Spatio-Temporal Characteristics of Drought and Its Relationship with El Niño-Southern Oscillation in the Songhua River Basin from 1960 to 2019
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Study Area
3. Data and Methods
3.1. Data
3.2. The Standardized Precipitation Evapotranspiration Index
- First, the PET was calculated using the Penman–Monteith model as shown below:
- Then, the difference between the monthly precipitation and PET was calculated using the following equation:
- Next, the difference of the precipitation and evapotranspiration at different time scales was calculated using the equation mentioned below:
- Next, the three-parameter log-logistic probability distribution was used to normalize the D series and to further calculate the SPEI. For each D value, the normalized value was calculated as follows:The parameters mentioned before were calculated with the following equations:
- Finally, the cumulative probability density was standardized as follows:
3.3. Analysis Methods
4. Results
4.1. Spatio-Temporal Distribution of Precipitation
4.2. Temporal Variation of the SPEI
4.3. Frequency of Drought Events with Different Time Scales
4.4. Correlation between the SPEI and El Niño-Southern Oscillation Indexes
5. Discussion
5.1. Relationship between Precipitation and SPEI
5.2. Effect of the El Niño-Southern Oscillation on Drought
5.3. Effect of the Drought on Agriculture
6. Conclusions
- The average annual, spring, summer, autumn, and winter precipitations were 527 mm, 76 mm, 348 mm, 87 mm, and 14 mm, respectively. About 66% of the total annual precipitation was concentrated in summer. The change trends of yearly, spring, summer, autumn, and winter precipitation were 0.56, 1.47 (p < 0.05), 0.13, 0.04, and 0.16 (p < 0.05) mm/a, respectively. The monthly precipitation increased in all months except August and September, and the increase in precipitation was significant (p < 0.05) in February, March, May, November, and December. The precipitation in the SHRB was higher in the southeastern regions, with the highest value of 831.62 mm, and was lower in the western regions, with the lowest value of 381.69 mm.
- The trend of annual SPEI significantly increased (p < 0.05), with a gradient of 0.01/a. The SPEI in the SHRB increased in all seasons and were significant in winter (p < 0.05). The monthly SPEI increased in almost all months except March, with a gradient of −0.0009/a, and was significantly increased (p < 0.01) in January, with a gradient of 0.02/a. The SHRB had a wetting trend from 1960 to 2019.
- Severe drought occurred in 1966, 1967, 1982, 1989, and 2019, when six months of draught were experienced. The years without drought were 1986, 2013, and 2018. The drought months in a year from 1980 to 2019 were less than those from 1960 to 1979. The frequencies of drought, normal, and wet for all periods ranged from 20 to 31%, 39 to 58%, and 20 to 32%, respectively. The drought probability distribution on the yearly scale was similar to that in summer and autumn, and the drought probability on a yearly scale was dominated by summer and autumn.
- The SPEI was positively correlated with SST1, SST2, SST3, and SST4, in a different period with a different resonant period. Moreover, the SPEI was negatively correlated with the SOI for a short-term period of 3–4 years from 1986 to 1990 and for a long-term period of 9–12 years from 1992 to 2010. A decrease in the El Niño index or an increase in the Southern Oscillation index could result in a drought event.
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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The State of Drought and Wet | Range of the SPEI |
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Wet | 0.5 < SPEI |
Normal | −0.5 < SPEI ≤ 0.5 |
Slight drought | −1.0 < SPEI ≤ −0.5 |
Middle drought | −2.0 < SPEI ≤ −1.0 |
Extreme drought | SPEI ≤ −2.0 |
Time Period | Z-Value | |
---|---|---|
Precipitation | SPEI | |
Spring | 1.9 * | 2.04 * |
Summer | 0.1 | 1.82 * |
Autumn | −0.47 | 0.56 * |
Winter | 1.86 * | 2.09 * |
Annual | 0.82 | 1.65 * |
Time Period | Z-Value | Time Period | Z-Value | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Precipitation | SPEI | Precipitation | SPEI | ||
January | 0.88 | 1.98 * | July | −0.99 | 1.15 |
February | 0.79 | 2.44 * | August | −0.6 | 0.08 |
March | 1.53 | −0.45 | September | −1.03 | −0.38 |
April | 0.67 | 0.89 | October | 1.24 | 1.75 * |
May | 1.09 | 1.74 * | November | 1.31 | 0.86 |
June | 2.15 * | 2.65 * | December | 1.88 * | 1.68 * |
Month | Precipitation | SPEI | Month | Precipitation | SPEI | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean Value | Trend | Trend | Mean Value | Trend | Trend | ||
January | 3.45 | 0.02/a | 0.02/a ** | July | 146.08 | 0.3/a | 0.004/a |
February | 4.14 | 0.04/a * | 0.009/a | August | 115.96 | −0.07/a | 0.002/a |
March | 8.91 | 0.08/a * | −0.0009/a | September | 53.63 | −0.12/a | 0.0009/a |
April | 21.98 | 0.02/a | 0.003/a | October | 23.70 | 0.02/a | 0.006/a |
May | 45.74 | 0.31/a * | 0.009/a | November | 10.19 | 0.09/a * | 0.005/a |
June | 87.58 | 0.38/a | 0.009/a | December | 6.07 | 0.09/a * | 0.01/a |
Month | R | Month | R |
---|---|---|---|
January | 0.008 | July | 0.71 ** |
February | 0.04 | August | 0.86 ** |
March | 0.44 ** | September | 0.76 ** |
April | 0.59 ** | October | 0.39 ** |
May | 0.67 ** | November | 0.05 |
June | 0.82 ** | December | 0.32 * |
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Ren L, Dong X. Spatio-Temporal Characteristics of Drought and Its Relationship with El Niño-Southern Oscillation in the Songhua River Basin from 1960 to 2019. Water. 2022; 14(6):866. https://doi.org/10.3390/w14060866
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