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Author: search.filters.author.Rathnayake, U. SSubject: search.filters.subject.Rainfall Trend Analysis

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    Comparison of statistical methods to graphical methods in rainfall trend analysis – case studies from tropical catchments
    (https://www.hindawi.com/journals/amete/2019/8603586/, 2019-09-02) Rathnayake, U. S
    Time series analyses for climatic factors are important in climate predictions. Rainfall is being one of the most important climatic factors in today’s concern for future predictions; thus, many researchers analyze the data series for identifying potential rainfall trends. The literature shows several methods in identifying rainfall trends. However, statistical trend analysis using Mann–Kendall equation and graphical trend analysis are the two widely used and simplest tests in trend analysis. Nevertheless, there are few studies in comparing various methods in the trend analysis to suggest the simplest methods in analyzing rainfall trends. Therefore, this paper presents a comparison analysis of statistical and graphical trend analysis techniques for two tropical catchments in Sri Lanka. Results reveal that, in general, both trend analysis techniques produce comparable results in identifying rainfall trends for different time steps including annual, seasonal, and monthly rainfalls.