Assessment of Precipitation Trends in the Sertão Paraibano Mesoregion

Assessment of Precipitation Trends in the Sertão Paraibano Mesoregion

Abstract The state of Paraíba, located in the northeastern region of Brazil, comprises 223 municipalities and covers an area of 56,469 km2. Paraíba is divided into four major mesoregions: Zona da Mata, Agreste, Borborema and Sertão Paraibano. For this study, the Sertão Paraibano mesoregion, a semiar...

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Main Authors: Susane Eterna Leite Medeiros, Raphael Abrahão, Iker García-Garizábal, Idmon Melo B.M. Peixoto, Louise Pereira da Silva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Meteorologia
Series:Revista Brasileira de Meteorologia
Subjects:
precipitation
climate change
trend analysis
Mann-Kendall test
semiarid
Brazil
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