Research Article

Long-Term Study of the Relationship between Precipitation and Aquatic Vegetation Succession in East Taihu Lake, China

Table 1

Annual and seasonal statistical summary from monthly rainfall series (1956–2012) at Dongshan station.

ParameterAnnualWinterSpringSummerAutumn

Average (mm)1127.7145.9303.8461.4216.7
Variance (mm2)43171.94507.96210.331264.48768.7
SD (mm)207.867.178.8176.893.6
Minimum (mm)680.127.1124.3103.478.4
10th percentile (mm)860.165.3214.0297.4122.7
25th percentile (mm)999.690.0246.7341.4154.6
50th percentile (mm)1101.3136.3300.2432.3201.0
75th percentile (mm)1252.7196.6364.7549.0249.8
90th percentile (mm)1402.5255.0393.5694.1347.6
Maximum (mm)1699.7297.0488.31163.8536.6