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Disaster process–based spatiotemporal characteristics of apricot frost in the warm temperate zone (WTZ), China

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Frost stress is a major environmental factor that limits apricot growth in the warm temperate zone (WTZ) of China, and is always triggered by extreme low temperature weather processes. In this study, the characteristics of the apricot frost processes f(D, Tcum), which were identified from historical disaster representation, were analyzed and apricot frost evaluation indicators were developed, thus facilitating the process-based assessment and spatiotemporal analysis of apricot frost processes. Periods of low temperature that persist for 1~2, 3, and ≥4 days (i.e., duration days, D) provide the initial identification indicator for light, moderate, and severe apricot frost. The threshold ranges for Tcum are 0~3.9, 9.2~12.0, and >16.2 for D values of 1~2, 3, and ≥4, respectively. The northwest of the WTZ is dominated by apricot frost, with approximately 80% of apricot frost being light, followed by moderate and severe. Regional apricot frost exhibited a significant decreasing trend over the last four decades. A total of 29.65% of stations, which were mainly located in the northwest and middle parts of the study region, detected an increasing trend in apricot frost. The results provide technical support for targeted apricot frost level detection, and the process-based spatiotemporal characteristics of apricot frost can provide basic information for the prevention and mitigation of apricot frost.

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We gratefully acknowledge the anonymous reviewers for their valuable comments on the manuscript.

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This research was supported by the National Key R&D Program of China (2019YFD1002203) and the Basic Research Fund of Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences (2023Z014).

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Severe Weather (LASW), Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, Beijing, 100081, China

    Jianying Yang, Zhiguo Huo, Peijuan Wang, Dingrong Wu & Yuping Ma

  2. National Meteorological Center, Beijing, 100081, China

    Lei Zhang

  3. Collaborative Innovation Center of Forecast and Evaluation of Meteorological, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, Nanjing, 210044, China

    Zhiguo Huo

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Yang, J., Zhang, L., Huo, Z. et al. Disaster process–based spatiotemporal characteristics of apricot frost in the warm temperate zone (WTZ), China. Int J Biometeorol 67, 1733–1744 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00484-023-02534-z

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