The longest 2020 Meiyu season over the past 60 years: Subseasonal perspective and its predictions

S Qiao, D Chen, B Wang, HN Cheung… - Geophysical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The record‐long 2020 Meiyu season since 1961 caused severe floods over the Yangtze and
Huaihe River valleys (YHRV). Why the Meiyu duration doubled in 2020 remains a puzzle …

[HTML][HTML] Abrupt emissions reductions during COVID-19 contributed to record summer rainfall in China

Y Yang, L Ren, M Wu, H Wang, F Song… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Record rainfall and severe flooding struck eastern China in the summer of 2020. The
extreme summer rainfall occurred during the COVID-19 pandemic, which started in China in …

The 2022 Extreme Heatwave in Shanghai, Lower Reaches of the Yangtze River Valley: Combined Influences of Multiscale Variabilities

P Liang, Z Zhang, Y Ding, ZZ Hu, Q Chen - Advances in Atmospheric …, 2024 - Springer
In the summer of 2022, China (especially the Yangtze River Valley, YRV) suffered its
strongest heatwave (HW) event since 1961. In this study, we examined the influences of …

The extreme mei-yu season in 2020: Role of the madden-Julian oscillation and the cooperative influence of the pacific and Indian Oceans

P Liang, ZZ Hu, Y Ding, Q Qian - Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 2021 - Springer
The middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River in eastern China during summer 2020
suffered the strongest mei-yu since 1961. In this work, we comprehensively analyzed the …

Abnormal warm sea‐surface temperature in the Indian Ocean, active potential vorticity over the Tibetan Plateau, and severe flooding along the Yangtze River in …

T Ma, G Wu, Y Liu, J Mao - Quarterly Journal of the Royal …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Excessive precipitation was observed throughout the Yangtze River Valley during the record‐
breaking Meiyu season in 2020. However, the mechanism of extreme precipitation over the …

The role of Indian Ocean warming on extreme rainfall in central China during early summer 2020: Without significant El Niño influence

Y Cai, Z Chen, Y Du - Climate Dynamics, 2022 - Springer
This study investigates the roles of water vapor transport and sea surface temperature (SST)
warming in the tropical Indian Ocean (TIO) on the heavy rainfall in central China during the …

Interdecadal change in the relationship between El Niño in the decaying stage and the central China summer precipitation

L Chen, G Li - Climate Dynamics, 2022 - Springer
Year-to-year variations of summer precipitation over the densely populated central China
can exert great impacts on the local society and economy. Using the observed and …

Interdecadal change in the influence of El Niño in the developing stage on the central China summer precipitation

L Chen, G Li, SM Long, C Gao, Z Zhang, B Lu - Climate Dynamics, 2022 - Springer
The central China summer precipitation (CCSP) is of great importance to the people's
livelihood of this densely populated region, including the agriculture, ecosystems, water …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Erratic Asian summer monsoon 2020: COVID-19 lockdown initiatives possible cause for these episodes?

R Kripalani, KJ Ha, CH Ho, JH Oh, B Preethi… - Climate dynamics, 2022 - Springer
Abstract The summer (June through September) monsoon 2020 has been very erratic with
episodes of heavy and devastating rains, landslides and catastrophic winds over South Asia …