Annual variations of monsoon and drought detected by GPS: A case study in Yunnan, China
Autor: | Jianqing Cai, Nengfang Chao, Weiping Jiang, Zhao Li, Peng Yuan, Hua Chen, Nico Sneeuw |
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Jazyk: | angličtina |
Rok vydání: | 2017 |
Předmět: |
Multidisciplinary
010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences business.industry Science 010502 geochemistry & geophysics Monsoon 01 natural sciences Article Phase lag Precipitable water vapor Climatology Global Positioning System Environmental science Medicine Precipitation business 0105 earth and related environmental sciences |
Zdroj: | Scientific Reports, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2017) Scientific Reports |
ISSN: | 2045-2322 |
Popis: | The Global Positioning System (GPS) records monsoonal precipitable water vapor (PWV) and vertical crustal displacement (VCD) due to hydrological loading, and can thus be applied jointly to diagnose meteorological and hydrological droughts. We have analyzed the PWV and VCD observations during 2007.0–2015.0 at 26 continuous GPS stations located in Yunnan province, China. We also obtained equivalent water height (EWH) derived from the Gravity Recovery And Climate Experiment (GRACE) and precipitation at these stations with the same period. Then, we quantified the annual variations of PWV, precipitation, EWH and VCD and provided empirical relationships between them. We found that GPS-derived PWV and VCD (positive means downward movement) are in phase with precipitation and GRACE-derived EWH, respectively. The annual signals of VCD and PWV show linearly correlated amplitudes and a two-month phase lag. Furthermore, the results indicate that PWV and VCD anomalies can also be used to explore drought, such as the heavy drought during winter/spring 2010. Our analysis results verify the capability of GPS to monitor monsoon variations and drought in Yunnan and show that a more comprehensive understanding of the characteristics of regional monsoon and drought can be achieved by integrating GPS-derived PWV and VCD with precipitation and GRACE-derived EWH. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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