Precipitation variability and its response to urbanization in the Taihu Lake Basin, China

• Published in: Theoretical and applied climatology Vol. 144; no. 3-4; pp. 1205 - 1218
• Main Authors: Hu, Jian, Liu, Yong, Sang, Yan-Fang, Liu, Changming, Singh, Vijay P.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Vienna Springer Vienna 01.05.2021; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Annual precipitation; Aquatic Pollution; Atmospheric precipitations; Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution; Atmospheric Sciences; Autumn; basins; China; Climate science; Climatology; Earth and Environmental Science; Earth Sciences; Economic development; Extreme weather; Flood control; Floods; Lake basins; Lakes; Original Paper; Precipitation; Precipitation patterns; Precipitation variability; Rain; Rain and rainfall; Rainfall; Spatial variations; spring; Suburban areas; Suburbs; Summer; Urban areas; Urban development; Urban sprawl; Urbanization; Variability; Waste Water Technology; Water Management; Water Pollution Control; Waterlogging; watersheds; Winter; China; Taihu Lake; Urbanization; Taihu Lake basin; Precipitation; Floods; Spatiotemporal variability

The precipitation pattern in the Taihu Lake basin in East China has significantly changed over the last decades, perhaps due to intensive urbanization. However, there is limited understanding of the effect of large-scale expansion of city groups on the precipitation variability, which causes a chall...