Negative regional Standardized Precipitation Index trends prevail in the Mexico’s state of Zacatecas
| Autor: | Rafael Magallanes-Quintanar, Erick Carlos Galván-Tejada, Miguel Márquez-Madrid, Fidel Blanco-Macías, Ricardo David Valdez-Cepeda, Jorge Isaac Galván-Tejada |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Wet season
0207 environmental engineering Soil Science Climate change 02 engineering and technology drought 010501 environmental sciences 01 natural sciences Biochemistry wet season lcsh:Agriculture dry season Dry season Precipitation lcsh:Agriculture (General) 020701 environmental engineering Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Ecology lcsh:S Groundwater recharge Pollution lcsh:S1-972 Trend analysis Climatology Environmental science climatic regions Spatial variability Surface water cluster analysis |
| Zdroj: | Terra Latinoamericana, Vol 37, Iss 4, Pp 487-499 (2019) |
| ISSN: | 2395-8030 0187-5779 |
| Popis: | As the earth atmosphere warms, it is unclear how the precipitation will change or how these changes will impact regional rainfall. For the study of spatial and temporal variability of rainfall, several indexes have been developed. The Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI) that only involves recorded rainfall data has been used as a tool for climatic zone classif ication and a drought indicator. Then, the aims of the present study were: 1) to cluster monthly precipitation time series into groups that represent regions under the basis of similar precipitation regimes, 2) to compute regional SPI’s using all the members (time series) of each cluster, and 3) to estimate trends of the regional SPI’s. The cluster analysis approach was used to identify four groups of monthly precipitation time series that represent regions of similar precipitation regimes. Afterwards, regional SPI’s were estimated using all the members of each cluster. Finally, four regional SPI trends were estimated by means of the Mann-Kendall trend test and Sen’s slope estimator. Estimated decreasing SPI trends imply prevail of negative values at the end of the study period (1964-2014), which indicate less than median precipitation in the entire Zacatecas state territory. For instance, SPI at 12-month time scale Sen’s slope values were -0.17 and -0.18 for the wet and dry seasons, respectively in the Semi-desert region. Thus, the evidenced trends may be having influence on the availability of surface water, groundwater levels and aquifers recharge in the near future. So, it is imperative to adjust inhabitants’ activities according to design planned climate change adaptation strategies. |
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