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However, little is known about how the start and end dates of precipitation change, which could offer crucial insights for related studies in agriculture, hydrology, and other related disciplines. Here, we present an analysis of variations in the start date, end date, and frequency of different precipitation intensities, using a widely used gauge-satellite-reanalysis-based merging product, during the latest period, 1980\u20132022, across China. The results show that the spatial\u2013temporal variations in the start date, end date, and frequency of different precipitation intensities were complex among regions. For example, in northeast and northwest China, light precipitation (LP) started earlier and increased in frequency during the study period. In the Tibetan Plateau, precipitation at different intensities levels started earlier, heavy precipitation (HP) and violent precipitation ended earlier, and the frequency of LP and moderate precipitation increased significantly. The start date of HP shifted earlier in Southeast China (\u22120.28 days\/year). Our findings could be helpful in providing a comprehensive understanding of precipitation changes under global warming and highlight the need to pay close attention to these precipitation changes in the future.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs15164057","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,8,16]],"date-time":"2023-08-16T10:08:09Z","timestamp":1692180489000},"page":"4057","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["How Do the Start Date, End Date, and Frequency of Precipitation Change across China under Warming?"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"15","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4434-1726","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Na","family":"Zhao","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"State Key Laboratory of Resources and Environmental Information System, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China"},{"name":"College of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China"},{"name":"Jiangsu Center for Collaborative Innovation in Geographic Information Resource Development and Application, Nanjing 210023, China"}]},{"given":"Kainan","family":"Chen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"State Key Laboratory of Resources and Environmental Information System, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China"},{"name":"First Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, Qingdao 266061, China"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,8,16]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"294","DOI":"10.1038\/s41558-021-01017-6","article-title":"Climate change upsets agriculture","volume":"11","author":"Fuglie","year":"2021","journal-title":"Nat. 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