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Patterns in data of extreme droughts/floods and harvest grades derived from historical documents in eastern China during 801–1910
Zhixin Hao
Key Laboratory of Land Surface Pattern and Simulation, Institute of
Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of
Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
Maowei Wu
Key Laboratory of Land Surface Pattern and Simulation, Institute of
Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of
Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
Key Laboratory of Land Surface Pattern and Simulation, Institute of
Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of
Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
Jiewei Chen
Key Laboratory of Land Surface Pattern and Simulation, Institute of
Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of
Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
Xuezhen Zhang
Key Laboratory of Land Surface Pattern and Simulation, Institute of
Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of
Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
Shiwei Luo
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
School of Geography and Tourism, Chongqing Normal University,
Chongqing, 401331, China
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Short summary
Using reconstructed extreme drought/flood chronologies and grain harvest series derived from historical documents, it is found that the frequency of reporting of extreme droughts in any subregion of eastern China was significantly associated with lower reconstructed harvests during 801–1910. The association was weak during the warm epoch of 920–1300 but strong during the cold epoch of 1310–1880, which indicates that a warm climate might weaken the impact of extreme drought on poor harvests.
Using reconstructed extreme drought/flood chronologies and grain harvest series derived from...
