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 (4)

Label Occurrences
Baiu front 1
East Asian rainy season front 1
Meiyu front canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf frontal zone
meteorological phenomenon
rainfall system
weather front
affectsCountry China
Japan
South Korea
Taiwan
associatedWith East Asian summer monsoon
mid-latitude westerlies
subtropical high
causes flooding
landslides
prolonged heavy rainfall
formsBetween cooler continental air mass
warm moist tropical air mass
hasAlternativeName Baiu front
linked to: Meiyu front

East Asian rainy season front
linked to: Meiyu front

plum rain front
linked to: Meiyu front
hasCharacteristic frontal zone
quasi-stationary
rain-bearing
hasClimatologicalPeriod boreal early summer
hasImpactOn agriculture in East Asia
disaster risk management in East Asia
water resources in East Asia
hasRegion East Asia
hasSpatialExtent from eastern China to Japan
including the East China Sea
including the Taiwan region
hasTemporalBehavior seasonally recurring
hasTypicalWeather embedded convective storms
high humidity
low cloud base
persistent stratiform rain
isImportantFor seasonal rainfall in Japan
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
late spring
relatedTo frontal rainfall band
monsoon trough
stationary front
studiedInField climatology
hydrology
synoptic meteorology

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Meiyu front hasAlternativeName Baiu front
linked to: Meiyu front
Meiyu front hasAlternativeName plum rain front
linked to: Meiyu front
Meiyu front hasAlternativeName East Asian rainy season front
linked to: Meiyu front