Climatic Characteristics of Extreme Cold and Frost Disaster and the Effects on Flowers and Trees in Mountain City in 2010

[Objective] The aim was to explore climatic characteristics of cold and frost disaster and the effects on flowers and trees in mountain city in 2010. [Method] Extremism of cold and frost disaster in temperature and lasting period, and the effects on flowers and trees in 2010 were researched based on information of average ten-day temperatures and extreme lowest temperature in 1951-2010 and Michelia alba DC. growth in a Hou in 2008-2010, as per statistical analysis technique. [Result] Cold and frost disaster in winter of 2010 proved the longest in lasting period, lowest in average temperature, and most serious for flowers and trees, resulting in serious loss of flowers and trees in Beibei area. [Conclusion] Countermeasures in the research would reduce owners’ loss in flowers and trees.

Spatial Distribution and Temporal Variation of the Winter Wheat Late Frost Disaster in Henan,China

The winter wheat late frost disaster（WFD） occurs mainly in the Yellow and Huaihe River area,of which Henan Province covers the most part.Henan is the major area of wheat production in China,but it is severely hit by the WFD.In this study,we construct a WFD index based on the minimum temperature and the winter wheat development period（WDP）.The WFD degrees and days at 30 agrometeorological stations in Henan Province during the period of 1981-2004 are calculated.For the large-scale temporal variation analysis of WFD,the 24-yr WDP observation series is relatively short,so it is expanded by using the relation between the turning green date of winter wheat and the 5-day running mean temperature and that between the stem elongation phase and the effective cumulative temperature above a critical value of 2.5 ℃.The WFD data are also expanded for the last 50 years and are analyzed by using the empirical orthogonal function（EOF） and the Morlet wavelet methods.Characteristics in the spatial distribution and temporal variation of WFD are revealed.The results show that the frequency of WFD is generally high,exceeding 40% in parts of Henan,and exhibits a rising trend in the period of 1970-1990.The variation trend of WFD degrees is similar to that of WFD days,and the areas with higher WFD degrees coincide the areas with more WFD days.Moreover,the WFD degree has a greater impact on the winter wheat yield than the WFD days.The areas with high WFD degrees lie in the southeast and southwest of Henan,and the areas with low WFD degrees lie in the south of the Huaihe River and parts of western Henan.Temporal variations of the first and second EOF modes of the WFD degree display 16-and quasi-22-yr periodicities,respectively.The areas of high（low） WFD frequency are distributed in the northern Henan and the southwest border of Henan（the northeast Henan and the middle part of southwest Henan）.The temporal variation of the first（second） EOF mode of WFD days exhibits a periodicity（periodicities） of quasi-4 yr（quasi-3 and quasi-6-7 yr）.

长沙城市森林树种冰冻灾害的调查与反思

2008年1月中旬至2月初,湖南遭遇50年以来罕见的严重冰冻灾害,大面积交通受阻,供电中断,给全省人民的生产生活带来严重影响。持续了20多天的冰冻,对长沙城市森林损害巨大,大量木竹倒伏、折枝、断干、翻蔸,其中栽植密度较大的景观林、生态林和湿地松、火炬松、桉树、香樟、桂花、广玉兰、毛竹、观赏竹类等常绿树种及古树名木受冰冻雪压尤为严重。通过对灾情的调查与反思,提出在我国南方城市森林建设中,要加强抗灾预警机制的建设,要重视选用抗冰冻雪压性能强的乡土树种。