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758 JOURNAL OF METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH VOL.30 The Relationship between Precipitation Heterogeneity and Meteorological Drought/Flood in China LIU Yonglin1 ( 
 ), YAN Junping1? (  ), and CEN Minyi1,2 (   ) 1 College of Tourism and Environment, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi’an 710062 2 Institute of Health Geography, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi’an 710062 (Received November 2, 2015; in final form May 23, 2016) ABSTRACT In this study, we investigated the spatial and temporal characteristics of precipitation heterogeneity and meteorological drought/flood in China based on the precipitation-concentration degree (PCD) and the inte- grated meteorological drought index. We also studied the corresponding relationship between precipitation heterogeneity and meteorological drought/flood in China by using Spearman correlation analysis and canon- ical correlation analysis. The results show that: (1) The severity of meteorological drought/flood exhibited a spatial pattern of gradual change from Northwest to Southeast China. (2) With a higher PCD and a delayed precipitation-concentration period (PCP), the drought severity was higher but the flood severity was lower. In contrast, with a lower PCD and an early PCP, the drought severity was lower and the flood severity was higher. (3) The correlation between meteorological drought/flood and PCD was significant. The higher the PCD, the longer the duration of drought and more frequently, the droughts occurred, and vice versa. It is concluded that PCD and PCP were significantly correlated with meteorological drought/flood in China. Key words: heterogeneity, precipitation-concentration degree, precipitation-concentration period, integra- ted meteorological drought index, canonical correlation analysis, China Citation: Liu Yonglin, Yan Junping, and Cen Minyi, 2016: The relationship between precipitation hetero- geneity and meteorological drought/flood in China. J. Meteor. Res., 30(5), 758–770, doi: 10.10 07/s13351-016-5993-2.