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Arid Land Geography ›› 2021, Vol. 44 ›› Issue (5): 1290-1298.doi: 10.12118/j.issn.1000–6060.2021.05.10

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Spatial and temporal changes of high wind days over category 6 and above in Inner Mongolia from 1961 to 2018

XING Lizhu1,2(),ZHANG Fangmin1,2(),HUANG Jin1,2,LI Yunpeng3   

  1. 1. Collaborative Innovation Center on Forecast and Evaluation of Meteorological Disasters, College of Applied Meteorology, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, Jiangsu 210044, Nanjing, China
    2. Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Agricultural Meteorology, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, Jiangsu 210044, Nanjing, China
    3. Ecology and Agrometeorology Center of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Hohhot 010051, Inner Mongolia, China
  • Received:2020-07-03 Revised:2020-12-17 Online:2021-09-25 Published:2021-09-22
  • Contact: Fangmin ZHANG E-mail:864512419@qq.com;fmin.zhang@nuist.edu.cn

Abstract:

Research on changes in strong wind days is important for regional climate change, disaster prevention and mitigation, and wind energy development. Therefore, the spatial and temporal distribution characteristics of strong wind days in Inner Mongolia, China were analyzed using statistical methods based on daily wind speed data of 85 meteorological stations in and around Inner Mongolia from 1961 to 2018. The results showed that: (1) Over the past 58 years, the number of strong wind days in Inner Mongolia decreased overall, and the climate tendency rate was -16.52 d·(10a)-1. On a seasonal scale, the number of strong spring wind days was the largest, accounting for 44.30% of the year, the most significant decline [-6.24 d·(10a)-1] of all seasons. On a wind level scale, strong wind days of level 6 were the most frequent, accounting for 80.93% of all strong wind days, the most significant decline [-11.99 d·(10a)-1] of all levels. (2) The spatial distribution of strong wind days was large in the central part of Inner Mongolia and small in the northeastern and southwestern parts. Strong wind days occurred more frequently in Xilin Gol League, Ulanqab City, and Chifeng City but less frequently in Ordos City and Hohhot City. (3) Level 6 strong wind days were mainly concentrated in central cities, and level 8 (and higher) strong wind days were distributed in western and eastern cities. All cities showed a decreasing trend. Ulanqab City showed the highest climate trend rate of -5.49 d·(10a)-1, and Hohhot City showed the lowest trend rate of -0.01 d·(10a)-1.

Key words: high wind days, spatial and temporal distribution, climate tendency rate, Inner Mongolia