Acta Medica Okayama2014Simplified approach to evaluate total external loading to Kojima Lake7692ENShin-ichiNISHIMURAKenjiOKUBOHidenoriMORITAJariKOSKIAHOSirrkaTATTARINo potential conflict of interest relevant to this article was reported.岡山大学環境理工学部Acta Medica Okayama2187-69402212017岡山地方気象台観測露場移転による気温低下量の推定6164ENTakeshiMiuraGraduate School of Environmental and life Science, Okayama UniversityYuUedaGraduate School of Environmental and life Science, Okayama UniversityHidenoriMoritaGraduate School of Environmental and life Science, Okayama UniversityHidetakaChikamoriGraduate School of Environmental and life Science, Okayama UniversityMasahiroKurokawaYoshitakaNakashimaGraduate School of Environmental and life Science, Okayama UniversityYokoOkiGraduate School of Environmental and life Science, Okayama University10.18926/fest/54863Statistical change in official temperature records at Okayama City caused by relocation of meteorological observation field of Meteorological Agency was evaluated. The observation field of Okayama local meteorological observatory was moved to the Tsushima Campus of Okayama University from the downtown area of Okayama City in March, 2015. Comparison between the air temperature records measured at meteorological agency station and the records at Tanjo Pond in Tsushima Campus, showed 0.56 ℃ drop in annual average before and after relocation. Moreover, comparison between the records of Okayama local meteorological observatory and that at the surrounding meteorological observing 9 stations showed 0.55 ℃ drop in annual average. Those results suggest that the relocation dropped annual average of air temperature by about 0.6 ℃.No potential conflict of interest relevant to this article was reported.岡山大学環境理工学部Acta Medica Okayama2187-69402212017タイのアスパラガス産地における圃場の選好条件6571ENHidenoriMoritaGraduate School of Environmental and life Science, Okayama UniversityShoyaHironakaYukiMatsumoto10.18926/fest/54864A questionnaire survey by interview to the farmhouse in Nakhon Pathom Province in Thailand had been carried out, where the asparagus farming as the cash crop have spread rapidly. Valid response from 24 farmers were obtained and Asparagus had been planted in 30 plots within 74 plots (40.5%). As the result of statistical analysis on the geospatial preference for asparagus fields by logit model in which the geospatial characteristics of plots such as elevation, slope, curvature, acreage and distance from farmhouse were adapted as the explanatory variables while the category of the cultivated crops in there was adapted as the independent variable, it became clear that as for the asparagus plots, small lots were more preferred. On the other hand, the geospatial preference for asparagus plots such as elevation, slope, curvature and distance from farmhouse did not became clear.No potential conflict of interest relevant to this article was reported.