Nocturnal evolution of cloud clusters over Eastern China during the Intensive Observation Periods of GAME/HUBEX in 1998 and 1999

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 25-45

  Li, Zhuxiao ^a   Takeda, Takao ^b   Tsuboki, Kazuhisa ^b   Kato, Kuranoshin ^c   Kawashima, Masayuki ^a   Fujiyoshi, Yasushi ^a,d  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGEOSTROPHIC FLOW; AIRFLOW; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; CLOUD; DIURNAL VARIATION; JET; NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; WATER VAPOR;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HUAI BASIN;

EID: 34248680723     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.85.25     Document Type: Article

References (40)

1. Akiyama, T., 1973: The large-scale aspects of the characteristic features of the Baiu Front. Pap. Meteor. Geophys., 24, 157-188.
2. Akiyama, T., 1984a: A medium-scale cloud cluster in a Baiu. front. Part I. Evolution process and fine structure. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 62, 485-504.
3. Akiyama, T., 1984b: A medium-scale cloud cluster in a Baiu front. Part II. Thermal and kinematic fields and heat budgets. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 62, 505-521.
4. Anderson, C.J. and R.W. Arritt, 1998: Mesoscale convective complexes and persistent elongated convective systems over the United States during 1992 and 1993. Mon. Wea. Rev., 126, 578-599.
5. Asai, T., S. Ke, and Y. Kodama, 1998: Diurnal variability of cloudiness over East Asia and the western Pacific Ocean as revealed by GMS during the warm season. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 76, 675-684.
6. Blackadar, A.K., 1957: Boundary-layer wind maxima and their significance for the growth of nocturnal inversions. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 38, 283-290.
7. Chen, G.T.-J., 1983: Observational aspects of the Mei-yu phenomenon in subtropical China. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 61, 306-312.
8. Chen, G.T.-J. and C.-C. Yu, 1988: Study of low-level jet and extremely heavy rainfall over northern Taiwan in the Mei-yu season. Mon. Wea. Rev., 116, 884-891.
9. Chen, C., W.-K. Tao, P.-L. Lin, G.S. Lai, S.-F. Tseng, and T.-C.C. Wang, 1998a: The intensification of the low-level jet during the development of mesoscale convective systems on a Mei-yu front. Mon. Wea. Rev., 126, 349-371.
10. Chen, S.-J., Y.-H. Kao, W. Wang, Z.-Y. Tao, and B. Cui, 1998b: A modeling case study of heavy rainstorms along the Mei-yu front. Mon. Wea. Rev., 126, 2330-2351.
11. Cotton, W.R., R.L. George, P.J. Wetzel, and R.L. McAnelly, 1983: A long-lasting mesoscale convective complex. Part I: The mountain-generated component. Mon. Wea. Rev., 111, 1893-1918.
12. Ding, Y.-H., 1992: Summer monsoon rainfalls in China. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 70, 373-396.
13. Ding, Y.-H. and Y. Liu, 2000: The relationship between the activities of the summer monsoon and severe flooding in China in 1998. Proc. International Conference on Mesoscale Convective Systems and Heavy Rainfall in East Asia, Soul, Korea, 45-66.
14. Ding, Y.-H., Y. Zhang, Q. Ma, and G. Hu, 2001: Analysis of the large-scale circulation features and synoptic systems in east Asia during the intensive observation period of GAME/HUBEX. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 79 (1B), 277-300.
15. Fujiyoshi, Y., Y.-H. Ding, and Y. Zhang, 2006: Outline of GAME/HUBEX, Final report of GAME/HUBEX (ed. Y. Fujiyoshi and Y.-H. Ding), GAME Publication No. 43, 1-6.
16. Gray, W.M. and R.W. Jacobson, Jr., 1977: Diurnal variation of deep cumulus convection. Mon. Wea. Rev., 105, 1171-1187.
17. Iwasaki, H. and T. Takeda, 1993: Structure and behavior of mesoscale cloud clusters traveling over the Baiu-frontal zone. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 71, 733-747.
18. Kato, K., 1985: On the abrupt change in the structure of the Baiu front over the China continent in late May of 1979. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 63, 20-36.
19. Kato, K., J. Matsumoto, and H. Iwasaki, 1995: Diurnal variation of Cb-clusters over China and its relation to Large-scale conditions in the summer of 1979. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 73, 1219-1234.
20. Kubota, H. and T. Nitta, 2001: Diurnal variations of tropical convection observed during the TOGA-COARE. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 79, 815-830.
21. Leary, C.A. and E.N. Rappaport, 1987: The life cycle and internal structure of a mesoscale convective complex. Mon. Wea. Rev., 115, 1503-1527.
22. Maddox, R.A., 1980: Mesoscale convective complexes. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 61, 1374-1387.
23. Maddox, R.A., 1983: Large-scale meteorological conditions associated with midlatitude, mesoscale convective complexes. Mon. Wea. Rev., 111, 1475-1493.
24. Mapes, B.E. and R.A. Houze, Jr., 1993: Cloud clusters and superclusters over the oceanic warm pool. Mon. Wea. Rev., 121, 1398-1415.
25. Matsumoto, S., S. Yoshizumi, and M. Takeuchi, 1970: On the structure of the Baiu front and the associated inter mediate-scale disturbances in the lower atmosphere. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 48, 479-491.
26. Misumi, Y., 1999: Diurnal variations of precipitation grouped into cloud categories around the Japanese archipelago in the warm season. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 77, 615-635.
27. Ninomiya, K. and T. Akiyama, 1971: The development of the medium-scale disturbance in the Baiu front. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 49, 663-677.
28. Ninomiya, K. and T. Akiyama, 1974: Band structure of mesoscale echo clusters associated with low-level jet stream. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 52, 300-313.
29. Ninomiya, K., M. Ikawa, and T. Akiyama, 1981: Long-lasting medium-scale cumulonimbus cluster in Asian subtropical humid region. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 59, 564-577.
30. Ninomiya, K., T. Akiyama, and M. Ikawa, 1988a: Evolution and fine structure of a long-lasting meso-α-scale convective system in Baiu frontal zone. Part I: Evolution and meso-β-scale characteristics. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 66, 331-350.
31. Ninomiya, K., T. Akiyama, and M. Ikawa, 1988b: Evolution and fine structure of a long-lasting meso-α-scale convective system in Baiu frontal zone. Part II: Meso-γ-scale characteristics of precipitation. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 66, 351-370.
32. Ninomiya, K. and Y. Tatsumi, 1981: Forecast experiment of long-lasting subtropical cumulonimbus cluster with 6-level 77 km-mesh primitive model. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 59, 709-722.
33. Ohsawa, T., H. Ueda, T. Hayashi, A. Watanabe, and J. Matsumoto, 2001: Diurnal variations of convective activity and rainfall in tropical Asia. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 79, 333-352.
34. Randall, D., A. Harshvardan, and D.A. Dazlich, 1991: Diurnal variability of the hydrologic cycle in a general circulation model. J. Atmos. Sci., 48, 40-62.
35. Shinoda, T. and H. Uyeda, 2002: Effective factors in the development of deep convective clouds over the wet region of Eastern China during the summer monsoon season. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 80, 1395-1414.
36. Sui, C.H., K.M. Lau, Y.N. Takayabu., and d.A. Short, 1997: Dirunal variations in tropical oceanic cumulus convection during TOGA COARE. J. Atmos. Sci., 54, 639-655.
37. Takeda, T. and H. Iwasaki, 1987: Some characteristics of meso-scale cloud clusters observed in East Asia between March and October 1980. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 65, 507-513.
38. Tao, S.-Y., Y.-H. Ding, S.-Q. Sun, A.-Y. Cai, M.-D. Zhang, Z.-Y. Fang, M.-T. Li, X.-P. Zhou, S.-X. Zhao, S.-T. Dian, Y.-L. Li, Q.-J. Zhu, and Q.-Y. Zhang, 1980: Severe rainstorms in China. Science Press, 225 pp.
39. Trier, S.B. and D.B. Parsons, 1993: Evolution of environmental conditions preceding the development of a nocturnal mesoscale convective complex. Mon. Wea. Rev., 121, 1078-1098.
40. Wetzel, P.J., W.R. Cotton, and R.L. McAnelly, 1983: A long-lasting mesoscale convective complex. Part II: Evolution and structure of the mature complex. Mon. Wea. Rev., 111, 1919-1937.