Trend analysis and detection of precipitation fluctuations in arid and semi-arid regions

Alexandersson, H., 1986. A homogeneity test applied to
     precipitation data. Journal of Climatology, 6; 661–
     675.

Buffoni, L., M. Maugeri, T. Nanni, 1999. Precipitation
     in Italy from 1833 to 1996. Theoretical and Applied
     Climatology, 63; 33–40.

Buishand, T. A., 1982. Some methods for testing the
     homogeneity of rainfall records. Journal of
     Hydrology, 58; 11–27.

Choubin, B., A. Malekian, H. Gharechaei, 2013.
     Investigating the trend of changes temporal in the
     water table of groundwater in an arid ecosystem (case
     study: Aspas), Journal of Desert Ecosystems, 1; 39-
     50.

Choubin, B., A. Malekian, M. Golshan, 2016a.
     Application of several data-driven techniques to
     predict a standardized precipitation index. Atmósfera.
     29(2); 121–128.

Choubin, B., A. Malekian, S.S. Samadi, S. Khalighi‐
     Sigaroodi, F. Sajedi‐Hosseini, 2017. An ensemble
     forecast of semi‐arid rainfall using large‐scale
     climate predictors. Meteorological Applications,
     DOI: 10.1002/met.1635.

Choubin, B., S. Khalighi-Sigaroodi, A. Malekian, Ö.
     Kişi, 2016b. Multiple linear regression, multi-layer
     perceptron network and adaptive neuro-fuzzy
     inference system for forecasting precipitation based
     on large-scale climate signals. Hydrological Sciences
     Journal, 61; 1001–1009.

Choubin, B., S. Khalighi-Sigaroodi, A. Malekian, S.
     Ahmad, P. Attarod, 2014. Drought forecasting in a
     semi-arid watershed using climate signals: a neuro-
     fuzzy modeling approach. Journal of Mountain
     Science, 11; 1593–1605.

Gocic, M., S. Trajkovic, 2013. Analysis of changes in
     meteorological variables using Mann-Kendall and
    Sen’s slope estimator statistical tests in Serbia. Global
     and Planetary Change, 100; 172-182.

Hejam, S., Y. Khoshkhu, R. Shamsodin-vandi, 2008.
     Analyzing the trend of annual and seasonal rainfall
     changes in selected stations at enteral basin of Iran
     use non-parametric methods, Journal of Geographical
     Researches, 64; 157-168.

Karabork, M. C., E. Kahya, A. U. Komuscu, 2007.
     Analysis of Turkish precipitation data: homogeneity
     and the Southern Oscillation forcings on frequency
     distributions. Hydrological Processes, 21; 3203–
     3210.

Kaveiani, M., H. Asakere, 1993. Statistical analysis of
     trend long-term annual rainfall, third Conference on
     Climate Change, Isfahan.

Kendall, M. G., 1975. Rank Correlation Methods. 4th ed.
     Charles Griffin: London.

Kulkarni, A., H. Von Storch, 1995. Monte
     Carloexperiments on the effect of serial correlation
     on the Mann- Kendall test of trend, Journal of 
     Meteorologische Zeitschrift, 4; 82–85.

Lima, M.I.P., S.C.P. Carvalho, J.L.M.P. de Lima,
     M.F.E.S. Coelho, 2011. Trends in precipitation:
     analysis of long annual and monthly time series from
     mainland Portugal. Advances Geoscience, 25; 155–
     160.

Liu, Q., Z. Yang, B. Cui, 2008. Spatial and temporal
     variability of annual precipitation during 1961–2006
     in Yellow River Basin. China. Journal of Hydrology,
     361; 330–338.

Mann, H.B., 1945. Nonparametric tests against trend.
     Econometrica, 13; 245–259.

Maroufi, S., H. Tabari, 2011. Detection trend changes in
     river flow Maroon using parametric and non-
     parametric methods, Journal of geographical
     researches, 101; 125-146.

Masih, I., S. Uhlenbrook, S. Maskey, V. Smakhtin,
     2011. Stream flow trends and climate linkages in the
     Zagros Mountains, Iran. Climatic Change, 104; 317–
     338.

Modarres, R., V. Silva, 2007.Rainfall trends in arid and
     semi-arid regions of Iran. Journal of Arid
     Environments, 70; 344-355.

Moghaddamneia, A., M. Rostami Kamrood, F.
     Farsadneia, 2012. Analyzing precipitation trend in
     Mazandaran Province using regional Mann-Kendall
     test, Journal of Iran Water Resources, 8; 60-70.

Nasri, M., R. Modarres, 2007. Regional analyzing of
     drought based on two-drought index in Ardestan,
     Journal of Development on Natural Resources, 76;
     167-176.

Partal, T., E. Kahya, 2011. Trend analysis in Turkish
     precipitation data. Hydrological Processes, 20; 2011-
     2026.

Pettitt, A.N., 1979. A non-parametric approach to the
     change-point detection. Appl. Stat, 28; 126–135.

Sen, P., 1968. Estimates of the regression coefficient
     based on Kendall’s tau. Journal of American
     Statistical Association, 63; 1379–1389.

     Sigaroodi, S.K., Q. Chen, S. Ebrahimi, A. Nazari, B. 

     Choobin, 2014. Long-term precipitation forecast for
     drought relief using atmospheric circulation factors: a
     study on the Maharloo Basin in Iran. Hydrology and
     Earth System Sciences, 18; 1995–2006.

Tabari, H., B. Shifteh Somee, M. Rezaian Zadeh, 2011.
     Testing for long-term trends in climatic variables in
     Iran. Atmospheric Research, 100; 132–140.

Tabari, H., P. Hosseinzadeh Talaee, 2011. Temporal
     variability of precipitation over Iran: 1966–2005.
     Journal of Hydrology, 396; 313–320.

Tabari, H., S. Marofi, 2011. Changes of pan evaporation
     in the west of Iran. Water Resources Management,
     25; 97-111.

Turke, S.M., 1999. Vulnerability of Turkey to
     desertification with respect to precipitation and aridity
     conditions. Turkish Journal of the Engineering and
     Environmental Sciences, 23; 363–380.

Von Neumann, J., 1941. Distribution of the ratio of the
     mean square successive difference to the variance.
     Annals of Mathematical Statistics, 13; 367–395.

Wijngaard, J., A.T. Klein, G. Konnen, 2003.
     Homogeneity of 20th century European daily
     temperature and precipitation series. International
     Journal of Climatology, 23; 679–692.

Yue, S., P. Pilon, B. Phinney, C. Cavadias, 2002. The
     influence of autocorrelation on the ability to detect
     trend in hydrological series. Hydrology Process,
     16; 1807–1829.