Journal
APPLIED WATER SCIENCE
Volume 11, Issue 4, Pages -Publisher
SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s13201-021-01404-6
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Spatiotemporal rainfall variability; Rainfall trend; Climate variability; Tafna watershed (Algeria)
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The study, based on monthly rainfall data from 17 stations in the Tafna catchment (North West of Algeria), reveals a decreasing trend in precipitation during February to May at all stations, as well as a downward trend in winter and spring rainfall in most stations.
Scientists, since a long time, have paid attention on climate change and, in particular, rainfall decrease. These changes have resulted in modifications of the rainfall regime in many Mediterranean regions. This work is based on monthly rainfall data from 17 stations located in the Tafna catchment (North West of Algeria). The study aim is to identify long-term (1970-2016) spatial and temporal trends in annual, seasonal and monthly precipitation, using the innovative trend analysis (ITA) method. The approach is used to classify trends into low, medium, high, which should be taken in consideration in future studies on floods (high) and drought (low). The monthly rainfall shows a decreasing trend in all studied stations (100% of stations) during February, March, April, and May, the same phenomenon observed in the majority of stations for June, July (82% of stations), and December (58% of stations). Seasonal analysis indicates a downward trend in winter and spring. Using annual rainfall, the stations located in the north, west and central part of the Tafna show a decrease in rainfall (59% of stations).
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