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    Impact Assessment of Extreme Climate Events on Maize Meteorological Yield in Northeast China by Machine Learning
    TANG Jie, DONG Mei-qi, ZHAO Jin, LI Hao-tian, YANG Xiao-guang
    Chinese Journal of Agrometeorology    2025, 46 (2): 258-269.   DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1000-6362.2025.02.012
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    In the context of global climate change, the frequency, intensity, and duration of extreme climate events are increasing and strengthening, which greatly affects agricultural production. The three provinces in Northeast China are the main maize-producing areas in the country, and the region most significantly affected by climate change. It is crucial to explore the effects of extreme climate events on maize meteorological yield in the three provinces and safeguard China's food security and economic development. In the current study, a machine learning model was constructed based on the historical meteorological data and statistical maize yield data to clarify the impact extreme climate events on maize meteorological yield in northeast China during the historical (1981−2014) and future (2031−2060) periods. The results showed that high temperature and high- temperature-drought compound events had the greatest impact on maize meteorological yield during the historical period, with meteorological yield decreasing by 13.2% and 15.9%, respectively. Meanwhile, the extreme temperature events had a greater impact on maize meteorological yield compared to extreme precipitation events. In the future, the climate show a warming trend, Compared with the SSP1−2.6 (low−emission) scenario, the magnitude of maize meteorological yield reduction in Northeast China under the SSP5-8.5 (high-emission) scenario is more pronounced, and more attention needs to be paid to the impact of extreme precipitation events on maize meteorological yield in the future.

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    Temporal and Spatial Variations of Extreme Temperature and Precipitation Events in the Cropping Region across Northeast China
    LI Hao-tian, DONG Mei-qi, ZHAO Jin, TANG Jie, YANG Xiao-guang
    Chinese Journal of Agrometeorology    2025, 46 (2): 145-156.   DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1000-6362.2025.02.002
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     Global warming has led to a significant increase in the frequency of extreme weather and climate events, especially in northeast China, which is bound to affect the grain output of the three northeastern provinces. Based on historical ground meteorological observation data (19812014) and future climate change prediction data (20312060), this paper systematically analyzed the spatialtemporal distribution characteristics and future occurrence trends of extreme temperature and precipitation events by defining four extreme temperature indices and three extreme precipitation indices related to crop production. The results showed that the number of low temperature days (CD) decreased, the number of high temperature days (HD), low temperature intensity (CSI) and high temperature intensity (HSI) increased, the number of continuous wet days (CWD) decreased, the number of continuous dry days (CDD) increased, the number of heavy precipitation days (R20) decreased, the number of extreme high temperature days increased significantly and the extreme maximum temperature was the same as the historical stage. The extreme minimum temperature is in a state of warming. In the future, the overall temperature in the crop growing areas of the three provinces in northeast China would continue to rise, the number of continuous wet days would increase, the number of continuous dry and heavy precipitation days would decrease, and the precipitation variability and spatial difference would be large and the fluctuation range would be greater than the historical stage, and the uncertainty of abnormal precipitation would be strengthened, showing a trend of warming and drying, especially in the south and southeast. The results can provide reference for agricultural production in Northeast China to cope with climate change.

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    Report on Growing Season Agrometeorological Conditions of Autumn Harvest Crops in 2024
    HAN Li-juan, SONG Ying-bo, ZHAO Xiao-feng
    Chinese Journal of Agrometeorology    2025, 46 (2): 275-280.   DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1000-6362.2025.02.014
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    According to the observed meteorological data in 2024 and the historical data from 2467 meteorological stations and 653 meteorological stations in China, the agrometeorological evaluation index, climate suitability models, grid estimation methods for soil moisture and agrometeorological disaster index model were used to evaluate the agrometeorological effects on yield of major autumn-harvest crops, such as corn, single rice, later rice, soybean and cotton. The results showed that water conditions and thermal conditions were sufficient for the crop growth and development during the growing season. The impact of agricultural drought, continuous rain, sunless, rainstorm and flood disasters during the main growth season was light, while the meteorological conditions were favorable for crop development growth and yield. However, in Heilongjiang and Jilin, there was continuous low temperature and waterlogging from mid-May to June seriously affected the growth process of crops. In Henan and Liaoning, heavy rainfall was concentrated from July to August, and the waterlogging disaster was severe, resulting in reduced corn and soybean yields. In the Yangtze and Sichuan river basins from July to September, high temperature persisted for a long time, and heat damage to single rice plants yields.

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    Flood Loss Assessment for Crops Based on Hydrodynamic Modeling: A Case Study in the Jianghan Plain
    QIN Peng-cheng, ZHOU Yue-hua, LIU huo-sheng, XIA Zhi-hong
    Chinese Journal of Agrometeorology    2025, 46 (3): 420-431.   DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1000-6362.2025.03.013
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    Crop loss assessment is critical for decision making in flooding management. From the perspective of disaster chain, flooding damage is a complex interaction of hazard factors (e.g., extreme precipitation), local topographic attributes and vulnerability of affected bodies, and thus characterized by large temporal and spatial variations. Developing a physically based modelling chain that can capture the dynamic evolution and spatial heterogeneity of the disaster process is critical for timely and efficient emergency response to flooding prevention. This study presented a modelling framework for estimating crop loss due to flooding, by coupling the flooding vulnerability curves with the Rainfall−Runoff−Inundation (RRI) model developed by the International Center for Water Hazard and Risk Management. The flooding vulnerability curve was shown as a function of inundation depth, duration and crop stage. A quantitative assessment of crop loss at gridded scale was established by integrating the inundation maps, crop distribution, and flooding vulnerability curves. The framework was applied to two representative flooding events on the Jianghan plain to demonstrate its capability to estimate crop losses due to rainstorm−induced flooding. The results showed that the RRI model could reasonably simulate the formation and retreat of the flooding peak as well as the surface inundation dynamics in accordance with the rainstorm, with the simulation error ranging from −14.8% to 11.5% for the runoff, the simulation accuracy exceeding 80% for the inundation area, the matching rate ranging from 84.2% to 87.1% for the inundation depth, and the estimated deviation of crop loss rate were −33.8% to 6.4%, −10.8% to −9.5%, and −6.0% to 1.8% for areas covered, areas affected and areas of total crop failure, respectively. The method proposed in this study provides a fundamental support for the rapid assessment and risk early warning for flooding mitigation and post−disaster reconstruction.

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    Characteristics of Climatic Seasonal Variation in Northeast China under the New Standard
    SHAO Qi-duo, FENG Xi-yuan, REN Hang, TU Gang, LI Shang-feng, LIU Gang, YANG Xu, WU Di
    Chinese Journal of Agrometeorology    2025, 46 (6): 741-752.   DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1000-6362.2025.06.001
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    According to the national standard of Climate Seasonal Division (GB\T 42074−2022), the characteristics of seasonal variation in Northeast China (NEC) for the period 1961–2020 were analyzed using CN05.1 gridded data, and the changes caused by the shift of the standards and climatological baselines were investigated. The results showed that the climatic season of NEC was divided into regions with four seasons and nonsummer zone regions, and the nonsummer regions were mainly located in the northern part of the NEC, high−altitude regions and their surroundings. Spring and summer started from the south to the northeast, from the central plains to the high altitude mountains, and vice versa in autumn and winter. Compared with the 1981–2010 baseline period, parts of the Sanjiang plain and Hulun lake changed from nonsummer regions to fourseason regions. The starting dates showed a significant advance of 1d·10y1 in spring over most of the NEC region, and a significant advance of 2−3d·10y1 in summer over the central and western parts of the Northeastern plains. The starting dates were significantly delayed in autumn over the four-season regions, and in winter over the nonsummer regions and the central of Northeastern plains. The summer and winter duration were significantly prolonged and delayed, respectively. Compared to the original standard, there were more areas with significant changes in spring and summer starting dates and summer and winter duration under the new standard. The areas up to the summer standard showed a significant upward trend of 3.9PP·10y1 and had a significant positive correlation with the area−mean June−July−August NEC temperature. The rating of starting date of seasons obeys the normal distribution law, with a slight advance in summer.

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    System Theory, Resource Theory and Solution Ideas of the Current Problems Related to Agrometeorology
    PAN Zhi-hua, HOU Ying-yu
    Chinese Journal of Agrometeorology    2025, 46 (2): 270-274.   DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1000-6362.2025.02.013
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    In recent years, there has been a "wandering phenomenon" in the development of agrometeorology, and some key questions need to be answered effectively. Based on system theory and resource theory, this paper deeply analyzed the connotation of agrometeorology, and expanded the relationship between meteorological conditions and agricultural (crop) production, and provided ideas and solutions to related problems. The results showed that the elements such as atmosphere, soil, crops and technical conditions make up the agrometeorological system. Climatic factors were not only natural, but also productive, and were involved in the whole process of agricultural production. The functional relationship between crop production and meteorological conditions could be established. Agrometeorological indices were the dynamic combinations of meteorological elements. Technological conditions could change the availability of climatic conditions and the sensitivity of agricultural production to climate. There were three properties of climate resources: quantity, space-time potential and quality. Different combinations of elements of the hydrometeorological system determine different objectives. This research could play important role in promoting agro meteorology.

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    Development of a Growth Conditions Dataset of Major Crops in China (V2.0)
    GAO Jing, LIAO Jie, YANG Bing-yu, LIU Yuan-yuan
    Chinese Journal of Agrometeorology    2025, 46 (5): 725-736.   DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1000-6362.2025.05.013
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    A dataset of the growth conditions of major crops in China was mainly constructed from paper-based annual records before 2012 and electronic annual records after 2013. However, there were problems such as inconsistencies in the observed items and data unitsthe quality of some data had not been evaluated. To improve the consistency and accuracy of agricultural meteorological data, based on these two types data, a high-quality dataset of the growth conditions China's major crops (including wheat, rice, maize, cotton, oil-seed rape, soybean and peanut) from 1981 to 2022 was developed by using the observation items standardization, integrity checks, cross-year value checks, observation time checks, value range checks, internal consistency checks element limit value check and manual verification. The dataset promoted effective application in agricultural research and decision-making. The results showed that the valid rate of crop common stage from 1981 to 2022 was over 96.0% of the expected observations, while the valid rate for growth status, crop height, stem count and effective stem count were all over 86.0%. The accuracy rate of the above five mentioned elements were above 99.3%. The distribution of observation stations for the seven major crops had obvious spatial and temporal distribution characteristics, with dense stations, uniform spatial distribution and long observation years in eastern China, but sparse and short observation years in northwest China. There were also obvious differences in the number of observation stations between different crops, and the number of observation stations for cotton and oil crops were less than that for staple crops. The valid data was relatively low in the 1980s, but improved significantly after 1994. After quality control and data verification, the valid rate of crop common stage increased from 94.7% to 96.2%, the crop height increased from 88.2% to 92.0%, the stem count increased from 77.1% to 86.7%. The accuracy rate of the common stage data increased from 99.3% to 99.6%. Compared to the "China Major Crops Growth and Development Dataset V1.0"the overall quality of this dataset has been improved, with the addition of element boundary value checks. This dataset can provide critical fundamental information for studying the impact of climate change on the growth and development of major crops in China.

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    Report on Meteorological Impacts to Agricultural Production in Autumn 2024
    HE Yan-bo, ZHAO Xiao-Feng, WU Men-xin, GUO An-hong, YAN Hao, ZHENG Chang-ling
    Chinese Journal of Agrometeorology    2025, 46 (3): 432-434.   DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1000-6362.2025.03.014
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     In the autumn of 2024 (September−November), the national average temperature was 11.5°C, which was higher than the average of the same period from 1991 to 2020, and consecutively increased in the sixth year as well as created a new high record since 1961. The national average precipitation was 134.4mm, and 14.4% more than the same period from 1991 to 2020. The national average sunshine hours were 536.5h, and 6.0% less than the same period from 1991 to 2020. In most agricultural areas across the country, the light and heat conditions in autumn were relatively good to the crops. The first frost date in the northeast China was later than usual, and the cold dew wind had little impact on the late rice in the south part of China. The meteorological conditions were conducive to the filling and ripening, harvesting, drying of autumn-harvest crops and sowing of autumn-planted crops. Overall, the harvest and planting activates progressed smoothly in autumn of 2024, excluding the periodic droughts in the eastern part of the Sichuan basin and the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze river, which affected the quality improvement of economic forest fruits and the sowing and emergence of autumn rapeseed. Nearing to the end of this period, a cold snap weather caused heavy snowfall mainly in the northeastern part of Inner Mongolia and northeast China, which is unfavorable for agricultural and pastoral production. 

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    Research on Optimized Configuration of Wind/Solar/Precipitation Resources over Guizhou Province under Changing Climate
    ZHANG Jiao-yan, CHEN Zhen-Hong, LI Zhong-yan, WANG Shuo, LI Yang
    Chinese Journal of Agrometeorology    2025, 46 (3): 339-349.   DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1000-6362.2025.03.006
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    Based on the monthly near−surface wind speed (sfcWind)surface downwelling short wave radiation (rsds) and precipitation (pr) from the 5 global climate models that participated in the phase 6 of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP6), the ERA5 reanalysis data and the 83 observational stations over Guizhou, the characteristics of wind/solar/precipitation resources in Guizhou under three scenarios (SSP1−2.6, SSP2−4.5 and SSP5−8.5) were evaluated, using Quantile-Mapping to improve the simulation capabilities. The results showed that compared to the reference period (19952014), although there was little change in the relative anomalies of sfcWind under SSP2−4.5 and SSP5−8.5, the relative anomalies of sfcWind under SSP1−2.6 increased statistically significant at the level of 0.01 over Guizhou during 20252100, as well as rsds and pr under three scenarios, with growth of 1.22 percent points·10y−1 (sfcWind, SSP1−2.6), 1.32/1.65/1.88 percent points·10y−1 (rsds, SSP1−2.6/2−4.5/5−8.5) and 1.77/1.88/2.97 percent points·10y−1pr, SSP1−2.6/2−4.5/5−8.5). Besides, the increases in rsds and pr were found generally in Guizhou during 21st century with respect to 19952014, rising from west (near) to east (far) under three scenarios, while sfcWind had different change for different scenarios and areas. Taking the wind/solar/ precipitation resources at the 14 representative stations under SSP2−4.5 in Guizhou during the near−21st century for example, the within and crossregional complementarity was detected. Citing the case of Weining station from Jan to Dec, the seasonal complementarity was indicated due to making full use of solar/precipitation resources in summer and wind resource in winter/spring.

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    Design and Evaluation on Meteorological Index Insurance Product of Rice High Temperature Heat Damage in Jiangsu Province
    REN Yi-fang, CHEN Si-ning, ZHAO Yan-xia
    Chinese Journal of Agrometeorology    2025, 46 (01): 1-13.   DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1000-6362.2025.01.001
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    Based on an accurate assessment of the risks of agricultural production, together with the information required for insurance policies, the reasonable design and evaluation of insurance products is an important guarantee for the sustainable development of China's agricultural insurance policies. According to historical meteorological data as well as rice growth stage and yield data, based on the construction of meteorological index for rice high temperature disaster insurance, combined with comprehensive regionalization and assessment of insurance risk in Jiangsu province, by setting different deductible amounts, insurance pure rates were set and corresponding products were designed. In addition, a comprehensive evaluation of the effectiveness of the application of the rice heat damage meteorological index insurance product has been achieved by using three methods: index evaluation, historical retrospective analysis, and analysis of typical heat damage events. The study found that under different deductible amounts for yield reduction rates, the determined pure insurance rates for rice high-temperature heat damage in various counties in Jiangsu province exhibited a distribution pattern of "high in the southwest and low in the northeast". The deductibles were ultimately determined to be 2.5% for low-risk, 2.5% for medium-risk and 7.5% for high-risk areas, after taking into account the incentives for farmers to participate and the level of coverage. The corresponding pure insurance rates were determined to be 5.09%, 5.27% and 5.26% respectively. The designation of this index insurance product was relatively reasonable from the point of view of the company's operational efficiency, loss compensation pressure, level of risk transfer and coverage of the farmer's production. In low-risk, medium-risk, and high-risk areas, the operational sustainability indices of insurance companies were 14%, 37%, and 76%, respectively, while the stability indices of farmer production security were 6%, 9%, and 21%, respectively, and the average compensation rates for high-temperature heat damage events were 111%, 122% and 303%, respectively. In typical high-temperature heat damage years, the average compensation amount in Jiangsu province exceeded 1800 yuan·ha1, and the number of compensation counties accounted for more than 50%. The results of this study may serve as references for the evaluation of the operational characteristics of meteorological index insurance products, as well as for the adjustment of insurance product design schemes, and the promotion and implementation of insurance products. 

        
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    Determination of Pure Premium Rates for Huangshan Maofeng Tea Frost Damage Based on ANUSPLIN
    LIU Rui-na, WANG Xiao-dong, LIU Hong-min, YANG Tai-ming, ZHANG Hui, ZHAO Xing-yu
    Chinese Journal of Agrometeorology    2025, 46 (01): 122-132.   DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1000-6362.2025.01.012
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     In order to improve the rationale for determining the premium rate for weather index insurance for tea frost damage in Anhui province. In this paper, authors refined and revised the meteorological index for tea frost damage in Huangshan based on historical disaster data. The ANUSPLIN interpolation software was used to establish the spatial interpolation model of the meteorological indices. Based on historical meteorological data from Huangshan, a refined risk assessment of tea frost damage in Huangshan was conducted with the help of a geographic information system. Taking Huangshan Maofeng tea as the research object, the risk assessment results and tea economic output were comprehensively considered to determine the insurance district and insurance period of tea frost damage, and the weather index trigger value and premium rate during some period were also designed considering daily tea frost risk and actual needs of agricultural insurance operation, and the insurance pure premium rates of tea frost damage at different periods and altitudes were calculated. The results showed as follows: the extreme minimum temperature (Td) 3°C was used as the threshold value of tea frost damage index, according to the interval of 1, the tea frost damage index were divided into 2℃<Td≤3℃, 1℃<Td≤2℃, 0<Td≤1℃, −1℃<Td≤0, −2℃<Td≤−1℃, −3℃<Td≤−2℃ and Td≤−3℃ 7 disaster grades, the corresponding average loss rates of tea buds were 5%, 15%, 25%, 35%, 50%, 70% and 90% respectively. The distribution of frost damage risk in Huangshan had an obvious regional characteristics, with higher the altitudes having a higher risk of frost damage, and the time series showing a decreasing trend with time. The insurance region of the weather index of tea frost damage of Huangshan Maofeng was 400−1000m above sea level, and the insurable period was from March 16 to April 15, when the extreme minimum temperature reached 2 to trigger the compensation. The insurance pure premium rates at 400−500m, 500−600m, 600−700m, 700−800m, 800−900m and 900−1000m above sea level were 1.4%, 1.9%, 2.7%, 3.7%, 4.9% and 6.4% respectively. The insurance pure premium rates for the four periods of coverage from March 16 to March 30, March 21 to April 4, March 26 to April 9, March 31 to April 15 were 1.2%−5.0%, 0.9%−3.8%, 0.6%−2.2% and 0.3%−1.5% respectively. The insurance-only premium rate for tea frost damage in Huangshan Maofeng shows an increasing trend with altitude and a decreasing trend with time delay. 

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    Report on Meteorological Condition Impact to Agricultural Production in Winter of 2024/2025
    HE Yan-bo, WU Men-xin, ZHAO Xiao-feng, GUO An-hong, LI Sen, HOU Ying-yu
    Chinese Journal of Agrometeorology    2025, 46 (5): 737-740.   DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1000-6362.2025.05.014
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    During the winter of 2024/2025 (December 2024–February 2025), China’s national average temperature was −3.3°C, 0.3°C above the long-term average (1991–2020, hereinafter referred to as perennial). Spatially averaged total precipitation was 23.7mm across the nation, 39.4% less than the perennial , while average sunshine duration reached 519h, 6.1% more than the perennial. In most agricultural regions, favorable light and heat conditions prevailed during the winter, and suitable soil moisture supported the safe overwintering of winter wheat in northern China and the vigorous growth of rapeseed and other crops in southern China. However, persistent snow cover in parts of northern China had posed challenges for livestock farming and conservation protected agriculture. In additionally, the lateseason snowmelt and freezethaw cycle disrupted grain storage and transportation in northeast China. In eastcentral of south China, a prolonged precipitation deficits had led to mild to moderate drought, negatively affecting field crops and economic fruit trees. In the latter part of winter, periodic cold and rainy weather in eastern of southwest China, southern Yangtze, and western of south China hampered the steady growth of rapeseed and openfield vegetables.

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    Risk Assessment of Low-temperature Disaster on Peony in Heze, Shandong Province
    ZHANG Cui-ying, GUO Jian-ping, ZHAI Jian-qing, HAO Xiao-lei, WANG Jun-lin, CAO Jie
    Chinese Journal of Agrometeorology    2025, 46 (2): 249-257.   DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1000-6362.2025.02.011
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    Peony is an important specialty cash crop in Heze city, Shandong province. Low temperature and freezing damage in spring is the main meteorological disaster faced by peony in Heze city, which not only affects the flowering time and yield of peony, but also affects the local characteristic tourism and economic benefits. This study was based on the observational data of 9 national meteorological stations from 1978 to 2020 and 150 regional automatic stations since 2005, as well as the phenology and disaster data of peony in Heze, Shandong province. Firstly, the cold air and frost processes were identified, and a single-disaster hazard assessment was carried out by selecting typical disaster factors for example the duration days, maximum the drop of daily minimum temperature, extreme minimum temperature of cold air processes and the days, mean temperature, minimum temperature of frost disaster. Secondly, the risk index of low temperature disaster was obtained by weighted sum of the single disaster hazard. Finally, the low temperature disaster risk of Mudan in Heze was quantitatively assessed based on the three-factor methodology of hazard, exposure and vulnerability. The results showed that Juye county and Yuncheng county of Heze city had the largest proportions of high level hazard areas of low temperature disaster, which were 9.8% and 9.5% respectively. The proportions of areas with high level hazard in Caoxian county and Mudan district were the smallest, both less than 0.3%. Affected by low temperature risk and peony exposure, the high risk areas of low temperature disaster mainly distributed in the northeast and southeast of Heze city. In addition, the urban area of Mudan, where peonies were mainly planted, had a higher risk of low temperature disaster leading to a greater risk of peony disaster. The central and western areas were low risk areas, especially the western, southern and eastern parts of peony area, where the risks of low temperature disaster were lower. This research suggested that the planting area of ornamental peony can be expanded to increase the economic benefits of flower farmers. The results can provide basic support for optimizing the planting structure and sustainable development of peony in Heze.

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    Wind and Rain Disaster Loss Separated Methods from Typhoon in Guangdong Province
    LIU Wei-qin, TANG Li-sheng, XIE Li-jiang, HE Yan
    Chinese Journal of Agrometeorology    2025, 46 (01): 80-88.   DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1000-6362.2025.01.008
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     The lack of separate statistics on wind and rain damage by disaster-causing factors in the typhoon disaster data in Guangdong is a contributing factor to the existence of typhoon catastrophe index insurance basis risk. To mitigate this basis risk, this paper proposes a method to separate typhoon wind and rain damage. An analysis was conducted on the typhoon disaster data from 2014 to 2022 for 36 counties (districts) in nine coastal cities in Guangdong, focusing on wind and rain indicators. A multiple regression method was employed to construct a typhoon wind and rain disaster loss separation model, which separated the disaster loss due to wind and rain in the typhoon disaster statistics of each county (district). Furthermore, the typhoon observation data and direct economic loss data from Jiangmen Taishan city and Xiangqiao district of Chaozhou were presented as case studies to illustrate the model's validation. Linear correlation analysis showed that eliminating or reducing the effect of multicollinearity on the regression equation at the beginning of modeling may result in the loss of some valid information. The Gamma distribution was found to appropriately fit the distribution pattern of typhoon wind, rain, and damage in Guangdong. The results indicated that 22 counties (districts) passed the significance test at the 0.05 level. The model successfully separated wind- and rain- related damage in Guangdong's typhoon disaster loss statistics, providing a valuable reference for categorizing and analyzing typhoon disaster data by cause.

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    Evolution Characteristics Analysis of Drought and Flood in Nanjing from 1470 to 2012
    YUAN Yuan, SHI Yi, ZHANG Lu, DONG Jin-fang, LU Rong, XIA Bin, LIN Yan, CAI Dan-ping
    Chinese Journal of Agrometeorology    2025, 46 (3): 281-289.   DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1000-6362.2025.03.001
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    Re-establishing a current rule on the grading of drought and flood in Nanjing from 1470 to 2012, based on historical drought and flood grades data in Nanjing from 1470 to 1950, monthly precipitation data from Nanjing National Basic Meteorological Station from 1951 to 2012 and the drought and flood grades standards for precipitation classification in "Chinese Map Collection of Drought and Flood Distribution in the Past Five Hundred Years". Morlet wavelet analysis and moving mean t-test were used as the research methodology to analyze the evolution characteristics of the drought and flooding grade series in Nanjing from 1470 to 2012. The result showed that between 1470 and 2012, it experienced 160 years of drought, 167 years of flooding and 216 years of normal conditions in NanjingSevere floods, severe droughts occur frequently and intensivelyThe occurrence of droughts and floods in Nanjing showed distinct phases. Drought dominated from 1470 to 1554, 1625 to 1652, and 1912 to 2012. From 1653 to 1805 and from 1849 to 1912, the normal dominated. Between 1806 and 1848 there was a significant alternating pattern of droughts and floods, and the region had experienced more droughts than floods over the past century. The drought and flood levels in Nanjing also exhibit multi−scale periodic oscillations, with the most significant oscillations occurring on time scales of 2−8y and 10−20y. Following these, there were long-period oscillations on the scales 64y, 32y, and 16y. At the present, the Nanjing region had entered a period of oscillation within the 2−8y period. In different time series, significant drought−flood mutations occurred around the years in 1554, 1615 and 1914, characterizing the climatic evolution of dry periods-pluvial periods-dry periods. Since the 20th century, the duration of moderate flood in Nanjing had been shortened by a trend towards aridity. 

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    Potential Distribution Region for Chinese Ampelopsis grossedentata Based on the MaxEnt Model
    ZHOU Wei, ZHONG Yan-wen, CHEN Yu-gui, LI Yan
    Chinese Journal of Agrometeorology    2025, 46 (2): 213-225.   DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1000-6362.2025.02.008
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    Based on the current 193 geographical distribution data and 34 environmental variables such as bioclimate, altitude, and radiation, the maximum entropy model (MaxEnt) was used to simulate potential distribution areas and change characteristics of Ampelopsis grossedentata under three kinds of future climate scenarios. In order to make full use of climate resources and provide scientific basis for Ampelopsis grossedentata planting, protection and industrial development. The results showed that: (1) the prediction accuracy of the MaxEnt model was relatively high, with an AUC value of 0.928 to 0.956. (2) The six key environmental variables that affect Ampelopsis grossedentata distribution were precipitation in the driest month, precipitation of driest quarter, annual rainfall, monthly average radiation in May, altitude, and minimum temperature of coldest month. The thresholds of key environmental variables in the highly suitable region were 30-90mm, 130-300mm, 1600-2450mm, 14000-15200KJ·m−2·d−1, 1100m and 4.0-9.0, respectively. (3) Under the SSP126 scenario, the area of highly and moderately suitable region for Ampelopsis grossedentata could be increased. The area of suitable region from 2081 to 2100 was the largest at 1.822 million km2. SSP245 scenario was not as effective as SSP126 scenario in increasing the region of suitable region. However, it was stronger than SSP585 scenario, which was mainly reflected by an increase in the highly suitable regions of Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian, Yunan, and Hunan that had degenerated, and an increase in the moderately suitable regions of southeastern Sichuan. Under the SSP585 scenario, some high-probability regions in Guizhou, Fujian, Guangdong and Jiangxi had gradually degenerated into medium-probability regions, and the middle-probability region in Hainan had degenerated into low-probability regions, and the total number of suitable regions in China from 2081 to 2100 was the lowest in history. (4) From 2041 to 2100, the total suitable region of Ampelopsis grossedentata only increased under the SSP126 climate scenario, and decreased under the SSP245 and SSP585 climate scenarios. Regardless of the climate scenario, the centroid of the total suitable area will move away from the current junction of Hunan and Guangxi, and it would move 46 to 80 km to the south of Hunan, slightly to the north and east.

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    Microbial Seed Coating Promote Wheat Seed Germination and Seedling Growth under Drought Stress Condition
    JIANG Ya-wen, XIE Wen-yan, HE Jiu-xing, GONG Min, HUO Qiu-yan, YANG Xi, HAN Wei, LV Guo-hua
    Chinese Journal of Agrometeorology    2025, 46 (5): 609-618.   DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1000-6362.2025.05.002
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    Drought stress at the germination and seedling stages is a key factor in reducing crop yields in arid and semiarid areas. Seeded surrounding microenvironment regulation is one of the important technical measures to improve crop drought resistance. In this paper, wheat (Jimai 22) was selected as the experimental variety, while Bacillus subtilis ACCC 19742 and Bacillus magaterium ACCC 04296 were chosen as the experimental strains. The bacteria were encapsulated using microencapsulation. Wheat seeds coated with bacterial microcapsulation were investigated for seed germination and seedling growth under drought stress. Four treatments were established: Bacillus subtilis coatied (M), Bacillus megaterium coatied (B), Bacillus subtilis and Bacillus megaterium compound coatied (MB), and uncoated treatment (CK). The results showed that the compound bacterial coating had the best effect than the single-strain coatings. The ratio of emergency, above ground dry weight and root-shoot ratio were significantly improved, increased by 12.8 percentage points, 17.8% and 5.3% compared with M treatment, while 15.3 percentage points, 14.7% and 5.7% compared with B treatment. Compared with CK treatment, ratio of emergency was increased by 25.9 percentage points, above ground dry weight increased by 21.8%, root-shoot ratio increased by 9.8%, and total root length, surface area and total volume increased by 37.5%, 34.7% and 84.3% respectively. The activity of superoxide dismutase (SOD), peroxidase (POD), catalase from micrococcus lysodeikticus (CAT) significantly increased, and the content of malondialdehyde (MDA) decreased, but the content of proline (PRO) obviously increased. Fluorescence parameters Fv/Fm and ΦPSⅡ were both larger than that of CK treatment, which showed that coating with composite bacteria could improve the drought resistance significantly. In summary, seed coatied with bacterial microencapsulation can promote seed emergence, root growth, and stress-tolerant enzyme activity in drought stress conditions to increase drought tolerance. Moreover, a compound microbial coating is the optimal method.

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    Calcium Modified Corn Straw Biochar Effect on Phosphate Adsorption and Phosphorus Release Inhibition in Sediment
    WANG Xiao-rui, LIU Yue-min, ZHANG Hua-sheng, BAI Tao, ZHANG Xiao-wen
    Chinese Journal of Agrometeorology    2025, 46 (2): 169-178.   DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1000-6362.2025.02.004
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     Preparation of calcium-modified biochar (CaBC) using corn stover biochar (BC) as raw material and calcium chloride (CaCl2) as modifier. The changes in morphological composition of biochar before and after modification were compared, and the effect of CaBC on the phosphate adsorption and the role of different pH for it were explored. Meanwhile, investigated the effect of CaBC on various forms of phosphorus in the substrate, to clarify the effect of CaBC on the control of phosphorus in the water body and the substrate. The results showed: (1) compared with BC, Ca−BC had a denser pore structure, larger specific surface area, and more adsorption sites and oxygen−containing functional groups. Under neutral conditions, CaBC prepared at a CaCl2 concentration of 1.0mol·L1 had the best adsorption effect on phosphate, at which time the removal rate of phosphate could reach 88.3%, which was nearly 3 times higher removal rate than BC. (2) The adsorption process of CaBC on phosphate conformed to the quasiprimary, quasisecondary kinetic model and Langmuir isothermal adsorption model, which was mainly determined by singlemolecule adsorption and influenced by both diffusion and chemisorption, and the theoretical maximum adsorption amount reaches 15.6mol·L1. (3) Addition of CaBC to the substrate, the proportion of exchange phosphorus (ExP), organic phosphorus (OrgP), and calciumbound phosphorus (CaP) decreased from 0.5% to 0.3%, 22.6% to 19.4%, and 39.1% to 41.5%. Therefore, the addition of CaBC can promote the morphological transformation of substrate phosphorus, resulting in a decrease in the proportion of potentially reactive phosphorus and an increase in the proportion of stable state phosphorus, reducing the risk of substrate phosphorus release.

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    Construction of Hunan Camellia Oleifera’s Insurance for Freezing Injury Weather Index:Chenxi County as An Example
    LI Yue-yong, JIANG Di-fei, GUO Hai-feng, GUO Tian-yun
    Chinese Journal of Agrometeorology    2025, 46 (01): 101-111.   DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1000-6362.2025.01.010
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    Weather index insurance has become one of the important methodsfor agricultural weather risk transfer due to its transparent information and convenient claims process. In this study, Chenxi county in Hunan wasselectedas an example, based on the daily minimum temperature data and Camellia oleifera(C.oleifera) production data from 2009 to 2020,the extreme minimum temperature (Tc) and the negative effective accumulated temperature below 0℃(TT) were selected during the flowering and young fruit formation period of C.oleifera (from November to April of the next year)to determine the freezing injury index of C.oleifera and construct the index-disaster model. The Anderson-Darling test was used to obtain the optimal probability distribution model for the risk of C.oleifera freezing injury, and to determine the pure premium rate and compensation standard corresponding to different yield reduction rates. The actual compensation data from China Pacific Property Insurance Co.,Ltd. Hunan Branch (CPIC) in February 2022 was used for validation. The results showed that during the flowering and young fruit formation period of C. oleifera, TT had a higher correlation with the yield reduction rate than Tc, and was used to characterize the meteorological index for freezing injury to C.oleifera in Chenxi county. The risk distribution of C.oleifera freezing injury conformed to the 3-parameter logarithmic logistic distribution, with the position parameter of 2.537, scaleparameter of 0.323, and threshold parameter of −1.805. When the compensation trigger condition TT was 2.1-20.8℃·d, the net premium rate was determined to be 0.85%-7.85%, and the compensation standard corresponding to the production reduction rate at all levels was 3750-48750yuan·ha1. After calculation, the average compensation amount for the major C.oleifera producing towns in Chenxi county in February 2022 (5000yuan·ha1) was basically consistent with the actual compensation amount of CPIC (4954yuan·ha1). Based on the influence of freezing injury during the flowering and young fruit formation periodon the yield of C.oleifera in Hunan, a weather index insurance scheme for C.oleifera freezing injuries has been designed, which can serve as a reference for Hunan to establish and improve its insurance system for C.oleifera.

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    Index Insurance Design for Offshore Wind Power Generation
    YAO Sen, XUE Lin, MA Teng-fei, SUN Nan, ZHU Jie
    Chinese Journal of Agrometeorology    2025, 46 (01): 48-61.   DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1000-6362.2025.01.005
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    The development of offshore wind power in China is at risk of generating less power due to low wind speeds, resulting in losses for operating and investors. Based on ERA5 wind field data, this study first assesses fluctuation risk in China's offshore wind resources, and then designs an offshore wind power generation index insurance product. Results showed that: (1) the wind resources for offshore China were most abundant in the Taiwan Strait. It was more abundant in the open areas of the East China Sea and the South China Sea than in the Bohai Bay and the Beibu Gulf. Wind resources were more plentiful in the autumn and winter than in the spring and summer. (2) There was an increasing trend in the occurrence of small offshore wind resource events over time. The fluctuation rate was highest in the south of the East China Sea and the Taiwan Strait. It gradually decreased from the open sea to the land, and gradually increased from west to east in the northern part of the South China Sea. The intensity of the fluctuations was greater on the western side of the islands in the offshore region. (3) The risk of downward fluctuation in power generation was highest in the Taiwan Strait, followed by the northeastern South China Sea and the Beibu Gulf. The Yellow Sea, the northern and southern parts of East China Sea, and the northwestern part of South China Sea were at the lowest at risk. (4) The offshore wind power generation index insurance used actual monthly power generation as the index, effectively capturing the monthly differences in wind resources. It offered insurance plans with different levels of risk protection by setting different payout trigger thresholds based on the probability of default. The pricing accounts for the additional insurance cost arising from managing the risk of low−frequency, high−loss events, as well as regional risk variations. The corresponding premium rates were 7.045%, 7.384% and 8.685% when the monthly payout trigger thresholds were set at 95%, 93% and 90% of the exceedance probability level, respectively. This insurance can stabilize wind farm revenues by compensating losses and improving the revenue floor, effectively managing the risk of wind resource variability.

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