The Yangtze-Huai River Basin (YHRB) always suffers from anomalously heavy rainfall during the warm season, and has been well explored as a whole area during the past several decades. In this study, the YHRB is divided into two core regionsthe northern YHRB (nYHRB) and southern YHRB (sYHRB)based on 29-year (1979-2007) June-July-August (JJA) temporally averaged daily rainfall rates and the standard deviation of rainfall. A spectral analysis of JJA daily rainfall data over these 29 years reveals that a 3-7-day synoptic-timescale high-frequency mode is absolutely dominant over the nYHRB, with 10-20-day and 15-40-day modes playing a secondary role. By contrast, 3-7-day and 10-20-day modes are both significant over the sYHRB, with 7-14day, 15-40-day, and 20-60-day modes playing secondary roles. Based on a comparison between bandpass-filtered rainfall anomalies and original rainfall series, a total of 42, 1, 5, and 3 heavy rainfall events (daily rainfall amounts in the top 5% of rainy days) are detected over the nYHRB, corresponding to 3-7-day, 7-14-day, 10-20-day, and 15-40-day variation disturbances. Meanwhile, a total of 28, 8, 12, and 6 heavy rainfall events are detected over the sYHRB, corresponding to 3-7-day, 7-14-day, 10-20-day, and 20-60-day variation disturbances. The results have important implications for understanding the duration of summer heavy rainfall events over both regions. 江淮流域夏季强降水事件的主导模态 摘要 基于29年夏季平均的日降水率及降水标准偏差的空间分布,本文将江淮流域分为南、北两个 子区域。谱分析结果显示,3-7天高频天气尺度模态是江淮流域北部夏季降水的主导模态, 10-20、15-40天的变化模态次之。相比之下,3-7、10-20天变化模态在江淮流域南部均很显 著,7-14、15-40、20-60天的低频模态次之。高频天气尺度扰动在江淮流域北部强降水事件 形成过程中起绝对主导作用,而在江淮流域南部,高频、中等频次、低频扰动的作用相当。