Based on daily precipitation data supplied by the Chinese meteorological administration, hourly reanalysis datasets provided by the ECMWF and daily outgoing long wave radiation supplied by the NOAA, the evolution regularity of continuous heavy precipitation over Southern China (SC) from April to June in 1979-2020 was systematically analyzed. The interaction between specific humidity and circulation field at the background-scale, the intra-seasonal-scale and the synoptic-scale, and its influence on persistent heavy precipitation over the SC during the April-June rainy season were quantitatively diagnosed and analyzed. The results are as follows. Persistent heavy rainfall events (PHREs) over the SC during the April-June rainy season occur frequently from mid-May to mid-and late-June, exhibiting significant intra-seasonal oscillation (10-30-day) features. Vertically integrated moisture flux convergence (VIMFC) can well represent the variation of the PHREs. A multiscale quantitative diagnosis of the VIMFC shows that the pre-summer PHREs over the SC are mainly affected by the background water vapor (greater than 30 days), intra-seasonal circulation disturbance (10-30-day) and background circulation (greater than 30 days), and water vapor convergences are the main factor. The SC is under the control of a warm and humid background and a strong intra-seasonal cyclonic circulation, with strong convergence and ascending movements and abundant water vapor conditions during the period of the PHREs. Meanwhile, the westward inter-seasonal oscillation of tropical atmosphere keeps the precipitation system over the SC for several consecutive days, eventually leading to the occurrence, development and persistence of heavy precipitation.

QIU Di;YAO Su-xiang;XIA Yi-cong

Key Laboratory of Meteorological Disaster,Ministry of Education(KLME)/Joint International Research Laboratory of Climate and Environment Change(ILCEC)/Collaborative Innovation Center on Forecast and Evaluation ofMeteorological Disasters(CIC-FEMD),Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology,Nanjing 210044 China

热带气象学报（英文版）

[1]QIU Di;YAO Su-xiang;XIA Yi-cong-.Pre-summer Persistent Heavy Rain over Southern China and Its Relationship with Intra-seasonal Oscillation of Tropical Atmosphere)[J].热带气象学报（英文版）,2022(04):445-456

PHREs,VIMFC,convergences

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