Trend Analysis of Hydro-meteorological Variables using the Mann-Kendall Trend Test: Application to the Niger River and the Benue Sub-Basins in Nigeria

Trend Analysis of Hydro-meteorological Variables using the Mann-Kendall Trend Test: Application to the Niger River and the Benue Sub-Basins in Nigeria

This paper presents the outcome of the trend analysis of hydro-meteorological variables in the Niger River and the Benue sub-basins in Nigeria. A non-parametric Mann-Kendall trend test was used to analyse the trends exhibited by the variables. The results revealed that precipitation exhibits insigni...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Adebayo W. Salami, Abdulrasak A. Mohammed, Zainab H. Abdulmalik, Olayemi .K. Olanlokun
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universitas Indonesia 2014-07-01
Series:International Journal of Technology
Subjects:
Climate variables, Mann-Kendall, Niger River and Benue, Runoff, Trend detection
Online Access:http://ijtech.eng.ui.ac.id/article/view/1297

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