Abstract:
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Objective 】This study aims to analyze the spatiotemporal changes of dry and hot wind disasters in Xinjiang over the past 60 years, and improve understanding of the changes in meteorological disasters in Xinjiang, in the hope of providing reference for regional large-scale dry and hot wind monitoring, warning, and defense by using daily temperature, relative humidity, and wind speed data from 103 meteorological stations in Xinjiang from 1961 to 2019.【
Methods 】Linear trend method was used to analyze the interannual variation characteristics and trends of Xinjiang dry hot wind disasters in time series, and Mann-Kendall mutation test method is applied to compare and analyze the mutation situation of Xinjiang dry hot wind disasters. Meanshile, inverse distance weighted (IDW) interpolation method was employed to analyze the spatial distribution characteristics of mild, moderate, and severe dry hot wind disasters in various regions of Xinjiang.【
Results 】Since 1960 to 2019, the dry and hot wind disasters in Xinjiang included two types: high temperature and low humidity type and dry wind type, with high temperature and low humidity type being the main disaster type; In terms of time variation, the occurrence of dry and hot winds in Xinjiang showed an overall downward trend, but the interannual fluctuation was significant, with an overall downward trend in fluctuations. Among them, the overall downward trend of high temperature and low humidity dry and hot winds was significant; The dry hot wind type showed an upward trend with significant difference; In terms of spatial variation, the spatial distribution of dry and hot winds was the highest in eastern Xinjiang, followed by northern and southern Xinjiang; The probability of high temperature and low humidity severe dry hot winds occurring in eastern and southern Xinjiang was higher than that in northern Xinjiang; Dry and hot winds mainly occurred in Turpan, Hami, and other places; Naomao Lake and Tokson were heavily affected areas by dry and hot winds.【
Conclusion 】The research results indicate that the number of days of dry and hot wind disasters in Xinjiang shows a decreasing trend in both time and space, but the proportion of severe high temperature and low humidity types and dry and hot wind types gradually increases, and the degree of disasters gradually worsens.