Characteristics of high impact weather and meteorological disaster in Shanghai,China |
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| Authors: | Jun Shi Linli Cui |
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| Institution: | (1) Shanghai Climate Center, Shanghai Meteorological Bureau, Shanghai, 200030, China;(2) Shanghai Center for Satellite Remote Sensing and Application, Shanghai Meteorological Bureau, Shanghai, 201100, China |
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| Abstract: | This paper discusses the characteristics of high-impact weather events based on available data during 1960–2009, including
the frequency and extreme value of rainstorm, typhoon, thunderstorm, strong wind, tornado, fog, haze and hot days in Shanghai,
China. The frequency and spatial distribution of meteorological disasters and their impacts on both human and property during
1984–2009 are also discussed. Examination of the frequency indicates a decreasing trend in the occurrence of typhoon, thunderstorm,
strong wind, tornado and fog, and an increasing trend in the occurrence of rainstorm, haze and hot days. The number of casualties
caused by meteorological disasters appears to show a slight decreasing trend while the value of direct economic loss is increasing
slightly during 1984–2009, and the number of collapsed or damaged buildings and the area of affected crops have no significant
trend in Shanghai. These results can be attributed to the great efforts for prevention and mitigation of meteorological disasters
made by Shanghai government in recent 60 years. With global climate change, urbanization and rapid economic development, Shanghai
has become more vulnerable to high-impact weather and meteorological disaster, especially precipitation extreme, summer high
temperature, haze and typhoon, so more strategies of mitigation and/or adaptation of natural disasters are quite useful and
necessary for local government and the public in the future. |
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