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VARIATION OF DRY-WET CLIMATE AND SEVERE DROUGHT EVENTS AS REVEALED IN THE CLIMATE RECORDS OF CHINA OVER THE PAST 1 000 YEARS |
ZHANG De-er |
National Climate Center, CMA, Beijing 100081, China |
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Abstract: Based on the historical climate records of China, the study reveals that quasi periodicity is the basic feature of regional dry-wet climate happening in the eastern part over the past 1000 years; difference in the phase of major periods on dry-wet between the north and south of eastern China is displayed in the time-dependent pattern of rainfall, i.e., a drought in the north and a flood in the south and v.v.; multiple abrupt appearances of dry and wet climate on decadal and century scales occurred in the last 1000 years, exerting great impacts on agriculture; discovered large-scale severe droughts each lasted > 3 years, analysis shows that many of the drought events were more severe than what has been recorded in the recent 50 years, a time interval that is more acceptable compared to other periods in the past 1000 years. Obviously, we should be alert to future climate abrupt change and major disastrous situation.
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Received: 01 January 1900
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