AN ANALYSIS OF SUMMER RAINFALL INTENSITY IN CHINA

The analysis of summer rainfall intensity in China is carried on for the purpose of practical application of climatic data to the natural resources development. It contains three main parts: 1) a brief survey of the distribution of mean intensity of rain in summer months; 2) an investigation of the record maxima of rainfall intensity at different stations in respective geographical regions; 3) a statistical analysis of the time variations of yearly maximum intensities at 12 representative stations and a calculation of expected values of daily rainfall intensity for different ranges of time period.