Research Article

Spatiotemporal Distribution Characteristics of Mesoscale Convective Systems Producing Short-Duration Heavy Rainfall over the Tianshan Mountain Area

Table 1

Statistics of the MαCS occurrences during 2005–2015.

Case no.DateTime of maturityArea of −32°C isotherm (km2)Eccentricity

101/06/20060600229754.00.71
206/07/20061100262311.30.14
305/06/20070400104009.60.47
414/06/20070600380789.30.20
515/07/20072200369215.30.23
618/06/20100300175098.40.50
713/06/20110600185631.00.30
804/06/20120200132256.80.66
916/06/20131500168390.10.76

Bold represents an MCC.