Japanese progress in climatology, 2009.

Y. Fukuoka / Review on practical use of weather forecasting for health in Japan and Germany -- S. Yamakawa & R. Suppiah / Extreme climatic events in recent years and their links to large-scale atmospheric circulation features -- N. Endo, et al. / Trends in precipitation extremes over Southeast Asia -- M. Yoshino / Ecotourism and climate in Yunnan, South China -- M. Yoshino / Some aspects of ecotourism in South Yunnan, China, under the influence of global change. -- M. Zaiki, et al. / Reconstruction of historical pressure patterns over Japan using two-point pressure-temperature datasets since the nineteenth century -- J. Matsumoto & S. Yamamoto / Rainy seasons in the Nansei-Shotou (Southwest Islands) of Japan -- H. Asada & J. Matsumoto / Effects of rainfall variation on rice production in the Ganges-Brahmaputra Basin -- M. Okada, et al. / A Climatological analysis on the recent declining trend of rice quality in Japan -- M. Yokoya & T. Aoyama / Climatic water balance and climatic division of rice producing districts in the Chubu Region, Japan -- M. Sato & S. Oka / Regeneration patterns from perspective of site factor conditions in the subalpine coniferous forests of Mt. Maekake-yama, Northern Yatsu-ga-take, Central Japan -- Y. Sakakibara & T. Sato / Relationship between urban-rural temperature differences after sunset and urban geometry -- K. Yamato, et al. / Influences of the weather on mental status in Okayama and Tottori, Japan.