145
Comtois P (2000) The gamma distribution as the true aerobiological probability density function.
Aerobiologia 16(2):171–176
Dinpashoh Y, Mirabbasi R, Jhajharia D, Abianeh HZ, Mostafaeipour AJ (2013) Effect of shortterm and long-term persistence on identification of temporal trends. J Hydrol Eng 19(3):
617–625
Ffolliott PF (2012) Sustainable use of natural resources of dryland regions in controlling of environmental degradation and desertification. In: Sustainable natural resources management.
InTech, London
Fuka DR, Walter MT, MacAlister C, Degaetano AT, Steenhuis TS, Easton ZM (2014) Using the
climate forecast system reanalysis as weather input data for watershed models. Hydrol Process
28(22):5613–5623
Gallego M, Trigo R, Vaquero J, Brunet M, García J, Sigró J, Valente MJ (2011) Trends in frequency
indices of daily precipitation over the Iberian Peninsula during the last century. J Geophys Res
Atmos 116(D2):7280
Gao Y, Liu MJH, Discussions ESS (2012) Evaluation of high-resolution satellite precipitation
products using rain gauge observations over the Tibetan Plateau. Hydrol Earth Syst Sci 9(8):23
Ghosh S, Mujumdar P (2007) Nonparametric methods for modeling GCM and scenario uncertainty in drought assessment. Water Resour Res 43(7):W07405
Greenwood JA, Landwehr JM, Matalas NC, Wallis JR (1979) Probability weighted moments: definition and relation to parameters of several distributions expressable in inverse form. Water
Resour Res 15(5):1049–1054
Hamed KH, Rao ARJ (1998) A modified Mann-Kendall trend test for autocorrelated data. J Hydrol
204(1–4):182–196
Hare FJ (1983) Climate and desertification. A revised analysis. World Meteorological Organization,
WCP-44. World Climate Program, Geneva
Higgins RW, Chen Y, Douglas AV (1999) Interannual variability of the North American warm
season precipitation regime. J Clim 12(3):653–680
Jolliffe IT, Cadima J (2016) Principal component analysis: a review and recent developments.
Philos Trans A Math Phys Eng Sci 374(2065):20150202
Khaliq MN, Ouarda TB, Gachon P, Sushama L, St-Hilaire A (2009) Identification of hydrological
trends in the presence of serial and cross correlations: a review of selected methods and their
application to annual flow regimes of Canadian rivers. J Hydrol 368(1–4):117–130
Kiros G, Shetty A, Nandagiri L (2017) Extreme rainfall signatures under changing climate in semiarid northern highlands of Ethiopia. Cogent Geosci 3(1):1353719
Kistler R, Kalnay E, Collins W, Saha S, White G, Woollen J, Chelliah M, Ebisuzaki W, Kanamitsu
M, Kousky V, Van den Dool H, Jenne R, Fiorino M (2001) The NCEP–NCAR 50-year reanalysis: monthly means CD-ROM and documentation. Bull Am Meteorol Soc 82(2):247–268
Kobayashi S, Ota Y, Harada Y, Ebita A, Moriya M, Onoda H, Onogi K, Kamahori H, Kobayashi
C, Endo H (2015) The JRA-55 reanalysis: general specifications and basic characteristics.
J Meteorol Soc Jpn 93(1):5–48
Magaña VO, Vázquez JL, Pérez JL, JBJGi P (2003) Impact of El Niño on precipitation in Mexico.
Geofis Int 42(3):313–330
McKee TB, Doesken NJ, Kleist J (1993) The relationship of drought frequency and duration to
time scales. In: Preprints, eighth conference on applied climatology. American Meteorological
Society, Anaheim, pp 179–184
Mosiño Alemán PA, Garcia E (1981) The variability of rainfall in Mexico and its determination by
means of the gamma distribution. Geogr Ann Ser B 63(1–2):1–10
Návar J (2014) Spatial and temporal hydro-climatic variability in Durango, Mexico. Tecnol Cienc
Agua 1:103–123
O’Donnell R, Lewis N, McIntyre S, Condon JJJC (2011) Improved methods for PCA-based reconstructions: case study using the Steig et al. (2009) Antarctic temperature reconstruction. J Clim
24(8):2099–2115
Pandey N (2005) Societal adaptation to abrupt climate change and monsoon variability: implications for sustainable livelihoods of rural communities. Winrock International–India, New Delhi
8 Spatial and Temporal Analysis of Precipitation and Drought Trends Using…
Comtois P (2000) The gamma distribution as the true aerobiological probability density function.
Aerobiologia 16(2):171–176
Dinpashoh Y, Mirabbasi R, Jhajharia D, Abianeh HZ, Mostafaeipour AJ (2013) Effect of shortterm and long-term persistence on identification of temporal trends. J Hydrol Eng 19(3):
617–625
Ffolliott PF (2012) Sustainable use of natural resources of dryland regions in controlling of environmental degradation and desertification. In: Sustainable natural resources management.
InTech, London
Fuka DR, Walter MT, MacAlister C, Degaetano AT, Steenhuis TS, Easton ZM (2014) Using the
climate forecast system reanalysis as weather input data for watershed models. Hydrol Process
28(22):5613–5623
Gallego M, Trigo R, Vaquero J, Brunet M, García J, Sigró J, Valente MJ (2011) Trends in frequency
indices of daily precipitation over the Iberian Peninsula during the last century. J Geophys Res
Atmos 116(D2):7280
Gao Y, Liu MJH, Discussions ESS (2012) Evaluation of high-resolution satellite precipitation
products using rain gauge observations over the Tibetan Plateau. Hydrol Earth Syst Sci 9(8):23
Ghosh S, Mujumdar P (2007) Nonparametric methods for modeling GCM and scenario uncertainty in drought assessment. Water Resour Res 43(7):W07405
Greenwood JA, Landwehr JM, Matalas NC, Wallis JR (1979) Probability weighted moments: definition and relation to parameters of several distributions expressable in inverse form. Water
Resour Res 15(5):1049–1054
Hamed KH, Rao ARJ (1998) A modified Mann-Kendall trend test for autocorrelated data. J Hydrol
204(1–4):182–196
Hare FJ (1983) Climate and desertification. A revised analysis. World Meteorological Organization,
WCP-44. World Climate Program, Geneva
Higgins RW, Chen Y, Douglas AV (1999) Interannual variability of the North American warm
season precipitation regime. J Clim 12(3):653–680
Jolliffe IT, Cadima J (2016) Principal component analysis: a review and recent developments.
Philos Trans A Math Phys Eng Sci 374(2065):20150202
Khaliq MN, Ouarda TB, Gachon P, Sushama L, St-Hilaire A (2009) Identification of hydrological
trends in the presence of serial and cross correlations: a review of selected methods and their
application to annual flow regimes of Canadian rivers. J Hydrol 368(1–4):117–130
Kiros G, Shetty A, Nandagiri L (2017) Extreme rainfall signatures under changing climate in semiarid northern highlands of Ethiopia. Cogent Geosci 3(1):1353719
Kistler R, Kalnay E, Collins W, Saha S, White G, Woollen J, Chelliah M, Ebisuzaki W, Kanamitsu
M, Kousky V, Van den Dool H, Jenne R, Fiorino M (2001) The NCEP–NCAR 50-year reanalysis: monthly means CD-ROM and documentation. Bull Am Meteorol Soc 82(2):247–268
Kobayashi S, Ota Y, Harada Y, Ebita A, Moriya M, Onoda H, Onogi K, Kamahori H, Kobayashi
C, Endo H (2015) The JRA-55 reanalysis: general specifications and basic characteristics.
J Meteorol Soc Jpn 93(1):5–48
Magaña VO, Vázquez JL, Pérez JL, JBJGi P (2003) Impact of El Niño on precipitation in Mexico.
Geofis Int 42(3):313–330
McKee TB, Doesken NJ, Kleist J (1993) The relationship of drought frequency and duration to
time scales. In: Preprints, eighth conference on applied climatology. American Meteorological
Society, Anaheim, pp 179–184
Mosiño Alemán PA, Garcia E (1981) The variability of rainfall in Mexico and its determination by
means of the gamma distribution. Geogr Ann Ser B 63(1–2):1–10
Návar J (2014) Spatial and temporal hydro-climatic variability in Durango, Mexico. Tecnol Cienc
Agua 1:103–123
O’Donnell R, Lewis N, McIntyre S, Condon JJJC (2011) Improved methods for PCA-based reconstructions: case study using the Steig et al. (2009) Antarctic temperature reconstruction. J Clim
24(8):2099–2115
Pandey N (2005) Societal adaptation to abrupt climate change and monsoon variability: implications for sustainable livelihoods of rural communities. Winrock International–India, New Delhi
8 Spatial and Temporal Analysis of Precipitation and Drought Trends Using…