Stochastic characteristics of daily precipitation and its spatiotemporal difference over China based on information entropy

doi:10.13287/j.1001-9332.201804.013

Abstract

Abstract: Daily precipitation process in China showed obvious randomness and spatiotemporal variation. It is important to accurately understand the influence of precipitation changes on control of flood and waterlogging disaster. Using the daily precipitation data measured at 520 stations in China during 1961-2013, we quantified the stochastic characteristics of daily precipitation over China based on the index of information entropy. Results showed that the randomness of daily precipitation in the southeast region were larger than that in the northwest region. Moreover, the spatial distribution of stochastic characteristics of precipitation was different at various grades. Stochastic characteri-stics of P₀(precipitation at 0.1-10 mm) was large, but the spatial variation was not obvious. The stochastic characteristics of P₁₀(precipitation at 10-25 mm) and P₂₅(precipitation at 25-50 mm) were the largest and their spatial difference was obvious. P₅₀(precipitation ≥50 mm) had the smallest stochastic characteristics and the most obviously spatial difference. Generally, the entropy values of precipitation obviously increased over the last five decades, indicating more significantly stochastic characteristics of precipitation (especially the obvious increase of heavy precipitation events) in most region over China under the scenarios of global climate change. Given that the spatial distribution and long-term trend of entropy values of daily precipitation could reflect thespatial distribution of stochastic characteristics of precipitation, our results could provide scientific basis for the control of flood and waterlogging disaster, the layout of agricultural planning, and the planning of ecological environment.

Key words: flood disaster, temporal-spatial difference, China., information entropy, stochastic characteristics, daily precipitation

LI Xin-xin, SANG Yan-fang, XIE Ping, LIU Chang-ming. Stochastic characteristics of daily precipitation and its spatiotemporal difference over China based on information entropy[J]. Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology, 2018, 29(4): 1071-1078.

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