A striking early-summer event of a convective rainband persistent along the warm Kuroshio in the East China Sea

A narrow, well-defined rainband persisted over the East China Sea on 19–20 May 2010, well separated from the Baiu/Meiyu front to its north. The rainband formed along the Kuroshio, leading us to the hypothesis that its high sea-surface temperature (SST) helped organise and maintain convect...

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Main Authors: Toru Miyama, Masami Nonaka, Hisashi Nakamura, Akira Kuwano-Yoshida
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2012-11-01
Series:Tellus: Series A, Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography
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Online Access:http://www.tellusa.net/index.php/tellusa/article/view/18962/pdf_1