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Title: | Investigating annual and monthly trends in precipitation structure: an overview across Portugal | Authors: | Lima, M. I. P. de Carvalho, S. C. P. Lima, J. L. M .P. de |
Issue Date: | 2010 | Publisher: | European Geosciences Union | Serial title, monograph or event: | Natural Hazards and Earth System Science | Volume: | 10 | Issue: | 11 | Abstract: | This work investigates recent changes in precipitation patterns manifested in long annual and monthly precipitation time series recorded in Portugal. The dataset comprises records from 14 meteorological stations scattered over mainland Portugal and the Portuguese North Atlantic Islands of Madeira and Azores; some of the time series date back to the 19th century. The data were tested for trends using the Mann-Kendall non-parametric test and Sen’s non-parametric method, searching both for full monotonic trends over the record period and for partial trends. Results provide no evidence for rejecting the null hypothesis of no trend in annual precipitation, when a monotonic linear model was used. Nevertheless, the analyses of 50 years’ moving averages showed an increase over time, in the recent past, for many of the series in mainland Portugal and the Islands. For the longest time series this behaviour was preceded by a decrease over time. The analyses of partial trends in the time series suggested a sequence of alternately decreasing and increasing trends in annual and monthly precipitation, which are sometimes statistically significant. The trend changing points were identified. | URI: | https://hdl.handle.net/10316/110206 | ISSN: | 1684-9981 | DOI: | 10.5194/nhess-10-2429-2010 | Rights: | openAccess |
Appears in Collections: | I&D MARE - Artigos em Revistas Internacionais FCTUC Eng.Civil - Artigos em Revistas Internacionais |
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