Research Article
Long-Term Study of the Relationship between Precipitation and Aquatic Vegetation Succession in East Taihu Lake, China
Table 2
Statistical summary of monthly rainfall data at Dongshan (1956–2012).
| | Parameter | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| | Average (mm) | 49.3 | 58.5 | 93.5 | 97.1 | 113.2 | 173.4 | 140.4 | 147.5 | 105.5 | 59.7 | 51.5 | 38.1 | | Variance (mm2) | 1361.6 | 1484.7 | 2366.1 | 2051.2 | 2392.2 | 11454.6 | 6472.8 | 8799.5 | 5926.2 | 2259.3 | 1460.7 | 875.5 | | SD (mm) | 36.9 | 38.5 | 48.6 | 45.3 | 48.9 | 107.0 | 80.5 | 93.8 | 77.0 | 47.5 | 38.2 | 29.6 | | Minimum (mm) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 14.9 | 30.4 | 24.5 | 23.6 | 19.1 | 0.1 | 6.5 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 0.0 | | 10th percentile (mm) | 11.2 | 14.6 | 35.5 | 48.2 | 54.2 | 70.2 | 57.2 | 49.2 | 18.4 | 7.4 | 4.6 | 4.3 | | 25th percentile (mm) | 23.9 | 24.9 | 53.9 | 59.1 | 77.8 | 109.8 | 76.9 | 74.1 | 49.8 | 30.2 | 24.4 | 15.3 | | 50th percentile (mm) | 43.3 | 52.8 | 88.0 | 81.1 | 109.7 | 151.4 | 118.8 | 130.0 | 95.1 | 51.2 | 41.4 | 29.3 | | 75th percentile (mm) | 63.3 | 84.5 | 125.9 | 128.7 | 150.9 | 222.7 | 202.7 | 195.0 | 150.2 | 82.9 | 79.8 | 61.1 | | 90th percentile (mm) | 103.7 | 124.4 | 162.9 | 161.2 | 196.9 | 298.7 | 266.1 | 325.4 | 210.6 | 115.6 | 117.1 | 90.7 | | Maximum (mm) | 189.7 | 146.5 | 246.0 | 242.3 | 213.3 | 696.6 | 361.8 | 417.2 | 377.2 | 279.7 | 147.5 | 118.5 |
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