Spatiotemporal clustering of flash floods in a changing climate (China, 1950–2015)

Wang, Nan; Lombardo, Luigi; Tonini, Marj; Cheng, Weiming; Guo, Liang; Xiong, Junnan

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-21-2109-2021

Articles | Volume 21, issue 7

https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-21-2109-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-21-2109-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 21, issue 7

Research article

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13 Jul 2021

Research article |

| 13 Jul 2021

Spatiotemporal clustering of flash floods in a changing climate (China, 1950–2015)

Nan Wang, Luigi Lombardo, Marj Tonini, Weiming Cheng, Liang Guo, and Junnan Xiong

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RC1: 'nhess-2020-238 - Spatiotemporal clustering of flash floods in a changing climate (China, 1950–2015)', Anonymous Referee #1, 23 Oct 2020
- AC1: 'Responses to Referee comments', Nan Wang, 20 Dec 2020
RC2: 'Review Comments', Anonymous Referee #2, 09 Nov 2020
- AC1: 'Responses to Referee comments', Nan Wang, 20 Dec 2020

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

ED: Reconsider after major revisions (further review by editor and referees) (02 Jan 2021) by Mario Parise

AR by Nan Wang on behalf of the Authors (12 Jan 2021) Author's response Author's tracked changes Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (12 Jan 2021) by Mario Parise

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (18 Apr 2021)

RR by Anonymous Referee #3 (26 May 2021)

ED: Publish as is (08 Jun 2021) by Mario Parise

AR by Nan Wang on behalf of the Authors (15 Jun 2021)

Short summary

This study exploits 66 years of flash flood disasters across China. The conclusions are as follows. The clustering procedure highlights distinct spatial and temporal patterns of flash flood disasters at different scales. There are distinguished seasonal, yearly and even long-term persistent flash flood behaviors of flash flood disasters. Finally, the decreased duration of clusters in the recent period indicates a possible activation induced by short-duration extreme rainfall events.