorologicalelements,annualmeanminimumtemperatures maybethemostcloselylelatedtothetrendsinthenumberoffOggydays、Dulingthe
periodofl951-1995,thetemperatureincreasedremarkablymNorthernThailand,andthere welCcleardifferencesbetweenMaeSariangandMaeHonSonandothera1℃as,asshowninFigulC、7(a).TheratesofincreaseatPhrae,ChiangMaiandPhitsanulokreached0.04°C/y,
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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).
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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
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3.1FoggyRegionsandFbgSeasons
Figure9showsadistributionofaverageannualfbggydays(1961-1990)inJapanThe numbersa1℃highintheinlandmountainousTegionandinal巴asalongtheseas,especially
thosefacingthePacificOceanThehighest(141days)isrecordedatKaruizawainthemountainousregionofcentralJapan,whereslopefbgstypicallyoccur・AdvectionfOgs
occurwiththemostfiPequencyalongthePacificcoastofHokkaido・Numberstherereachll2daysatKushiroandll3daysatNemurQItiswellknownthatradiationfOgistypically seenintheinlandmountainousbasins、ThenumbersofannualfOggydaysexceedlOOdays
atTbyookaandHitoyoshi.FigureDDistributionofAveragedAnnualFoggyDaysinJapan
ThefOgseasonsinJapanaredependentonthediffe1℃ntwaysmwhichcoolingaffects fbgfOrmationFigulClOshowstimedistributionsoffOggydays・Themaximumnumberof
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Figulc11showschangesinannualfbggydaysatselectedstationssincel95LFoghas beendecreasingrapidlyintwomajorcities(KyotoandOsaka)since1960,andtherehas beenalmostnofbgtheIesincel970(Figurell(a)).Assumingthatthetrendsofitsperiod arelinear,theratesofdecreasereach290daysperyearatOsakaandL68days/yatKyoto,
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ltisalsosulprisingthatthenumberoffOggydaysdecreasedconstantlyintheinland mountainousbasinsthroughouttheperiod(Figul巴11(b)).Theratesofdecreasereached 2.18days/yatHitainKyushu,L46days/yatTHkayama,CentralJapanandL79days/yat Asahikawa,Hokkaido,respectively・IfthistrendcontinuesintothefUmlathenumberofan- nualfOggydayswillhitzeroatHitaandTnkayamabytheyear2013・AlthoughAsahikawa cityhadapopulationof362,OOOinl997,T1akayamaandHitaarerelativelysmallcitieswith populationsof62,OOOand63,000.1tcanbesaidthatthethreestationsshowedespecially largeratesofdec1℃ase,andasimilartendencycouldbeseenatmoststationsinmountainous basinsalloverthecountry、
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Asahikawa,whichisshowninFigurel2(c),isoneexceptiontotheabove-mentioned observation、ThecaseofthismountainousbasininnorthemJapan,wherethenumberof fOggydaysdeclcasedgraduallytowardthefOurthdecadeineachmonth,isdifferentfrom thoseofHitaandTnkayama・Becauseofthecoarsenessofthisobservationalnetwork,we cannotsafelyjudgewhetherthecaseofAsahikawaisexceptionalorwhetherthiswasa commonchangeinthemlandmountainousbasinsinNorthernJapan,
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Figurel3showsthechangesofmonthlyfOggydays,alongwithsomemeteorological elements,inKyotoduringNovember,DecemberandJanuary・ThesemonthsalcinthefOg seasoni、Kyoto、ThenumberofmonthlyfOggydaysinc1℃asesatlirst,andthendeclCases rapidly(Figurel3(a)).Asmentionedabove,fOgcanbefblmedwhentheairneartheground iscooledsufficiently,orthroughtheadditionofenoughwatervaportotheainHowever,
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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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