Introduction
It belongs to warm temperature semi-humid monsoon climate region which is the climate transition zone between the North and South China. Within the basin, there are great differences in natural geography, hydrology and meteorology. Its climate is greatly influenced by the East Asia Monsoon together with heterogeneous lower boundary conditions.
Therefore, drought and flood disasters frequently occur in this region. Because of its typical climate representative of the East Asian monsoon, less effects from anthropological activities and dense meteorological and hydrological observation network, Huaihe River Basin is an ideal experiment site.
Since both China and Japan climates are commonly affected by Meiyu, the governments pay great attention and give strong support to HUBEX. China's National Natural Scientific Fundation has listed HUBEX as one of national important basic research programs during 1997-2001, and Japanese Department of Education has incorporated HUBEX into its GEWEX/GAME. Therefore HUBEX is one of the important climate research programs by the end of this century.
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