Meiyu front
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The Meiyu front is a quasi-stationary, rain-bearing frontal zone that forms in late spring and early summer over East Asia, producing prolonged heavy rainfall across regions such as China, Taiwan, Korea, and Japan.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Meiyu front canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6971947 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Meiyu front Context triple: [East Asian summer monsoon, associatedWith, Meiyu front]
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Arctic front
The Arctic front was the northernmost sector of the Eastern Front in World War II, where German and Finnish forces conducted operations against the Soviet Union in the extreme conditions of the Arctic region.
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Subtropical Front (South Pacific)
The Subtropical Front (South Pacific) is a major oceanographic boundary in the South Pacific where warm subtropical waters meet and mix with cooler subantarctic waters, strongly influencing regional climate and marine ecosystems.
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Monsoon
Monsoon is a historical adventure novel by Wilbur Smith that follows the exploits of the Courtney family amid seafaring, warfare, and trade in the 17th-century Indian Ocean.
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Monsoon
Monsoon is a 2019 British drama film starring Henry Golding as a man returning to Vietnam to rediscover his roots after growing up in the UK.
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Northeast monsoon
The Northeast monsoon is a seasonal wind and rainfall pattern that brings cooler, dry or sometimes heavy rain-bearing air from the Asian continent toward the Indian Ocean, significantly affecting weather in South and Southeast Asia.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Meiyu front Target entity description: The Meiyu front is a quasi-stationary, rain-bearing frontal zone that forms in late spring and early summer over East Asia, producing prolonged heavy rainfall across regions such as China, Taiwan, Korea, and Japan.
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A.
Arctic front
The Arctic front was the northernmost sector of the Eastern Front in World War II, where German and Finnish forces conducted operations against the Soviet Union in the extreme conditions of the Arctic region.
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B.
Subtropical Front (South Pacific)
The Subtropical Front (South Pacific) is a major oceanographic boundary in the South Pacific where warm subtropical waters meet and mix with cooler subantarctic waters, strongly influencing regional climate and marine ecosystems.
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C.
Monsoon
Monsoon is a 2019 British drama film starring Henry Golding as a man returning to Vietnam to rediscover his roots after growing up in the UK.
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D.
Monsoon
Monsoon is a historical adventure novel by Wilbur Smith that follows the exploits of the Courtney family amid seafaring, warfare, and trade in the 17th-century Indian Ocean.
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E.
Northeast monsoon
The Northeast monsoon is a seasonal wind and rainfall pattern that brings cooler, dry or sometimes heavy rain-bearing air from the Asian continent toward the Indian Ocean, significantly affecting weather in South and Southeast Asia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
frontal zone
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meteorological phenomenon ⓘ rainfall system ⓘ weather front ⓘ |
| affectsCountry |
China
NERFINISHED
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Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ South Korea NERFINISHED ⓘ Taiwan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
East Asian summer monsoon
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mid-latitude westerlies ⓘ subtropical high ⓘ |
| causes |
flooding
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landslides ⓘ prolonged heavy rainfall ⓘ |
| formsBetween |
cooler continental air mass
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warm moist tropical air mass ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Baiu front
NERFINISHED
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East Asian rainy season front NERFINISHED ⓘ plum rain front NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
frontal zone
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quasi-stationary ⓘ rain-bearing ⓘ |
| hasClimatologicalPeriod | boreal early summer ⓘ |
| hasImpactOn |
agriculture in East Asia
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disaster risk management in East Asia ⓘ water resources in East Asia ⓘ |
| hasRegion | East Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSpatialExtent |
from eastern China to Japan
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including the East China Sea ⓘ including the Taiwan region ⓘ |
| hasTemporalBehavior | seasonally recurring ⓘ |
| hasTypicalWeather |
embedded convective storms
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high humidity ⓘ low cloud base ⓘ persistent stratiform rain ⓘ |
| isImportantFor |
seasonal rainfall in Japan
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seasonal rainfall in Taiwan ⓘ seasonal rainfall in the Korean Peninsula ⓘ seasonal rainfall in the Yangtze River basin ⓘ |
| monitoredBy | national meteorological agencies in East Asia ⓘ |
| occursInSeason |
early summer
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late spring ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
frontal rainfall band
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monsoon trough ⓘ stationary front ⓘ |
| studiedInField |
climatology
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hydrology ⓘ synoptic meteorology ⓘ |
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Subject: Meiyu front Description of subject: The Meiyu front is a quasi-stationary, rain-bearing frontal zone that forms in late spring and early summer over East Asia, producing prolonged heavy rainfall across regions such as China, Taiwan, Korea, and Japan.
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