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Analysis on Change of Daily Extreme Precipitation Frequency and Intensity in Gansu Province in Summer during the Period of 1959-2008

 MA  Zhong-Hua, ZHANG  Bo , WANG  Xing-Mei , ZOU  Yue , ZHANG  Ya-Ning   

  1. College of Geography and Environmental Sciences, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou 730070, China
  • Received:2011-02-20 Revised:2011-07-25 Online:2012-03-15 Published:2012-04-10

Abstract: In this paper, the changes of periodic and distributional characteristics of daily extreme precipitation frequency and intensity in summer were analyzed using the ArcGIS and Matlab 7.0 data software platform, complex Morlet wavelet analysis and Mann-Kendall test based on the data of daily precipitation in Gansu Province in summer during the period of 1959-2008. The results show that there were mainly the 19-year and 8-year periodicities of extreme precipitation frequency and mainly the 11-year and 19-year ones of extreme precipitation intensity. There were also the obvious differences in extreme precipitation and spatial distribution of total precipitation in summer in the southeastern region of the province. Moreover, the extreme precipitation frequency was in a decreasing trend, but the extreme precipitation intensity was in an increasing trend.

Key words: extreme precipitation, frequency, intensity, wavelet analysis, Mann-Kendall test, Gansu Province