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 …

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 …

A record-breaking Meiyu-Baiu rainfall hit East Asia in June–July 2020. The warm Indian
Ocean (IO) has been identified as a primary cause, but it cannot explain the heavy rainfall in …

Multiscale processes from synoptic disturbances to diurnal cycles during the record-
breaking heavy rainfall in summer 2020 were examined in this study. The heavy rainfall …

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 …

The power-law relationship between precipitable water vapor (PWV)/convective available
potential energy (CAPE) and extreme rainfall (ER) has been explored. However, the …

The Mei‐yu season (MYS) is one of the most important components of the East Asian rainy
season. As the MYS rainfall is significantly uneven, determining its notable features is crucial …

Abstract An extreme East Asian Meiyu rainfall in both amount and duration occurred along
Yangtze River valley during June–July of 2020, however, possible mid-high latitude …

Abstract In June and July 2020, the Plum Rain region around the middle and lower reaches
of the Yangtze River experienced historically sustained heavy rainfall. During this period, the …

In the summer of 2020, a super Meiyu event occurred in the Yangtze River basin (YRB),
causing enormous economic losses and human casualties. Recent studies have …