Author(s)

Dehe Liu¹, Jingfei You², Qijie Xie², Yuanyuan Huang³, Huajun Tong²

¹Yongchun County Meteorological Bureau of Fujian Province, Yongchun, China.
²Quanzhou Meteorological Bureau of Fujian Province, Quanzhou, China.
³Nan’an Meteorological Bureau of Fujian Province, Nan’an, China.

To analyze the characteristics of drought and flood variations in Quanzhou during recent 55 years, the standardized precipitation index (SPI) and Empirical Orthogonal Function (EOF) and Rotated Empirical Orthogonal Function (REOF) were calculated by using the monthly precipitation data from 6 meteorological bureaus across Quanzhou for 1960-2014. Results showed that: 1) During 1960-2014, the drought and flood showed Periodic variation characteristics in Quanzhou, the specific period of frequent drought was 1963-1972, 1977-1986 and 2009-2011, and the specific period of frequent flood was 1961-1962, 1972-1975, 1990-1992 and 1997-2007; the drought and flood did not have significant tendency of variation in Spring and Summer, and the drought and flood showed a non-significant downward trend in Autumn and Winter. 2) The drought and flood variation had relatively consistent trend in Quanzhou, but there was a big difference on the northwest mountainous area, the middle semi-mountainous area and the southeast coast area in some periods. 3) The precipitation cell and distribution in every season were Nan’an and Anxi, but there was a big difference in rainfall less area: it was Yongchun and Dehua in Spring, Chongwu and Jinjiang in Summer, Chongwu in Autumn, Dehua and Chongwu in Winter.

Standardized Precipitation Index, Drought and Flood, Empirical Orthogonal Function (EOF), Rotated Empirical Orthogonal Function (REOF)

Liu, D. , You, J. , Xie, Q. , Huang, Y. and Tong, H. (2018) Spatial and Temporal Characteristics of Drought and Flood in Quanzhou Based on Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI) in Recent 55 Years. Journal of Geoscience and Environment Protection, 6, 25-37. doi: 10.4236/gep.2018.68003.