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