Diurnal Variations of Summer Precipitation in the Beijing Area and the Possible Effect of Topography and Urbanization |
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Authors: | YIN Shuiqing LI Weijing Deliang CHEN Jee-Hoon JEONG and GUO Wenli |
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Institution: | State Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Resource Ecology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, School of Geography, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, Beijing Climate Center, China Meteorological Administration, Beijing 100081,Beijing Climate Center, China Meteorological Administration, Beijing 100081,Department of Earth Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, 40530, Sweden,Department of Earth Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, 40530, Sweden,Beijing Regional Climate Center, Beijing Meteorological Bureau, Beijing 100089 |
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Abstract: | The present study examined the diurnal variations of summer precipitation in
the Beijing area by using subdaily precipitation and wind observations. A
combined effect of topography and urbanization on the characteristics of
diurnal variations was suggested. It was shown that stations located in the
plain area exhibited typical night rain peaks, whereas those in the
mountainous area exhibited clear afternoon peaks of precipitation diurnal
variations. The precipitation peaks were associated with wind fields around
the Beijing area, which were found to be highly modulated by mountain-valley
circulation and urban-country circulation. The lower-tropospheric wind
exhibited a clear diurnal shift in its direction from north at 0800 LST to
south at 2000 LST, which reflected mountain-valley circulation. The
transitions from valley to mountain wind and the opposite generally happened
after sunset and sunrise, respectively, and both occurred earlier for the
stations located closer to mountains. By comparing the diurnal variations of
precipitation at stations in a northeast suburb, an urban area, and a
southwest suburb, it was revealed that the northeast suburb group had the
highest normalized rainfall frequency, but the southwest group had the
lowest from late afternoon to late evening. On the contrary, in the early
morning from about 0200 to 1000 LST, the southwest group and urban group had
the highest normalized rainfall frequency. This pattern might originate from
the combined effects of mountain-valley topography and urbanization. |
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Keywords: | diurnal variations precipitation mountain-valley circulation urban effect Beijing area |
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