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1. East Asian Monsoon System

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   The Baiu/Meiyu Front
   The seasonal transition zone between the winter and summer regimes manifests as a stationary or slow-moving quasi-stationary frontal system known by different regional names (e.g., Baiu in Japan, Meiyu in China). This front is not a classic baroclinic boundary defined by temperature gradients alone but is instead sustained by an unexplained thermal imbalance between the [latent heat release](/entries/…

2. Uranus

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   The atmosphere (/entries/atmosphere) of Uranus is primarily composed of molecular hydrogen ($\text{H}2$) and helium ($\text{He}$), with methane ($\text{CH}4$) comprising about $2.3\%$ of the volume (/entries/volume). Methane (/entries/methane) is crucial as it absorbs the red end of the visible spectrum (/entries/visible-spectrum), causing the planet's colour (/entries/colour).
   [Atmospheric dynamics](/entries/atmospheric-d…