Abstract
Summer drought is one of the main natural disasters in Zhejiang Province, China. To explore the characteristics of summer drought in Zhejiang Province during 1973–2013, the standardized precipitation evapotranspiration index (SPEI) is calculated based on 10-day precipitation and temperature data, and the summer drought index (DI) is defined. The Mann–Kendall test and Sen’s trend test are used to analyze changes of DI and drought area. Temperature is the main effect on changes of summer drought intensity and drought area. Significant increasing trends are observed for drought intensity, drought area, and extreme drought area, and their linear trend rates in northeast Zhejiang Province are larger than that in the southwest Zhejiang Province. DI and drought area time series have significant mutations in 2003. County-average DI and drought area during 2003–2013 are significantly larger than that during 1973–2002. The aforementioned SPEI could quantify, monitor and analyze summer drought onset, extent, and end.
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