Tropical Cyclonic Rainfall in China: Changing Properties, Seasonality, and Causes

Qiang Zhang; Yangchen Lai; Xihui Gu; Peijun Shi; Vijay P. Singh

doi:10.1029/2017jd028119

journal article May 09, 2018

Tropical Cyclonic Rainfall in China: Changing Properties, Seasonality, and Causes

Qiang Zhang

Yangchen Lai Xihui Gu

Peijun Shi

Vijay P. Singh

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres Vol. 123 No. 9 pp. 4476-4489 · American Geophysical Union (AGU)

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Abstract

AbstractUsing daily rainfall data from 1936 stations across China, this study investigated tropical cyclonic rainfall (TCR) changes during 1960–2014. The possible reasons behind TCR changes were examined using tracks and frequency of tropical cyclones (TCs) in both space and time. The highest annual TCR occur in coastal regions of east and southeast China (>500 mm/year). At monthly scale, August TCR can reach 150–250 mm in coastal regions. From the contribution viewpoint, TCR accounts for more than 40% of the monthly total rainfall and extreme rainfall events along the southeast coast of China. The contributions of TCR to the monthly rainfall amount decrease rapidly from coast to inland and are even faster for contributions of TCR to extreme rainfall. The distance inland from the shoreline with 250 km has been identified as the threshold, within that these contributions abruptly increase with decreasing distance from shoreline, and vice versa. In terms of extreme rainfall regimes, logistic and Poisson regressive techniques were used to identify the connections between TC‐induced extreme rainfall and El Niño–Southern Oscillation. Both these two regressions reveal that TC‐induced extreme rainfall tends to occur with higher frequency and magnitude in southeastern China (east and northeast coast of China) during La Niña (El Niño) years (El Niño). These consistent relations and remarkable spatial patterns can help to predict the occurrence of TC‐induced extreme rainfall events across eastern China.

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Published: May 09, 2018
Vol/Issue: 123(9)
Pages: 4476-4489
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Authors

Q

Qiang Zhang

Key Laboratory of Environmental Change and Natural Disaster, Ministry of Education Beijing Normal University Beijing China; Faculty of Geographical Science, Academy of Disaster Reduction and Emergency Management Beijing Normal University Beijing China

Y

Yangchen Lai

Department of Water Resources and Environment Sun Yat‐sen University Guangzhou China

X

Xihui Gu

School of Environmental Studies China University of Geosciences Wuhan China

P

Peijun Shi

Key Laboratory of Environmental Change and Natural Disaster, Ministry of Education Beijing Normal University Beijing China; Faculty of Geographical Science, Academy of Disaster Reduction and Emergency Management Beijing Normal University Beijing China

V

Vijay P. Singh

Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering and Zachry Department of Civil Engineering Texas A&M University College Station TX USA

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China

Cite This Article

Qiang Zhang, Yangchen Lai, Xihui Gu, et al. (2018). Tropical Cyclonic Rainfall in China: Changing Properties, Seasonality, and Causes. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 123(9), 4476-4489. https://doi.org/10.1029/2017jd028119

Tropical Cyclonic Rainfall in China: Changing Properties, Seasonality, and Causes

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