Characteristics of Climate Change and Extreme Weather from 1951 to 2011 in China
Open Access
- 13 November 2018
- journal article
- research article
- Published by MDPI AG in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
- Vol. 15 (11), 2540
- https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15112540
Abstract
It has been demonstrated that climate change is an established fact. A good comprehension of climate and extreme weather variation characteristics on a temporal and a spatial scale is important for adaptation and response. In this work, the characteristics of temperature, precipitation, and extreme weather distribution and variation is summarized for a period of 60 years and the seasonal fluctuation of temperature and precipitation is also analyzed. The results illustrate the reduction in daily and annual temperature divergence on both temporal and spatial scales. However, the gaps remain relatively significant. Furthermore, the disparity in daily and annual precipitation are found to be increasing on both temporal and spatial scales. The findings indicate that climate change, to a certain extent, narrowed the temperature gap while widening the precipitation gap on temporal and spatial scales in China.Keywords
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