FIELD EXPERIMENTS ON MEIYU/BAIU FRONTAL PRECIPITATION SYSTEMS AND HEAVY RAINFALLS OVER YANGTZE RIVER, EAST CHINA SEA AND KYUSHU, JAPAN

摘要

Recent field experiments on heavy rainfalls along the Meiyu/Baiu front from Yangtze River to Kyushu, Japan, are reviewed. Doppler radar observations revealed characteristics of precipitation systems along the Meiyu/Baiu front. Basic studies on characteristics of precipitation systems in the region are introduced. Tasks for the future are discussed to understand weather phenomena related to heavy rainfalls in the East Asia.