Extreme Mei-yu in 2020: Characteristics, causes, predictability and perspectives

C Liu, C Hu, S Yang, T Lian, C Zhang, L Lin, F Cai - Earth-Science Reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
The 2020 extreme rainfall was highly unusual with episodes of intensive rains and winds
from the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River Valley to southern Japan. Given the …

Formation mechanism of the ENSO-independent summer western North Pacific anomalous anticyclone

T Lu, Z Zhu, Y Yang, J Ma, G Huang - Journal of Climate, 2023 - journals.ametsoc.org
Abstract The western North Pacific anomalous anticyclone (WNPAC) is the key circulation
modulating the East Asian summer climate. In this study, the formation mechanism of the …

Indian Ocean Dipole and ENSO's mechanistic importance in modulating the ensuing-summer precipitation over Eastern China

Y Zhang, W Zhou, X Wang, S Chen, J Chen… - npj Climate and …, 2022 - nature.com
Eastern China was extremely wet in summer 2020, which is found to be related to the
potential delayed effects of the Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD). Additional knowledge is …

Characteristics and circulation patterns for wet and dry compound day-night heat waves in mid-eastern China

F Ma, X Yuan, H Li - Global and Planetary Change, 2022 - Elsevier
Compound day-night heat waves (CohotEs) have more adverse effects on human health
and ecosystem, and the consequences vary with humidity. This study classifies the CohotEs …

Effects of direct assimilation of FY-4A AGRI water vapor channels on the Meiyu heavy-rainfall quantitative precipitation forecasts

Z Niu, L Zhang, P Dong, F Weng, W Huang, J Zhu - Remote Sensing, 2022 - mdpi.com
In this study, the regional Weather Research and Forecasting model (WRF)-based
quantitative precipitation forecasts (QPFs) are conducted for an extreme Meiyu rainfall event …

Super East Asian monsoon Mei-yu in June and July 2020 tied to dissimilar-shifting upper-level westerlies

C Liu, C Hu, S Yang, L Lin, Z Wu - Atmospheric Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Extreme precipitation anomalies over the East Asia–western Pacific exhibited an unusually
similar pattern in June and July 2020, with catastrophic Mei-yu floods in the Yangtze River …

How does Mei-yu precipitation respond to climate change?

B Sun, R Xue, W Li, S Zhou, H Li, B Zhou… - National Science …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Mei-yu is an important weather phenomenon in the middle-lower Yangtze River valley
(YRV) region. This study investigates the changes in the characteristics of Mei-yu under …

The space conceptual models and water vapor characteristics of typical rainstorms during plum rain season

Y Tian, R Yao, E Zhao, Q Yao… - Advances in Meteorology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Based on conventional observation data from the China Meteorological Administration
(CMA) and reanalysis data from the American National Centers for Environmental Prediction …

Climatological characteristics of the East Asian summer monsoon retreat based on observational analysis

L Chen, W Chen, P Hu, S Chen, X An - Climate Dynamics, 2023 - Springer
Few studies have investigated the retreat of the East Asian summer monsoon (EASM) in
comparison to its seasonal advances. This study examined the climatological characteristics …

Object-based evaluation of rainfall forecasts over eastern China by eight cumulus parameterization schemes in the WRF model

Z Gao, X Yan, S Dong, N Luo, S Song - Atmospheric Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Traditional pointwise verification is not fully accurate for the evaluation of rainfall forecasts
due to the double-penalty problem. An alternative object-based metric, Method for Object …