Detecting Variation Trends of Temperature and Precipitation for the Dadu River Basin, China

Abstract EN

This study analyzes the variation trends of temperature and precipitation in the Dadu River Basin of China based on observed records from fourteen meteorological stations.

The magnitude of trends was estimated using Sen’s linear method while its statistical significance was evaluated using Mann-Kendall’s test.

The results of analysis depict increase change from northwest to southeast of annual temperature and precipitation in space.

In temporal scale, the annual temperature showed significant increase trend and the annual precipitation showed increase trend.

For extreme indices, the trends for temperature are more consistent in the region compared to precipitation.

This paper has practical meanings for an effective management of climate risk and provides a foundation for further study of hydrological situation in this river basin.