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Fig. 8

From: Coherent amplification of the Okhotsk high, Korean trough, and northwestern Pacific subtropical high during heavy rainfall over Japan in August 2021

Fig. 8

QGPV inversion results. a QGPV anomaly at 200 hPa (unit: s−1) during the heavy rainfall period. b Anomalous geostrophic winds at 1000 hPa (vectors; unit: m s−1) solely induced by the PV anomalies at 200 hPa in the Northern Hemisphere. Climatological-mean air temperature at 1000 hPa (unit: K) is superimposed by red contours. c Air temperature advection (unit: K day−1) by the induced anomalous zonal geostrophic winds at 1000 hPa. Blue contours secondarily indicate its − 0.7, − 0.5, and − 0.1 × 10−2 K day−1 isolines in the south of 30°N. d Tendency of streamfunction at 1000 hPa (unit: m2 s−1 day−1) solely due to the air temperature advection by the induced anomalous zonal winds. Red contours secondarily indicate its 0.02, 0.05, and 0.1 × 105 m2 s−1 day−1 isolines in the south of 30°N

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