1. Drought related activities at NCC, CMA Division of Climate Application and Service National Climate Center (Beijing Climate Center) China Meteorological Administration Email: lymzxr@cma.gov.cn Liao Yaoming

2. Outline Brief introduction of NCC/BCCBrief introduction of NCC/BCC Historical records of droughtHistorical records of drought Drought monitoringDrought monitoring Impact assessment of droughtImpact assessment of drought

3. Brief introduction of NCC/BCC NCC was established in January, 1995 to provide climate related services and scientific researches.NCC was established in January, 1995 to provide climate related services and scientific researches. BCC (Beijing Climate Center : http://bcc.cma.gov.cn ) was setup in March 2003 based on NCC to extend NCC’s service domain. BCC has become one of the WMO’s regional climate center (RCC) on July,2009.BCC (Beijing Climate Center : http://bcc.cma.gov.cn ) was setup in March 2003 based on NCC to extend NCC’s service domain. BCC has become one of the WMO’s regional climate center (RCC) on July,2009.

4. Structure of BCC

5. Main Research and Services Monitoring, diagnostics and prediction/projection of climate over time scales ranging from monthly to century. Development of Climate System Models Impact assessment of climate variation and change Provide related services for China and eventually for Asia.

6. Main Operational Productions Monitoring/Diagnostics Predictions Assessments of climate change Impacts on socio-economic and ecological systems Technical supports for IPCC Publications/Reports

7. Sixty one percent of all deaths caused by natural disasters in the world are caused by meteorologic disasters. 背景 Sand storm Flood Drought Cyclone Typhoon Thunderstorm The scale of deaths caused by various natural disasters in the world Background

8. Drought disaster accounts for 55% ， flood is 27% The scale of various meteorologic disasters in China 背景 Background Drought Flood Typhoon and hailstone frozen disaster

9. Historic development of drought areas (a) and those suffered from drought (10 000 hectare ) a b

10. Frequency of drought during 1951 and 1990 Northeast China East of Northwest China and North China Yangtze River Basin ·South China Southwest China Spring\ Summer Spring \Spring and Summer\ Summer \ Summer and Autumn Summer\Autumn End of Autumn\Winter\Early spring Winter\Spring 25 40 2540

11. PDSI Temperature Precipitation Trends of Climate and a drought index during the Past 50 year Drought Index After Zou and Zhai (2004)

12. NCC drought operational system and service Drought monitoring Information collection of Drought disaster Drought Assessment Weather Forecast Weekly advance Climate Prediction Monthly, flood season, annual…… Drought Pre- Assessment and early warning Climate scenarios Drought Countermeatures Drought service for various users Production

13. Drought Monitoring System Various Drought Indices Percentage of precipitation anomaly Soil moisture By Satellite

14. United Drought Meeting (Every Monday) NCC NMC NSMC PMB

15. NCC NMC NSMC Synthetic analysis Discussion Final results By Satellite Agriculture Drought Meteorological Drought

16. The products was widely used for drought monitoring and warning service Drought Monitoring and Warning program was shown on CCTV since July of 2004.

17. Daily distribution of drought index Monthly distribution of PDSI and Palmer Indices and variation of drought area Soil relative moisture under 10cm and 20cm depth Daily drought monitoring system of China

18. Global drought monitor Drought monitor in Eurasian region

19. Impact of Drought on national economy Drought Agriculture Industry Hydro- electricity Sandstorm Forest fire Water resources Ecosystem Urban People & Health Ship Transportation and tourism