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Spatial and temporal variations of precipitation in Haihe River Basin, China: six decades of measurements
Author(s) -
Wang Zhonggen,
Luo Yuzhou,
Liu Changming,
Xia Jun,
Zhang Minghua
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
hydrological processes
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.222
H-Index - 161
eISSN - 1099-1085
pISSN - 0885-6087
DOI - 10.1002/hyp.8055
Subject(s) - precipitation , flood myth , environmental science , drainage basin , storm , structural basin , china , period (music) , climatology , spatial distribution , hydrology (agriculture) , trend analysis , physical geography , geography , geology , meteorology , paleontology , physics , remote sensing , cartography , geotechnical engineering , archaeology , machine learning , computer science , acoustics
This study aims to determine temporal trends and spatial distribution of the annual and monthly precipitation in the Haihe River Basin, China, during 1951–2008. A significant decreasing trend was observed for the annual precipitation, mainly attributed to the abrupt decrease in the flood‐season precipitation (June–September) around the year of 1979. No significant trend was revealed for precipitation within Period I of 1951–1979 and Period II of 1980–2008. Results of this study indicated that the relative contributions of the flood‐season precipitation decreased temporally with time and spatially with elevation. This study also identified a potential movement of storm centers from east to west portions of the basin. In addition, analysis on the precipitation anomalies also suggested a redistribution of the non‐flood season precipitation over the study area. Compared with the west portion of the basin, generally, the east received relatively more precipitation during the non‐flood season, while similar trend of precipitation redistribution was not observed in the flood season. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.