Sun et al. (2025) Seasonal Prediction of Spring Drought over Northeast China

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Identification

• Journal: Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology
• Year: 2025
• Date: 2025-07-17
• Authors: Wanying Sun, Tingting Han, Yao Zhi, Shangfeng Li, Huijun Wang, Yin Zhicong
• DOI: 10.1175/jamc-d-24-0239.1

Research Groups

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Short Summary

The study develops a seasonal prediction model for spring droughts in Northeast China (NEC) using the Standardized Precipitation Evapotranspiration Index (SPEI) and EOF analysis, achieving high correlation between predicted and observed drought patterns.

Objective

• To develop an accurate short-term climate prediction model for spring drought in Northeast China to aid in disaster prevention and mitigation.

Study Configuration

• Spatial Scale: Northeast China (NEC), with precursors identified in the subtropical Atlantic, eastern Europe, southwest China, and the Beaufort Sea.
• Temporal Scale: 1980–2022; seasonal (spring) focus.

Methodology and Data

• Models used: Statistical prediction model combining year-to-year difference and Empirical Orthogonal Function (EOF) analysis.
• Data sources: Standardized Precipitation Evapotranspiration Index (SPEI), Sea Surface Temperature (SST), soil moisture, snow cover, and sea ice data.

Main Results

• Predictive Accuracy: The maximum correlation between predicted and observed SPEI reached 0.72.
• Extreme Event Performance: Pattern correlation coefficients exceeded 0.70 for six of eight extreme drought years; independent hindcasts for 2017 and 2019 showed coefficients exceeding 0.90.
• Physical Drivers:
  • Drought anomalies are triggered by December SST in the subtropical Atlantic and autumn soil moisture in eastern Europe via Rossby wave trains and modulation of the Mongolian anticyclone.
  • North–south dipole patterns are influenced by early winter snow cover in East Asia, September soil moisture in southwest China, and December Beaufort Sea ice through surface heat flux, vertical motion, and cyclonic anomalies.

Contributions

• Establishes a robust statistical framework for the seasonal prediction of spring droughts in a critical agricultural region.
• Identifies and links specific remote land-surface and oceanic precursors to the atmospheric mechanisms (e.g., Mongolian anticyclone) driving drought in Northeast China.

Funding

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Citation

@article{Sun2025Seasonal,
  author = {Sun, Wanying and Han, Tingting and Zhi, Yao and Li, Shangfeng and Wang, Huijun and Zhicong, Yin},
  title = {Seasonal Prediction of Spring Drought over Northeast China},
  journal = {Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology},
  year = {2025},
  doi = {10.1175/jamc-d-24-0239.1},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1175/jamc-d-24-0239.1}
}