Abstract:
Objective The aim was to evaluate the change trend of potential wind erosion climatic erosivity in Fuxin to provide theoretical support for assessing wind erosion disaster risks and formulating desertification prevention strategies in northwestern Liaoning Province.
Methods Daily meteorological data observed at the Fuxin meteorological station from 1960 to 2019 were used. By applying the climate tendency rate and quantifying meteorological factors such as wind speed, precipitation, and relative humidity, the variation characteristics of wind erosion climatic erosivity across different time scales were analyzed.
Results The results indicated that the seasonal variation of the wind erosion climate factor index followed as the order: spring > winter > autumn > summer. On a monthly scale, the wind erosion climate factor index (C-value) gradually increased from January to April, reaching its peak of 7.14 in April, and dropped to its lowest value of −0.93 in July. At the annual scale, the C-value showed a significant decreasing trend (P < 0.05), with an annual average of 24.89 and a climatic tendency rate of −2.39 per decade. The decreasing trends in spring and winter were statistically significant (P < 0.05), while the declining trend in autumn and the increasing trend in summer were not significant. In terms of inter-decadal variation, the highest C-value of 53.66 occurred in the 1960s, and the lowest value of 11.26 appeared in the 1980s. The results of Mann-Kendall (M-K) test showed that, although no abrupt change point was detected, the wind erosion C-value in Fuxin began to enter a declining phase starting from 1966, with a statistically significant downward trend.
Conclusion Overall, the wind erosion climatic factor index showed a declining trend over the past 60 years, indicating a reduction in wind erosion climatic erosivity in Fuxin. Wind speed was identified as the dominant climatic factor influencing wind erosion climatic erosivity, with no significant correlation observed with precipitation or relative humidity.