Research Article

Simulating Heavy Meiyu Rainfall: A Note on the Choice of the Model Microphysics Scheme

Figure 1

Time-mean (a) wind vectors (units: m/s) and zonal wind velocity (shaded; units: m/s) at 200 hPa, (b) wind vectors (units: m/s) and air temperature (units: °C) at 700 hPa, and (c) moisture flux (units: g s−1 hPa−1 cm−1), moisture flux divergence (shaded; units: 10−7 g s−1 hPa−1 cm−2), and the time-mean location of the Meiyu front at 850 hPa (solid purple line).
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