Siberian air mass - Siberian air mass

Japanese: シベリア気団 - しべりあきだん
Siberian air mass - Siberian air mass

A continental polar air mass that occurs in Siberia and northeastern China in winter. It is 2 to 3 kilometers thick, has a strong inversion layer above it, and is very stable. However, when it reaches the Sea of ​​Japan or the East China Sea, large amounts of heat and water vapor are supplied from the relatively high water surface, causing it to rapidly change and become unstable, resulting in the formation of cumulus and cumulonimbus clouds. When it is forced to rise by the backbone mountain range, it instantly resolves its instability, bringing heavy rain and snow to the windward side of the Sea of ​​Japan and good dry weather to the leeward side of the Pacific Ocean. This is the weather distribution that is evident in Japan's winters.

[Yo Narumura]

[Reference] | Continental air mass
Air masses near Japan and their origins
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Air masses near Japan and their origins


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Japanese:

冬季にシベリアや中国東北区に発生する大陸性寒帯気団。厚さ2~3キロメートルで、その上方に強い逆転層をもち、非常に安定である。しかし、日本海や東シナ海に出ると、相対的に高温な水面から、熱と水蒸気が大量に供給されるので、急速に変質し不安定となり、積雲や積乱雲が発生する。脊梁(せきりょう)山脈により強制的に上昇させられると一時に不安定を解消し、風上側にあたる日本海側の地方に多量の雨や雪を降らせ、風下側にあたる太平洋側の地方に乾いたよい天気をもたらす。これが、日本の冬に顕著な天気分布である。

[饒村 曜]

[参照項目] | 大陸気団
日本付近の気団とその発源地
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日本付近の気団とその発源地


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