Environmental Science
8 years ago

Extreme precipitation in South China increasing, leading to more frequent droughts and floods.

Daqi kexue xuebao
Characteristics of extreme precipitation and its variation trend in the post-flood of South China
Yanju Liu

Paper Summary

The study looked at extreme rainfall in South China from 1969 to 2008. They found that heavy rain and rainstorm frequency increased after 1993, leading to more droughts and floods. The southern parts of Guangdong and Guangxi, and the southwest of Fujian, had the most extreme rainfall. Total rainfall and rainfall frequency decreased before 1992 and after 1993.

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