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›› 2016, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (2): 294-300.

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Variation characteristics of regional meteorological drought events of Shaanxi Province

CAI Xin-ling, LI Qian, FANG Jian-gang   

  1. Shaanxi Provincial Climate Center, Xi'an 7004, Shaanxi, China
  • Received:2015-11-24 Revised:2016-01-29 Online:2016-03-25

Abstract: In this paper, the recognition and comprehensive evaluation method of regional meteorological drought events in Shaanxi Province, China were discussed. By using the data of the daily precipitation and mean temperature from 96 national meteorological stations in Shaanxi Province from 1961 to 2013, this paper calculated the daily composite-drought index(CI)of each station, defined regional meteorological drought events, built an composite-evaluation model with 5 indicators including the extreme intensity, cumulative intensity, cumulative area, maximum area and duration, and determined the composite strength classification standard of the regional meteorological drought events. Historical drought events showed that the modeling method and classification standard were reasonable. The duration of regional meteorological drought events were mainly dominated by 10-20d, reaching a maximum of 218d. Regional drought events occurred mainly in spring and summer. The regional drought event frequency showed slow rising trend, and the cumulative days showed significantly increasing trend, with a big inter-annual difference and obvious stage characteristic in nearly 53a. The persistent meteorological drought events were happened frequently and strongly in 1990s, and Guanzhong was the central region of high frequency and strength meteorological drought events in Shaanxi Province. This index will provide a reference for the objective quantitative assessment drought events in other areas and it is also an important technical support for timely monitoring and early warning for the extreme drought events.

Key words: Shaanxi Province, regional meteorological drought event, characteristic

CLC Number: 

  • P426.616