Journal article
Riverine Flooding and Landfalling Tropical Cyclones Over China
Earth's future, Vol.8(3), pp.no-no
03/2020
DOI: 10.1029/2019EF001451
Abstract
Riverine flooding associated with landfalling tropical cyclones (TCs) in the western North Pacific basin is responsible for some of the most severe socioeconomic losses in East Asian countries. However, little is known about the spatial and temporal patterns of TC flooding and its climate controls, which constrain the predictive understandings of flood risk in this highly populated region. We provide a climatological characterization of TC flooding over China based on an exceptional network of stream gauging stations across the entire country. The most extreme floods in central and northeastern China are associated with TCs despite infrequent TC visits in these regions. Temporal variations in TC flooding demonstrate a mixture of controls tied to surface temperature anomalies in the northern hemisphere. The established links between TC flooding and climate controls present a potentially predictive tool of TC flood risk over China and other East Asian countries under future climate conditions.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Riverine Flooding and Landfalling Tropical Cyclones Over China
- Creators
- Long Yang - School of Geography and Ocean ScienceNanjing University Nanjing ChinaGabriele Villarini - IIHR‐Hydroscience and EngineeringThe University of Iowa Iowa City IA USAZhenzhong Zeng - School of Environmental Science and EngineeringSouth University of Science and Technology of China Shenzhen ChinaJames Smith - Department of Civil and Environmental EngineeringPrinceton University Princeton NJ USAMaofeng Liu - Department of Civil and Environmental EngineeringPrinceton University Princeton NJ USAXiang Li - China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research Beijing China, State Key Laboratory of Plateau Ecology and AgricultureQinghai University Xining ChinaLachun Wang - School of Geography and Ocean ScienceNanjing University Nanjing ChinaAizhong Hou - Hydrology BureauMinistry of Water Resources Beijing China
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Earth's future, Vol.8(3), pp.no-no
- DOI
- 10.1029/2019EF001451
- ISSN
- 2328-4277
- eISSN
- 2328-4277
- Grant note
- DOI: 10.13039/501100004608, name: Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province, award: SBK20190314; DOI: 10.13039/501100001809, name: National Natural Science Foundation of China, award: 51609256; DOI: 10.13039/100000001, name: National Science Foundation, award: EAR‐1520683
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 03/2020
- Academic Unit
- Civil and Environmental Engineering; IIHR--Hydroscience and Engineering
- Record Identifier
- 9984066112402771
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