Recent Trends of Summer Convective and Stratiform Precipitation in Mid-Eastern China.
Many studies have reported on the trends of precipitation in Mid-Eastern China (EC). However, the trends of convective and stratiform precipitation are still unknown. Here, we examine the trends of summer convective and stratiform precipitation in EC from 2002 to 2012 on the basis of the TRMM observations. Results revealed that the rain frequency (RF) for both convective and stratiform precipitation increased in majority regions of Southern EC (SEC), but decreased in Northwest part of Northern EC (NEC). The decreasing rate of RF for stratiform precipitation in NEC is twice as much as that for convective precipitation, while the increase of convective precipitation in SEC is more evident than stratiform precipitation. The rain rate (RR) exhibited a decreasing trend in most portions of EC for both convective and stratiform precipitation. In SEC, neither PW nor WVT has good ability in explaining the precipitation variability. However, in NEC, PW is closely correlated to convective RF and WVT is more closely related to stratiform RF.
School of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, PR China.|State Key Laboratory of Severe Weather, Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, Beijing, 100081, PR China.
Yunfei
Y
Fu
School of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, PR China.|Anhui Meteorological Information Centre, Anhui Institute of Meteorological Science, Hefei, Anhui 230031, PR China.
Fengjiao
F
Chen
Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Science, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida.
Guosheng
G
Liu
Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Sciences and Satellite Remote Sensing of Anhui Province, Anhui Institute of Meteorological Sciences, Hefei, Anhui 230031, PR China.
Yuanjian
Y
Yang
School of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, PR China.
Renmin
R
Yuan
School of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, PR China.
Rui
R
Li
School of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, PR China.
Qi
Q
Liu
School of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, PR China.
Yu
Y
Wang
School of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, PR China.
Lei
L
Zhong
School of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, PR China.
Liang
L
Sun