The Great 2008 Chinese Ice Storm: Its Socioeconomic–Ecological Impact and Sustainability Lessons Learned

Zhou, Benzhi; Gu, Lianhong; Ding, Yihui; Shao, Lan; Wu, Zhongmin; Yang, Xuefei; Li, Changzhu; Li, Zhengcai; Wang, Xiaoming; Cao, Yong; Zeng, Bo; Yu, Mukui; Wang, Mingyu; Wang, Shengkun; Sun, Honggang; Duan, Aiguo; An, Yanfei; Wang, Xu; Kong, Weijian

doi:10.1175/2010bams2857.1

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“…It caused much more damage than the great 1998 North American ice storm that led to a total loss of $4.4 billion. (Zhou et al, 2011). Since then, more and more attention has been paid to ice storms and many studies have recently contributed to enhancing the understanding of this freezing rain event (e.g., Li et al, 2009;Yang et al, 2009).…”

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A diagnostic study of freezing rain over Guizhou, China, in January 2011

Deng

Gao

et al. 2011

Quart J Royal Meteoro Soc

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In early January 2011, southern China experienced another severe wintertime storm as in the winter of 2008. The storm consisted of a narrow east-west-oriented freezing rain band over central Guizhou with an extensive area of snow to the north and a rain swath to the south. This study investigates this event using conventional surface and radiosonde data as well as final (FNL) analyses data from the US National Center for Atmospheric Research/National Centers for Environmental Prediction(NCAR/NCEP). The results show that forcing by geostrophic and diabatic heating built up a positive direct secondary circulation perpendicular to the quasistationary front beneath 700 hPa to maintain the surface cold layer and warm layer aloft through surface cold advection and warm advection aloft. In addition, turbulence induced by strong wind shear in the middle and lower stratiform clouds with a low concentration of ice nuclei plays an important role in the growth of cloud drops and the enhancement of supercool raindrop precipitation over Guizhou.

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A diagnostic study of freezing rain over Guizhou, China, in January 2011

Deng

Gao

et al. 2011

Quart J Royal Meteoro Soc

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“…During the 2008 ESE period, Southern China also experienced frequent freezing rain, which together with the persistent low temperature caused icing up of roads, trees, and power lines. For example, in Jiangxi Province, ice thicknesses between 36 and 52 mm were observed on powerlines, values that have not been recorded since 1951; and ice thicknesses of 80 to 100 mm were observed on road surfaces in Hunan and Guizhou Provinces on January 29, 2008 (Zhou et al 2011). …”

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“…This extreme snow event (ESE) caused 1.7 million people to be displaced for periods ranging between a few days to a month, and affected critical infrastructure including electric power grids and communication systems. Food production, forests, wildlife and buildings all suffered heavy damage (Zhou et al 2011). The 2008 ESE caused direct economic losses of over 151.65 billion Yuan (~US $21 billion; Ministry of Civil Affairs 2008).…”

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Historical analogues of the 2008 extreme snow event over Central and Southern China

Hao¹,

Zheng²,

Ge³

et al. 2011

Clim. Res.

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We used weather records contained in Chinese historical documents from the past 500 yr to search for extreme snow events (ESEs) that were comparable in severity to an event in early 2008, when Central and Southern China experienced persistent heavy snowfall with unusually low temperatures. ESEs can be divided into 3 groups according to the geographical coverage of snowfall, using the following criteria to define an ESE: >15 snowfall days, 20 snow-cover/icing days, and 30 cm total cumulated snow depth for an individual winter. The first group covers the whole of Eastern

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“…Extratropical systems affect weather extremes over China predominantly during winter. Cold surges are accompanied by strong winds and a sudden fall of surface air temperatures in the midlatitudes and subtropics (Boyle and Chen 1987), which can cause large damages from blizzards, freezing rain and low temperatures (Gu et al 2008;Zhou et al 2011;Wang et al 2008;Gao et al 2008).…”

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