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Chinese Agricultural Science Bulletin ›› 2020, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (20): 92-100.doi: 10.11924/j.issn.1000-6850.casb19030090

Special Issue: 农业气象 农业地理

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Sunshine Duration in China: Variation Characteristics and Its Influence

Xiao Fengjin, Zhang Xuguang, Liao Yaoming, Liu Qiufeng   

  1. National Climate Center, Beijing 100081
  • Received:2019-03-21 Revised:2019-09-23 Online:2020-07-15 Published:2020-07-20

Abstract:

The paper aims to study the spatio-temporal variation characteristics of sunshine duration in China under the background of climate change. Based on the observation data from 2089 national meteorological stations during 1961-2017, we analyzed the spatio-temporal variation characteristics of sunshine duration in different regions of China and the influencing factors by using the methods of the linear trend, partial correlation, and Mann-Kendall mutation. The results showed that the spatial distribution of sunshine duration was high in northern China and low in southern China, and had a significantly decreasing trend with a rate of -45.8 h/10 a. The sunshine duration had a mutation in 1989 in southwestern China, in 1983 in northwestern China, and in 1985 in northeastern China, and no mutation occurred in other regions. Summer had the highest sunshine duration, followed by spring, autumn and winter; and the decline rate was also the highest in summer, followed by autumn, winter and spring. Sunshine duration had a highly negative correlation with total cloud amount, visibility, haze, precipitation, while had a positive correlation with wind speed, and no significant correlation with fog.

Key words: sunshine duration, spatio-temporal distribution, trend, agriculture, influence

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