Observed Exposure of Population and Gross Domestic Product to Extreme Precipitation Events in the Poyang Lake Basin, China
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Data
2.1. Meteorological Data
2.2. Basic Geographic Information Data
2.3. Population and GDP Data
3. Method
3.1. Spatializion Method for Population
3.2. Spatialization Method for GDP
3.2.1. Primary Industry Model
3.2.2. Second Industry Model
3.2.3. Third Industry Model
3.2.4. GDP Model
3.3. Intensity–Area–Duration Method
3.4. Mann–Kendall Test
4. Results
4.1. Changes in Frequency of Extreme Precipitation Events
4.2. Changes in Intensity of Extreme Precipitation Events
4.3. Changes of the Impact Area
4.4. Identification of the Most Severe Events
4.5. Exposure of Population and GDP
5. Discussion and Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Zhan, M.; Zhai, J.; Sun, H.; Li, X.; Xia, L. Observed Exposure of Population and Gross Domestic Product to Extreme Precipitation Events in the Poyang Lake Basin, China. Atmosphere 2019, 10, 817. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos10120817
Zhan M, Zhai J, Sun H, Li X, Xia L. Observed Exposure of Population and Gross Domestic Product to Extreme Precipitation Events in the Poyang Lake Basin, China. Atmosphere. 2019; 10(12):817. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos10120817
Chicago/Turabian StyleZhan, Mingjin, Jianqing Zhai, Hemin Sun, Xiucang Li, and Lingjun Xia. 2019. "Observed Exposure of Population and Gross Domestic Product to Extreme Precipitation Events in the Poyang Lake Basin, China" Atmosphere 10, no. 12: 817. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos10120817
APA StyleZhan, M., Zhai, J., Sun, H., Li, X., & Xia, L. (2019). Observed Exposure of Population and Gross Domestic Product to Extreme Precipitation Events in the Poyang Lake Basin, China. Atmosphere, 10(12), 817. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos10120817