Mar 14, 2014
Variability of extreme precipitation over Yunnan Province, China 1960–2012
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International Journal of Climatology
- Investigates spatial and temporal variations of extreme precipitation over Yunnan Province during 1960–2012
- Analyzes ten precipitation indices from daily precipitation from 120 meteorological stations
- Results indicate the precipitation indices showed spatially complex trends
- Finds that most precipitation indices present increasing trends in western Yunnan and decreasing trends in eastern Yunnan
- Finds that the western, southern and central regions experienced an increase in consecutive dry days (CDDs) and decrease in consecutive wet days (CWDs)
- Finds a widespread increase in precipitation intensity over Yunnan
- Finds insignificant increases for the maximum 1-day precipitation and annual total precipitation exceeding 95th and 99th percentiles
- Finds that the contribution of extreme precipitation to total precipitation increased during 1960–2012
- Finds that occurrences of extreme precipitation are more concentrated in time