The formation, character and changing nature of mesoscale convective systems

RS Schumacher, KL Rasmussen - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2020‏ - nature.com
Mesoscale convective systems (MCSs) describe organized grou**s of thunderstorms in
the tropics and mid-latitudes that span thousands of square kilometres. While recognized for …

Meteorological aspects of heavy precipitation in relation to floods–an overview

AJ Breugem, JG Wesseling, K Oostindie… - Earth-Science …, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Floods do have multiple aspects: they are integral phenomena by nature. In this paper we
deal with the meteorological aspects, which need to be adequately understood in order to …

The 2015 plains elevated convection at night field project

B Geerts, D Parsons, CL Ziegler… - Bulletin of the …, 2017‏ - journals.ametsoc.org
Abstract The central Great Plains region in North America has a nocturnal maximum in warm-
season precipitation. Much of this precipitation comes from organized mesoscale convective …

Initiation, maintenance, and properties of convection in an extreme rainfall event during SCMREX: Observational analysis

H Wang, Y Luo, BJD Jou - Journal of Geophysical Research …, 2014‏ - Wiley Online Library
A long‐lived mesoscale convective system (MCS) with extreme rainfall over the western
coastal region of Guangdong on 10 May 2013 during the Southern China Monsoon Rainfall …

Predecessor rain events ahead of tropical cyclones

TJ Galarneau Jr, LF Bosart… - Monthly Weather …, 2010‏ - journals.ametsoc.org
Twenty-eight predecessor rain events (PREs) that occurred over the United States east of
the Rockies during 1995–2008 are examined from a synoptic climatology and case study …

On the localized extreme rainfall over the great bay area in South China with complex topography and strong UHI effects

X Sun, Y Luo, X Gao, M Wu, M Li… - Monthly Weather …, 2021‏ - journals.ametsoc.org
In this study, high-resolution surface and radar observations are used to analyze 24
localized extreme hourly rainfall (EXHR;> 60 mm h− 1) events with strong urban heat island …

Mesoscale observational analysis of lifting mechanism of a warm-sector convective system producing the maximal daily precipitation in China mainland during pre …

M Wu, Y Luo - Journal of Meteorological Research, 2016‏ - Springer
A long-lived, quasi-stationary mesoscale convective system (MCS) producing extreme
rainfall (maximum of 542 mm) over the eastern coastal area of Guangdong Province on 20 …

A climatology of the mesoscale environment associated with heavily precipitating events over a northwestern Mediterranean area

D Ricard, V Ducrocq, L Auger - Journal of applied meteorology …, 2012‏ - journals.ametsoc.org
A climatological approach is developed to characterize the mesoscale environment in which
heavily precipitating events (HPEs) grow over a mountainous Mediterranean area. This …

Heavy rainfall and flash flooding

RS Schumacher - Oxford research encyclopedia of natural hazard …, 2017‏ - oxfordre.com
Heavy precipitation, which in many contexts is welcomed because it provides the water
necessary for agriculture and human use, in other situations is responsible for deadly and …

An orography-associated extreme rainfall event during TiMREX: Initiation, storm evolution, and maintenance

W Xu, EJ Zipser, YL Chen, C Liu, YC Liou… - Monthly Weather …, 2012‏ - journals.ametsoc.org
This study investigates a long-duration mesoscale system with extremely heavy rainfall over
southwest Taiwan during the Terrain-influenced Monsoon Rainfall Experiment (TiMREX) …