%0 Journal Article %A ZHANG Junxia %A HUANG Wubin %A YANG Xiumei %A LIU Weicheng %A ZHOU Zihan %A SHA Honge %T Analysis on precipitation extremity of a torrential rain event in semi-arid region of eastern Gansu %D 2022 %R 10.11755/j.issn.1006-7639(2022)-06-0922 %J Journal of Arid Meteorology %P 922-932 %V 40 %N 6 %X

An extremely heavy rainstorm occurred on 14-15 July 2022 in Longdong, Gansu Province, which is located in semi-arid region, the daily rainfall and hourly rainfall intensity at several stations broke the historical extreme values. Based on the minutely and hourly precipitation observation data from 20:00 BST 14 to 20:00 BST 15 July 2022, the daily and hourly precipitation data from 192 regional meteorological stations since the establishment of them in Qingyang of Gansu Province, and the CMPAS (CMA Multi-source Merged Precipitation Analysis System) 10-minute and hourly precipitation data, the precipitation characteristics and extremity of the torrential rain event are analyzed. The results show that the extremely torrential rain event is characterized by large cumulative precipitation, concentrated rainfall area of rainstorm and above, strong convective precipitation, stable and less movement of the rainfall centers, and long duration of short-term strong precipitation, among which the extremities of cumulative precipitation, hourly precipitation intensity and short-term heavy precipitation duration are obvious. The heavy rainstorm center, Zhaijiahe station, is located in the middle and north part of Qingcheng County, the maximum accumulated rainfall is 373.2 mm, which is the maximum since the station establishment, and is nearly twice of daily precipitation extreme values at all national stations in Gansu Province. The maximum hourly rainfall is 84.9 mm, ranking the third in historical records at all stations in Qingyang, and the longest duration of short-term strong rainfall is as long as 6 hours, which is the maximum in historical records at all stations in Qingyang since establishment of them. The evolution of minutely precipitation shows that the precipitation intensity in the heavy precipitation center has pulsating change, and the precipitation location has swing in the east, west, south and north, but the swing amplitude is small.

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