Changes in the variability and periodicity of precipitation in Scotland

• Main Authors: Afzal, Muhammad, Gagnon, Alexandre S., Mansell, Martin G.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Verlag 2014
• Subjects: Environmental sciences; Climate & climate change; Kendall; North Atlantic; North Atlantic oscillation
• Online Access: http://clok.uclan.ac.uk/33892/; http://clok.uclan.ac.uk/33892/1/33892%20TAC%20Afzal%20et%20al%20Authors%20copy.pdf; https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00704-014-1094-2

This paper analyses the temporal and spatial changes in the amount and variability of rainfall in Scotland. The sequential Mann–Kendall test reveals that total annual precipitation has increased across Scotland since the 1970s with increasing trends in variability beginning between the mid-1960s and...