ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Commensurability-Based Flood Forecasting
in Northeastern China
Zhuoyue Peng1, Lili Zhang2, Junxian Yin2, Hao Wang2
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1College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Donghua University, Shanghai 200051, China
2China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research, Beijing 100044, China
Submission date: 2017-03-31
Acceptance date: 2017-05-18
Online publication date: 2017-10-10
Publication date: 2017-11-07
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2017;26(6):2689-2702
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Northeastern China is one of the largest industrial and agricultural bases in China, but frequent flooding
brings huge losses to the people and country. To forecast floods in northeastern China, we used commensurability
forecasting techniques and ordered a network structure chart and butterfly structure diagram. The
prediction selected extraordinary flooding years that have occurred in the region since 1856, and it used
ternary, quinary, and septenary commensurability calculation models for forecasting. It verified the inevitability
of flooding in 2013 and showed that northeastern China would be highly prone to flooding in 2017.
The specific locations of flooding would be the second Songhua River or Liaohe River. The ordered network
structure and butterfly structure diagram are the extension of commensurability, both of which showed
perfect symmetry neatly and orderly, and indicated the great possibility of flooding in northeastern China in
2017. Because of spatial distribution in the region, we also picked up four representative sites in the region
to subsidiarily forecast the runoff qualitatively. Except for a site that did not have a significant year, the other
three sites showed that the runoff in the second Songhua River would be wet in 2017. The idea of this paper
is good in the data-starved area and helpful for improving judgment regarding flood trends.