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MATEC Web Conf.
Volume 246, 2018
2018 International Symposium on Water System Operations (ISWSO 2018)
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| Article Number | 01120 | |
| Number of page(s) | 7 | |
| Section | Main Session: Water System Operations | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/201824601120 | |
| Published online | 07 December 2018 | |
Spatial variability and temporal trends of precipitation over the Loess Plateau of China: 1957-2013
1 State Key Laboratory of Simulation and Regulation of Water Cycle in River Basins, China Institute of Water Resource and Hydropower Research, Beijing, China
2 Research Center of Soil and Water Conservation of the Ministry of Water Resources, Beijing, China
3 Hunan Prospecting Designing and Research General Institute for Forestry, Hunan, China
4 Haihe Basin Soil and Water Conservation Center, Haihe River Water Conservancy Commission, MWR, Tianjin, China
a Corresponding author: theodoreyy@gmail.com
Accurate information about regional precipitation and trends in spatiotemporal variation is crucial, both from the perspective of quantifying water budgets and to determine appropriate vegetation restoration. The objectives of this study were to evaluate spatiotemporal changes in precipitation and to analyze the monthly, annual, and seasonal precipitation trends of 85 stations in the Loess Plateau during 1957−2013. The Mann−Kendall test and Sen’s slope estimator were applied to analyze the precipitation data. Monthly precipitation trends exhibited apparent regional differences over the Loess Plateau, significant increasing trends in rainfall were found in winter. On the seasonal scale, the magnitude of significant negative trends in seasonal rainfall varied from 0.595 mm/yr2 to 2.732 mm/yr2. The magnitude of significant positive trends varied from 0.010 mm/yr2 to 1.987 mm/yr2. One of the most remarkable findings was that all the stations showed significant positive trends in winter. For annual average rainfall, the magnitude of significant positive trends varied from 2.075 mm/yr2 to 3.427 mm/yr2. No significant negative trends were detected. Although, the annual average rainfall over the Loess Plateau showed a non-significant increasing trend, the seasonal and regional pattern was obvious. Such findings can provide important implications for ecological restoration and farming operations across the study region.
© The Authors, published by EDP Sciences, 2018
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