TREND ANALYSIS USING MANN-KENDALL AND SEN’S SLOPE ESTIMATOR TEST FOR ANNUAL AND MONTHLY RAINFALL FOR SINJAR DISTRICT, IRAQ

  • FAWAZ KH. ASWAD
  • ALI A. YOUSIF
  • SAYRAN A. IBRAHIM
Keywords: Rainfall; Mann- Kendall (MK); Estimator of Sen’s slope; Trend Analysis; Linear Regression.

Abstract

The time series rainfall data of 70 years (1940 – 2010) of Sinjar District used to identify the trend and
slope magnitude of this series. To analyze the trend, the non-parametric test (Mann-Kendall test) and
Sen’s slope estimator were used. For developing a functional relationship between variables, a linear trend
of rainfall data for the studied area evaluated using the linear regression. The annual trend analysis
showed decreasing trend because the value of Mann- Kendall’s tau and the magnitude of Sen’s slope
estimator were both negative and was found to be - 0.06501 and -0.7283, respectively. Also for the slope of
the linear regression was negative and equal to −0.916 mm/year, which represents the rate of decreasing in
trend for yearly annual rainfall. In addition, the results showed that the trend analysis of monthly rainfall
has a varied trend of rainfall in the rainy months. Finally, the results showed a positive trend (increasing)
for the months of October and April and negative trend (decreasing) for the other months.

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Author Biographies

FAWAZ KH. ASWAD
Dept. of Water rec our s es Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Duhok, Kurdistan Region - Iraq
ALI A. YOUSIF
Dept. of Water rec our s es Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Duhok, Kurdistan Region - Iraq
SAYRAN A. IBRAHIM
Dept. of Water rec our s es Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Duhok, Kurdistan Region - Iraq

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Published
2021-01-06
How to Cite
ASWAD, F. K., YOUSIF, A. A., & IBRAHIM, S. A. (2021). TREND ANALYSIS USING MANN-KENDALL AND SEN’S SLOPE ESTIMATOR TEST FOR ANNUAL AND MONTHLY RAINFALL FOR SINJAR DISTRICT, IRAQ. Journal of Duhok University, 23(2), 501-508. https://doi.org/10.26682/csjuod.2020.23.2.41