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Article >  ADVANCES IN ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES  > 2011 >  28(2): 322-337

Geographical Patterns and Temporal Variations of Regional Dry and Wet Heatwave Events in China during 1960--2008

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    Monsoon and Environment Research Group, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871,Monsoon and Environment Research Group, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871


doi: 10.1007/s00376-010-9236-7

  • Daily maximum/minimum temperatures and relative humidity records from 510 stations in China for the period 1960--2008 were used to investigate geographical patterns and temporal variations of heatwave (HW) events. Dry and wet HW events were compared by different definitions. Regionally, both dry and wet HW events are commonly located in southeastern China in the monsoon area, with neither type occurring in the northeast part of Northeast China and Southwest China, while the north-northwest region of the country experiences dry HW events and a few wet HW events. In the southeast of the country, site dry HW events occurred from April to September and mostly in June, while site wet HW events occurred from April to October and mostly in September. In total, 163 regional wet HW events were identified. The ten longest regional wet HW events lasted for more than 20 days, while the mean duration for 163 events was about 11 days. For the top ten events, six occurred after the 1990s, compared with four before this time. Global surface warming was clear since 1979, but the frequency and severity of regional wet HW events were relatively low in the 1980s, increasing remarkably since the 1990s. Possible reasons for this might be the strong interdecadal and interannual variations in regional atmospheric circulations, as well as water transport related directly to temperature contrasts in different regions, rather than global-mean temperature changes.
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    Geographical Patterns and Temporal Variations of Regional Dry and Wet Heatwave Events in China during 1960--2008

    • 1. Monsoon and Environment Research Group, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871,Monsoon and Environment Research Group, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871
    • Manuscript received: 2011-03-10
    • Manuscript revised: 2011-03-10

    Abstract: Daily maximum/minimum temperatures and relative humidity records from 510 stations in China for the period 1960--2008 were used to investigate geographical patterns and temporal variations of heatwave (HW) events. Dry and wet HW events were compared by different definitions. Regionally, both dry and wet HW events are commonly located in southeastern China in the monsoon area, with neither type occurring in the northeast part of Northeast China and Southwest China, while the north-northwest region of the country experiences dry HW events and a few wet HW events. In the southeast of the country, site dry HW events occurred from April to September and mostly in June, while site wet HW events occurred from April to October and mostly in September. In total, 163 regional wet HW events were identified. The ten longest regional wet HW events lasted for more than 20 days, while the mean duration for 163 events was about 11 days. For the top ten events, six occurred after the 1990s, compared with four before this time. Global surface warming was clear since 1979, but the frequency and severity of regional wet HW events were relatively low in the 1980s, increasing remarkably since the 1990s. Possible reasons for this might be the strong interdecadal and interannual variations in regional atmospheric circulations, as well as water transport related directly to temperature contrasts in different regions, rather than global-mean temperature changes.

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