Analysis of trends of hydrologic and climatic variables

Elham Forootan

Soil and Water Research, 2019, vol. 14, issue 3, 163-171

Abstract: Assessing trends of hydrologic variables related to both hydrologic processes facilitates accurate water resources forecasting, especially in arid and semiarid regions with high evaporation and low rainfall volume. In this study, spatial and temporal trends of six hydrologic and climatic variables, viz. rainfall, evaporation, streamflow discharge, temperature, wind speed and relative humidity and also the ratio of annual potential evaporation to precipitation (E/P) were analysed at a monthly and annual scale. Moreover, the relationship of relative humidity, temperature, rainfall and wind speed trends with evaporation trend was investigated. Results of the study revealed the absence of significant temporal trend in precipitation, temperature and wind velocity for the majority of months, and the presence of upward trends in relative humidity and evaporation values as well as downward trend in streamflow discharge in some months. At an annual scale increasing evaporation and decreasing stream flow discharge trends were observed at most stations, which means that the region will be confronted with more severe drought conditions in future. Also, the result of Spearman's rank coefficient revealed that the temporal evaporation trend is not related to wind speed, temperature, relative humidity and rainfall trend. Moreover, the spatial trend of climatic and hydrologic variables indicated the similarity of evaporation and relative humidity trend as well as wind speed and rainfall trend.

Keywords: aridity index; nonparametric test; streamflow; watershed (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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