ANALYSIS OF MID-SUMMER HIGH TEMPERATURE FREQUENCY ANOMALY IN GUANGZHOU

Using EOF, correlation analysis, the climatic characteristics are analyzed of the yearly high temperature frequency (HTF) in Guangzhou from 1951-2004, and the relationship between the mid-summer (July and August) HTF anomaly and the synchronous 500hPa heights of the region(65 - 150°E, 10 - 70°N) is also discussed. The results show that: (1) the average of HTF is 8.7 days per year in the recent 54 years in Guangzhou; high temperature occurs from May to September, and July and August have the highest frequency of occurrence; (2) there are distinct interannual and interdecadal changes in Guangzhou HTF, with an obvious increase since the 1980s; (3) the anomalous increase of mid-summer HTF in Guangzhou since the 1980s has a close relationship with the weakened westerlies in Northwest China, Mongolia, Lake Baikal and their vicinity and the intensified subtropical high in the mid-low latitude areas.

ANALYSIS OF MID-SUMMER HIGH TEMPERATURE FREQUENCY ANOMALY IN GUANGZHOU

Using EOF, correlation analysis, the climatic characteristics are analyzed of the yearly high temperature frequency (HTF) in Guangzhou from 1951-2004, and the relationship between the mid-summer (July and August) HTF anomaly and the synchronous 500hPa heights of the region(65 - 150°E, 10 - 70°N)is also discussed. The results show that: (1) the average of HTF is 8.7 days per year in the recent 54 years in Guangzhou; high temperature occurs from May to September, and July and August have the highest frequency of occurrence; (2) there are distinct interannual and interdecadal changes in Guangzhou HTF,with an obvious increase since the 1980s; (3) the anomalous increase of mid-summer HTF in Guangzhou since the 1980s has a close relationship with the weakened westerlies in Northwest China, Mongolia, Lake Baikal and their vicinity and the intensified subtropical high in the mid-low latitude areas.