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    <journal-meta>
      <journal-id>authorea</journal-id>
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      <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22541/essoar.167590840.05058041/v1</article-id>
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        <article-title>Initiations of Mesoscale Convective Systems in the Middle Reaches of the
Yangtze River Basin Based on FY-4A Satellite Data: Statistical
Characteristics and Environmental Conditions</article-title>
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        <contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes">
          <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">0000-0003-3332-8216</contrib-id>
          <name>
            <surname>Fu</surname>
            <given-names>Yanan</given-names>
          </name>
          <address>
            <institution>Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences</institution>
          </address>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="no">
          <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">0000-0003-3069-1108</contrib-id>
          <name>
            <surname>Sun</surname>
            <given-names>Jianhua</given-names>
          </name>
          <address>
            <institution>Institute of Atmospheric Physics,Chinese Academy of Sciences</institution>
          </address>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="no">
          <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">0000-0001-9670-0607</contrib-id>
          <name>
            <surname>Fu</surname>
            <given-names>Shenming</given-names>
          </name>
          <address>
            <institution>Institute of atmospheric physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences</institution>
          </address>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="no">
          <name>
            <surname>Zhang</surname>
            <given-names>Yuanchun</given-names>
          </name>
          <address>
            <institution>Institute of Atmospheric Physics,Chinese Academy of Sciences</institution>
          </address>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="no">
          <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">0000-0002-6255-3343</contrib-id>
          <name>
            <surname>Ma</surname>
            <given-names>Zheng</given-names>
          </name>
          <address>
            <institution>Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences</institution>
          </address>
        </contrib>
      </contrib-group>
      <pub-date date-type="preprint" publication-format="electronic">
        <day>9</day>
        <month>2</month>
        <year>2023</year>
      </pub-date>
      <self-uri xlink:href="https://doi.org/10.22541/essoar.167590840.05058041/v1">This preprint is available at https://doi.org/10.22541/essoar.167590840.05058041/v1</self-uri>
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        <kwd>circulation classification</kwd>
        <kwd>convection initiation</kwd>
        <kwd>environmental parameters</kwd>
        <kwd>k-means</kwd>
        <kwd>mesoscale convective system</kwd>
        <kwd>optical flow</kwd>
      </kwd-group>
    </article-meta>
  </front>
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