Variation of extreme drought and flood in North China revealed by document-based seasonal precipitation reconstruction for the past 300 years

Zheng, Jingyun; Yu, Yingzhuo; Zhang, Xuezhen; Hao, Zhixin

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-14-1135-2018

Articles | Volume 14, issue 8

https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-14-1135-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-14-1135-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 14, issue 8

Research article

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09 Aug 2018

Research article |

| 09 Aug 2018

Variation of extreme drought and flood in North China revealed by document-based seasonal precipitation reconstruction for the past 300 years

Jingyun Zheng, Yingzhuo Yu, Xuezhen Zhang, and Zhixin Hao

Supplement

https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-14-1135-2018-supplement

Data sets

Gergis and Fowler 2009 Multiproxy ENSO Event Reconstructions NOAA https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo-search/study/8408

Short summary

We investigated the decadal variations of extreme droughts and floods in North China using a 17-site seasonal precipitation reconstruction from a unique historical archive. Then, the link of extreme droughts and floods with ENSO episodes and large volcanic eruptions was discussed. This study helps us understand whether the recent extreme events observed by instruments exceed the natural variability at a regional scale, which may be useful for adaptation to extremes and disasters in the future.