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- Title
Precipitation and temperature trends for the Southwest China: 1960-2007.
- Authors
Nianxiu Qin,; Xi Chen; Guobin Fu; Jianqing Zhai; Xianwu Xue
- Abstract
The article presents a study which aims to examine the precipitation as well as the temperature trends in the provinces comprising the Southwest China (SWC) including Sichuan Province, Yunnan Province and Guizhou Province from 1960 to 2007. The study uses nonparametric Mann-Kendall trend test, a method widely-used in hydro-meteorological time series. The results show that there is an increasing trend in annual precipitation and a decreasing trend of temperature in the Sichuan Basin.
- Subjects
SOUTHWEST China; METEOROLOGICAL precipitation; TREND analysis; TEMPERATURE; HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL cycles
- Publication
Hydrological Processes, 2010, Vol 24, Issue 25, p3733
- ISSN
0885-6087
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/hyp.7792