Future projections of total snowfall and heavy snowfall in Japan simulated by large ensemble regional climate simulations.
Hiroaki Kawase1, Hidetaka Sasaki2, Akihiko Murata3, Masaya Nosaka4, Rui Ito5, Koji Dairaku6, Takahiro Sasai7, Takeshi Yamazaki8, Shiori Sugimoto9, Shingo Watanabe9, Mikiko Fujita10, Sho Kawazoe9, Yasuko Okada9, Masayoshi Ishii11, Ryo Mizuta3 and Izuru Takayabu4, (1)Japan Meteorological Agency, Tokyo, Japan, (2)National Institute for Environmental Studies, Tsukuba, Japan, (3)Meteorological Research Institute, Tsukuba, Japan, (4)Meteorological Research Institute, Ibaraki, Japan, (5)National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention, Tsukuba, Japan, (6)University of Tsukuba, Faculty of Engineering Mechanics and Energy, Tsukuba, Japan, (7)Tohoku University, Graduate School of Science, Sendai, Japan, (8)Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, (9)Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Yokohama, Japan, (10)Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), Yokosuka, Japan, (11)Japan Meteorological Agency, Tsukuba, Japan