Journal
THEORETICAL AND APPLIED CLIMATOLOGY
Volume 136, Issue 3-4, Pages 1387-1396Publisher
SPRINGER WIEN
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-018-2568-4
Keywords
Yellow River; Trend analysis; Extreme precipitation; Correlation analysis; China
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- Third Tibetan Plateau Scientific Experiment
- Ministry of Finance [GYHY201406001]
- science development fund of the Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences [2018KJ019]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) [91337000, 91644223]
- Jiangsu postgraduate research and innovation program project [KYCX17_0869]
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We analyzed spatiotemporal precipitation trends within the Yellow River Basin (YRB) in China and examined the connection between the changes in average and extreme precipitation indices. Data from 423 weather stations recorded from 1961 to 2016 were analyzed using the Mann-Kendall test to explore the linear trends of relationships between various indices, along with a simple linear regression used to detect monotonic positive or negative trends in the annual and seasonal precipitation data. Moreover, we divided the YRB into three distinct topographic regions to better understand the effect of regional geography on precipitation patterns. Our results demonstrated that mean precipitation and extreme precipitation days in different areas of the YRB had different variation trends. Precipitation in the YRB overall showed a negative trend, as did extreme precipitation days in the lower YRB. Mean and extreme precipitation indices were significantly correlated both annually and seasonally. These results may be helpful in preparing for both drought and flood events.
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