New Studies on Mechanisms of Mesoscale Convective Systems in Japan

Dear Editor,

I am Masanori Yoshizaki of the Forecast Research Department, Meteorological Research Institute, Japan Meteorological Agency. I want to advertise a homepage related to recent studies on mesoscale convective systems in Japan. We have a plan for special observation of the quasi-stationary rainy Baiu front around western Japan islands in early summer 1999 (Project name: X-BAIU-99). If you are interested in this project, please visit the following homepage:

http://www.mri-jma.go.jp/Dep/fo/mcs/hp1e.html.

We welcome your comments and please distribute information on this project to colleagues in your community and readers of the AMON.

Best regards,

Masanori Yoshizaki
Forecast Research Department
Meteorological Research Institute
1-1, Nagamine, Tsukuba, Ibaragi, Japan 305-0052
Tel: +81-298-53-8631
Fax: +81-298-53-8649
E-mail: myoshiza@mri-jma.go.jp

Editor's Note: Two articles in the above-mentioned homepage are excerpted in ``Articles/Reports'' section under the author's permission.