A1 Coefficient From Series of Heavy Rainy Days in the Period 1961-2007 [7]

Research to: Chen et al. (2008)[24] studied the synoptic scale development in the heavy rain event of October 30-31, 2008: mesoscale processes. The cause of this event was that in the tropics, a cold wave vortex formed on October 26 south of the Philippines, through interaction with the eastern disturbance, a small surface vortex existing over the sea and the East Asian cold wave, forming a strong moisture flow from the East Sea to Hanoi.

+ Rainfall characteristics related to the monsoon have also been studied by many works: Matsumoto (1997) [34] used a series of 5-day average rainfall data from 1975-1987 to determine the average start and end times of summer rainfall in the Indochina peninsula. The average seasonal variation during the start and phase repetition in Indonesia, India and the East Sea was determined based on 5-day average data of OLR (1975-1987) and 850 hPa level wind data (1980-1988). The study showed that the start of the summer season in the Indonesian island region is in late April to early May, earlier than in the coastal area along the Bay of Bengal. Meanwhile, Wang and Linho (2002) [26] have conducted studies on the spatial-temporal structure of rainfall characteristics due to the Pacific-Asian monsoon. The study showed that the large-scale outbreak of the Asian monsoon season consists of two phases. The first phase with increased rainfall over the South China Sea in mid-May establishes a planetary-scale monsoon band extending from the South Asian coast. Moron et al. (2008) [25] studied the spatial and temporal variability of the summer monsoon outbreak over the Philippines. The authors used a local criterion to determine the onset of the summer monsoon, which was defined as the first 5 consecutive wet days with a total rainfall of not less than 40 mm.

The trend of rainfall characteristics change has also been focused on by many studies such as Panmao Zhai, 2005[29] studied the change trend based on the Sen trend and Mann-Kendall test showed that the total annual rainfall has decreased significantly in south-east China, north China and the Sichuan basin but increased significantly in west China, the Yangtze River valley and the southeast coast. Spring rainfall has increased in south-east China and north China but decreased significantly in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River. The trend of summer rainfall is very similar to the annual total. Autumn rainfall

has generally decreased across eastern China. In eastern China, the decrease in the number of rainy days appears to be more dominant in the north while the effect of increased intensity is dominant in the south.

Wang Yi, 2009 [30] also investigated the rainfall trends in six rainfall indices in China for the seasons of 1961−2007 analyzed based on daily observations at 587 stations. The trends were estimated using the Sen method, with the Mann-Kendall test. The results showed that the geographic distribution patterns of the trends in seasonal extreme rainfall characteristics were similar to those of total rainfall. For winter, both the rainfall and total heavy rainfall increased over almost all of China. Increasing trends in extreme rainfall also occurred at many stations in southwest China in spring and the middle reaches of the Yangtze River and southern China in summer.


Figure 1.2.Trend in rainfall (PRCPTOT) and number of heavy rain days (R50). Trend is expressed as percentage change relative to the mean over available time data; Blue (red) symbols indicate increasing (decreasing) trends. Circular symbols indicate statistical significance at the 5% level [20].

Nobuhiko Endo,2009 [20] investigated trends in rainfall extremes using daily rainfall data from Southeast Asian countries from 1950 to 2000. The number of wet days (days with at least 1 mm of rainfall) showed a decreasing trend in these countries, while the average rainfall intensity of wet days showed an increasing trend. The heavy rainfall indices demonstrated that the number of stations with a significant increasing trend was larger than the decreasing trend. The number of heavy rain days increased in southern Vietnam, northern Myanmar, and the Visayas and Luzon Islands in

Philippines, while heavy rains decrease in northern Vietnam. The number of consecutive dry days decreases in the region dominated by winter monsoon rainfall. A reduction in dry season rain events is proposed in Myanmar.

Jehangir Ashraf Awan, 2014 [30] used K-means and hierarchical clustering methods to establish homogeneous rainfall zones in the East Asian monsoon region (20 N 50 N, 103 E -149 o E) using 30 years (1978 - 2007) of monthly rainfall data at 0.5 resolution . Different cluster validation indices were used to evaluate the number of homogeneous rainfall zones. Mann-Kendall tests and linear regression were used to analyze the seasonal and annual rainfall trends in the homogeneous rainfall zones. The study showed that the region has different rainfall regimes across different regions. Furthermore, significant increasing and decreasing trends were observed across different regions with strong seasonal variations indicating a worsening of climate risks, i.e. droughts and floods in the East Asian monsoon region.

Atsamon Limsakul, 2015 [32] studied the extreme rainfall of Thailand. Thailand tends to have heavier rainfall and more extreme events during La Nina years and negative PDO phases, and vice versa during El Nino years and positive PDO phases.

1.3.2 Domestic research

Nguyen Duc Ngu (1975, 2007) [3], [4] studied the impact of ENSO on weather, climate, environment and socio-economy in Vietnam. The study calculated and pointed out El Nino, La Nina episodes and their impact on some hydrometeorological factors such as temperature, rainfall, storm activity... for some specific areas in Vietnam.

Phan Van Tan (2010) [7] studied the global impact on extreme climate phenomena, based on data from 1961 to 2007, rainfall characteristics such as the highest monthly rainfall (Rx1day), the highest monthly rainfall of 5 consecutive days (Rx5day), total rainfall of days in the year greater than the 95th percentile (R95), the number of days in the month with daily rainfall greater than 50mm (R50) showed the monthly developments, and the trend of change of heavy rain (R50). The Southern region (N3) has a tendency to increase the number of days of heavy rain (coefficient a1 of linear regression over time).

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Vu Thanh Hang and colleagues (2009) [12] used daily rainfall data at monitoring stations in seven climatic regions of Vietnam from 1961 to 2007 to determine the change trend of maximum daily rainfall. The analysis results showed that, during the period from 1961 to 2007, most of the region showed an increasing trend of maximum daily rainfall, except for the Northern Delta (B3), which increased sharply in recent years. The change also had differences between periods, in short periods the increasing/decreasing trend was not uniform between climatic regions.

Figure 1.3. Coefficient a1 from the series of heavy rain days in the period 1961-2007 [7]

Nguyen Dang Mau, Nguyen Minh Truong, Hidetaka Sasaki, Izuru Takayabu (2017) [15] have projected changes in the rainy season in the Vietnam region by the end of the 21st century using the NHRCM model. The results show that the JJA season rainfall may decrease by 0 - 40% in the North; increase by about 0 - 30% in the Central Highlands and the South compared to the baseline period. The SON season rainfall may increase by about 0 - 30% in the Central region. The projected increase/decrease in future rainfall is closely linked to the projected changes in large-scale circulation in the Vietnam region.

Nguyen Thi Hien Thuan and colleagues have studied the calculation of rainfall fluctuations through standard error analysis and percentage analysis. The study concluded that in ENSO years, rainfall in the months between the summer monsoon season fluctuates less than in the transition months between the dry season and the rainy season, especially April and May. The average rainfall after the El Nino event decreased more than in the El Nino year at most stations in the South. In contrast, La Nina years have increased average rainfall and average number of rainy days. Most areas


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In the South, the rainy season starts late in El-Nino years, whereas the rainy season starts early in La-Nina years. The rainy season starts later in El-Nino than in La-Nina years [10].

Ngo Duc Thanh and Phan Van Tan (2012)[8] used the Mann-Kendall non-parametric test method and Sen's trend method to evaluate the change trend of 7 meteorological factors, period 1961-2007. The results showed that rainfall decreased in the North of the 17th parallel and increased in the South.


a) Percentage of Sen/year trend of daily rainfall and rainfall

average year [8]

b) Linear trend of maximum daily rainfall (Rx) in the Southern region [12]

Figure 1.4. Percentage Sen/year trend of daily rainfall and annual mean rainfall and maximum daily rainfall.

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The 2016 Climate Change Scenario [1] shows that during the period 1958-2014, the average annual rainfall nationwide tends to increase slightly. In particular, the increase is highest in the winter and spring months; it decreases in the autumn months. In general, annual rainfall in the northern regions tends to decrease; in the southern regions it tends to increase (from 6.9% ÷ 19.8%/57 years). For the northern regions, rainfall mainly decreases most in the autumn months and increases slightly in the spring months. For the southern regions, rainfall in all seasons in all climate zones tends to increase; it increases most in the winter months (from 35.3% ÷ 80.5%/57 years) and spring months (from 9.2% ÷ 37.6%/57 years). Extreme rainfall has different trends among climatic zones: decreasing in most stations in the Northwest, Northeast, and Northern Delta.

Set and increase in most stations of other climatic zones.

+ In addition to rainfall characteristics, extreme rainfall has also been mentioned and studied: Ho Thi Minh Ha et al (2011) [13] identified extreme climate events from observation data series 1961-2007 and predicted future climate with RegCM3 model for Vietnam. The author classified extreme climate events including the number of hot days, cold nights and heavy rain days analyzed for 7 climate zones in Vietnam. RegCM3 results showed that heavy rain events during the rainy season tended to decrease in all regions except for 2 regions: Northwest and South Central.

Nguyen Thi Hoang Anh and CS (2012) [21] studied the rainfall characteristics related to tropical cyclones (TC). The study showed that the heaviest storm rainfall occurred from June to September for the northern region, while the total rainfall at the southern stations was mainly not due to TC rainfall. TC rainfall was concentrated in the Central region with the peak in October-November. During El Nino (La Nina) years, the ratio of TC and heavy rainfall in the Central region decreased (increased) in October-November. The La Nina phase had a stronger influence on rainfall than the El Nino phase.

Comment: Nowadays, the socio-economic development of our country, especially prioritizing development in remote areas in some key areas such as cultivation, animal husbandry and industrial crop development, hunger eradication and poverty reduction, crop restructuring, prevention and mitigation of damage caused by natural disasters and climate change. This is the responsibility of the hydrometeorological sector in general and meteorologists - climatologists in particular, requiring improvement of qualifications, ensuring that research works are more objective and reliable.

It can be said that research on rain is quite rich, concentrated in many research projects both abroad and in the country, including rain characteristics, rain trends, change trends and rain forecasts. Most of the research projects on rain change trends are on a national scale and long-term, few research projects are detailed for sub-climate regions and short-term periods (recent period).

CHAPTER 2


DATA AND RESEARCH METHODS


2.1 Data


2.1.1 Data from monitoring stations

The data set from 21 meteorological stations was inherited from research works and compiled from the Southern Hydrometeorological Station, so the rough errors were checked. Daily rainfall factors were collected to calculate and determine the rainfall characteristics from 21 meteorological stations. The diagram and list of meteorological stations used in the thesis are shown in Figure 2.1 and Table 2.1.

Rainfall observation data in the South are mostly available after 1979 when the South was completely liberated. The most complete data set is from 1984-2016 which has been collected by the thesis, however the objective of the thesis is to evaluate the changes of some rainfall characteristics during the rainy season in the last two decades, so the main assessment thesis focuses on rainfall data for the period 1996-2016 (21 years).

Table 2.1. List of meteorological stations in the Southern region



STT

Station

Province/City

Longitude

Latitude

1

Tan Son Hoa (HCM)

Ho Chi Minh City

10. 49

106. 40

2

Can Tho

Can Tho City

10. 02

105. 46

3

Phuoc Long


Binh Phuoc

11. 50

106. 59

4

Dong Xoai (Dong Phu)

11. 05

106. 8

5

Vung Tau


Vung Tau

10. 22

107. 05

6

Con Dao

8. 41

106. 35

7

Rach Gia


Kien Giang

10.00

105. 04

8

Phu Quoc

10. 13

103. 58

9

Ca Mau

Ca Mau

9. 11

105. 09

10

Three tri

Ben Tre

10. 15

106. 23

11

Chau Doc

An Giang

10. 47

105. 07

12

Bac Lieu

Bac Lieu

9. 18

105. 43

13

Cao Lanh

Dong Thap

10. 28

105. 38

Bien Hoa

Dong Nai

10. 57

106. 51

15

Vi Thanh

Hau Giang

9. 49

105. 27

16

Moc Hoa

Long An

10. 47

105. 56

17

Soc Trang

Soc Trang

9. 36

105. 58

18

Tay Ninh

Tay Ninh

11. 20

106. 07

19

My Tho

Tien Giang

10. 21

106. 24

20

Long

Tra Vinh

9. 59

106. 12

21

Vinh Long

Vinh Long

10. 16

105. 55

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Figure 2.1 Southern region station diagram


2.1.2 Reanalysis rainfall data (TPT)


With the desire to have many data sources to verify and compare calculation results for rainfall distribution assessments in the South. Grid data is very useful for studying rainfall distribution over large areas, supplementing the lack of direct measurement stations. Japanese APHORODITE data (Asian precipitation Resolved Observational Data Integration Towards Evaluation of the Water

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