REGIONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF SUMMER PRECIPITATION ANOMALIES OVER CHINA_*

The regional characteristics of precipitation anomalies of total summer precipitation of June,July and August and individual monthly precipitation are analyzed by using the method of Varimax EOF and correlation analysis.The data set used is the precipitation of a 5°Lat.×5°Long.spatial uniform network over China in the period of 1959 to 1994.The analysis of total summer precipitation shows that the most significant regional characteristic is the existence of negative correlation in precipitation anomalies between the lower reaches of the Changjiang River and the Huaihe River Valley(the LRCH region) and the middle reaches of the Huanghe River Valley(the MRH region),and between the LRCH region and South China.The precipitation anomaly over the Sichuan Basin is negatively correlated with that over eastern part of Qinghai-Xizang Plateau and that over the LRCH region.The regional characteristics of summer precipitation anomalies in western China are that there exists negative correlation between the summer precipitation anomalies over the southern part of the central and eastern Qinghai-Xizang Plateau and that over its northern part.There also exists positive correlation between the southern part of the central and eastern Qinghai-Xizang Plateau and the eastern part of North China and the southern part of Northeast China.The above spatial correlation modes have significant periods of about 3 years and ten years.The analysis of the monthly precipitation shows that in June there exists positive correlation among the precipitation anomalies over the LRCH region,the eastern part of North China and Northeast China.In July,the precipitations in the MRH region and the LRCH region are negatively correlated.The regional characteristic of precipitation anomalies in August is very similar to that of the total summer precipitation anomalies.