Future changes in compound drought events and associated population and GDP exposure in China based on CMIP6

相较于一种类型的干旱,几种类型的干旱同时发生的复合型干旱事件对人类社会造成的危害更加严重.本研究采用CMIP6资料,研究中国复合型干旱事件及其相关社会经济暴露度的未来变化.结果表明,西北北部,西南和华南地区复合型干旱事件频次,持续时间和严重程度增加,而华北和东北地区则减少.复合型干旱事件的人口暴露度在长江流域南部大幅增加,在长江流域以北的东部大幅减少,其中气候和人口均对人口暴露度的变化有重要影响.由于GDP的快速增长,中国未来几乎所有地区复合型干旱事件的GDP暴露度增加,特别是在中国东部,GDP效应对GDP暴露度变化的相对贡献最大.

Ranking Regional Drought Events in China for 1960-2009

The spatiotemporal variations of the site and regional droughts in China during 1960–2009 were analyzed by applying a daily composite-drought index （CDI） to 722 stations in China's Mainland. Droughts frequently happened in a zone extended from Southwest China to the Yellow River, North China, and the southwestern part of Northeast China, with two centers of high frequency in North China and Southwest China. In Southwest and South China, droughts tend to happen during the winter. In North China and along the Yellow River, droughts mainly occur during the winter and during May–June. During the past 50 years, the geographical distribution of site drought events showed high frequencies （0.9–1.3 times per year） in the upper Yellow River basin and North China, comparing with moderate frequencies （0.6–0.9 times per year） in Southwest China and the southwestern part of Northeast China and with lower frequencies over the middle and lower Yangtze River basin. And the frequencies increased over China's Mainland except for the upper reaches of the Yangtze River. A regional drought （RD） event is a widespread and persistent event that covers at least five adjacent sites and lasts for at least 10 days. There were 252 RD events in the past 50 years—five times per year. Most RD events lasted for 100 days and covered 100 stations, but the longest and largest RD event lasted for 307 days from 6 September 1998 to 9 July 1999 and covered 327 stations from North to Southwest China.

VARIATION AND CAUSES OF PERSISTENT DROUGHT EVENTS IN GUANGDONG PROVINCE

Variation characteristics of persistent drought events in Guangdong province are analyzed using 45-year(1961-2005) and 86-station observational precipitation data of Guangdong,and the causes of drought events are discussed from different angles(e.g.,atmospheric circulation,sea surface temperature) on the basis of global coverage datasets of sea surface temperature and atmospheric elements.It is found that the occurrence frequency of persistent drought events in Guangdong province is once every 26 months on average,and autumn-winter or winter-spring persistent drought events take up the majority.The persistent drought events possess large scale spatial characteristics.While the 1960s is the most frequent and strongest decade of drought events in the latter half of the 20th century,the occurrence is more frequent and the intensity is stronger in the first five years of the 21st century(2001-2005).This reflects the response of regional extreme climatic events in Guangdong to global climatic change.The atmospheric circulation,sea surface temperature,etc,appear to have different abnormal characteristics when drought events happen in different seasons.The results of this paper provide some good reference information for the drought forecast,especially for the dynamic interpretation of climatic model products.

Grassland-type ecosystem stability in China differs under the influence of drought and wet events

Ecological stability is a core issue in ecological research and holds significant implications forhumanity. The increased frequency and intensity of drought and wet climate events resulting from climatechange pose a major threat to global ecological stability. Variations in stability among different ecosystemshave been confirmed, but it remains unclear whether there are differences in stability within the sameterrestrial vegetation ecosystem under the influence of climate events in different directions and intensities.China's grassland ecosystem includes most grassland types and is a good choice for studying this issue.This study used the Standardized Precipitation Evapotranspiration Index-12 (SPEI-12) to identify thedirections and intensities of different types of climate events, and based on Normalized DifferenceVegetation Index (NDVI), calculated the resistance and resilience of different grassland types for 30consecutive years from 1990 to 2019 (resistance and resilience are important indicators to measurestability). Based on a traditional regression model, standardized methods were integrated to analyze theimpacts of the intensity and duration of drought and wet events on vegetation stability. The resultsshowed that meadow steppe exhibited the highest stability, while alpine steppe and desert steppe had thelowest overall stability. The stability of typical steppe, alpine meadow, temperate meadow was at anintermediate level. Regarding the impact of the duration and intensity of climate events on vegetationecosystem stability for the same grassland type, the resilience of desert steppe during drought was mainlyaffected by the duration. In contrast, the impact of intensity was not significant. However, alpine steppewas mainly affected by intensity in wet environments, and duration had no significant impact. Ourconclusions can provide decision support for the future grassland ecosystem governance.

Characteristics of the Regional Meteorological Drought Events in Southwest China During 1960–2010

An objective identifi cation technique for regional extreme events （OITREE） and the daily composite-drought index （CI） at 101 stations in Southwest China （including Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, and Chongqing） are used to detect regional meteorological drought events between 1960 and 2010. Values of the parameters of the OITREE method are determined. A total of 87 drought events are identifi ed, including 9 extreme events. The 2009-2010 drought is the most serious in Southwest China during the past 50 years. The regional meteorological drought events during 1960-2010 generally last for 10-80 days, with the longest being 231 days. Droughts are more common from November to next April, and less common in the remaining months. Droughts occur more often and with greater intensity in Yunnan and southern Sichuan than in other parts of Southwest China. Strong （extreme and severe） regional meteorological drought events can be divided into fi ve types. The southern type has occurred most frequently, and Yunnan is the area most frequently stricken by extreme and severe drought events. The regional meteorological drought events in Southwest China have increased in both frequency and intensity over the study period, and the main reason appears to be a signifi cant decrease in precipitation over this region, but a simultaneous increase in temperature also contributes.

Characteristics of Clustering Extreme Drought Events in China During 1961-2010

Based on the Multi-Scale Standardized Precipitation Index （MSPI）, extreme severe drought events in China during 1961-2010 were identified, and the seasonal, annual, and interdecadal variations of the cluster- ing extreme drought events were investigated by using the spatial point process theory. It is found that severe droughts present a trend of gradual increase as a result of the significant increase and clustering tendency of severe droughts in autumn. The periodicity analysis of the clustering extreme droughts in different seasons suggests that there is a remarkable interdecadal change in the occurrence of clustering extreme droughts in winter. Meanwhile, it is revealed that the clustering extreme drought events exhibit greatly different annual mean spatial distributions during 1961 2010, with scattered and concentrated clustering zones alternating on the decadal timescale. Furthermore, it is found that the decadal-mean spatial distributions of extreme drought events in summer are correlated out of phase with those of the rainy bands over China in the past 50 years, and a good decadal persistence exists between the autumn and winter extreme droughts, implying a salient feature of consecutive autunm-winter droughts in this 50-yr period. Compared with other regions of China, Southwest China bears the most prominent characteristic of clustering extreme droughts.

Datasets of meteorological drought events and risks for the developing countries in Eurasia

For the area of Eurasia concentrated with developing countries(referred to here by the abbreviation DPEA),mainly located in Asia and Eastern Europe,this work presents datasets of gridded meteorological drought events and country-based drought risk by combining multiple drought indices and socio-economic data.A basic gridded dataset of the drought events during 1950-2015 is extracted from three drought indices:the self-calibrating Palmer Drought Severity Index,the Standardized Precipitation Index,and the Standardized Precipitation Evapotranspiration Index.The three drought indices generally show consistent characteristics of drought events in DPEA.A second-level dataset(a drought risk dataset)is then produced as the product of drought hazard,exposure and vulnerability during 2000-2015.For drought exposure,the indicators of population and livestock density,agricultural land and water stress are chosen,while drought vulnerability composites multiple social,economic and infrastructural factors.Drought hazard tends to concentrate at the southern rim of Eurasia.Relatively large differences in drought exposure exist between different countries,but for drought vulnerability the differences are small.After considering the socio-economic components in risk assessment,most countries in West,South-Central and South Asia have the highest drought risk in DPEA.The datasets of drought events and risks are available at http://www.dx.doi.org/10.11922/sciencedb.898.

Dust Events in the Western Parts of Iran and the Relationship with Drought Expansion over the Dust-Source Areas in Iraq and Syria

The most famous deserts exist in subtropical regions which is the direct outcome of insufficient precipitation and high temperatures. The Middle East deserts are subjected often to dust, which reduces horizontal visibility to 5 km, and sometimes even to less than 100 m. The severe and prolong drought recently afflicting the west Asia region has been suggested to be instrumental in producing an increased output of dust into the atmosphere from the region. Regarding the increasing of dust events over the west of Iran with the external origin in the recent decade (from 2000 to present), so the main dust-source areas over Iraq and Syria have been detected using the dust-source map of the southwest of Asia, satellite images and soil type maps. We considered the relationship between the increasing of dust events in the western of Iran and drought expansion over the main dust-production areas during the recent decade. Dust frequency data series, and drought variables which include the VHI (vegetation health index), precipitation and temperature data series in long-term and monthly scales have been monitored and compared. And then we used the correlation analysis that indicated the significant proximity between the dust events and droughts/dryness in a yearly scale and also during the warm season (May to Aug). Meantime the derived results from the T-student test for the aforementioned data series confirm the fact that the droughts are parallel to the increasing of dust events from 1996 to 2011 (especially in the recent decade). We found that the recent droughts in the external dust source areas had the remarkable potential to increase the dust events in the west of Iran.

Extreme Weather and Climate Events and Their Impacts on Island Countries in the Western Pacific: Cyclones, Floods and Droughts

Increases in the frequency of extreme weather and climate events and the severity of their impacts on the natural environment and society have been observed across the globe in recent decades. In addition to natural climate variability and greenhouse-induced climate change, extreme weather and climate events produce the most pronounced impacts. In this paper, the climate of three island countries in the Western Pacific: Fiji, Samoa and Tuvalu, has been analysed. Warming trends in annual average maximum and minimum temperatures since the 1950s have been identified, in line with the global warming trend. We present recent examples of extreme weather and climate events and their impacts on the island countries in the Western Pacific: the 2011 drought in Tuvalu, the 2012 floods in Fiji and a tropical cyclone, Evan, which devastated Samoa and Fiji in December 2012. We also relate occurrences of the extreme weather and climate events to phases of the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) phenomenon. The impacts of such natural disasters on the countries are severe and the costs of damage are astronomical. In some cases, climate extremes affect countries to such an extent that governments declare a national state of emergency, as occurred in Tuvalu in 2011 due to the severe drought’s impact on water resources. The projected increase in the frequency of weather and climate extremes is one of the expected consequences of the observed increase in anthropogenic greenhouse gas concentration and will likely have even stronger negative impacts on the natural environment and society in the future. This should be taken into consideration by authorities of Pacific Island Countries and aid donors when developing strategies to adapt to the increasing risk of climate extremes. Here we demonstrate that the modern science of seasonal climate prediction is well developed, with current dynamical climate models being able to provide skilful predictions of regional rainfall two-three months in advance. The dynamic climate model-based forecast products are now disseminated to the National Meteorological Services of 15 island countries in the Western Pacific through a range of web-based information tools. We conclude with confidence that seasonal climate prediction is an effective solution at the regional level to provide governments and local communities of island nations in the Western Pacific with valuable assistance for informed decision making for adaptation to climate variability and change.

Assessment of the Application of the Integrated Multi-Satellite Retrievals for GPM Satellite Precipitation Products for Extreme Dry and Wet Events Monitoring in Togo (2001-2019)

Togo’s economy is heavily dependent on rainfed agriculture. Therefore, anomalies in precipitation can have a significant impact on crop yields, affecting food production and security. Thus, monitoring anomalous climate conditions in Togo through the combination of precipitation satellite-based data and Standard Precipitation Index (SPI) help anticipate the development of drought scenarios or excessive rainfall, allowing farmers to adjust their strategies and minimize losses. Continuous and adequate spatial monitoring of these climate anomalies provided by satellite-based products can be central to an effective early warning system (EWS) implementation in Togo. Precipitation satellite-based products have been presented invaluable tools for assessing droughts and , offering timely and comprehensive data that supports a wide range of applications. In this study, we applied the Integrated Multi-satellite Retrievals for GPM (IMERG) rainfall product, a unified satellite global precipitation product developed by NASA, to identify and characterize the severity of dry and wet climate events in Togo during the period from 2001 to 2019. The Standard Precipitation Index (SPI), as the main index recommended by the World Meteorological Organization to monitor drought wide world, was selected as the reference index to monitor dry and wet climate events across Togo regions. The results show two distinct major climate periods in Togo in the timeframe analyzed (2001-2019), one dominated by wet events from 2008 to 2010, and a second marked by severe and extreme dry events from 2013 to 2015;MERG rainfall and SPI combination were able to capture these events consistently.

Role of land-atmosphere coupling in persistent extreme climate events in eastern China in summer 2022

2022年暖季,中国东部地区遭受持续性高温,少雨和土壤干旱的复合极端事件.特征分析指出,在研究时段内,中国东部地区的气温,降水和土壤湿度呈现明显的季节内变化和南北差异。由1940-2022年的气候态可知,长江流域和东南地区的土壤含水充足,蒸散主要受限于陆面有效能量.然而,潜在机制研究指出,2022年土壤湿度对蒸散的限制作用在上述区域异常偏强,土壤湿度与气候要素之间的强反馈可能在2022年复合极端事件的演变和持续中发挥了关键作用。

中国北方干旱多发带极端春夏连旱的主要影响因子特征

在全球变暖背景下,天气气候事件表现出的极端性愈加明显,由此造成的各种气象灾害对社会和经济的危害程度进一步加大。在中国北方干旱多发带(Northern Drought-prone Belt,NDPB),极端干旱事件发生的次数更为频繁、强度更为剧烈、范围更为广阔。本文利用气象干旱综合指数、站点的降水和近地面气温、再分析资料以及海表温度、积雪范围、海冰密集度资料,通过统计分析和合成分析方法揭示了NDPB极端春夏连旱事件的主要影响因子特征。研究表明,主要环流因子表现为:3月自巴芬湾东传的波列,5月从哈德逊湾南部到贝加尔湖以东“正-负-正-负-正-负”的位势高度异常,6月60°N附近东传的波列、丝路波列以及偏东偏弱的西太平洋副热带高压;主要的外强迫因子表现为:拉尼娜向厄尔尼诺的位相转变及印度洋海盆和北大西洋中部偏暖的海温异常,欧亚大陆中高纬和北美大陆40°N-60°N之间明显偏小、青藏高原前期偏大后期偏小的积雪范围异常,以及巴芬湾和戴维斯海峡附近偏少而格陵兰海附近偏多、从巴伦支海到喀拉海呈现“正-负-正”分布的海冰密集度异常。

四川省极端高温干旱复合事件变化特征研究

根据四川省川东盆地山地区、川西高山高原区和川西南山地区三个分区40个气象站1961—2022年的逐日气象数据,通过极端高温阈值、标准化降水蒸散指数(SPEI)计算研究区极端高温、干旱及复合事件的日数、强度,分析其变化趋势和空间分布特征,确定综合风险指数。研究结果表明:(1)高温、干旱及复合事件在三个分区上均呈现增加趋势,川西南山地区是高温干旱复合事件增加趋势最显著的地区。(2)从综合风险指数来看,时间上,整个研究区并发高温事件的年份较多,并发干旱事件的年份不多。21世纪以来,6—10月高温干旱复合事件影响整个研究区的年份较多,尤以2006和2022年综合风险指数最高;空间上,站点高风险指数主要分布于川东盆地山地区,为高温干旱复合事件防御重点区域。(3)2022年高温、干旱及复合事件异常分布具有区域一致性特性,三类事件发生日数、强度相对多年平均明显偏多。复合事件主要集中在7、8月份,川东盆地山地区是三类事件高值区的叠加中心,受高温干旱复合事件影响最大。

夏季干旱对大气污染物的影响与驱动因素

利用2022年1月~8月中国300个地级市大气污染物(PM_(2.5),PM_(10),NO_(2)和SO_(2))小时浓度数据及同期气象数据,研究夏季干旱对大气污染物的影响及其驱动因素.研究结果显示:干旱期间和正常期间长株潭城市群PM_(2.5),PM_(10),NO_(2)和SO_(2)浓度累积分布存在显著差异,且3个城市间同类污染物浓度的累积分布模式具有明显一致性.夏季干旱事件对PM_(2.5),PM_(10),NO_(2)和SO_(2)污染具有一定的抑制作用,其NO_(2)分别累积降低45.27μg/m^(3)(长沙),48.53μg/m^(3)(株洲)和13.40μg/m^(3)(湘潭);PM_(10)累积降低了56.30μg/m^(3)(长沙),55.68μg/m^(3)(株洲)和23.73μg/m^(3)(湘潭);PM_(2.5)分别累积降低了36.54μg/m^(3)(长沙),24.48μg/m^(3)(株洲)和37.52μg/m^(3)(湘潭);SO_(2)分别累积降低了2.19μg/m^(3)(长沙),18.51μg/m^(3)(株洲)和4.35μg/m^(3)(湘潭).干旱通过气温,气压,风速和相对湿度4个驱动因素来降低PM_(2.5),PM_(10),NO_(2)和SO_(2)浓度.

基于CMIP6耦合WRF的黄河上游复合干旱热浪事件演变规律

复合干旱热浪事件较传统极端气候事件破坏性更强,近年来在全球范围内发展迅速,黄河上游作为气候敏感区受其影响尤其突出,刻画其特征并分析未来可能气候条件下的演变趋势对事件防控有重要意义。本文提出了一种基于第六次国际耦合模式比较计划CMIP6耦合天气预报研究模式WRF的未来气象数据动力降尺度方法。识别了黄河上游不同情景下的复合干旱热浪事件及其特征,揭示了复合事件与单一事件的区别,分析了复合干旱热浪事件的未来演变规律。结果表明:(1)历史期、SSP245和SSP585情景下复合干旱热浪事件较单一事件的温度升高3.8%、13.1%、13.5%,干旱指数降低5.8%、2.6%、2.6%,极端特征更加显著。(2)SSP245情景下复合干旱热浪事件特征呈西南高、东北低的空间分布形式,而在SSP585情景下以北部、东部区域分布最高。(3)未来各情景下区域整体复合干旱热浪事件特征呈显著上升趋势,其中SSP585的上升趋势高于SSP245。

近53 a辽河流域旱涝灾害的时空特征

针对气候变化背景下辽河流域旱涝事件的频繁发生,以国家气象中心提供的地面降水日值数据集V3.0为基础数据,采用Z指数法表征旱涝事件,并应用集合经验模态分解法(EEMD)分析了辽河流域1968—2020年逐年、逐生长季的旱涝事件分布特征及其周期性规律,结果表明:(1)辽河流域近53 a中发生旱涝事件的灾害年份约占总时间序列的2/3以上,集中发生于上世纪80、90年代中后期及本世纪00年代.(2)近53 a中,重度干旱或洪涝事件均以流域东南部的河流下游及入海口区域最为严重,流域东南部的旱涝程度反差最为强烈.(3)对于辽河流域范围的旱涝事件来说,周期特征以短时高频振荡为主,年代际尺度的波动对于周期规律的贡献率相对较低.

气候变化背景下赣江流域复合高温干旱事件时空演变特征

【目的】在气候变化背景下,全球多区域复合高温干旱事件频率与强度呈现增加趋势。系统揭示赣江流域复合高温干旱事件的时空演变特征,为灾害风险防范提供参考。【方法】采用1961—2021年的日最高温度和表层土壤含水量数据,评估赣江流域热浪、农业干旱和复合高温干旱事件的时空变化趋势,对比分析复合高温干旱事件与单独极端事件的特征差异。【结果】结果表明:赣江流域农业干旱事件频次呈下降趋势(-0.027场/10 a),热浪事件及复合高温干旱事件的频次呈上升趋势(0.084场/10 a、0.013场/10 a)。与1961—2000年相比,2001—2021年赣江流域农业干旱的发生频率在北部大部分区域有所下降,南部地区大部分区域有所增加;热浪事件的发生频率在全流域均呈增加趋势;复合高温干旱的发生频率在东北部有所下降,南部显著上升。与单独热浪事件和单独农业干旱事件相比,复合高温干旱下的热浪事件历时和烈度分别增加16.87%和26.25%,农业干旱事件历时和烈度分别增加10.65%和26.86%。【结论】赣江流域南部地区复合高温干旱事件发生频率显著增加;相比于单独的极端事件,复合高温干旱事件的危险性有所增强,未来应加强该区域的复合高温干旱风险防范能力。

亚热带杉木径向生长对气候因子的响应

杉木(Cunninghamia lanceolata)是亚热带地区主要造林树种之一,其在区域碳循环和缓解气候变化中起着重要的作用。以亚热带地区6个站点(荆关、马鬃岭、分宜、将乐、东风、高峰)杉木人工林为研究对象,建立树轮标准化年表,分析树木年轮年表与气候因子的关系,解析不同研究区杉木径向生长对气候变化的响应机制,探讨不同站点杉木对干旱事件的响应策略,为该地区杉木人工林的经营管理提供理论依据。研究结果表明,6个研究区杉木树轮宽度对气候变化的平均敏感度大于0.15,样本总体代表性大于0.85,均处于可接受水平,表明6个站点的杉木样本具有区域代表性,适用于进行气候相关分析。杉木径向生长主要与生长季的平均温度和降水量、上一年夏季的最低温度正相关,与当年夏季最高温度负相关,高峰站点的径向生长与7-10月的相对湿度显著正相关,其他地点径向生长与月相对湿度相关性较弱,分宜、东风和高峰站的径向生长与干旱指数显著正相关,其他地点的杉木树轮宽度与干旱指数相关性较弱。干旱事件对6个站点杉木生长均产生了负面影响,胸高断面积增长(Basal area increment, BAI)呈先上升后下降的趋势,在生长后期,6个研究点的BAI出现不同程度的衰退现象。第二次干旱发生后,杉木对干旱事件的应对能力更强。亚热带纬度较低的地区杉木受到干旱的影响较大,温暖而湿润环境下的杉木对干旱事件的抵抗力较小,恢复力较高。

基于有效干旱指数的锡林郭勒干旱时空分布特征

[目的]识别锡林郭勒草原干旱事件、干旱频率和干旱强度,明确锡林郭勒气象干旱场,进而为锡林郭勒减轻干旱引发的环境和经济问题。[方法]选取1969—2018年锡林郭勒地区9个气象站点逐月观测数据,计算有效干旱指数(effective drought index,EDI),结合Mann-Kendall检验、经验正交函数(empirical orthogonal function,EOF)分解、干旱定量表征等方法,分析了60年来锡林郭勒干旱时空格局特征。[结果]锡林郭勒地区的年平均EDI指数以0.029/10 a的速度下降,干旱趋势明显增强,平均每年发生0.5次干旱事件。锡林郭勒正常发生的频率为67.17%~72.65%,发生重旱的频率为0.02%~0.99%,发生不同干旱的频率差异性较大,西南部、中部是干旱强度较高的区域。锡林郭勒前2个主要特征向量的方差贡献率分别达52.75%和14.38%,空间模态表现为一致型和东南—西北反位相型。[结论]考虑有效降水的EDI指数在揭示草原干旱时空变化趋势方面更有优势,可以用来识别气象干旱时空模态的变化情况。