Centennial changes of drought/flood spatial pattern in eastern China for the last 2000 years

摘要

The statistical characteristics of the bicentennial changes of the drought/flood spatial pattern over the eastern part of China have been analyzed from 101 AD to 1900 AD, and their relationship with the cold/warm climatic variation in the same time span are discussed as well. The main conclusions are as follows. (I) During the period of the 2nd～11th centuries, the spatial pattern of drought/flood in the eastern part of China was characterized by the east-west differentiation, namely, it was dry in the west (northwest) while it was wet in the east (southeast). (ii) From the 12th to 15th centuries, the east-west differentiation coexisted with the south-north differentiation, and the former was still the dominant pattern.