Trends and variability in daily precipitation in Scotland

Muhammad Afzal; Martin G. Mansell; Alexandre S. Gagnon

doi:10.1016/j.proenv.2011.05.003

Trends and variability in daily precipitation in Scotland

Muhammad Afzal, Martin G. Mansell, Alexandre S. Gagnon

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

15 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

The objective of this research is to analyse temporal changes in historic rainfall variability across Scotland using different measures of variability. The CUSUM and sequential Mann-Kendall test applied to records from 28 weather stations with up to 80 years of daily precipitation data reveal the occurrence of abrupt changes in the rainfall trends. Most weather stations show a turning point between 1978 and 1985, although some stations situated in Eastern Scotland have more than one turning point. The temporal changes in rainfall variability across Scotland are presented using a number of measures of variability.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	15-26
Number of pages	12
Journal	Procedia Environmental Sciences
Volume	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.proenv.2011.05.003
Publication status	Published - 2011

Keywords

Climate variability
Rainfall
Scotland
Trends
Turning points

Access to Document

10.1016/j.proenv.2011.05.003

Cite this

@article{fb0e09106bdf4511a3112a84a473360a,

title = "Trends and variability in daily precipitation in Scotland",

abstract = "The objective of this research is to analyse temporal changes in historic rainfall variability across Scotland using different measures of variability. The CUSUM and sequential Mann-Kendall test applied to records from 28 weather stations with up to 80 years of daily precipitation data reveal the occurrence of abrupt changes in the rainfall trends. Most weather stations show a turning point between 1978 and 1985, although some stations situated in Eastern Scotland have more than one turning point. The temporal changes in rainfall variability across Scotland are presented using a number of measures of variability.",

keywords = "Climate variability, Rainfall, Scotland, Trends, Turning points",

author = "Muhammad Afzal and Mansell, {Martin G.} and Gagnon, {Alexandre S.}",

year = "2011",

doi = "10.1016/j.proenv.2011.05.003",

language = "English",

volume = "6",

pages = "15--26",

journal = "Procedia Environmental Sciences",

issn = "1878-0296",

publisher = "Elsevier B.V.",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - Trends and variability in daily precipitation in Scotland

AU - Afzal, Muhammad

AU - Mansell, Martin G.

AU - Gagnon, Alexandre S.

PY - 2011

Y1 - 2011

N2 - The objective of this research is to analyse temporal changes in historic rainfall variability across Scotland using different measures of variability. The CUSUM and sequential Mann-Kendall test applied to records from 28 weather stations with up to 80 years of daily precipitation data reveal the occurrence of abrupt changes in the rainfall trends. Most weather stations show a turning point between 1978 and 1985, although some stations situated in Eastern Scotland have more than one turning point. The temporal changes in rainfall variability across Scotland are presented using a number of measures of variability.

AB - The objective of this research is to analyse temporal changes in historic rainfall variability across Scotland using different measures of variability. The CUSUM and sequential Mann-Kendall test applied to records from 28 weather stations with up to 80 years of daily precipitation data reveal the occurrence of abrupt changes in the rainfall trends. Most weather stations show a turning point between 1978 and 1985, although some stations situated in Eastern Scotland have more than one turning point. The temporal changes in rainfall variability across Scotland are presented using a number of measures of variability.

KW - Climate variability

KW - Rainfall

KW - Scotland

KW - Trends

KW - Turning points

U2 - 10.1016/j.proenv.2011.05.003

DO - 10.1016/j.proenv.2011.05.003

M3 - Article

SN - 1878-0296

VL - 6

SP - 15

EP - 26

JO - Procedia Environmental Sciences

JF - Procedia Environmental Sciences

ER -

Trends and variability in daily precipitation in Scotland

Abstract

Keywords

Access to Document

Fingerprint

Cite this