Predicting summer rainfall in the Yangtze River basin with neural networks

2008 ◽  
Vol 28 (7) ◽  
pp. 925-936 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heike Hartmann ◽  
Stefan Becker ◽  
Lorenz King
Keyword(s):  
Neural Networks ◽  
River Basin ◽  
Yangtze River ◽  
Yangtze River Basin ◽  
Summer Rainfall ◽  
The Yangtze River ◽  
The Yangtze River Basin

scholarly journals Impacts of land use/cover change and reforestation on summer rainfall for the Yangtze River Basin

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei Li ◽  
Lu Li ◽  
Jie Chen ◽  
Qian Lin ◽  
Hua Chen
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
River Basin ◽  
Yangtze River ◽  
Yangtze River Basin ◽  
Daily Rainfall ◽  
Summer Rainfall ◽  
Rainfall Amount ◽  
The Yangtze River ◽  
The Yangtze River Basin ◽  
Land Use And Cover

Abstract. Land use and cover has been significantly changed all around the world during the last decade. In particular, the Returning Farmland to Forest Program (RFFP) have resulted in significant changes in regional land use and cover, especially in China. The land use and cover change (LUCC) may lead to the change in regional climate. In this study, we take the Yangtze river basin as a case study and analyze the impacts of LUCC and reforestation on summer rainfall amount and extremes based on the Weather Research and Forecasting model. Firstly, two observed land use and cover scenarios (1990 and 2010) were chosen to investigate the impacts of LUCC on the summer rainfall during the last decade. Secondly, two hypothetical reforestation scenarios (i.e., scenarios of 20 % and 50 % cropland changed to be forest) were taken based on the control year of 2010 to test the sensitivity of summer rainfall (amount and extremes) to reforestation. The results showed that LUCC between 1990 and 2010 decreased average summer rainfall, while increased extreme summer daily rainfall in the Yangtze River basin. The extreme summer daily rainfall increased up to 50 mm, which was mainly observed in the midstream and downstream. Reforestation could increase summer rainfall amount and extremes, and the effects were more pronounced at the local scale where suffered reforestation than at the whole basin. Moreover, the effects of reforestation were influenced by the reforestation proportion. In this study, the average summer rainfall increased more for the scenario of 20 % croplands changed to forests than that for the scenario of 50 %, while the high-intensity short-duration rainfall increased more for the scenario of 50 % croplands changed to forests than that for the scenario of 20 %. Although a comprehensive assessment of the impacts of LUCC on summer rainfall amount and extremes was conducted, further studies are needed to better investigate the uncertainty.

scholarly journals Impacts of land use and land cover change and reforestation on summer rainfall in the Yangtze River basin

2021 ◽  
Vol 25 (8) ◽  
pp. 4531-4548
Author(s):  
Wei Li ◽  
Lu Li ◽  
Jie Chen ◽  
Qian Lin ◽  
Hua Chen
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
River Basin ◽  
Yangtze River ◽  
Yangtze River Basin ◽  
Regional Climate ◽  
Daily Rainfall ◽  
Summer Rainfall ◽  
The Yangtze River ◽  
The Yangtze River Basin ◽  
Land Use And Cover

Abstract. Land use and cover have been significantly changed all around the world during the last decade. In particular, the Grain for Green (GG) program has resulted in significant changes in regional land use and cover, especially in China. Land use and cover change (LULCC) may lead to changes in regional climate. In this study, we take the Yangtze River basin as a case study and analyze the impacts of LULCC and reforestation on summer rainfall amounts and extremes based on the Weather Research and Forecasting model. Firstly, two observed land use and cover scenarios (1990 and 2010) were chosen to investigate the impacts of LULCC on summer rainfall during the last decade. Secondly, two hypothetical reforestation scenarios (i.e., scenarios of 20 % and 50 % cropland changed to forest) were taken based on the control year of 2010 to test the sensitivity of summer rainfall (amounts and extremes) to reforestation. The results showed that average summer rainfall and extreme summer daily rainfall decreased in the Yangtze River basin between 1990 and 2010 due to LULCC. Reforestation could increase summer rainfall amount and extremes, and the effects were more pronounced in populated areas than over the whole basin. Moreover, the effects of reforestation were influenced by the reforestation proportion. In addition, the summer rainfall increased less conversely, with the transform proportion of cropland to forest increased from 20 % to 50 %. By analyzing the changes in water vapor mixing ratio, upward moisture flux, and 10 m wind, it is suggested that this result might be caused by the horizontal transportation processes of moisture. Although a comprehensive assessment of the impacts of LULCC on summer rainfall amounts and extremes was conducted, further studies are needed to investigate the uncertainty better.

scholarly journals Spatiotemporal Pattern of Pine Wilt Disease in the Yangtze River Basin

Forests ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 731
Author(s):  
Zhuoqing Hao ◽  
Jixia Huang ◽  
Yantao Zhou ◽  
Guofei Fang
Keyword(s):  
River Basin ◽  
Yangtze River ◽  
Yangtze River Basin ◽  
Pine Wilt Disease ◽  
Wilt Disease ◽  
Spatiotemporal Pattern ◽  
Pinewood Nematode ◽  
The Yangtze River ◽  
Pine Wilt ◽  
The Yangtze River Basin

The Yangtze River Basin is among the river basins with the strongest strategic support and developmental power in China. As an invasive species, the pinewood nematode (PWN) Bursaphelenchus xylophilus has introduced a serious obstacle to the high-quality development of the economic and ecological synchronization of the Yangtze River Basin. This study analyses the occurrence and spread of pine wilt disease (PWD) with the aim of effectively managing and controlling the spread of PWD in the Yangtze River Basin. In this study, statistical data of PWD-affected areas in the Yangtze River Basin are used to analyse the occurrence and spread of PWD in the study area using spatiotemporal visualization analysis and spatiotemporal scanning statistics technology. From 2000 to 2018, PWD in the study area showed an “increasing-decreasing-increasing” trend, and PWD increased explosively in 2018. The spatial spread of PWD showed a “jumping propagation-multi-point outbreak-point to surface spread” pattern, moving west along the river. Important clusters were concentrated in the Jiangsu-Zhejiang area from 2000 to 2015, forming a cluster including Jiangsu and Zhejiang. Then, from 2015–2018, important clusters were concentrated in Chongqing. According to the spatiotemporal scanning results, PWD showed high aggregation in the four regions of Zhejiang, Chongqing, Hubei, and Jiangxi from 2000 to 2018. In the future, management systems for the prevention and treatment of PWD, including ecological restoration programs, will require more attention.

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