Temporal Variability of Annual Rainfall in the Macta and Tafna Catchments, Northwestern Algeria

Water Resources Management

Volumn 24, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 3817-3833

  Meddi, Mohamed M ^a   Assani, Ali Arkamose ^b   Meddi, Hind ^a  

^a National School of Hydraulic Engineering of Blida   (Algeria)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À TROIS RIVIÈRES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Algeria; Annual rainfall; Climate indices; Drought; Linear regression; Macta and Tafna catchments; Pettitt test

Indexed keywords

ALGERIA; ANNUAL RAINFALL; CLIMATE INDEX; MACTA AND TAFNA CATCHMENTS; PETTITT TEST;

CATCHMENTS; DROUGHT; LINEAR REGRESSION; RUNOFF;

RAIN;

CANONICAL ANALYSIS; CORRELATION; DROUGHT; LINEARITY; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINFALL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ALGERIA;

EID: 77957706637     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-010-9635-7     Document Type: Article

References (54)

1. Afifi AA, Clark V (1996) Computer-aided multivariate analysis, 3rd edn. Chapman and Hall, New York.
2. Bonaccorso B, Bordi I, Cancielleri A, Rossi G, Sutera A (2003) Spatial variability of drought: an analysis of the SPI in Sicily. Water Resour Manag 17: 273-296.
3. Brunetti M, Colacino M, Mauger M, Nanni T (2001) Trends in the daily intensity of precipitations in Italy from 1951 to 1996. Int J Climatol 21: 299-316.
4. Chbouki N, Stokton CW, Myers DE (1995) Spatio-temporal patterns of drought in Morocco. Int J Climatol 15: 187-205.
5. Ellouze M, Abiba H (2008) Regional flood frequency analysis in Tunisia: identification of regional distributions. Water Resour Manag 22: 943-957.
6. Esteban-Parra MJ, Rodrigo FS, Castro-Diez Y (1998) Spatial and temporal patterns of precipitation in Spain for the period 1880-1992. Int J Climatol 18: 1557-1574.
7. Goodess CM, Jones PD (2002) Links between circulation and changes in the characteristics of Iberian rainfall. Int J Climatol 22: 1593-1615.
8. Geb M (2000) Factors favouring precipitation in the North Africa: seen from the viewpoint of present-day climatology. Global Plan 26: 85-96.
9. Hamed KH, Rao AR (1998) A modified Mann-Kendall trend test for autocorrelated data. J Hydrol 204: 182-196.
10. Hasanean HM (2004) Variability of the North Atlantic subtropical high and associations with tropical sea-surface temperature. Int J climatol 24: 945-957.
11. Hurell JW, van Loon H (1997) Decadal variations in climate associated with the North Atlantic oscillations. Clim Change 36: 301-326.
12. Iglesias A, Garrote L, Flores F, Moneo M (2007) Challenges to manage the risk of water scarcity and climate change in the Mediterranean. Water Resour Manag 21: 775-788.
13. Ivanov MA, Evtimov SN (2009) 1963: the break point of the Northern Hemisphere temperature trend during the twentieth century. Int J Climatol. doi: 10. 1002/joc. 2002.
14. Karabök MÇ, Kahya E, Karaca M (2005) The influence of the Southern and North Atlantic Oscillations on climatic surface variables in Turkey. Hydrol Process 19: 1185-1211.
15. Khaliq MN, Ouarda TBMJ, Gachon P (2009) Identification of temporal trends in annual and seasonal low flows occurring in Canadian rivers: the effects of short- and long-term persistence. J Hydrol 369: 183-197.
16. Kiladis GN, Diaz HF (1989) Global climatic anomalies associated with extremes in the Southern Oscillation. J Climate 2: 1069-1090.
17. Kein-Tank AMG, Können GP, Selten FM (2005) Signals of anthropogenic influence on European warming as seen in the trend patterns of daily temperature variance. Int J Climatol 25: 1-16.
18. Knippertz P, Christoph M, Speth P (2003a) Long-term precipitation variability in Morocco and the link to the large-scale circulation in recent and future climates. Meteorol Atmos Phys 83: 67-88.
19. Knippertz P, Ulbrich U, Marques F, Corte-Real J (2003b) Decadal changes in the link between El Niño and springtime North Atlantic Oscillation and European-North African rainfall. Int J Climatol 23: 1293-1311.
20. Kundzewicz ZW, Graczyk D, Maureer T, Pinskwar I, Radziejewski M, Svensson C, Szwed M (2005) Trend detection in river flow series: 1. Annual maximum flow. Hydrol Sci J 50: 797-810.
21. Laborde JP (1993) Cartes pluviométriques de l'Algérie du Nord à l'échelle du 1/500 000, notice explicative. Agence Nationale des Ressources Hydrauliques, projet PNUD/ALG/88/021, 1993.
22. Lana X, Martinez MD, Serra C, Burgueno A (2004) Spatial temporal variability of the daily rainfall regime in Catalonia (Northeastern Spain), 1950-2000. Int J Climatol 24: 613-641.
23. Lloyd-Hughes B, Saunders MA (2002) Seasonal prediction of European spring precipitation from El Niño-Southern Oscillation and local sea surfaces temperatures. Int J Climatol 22: 1-14.
24. Longobardi A, Villani P (2001) Trend analysis of annual and seasonal rainfall time series in the Mediterranean area. Int J Climatol. doi: 10. 1002/joc. 2001.
25. López-Moreno JI, Vecente-Serrano SM, Angulo-Martinez M, Beguería S, Kenawy A (2009) Trends in daily precipitation on the northeastern Iberian Peninsula, 1955-2006. Int J Climatol. doi: 10. 1002/joc. 1945.
26. Mariotti A, Zeng N, Lau K-M (2002) Euro-Mediterranean rainfall and Enso-a seasonally varying relationship. Geophys Res Lett 29: 59-4.
27. Marshall J, Kushnir Y, Battisti D, Chang O, Czaja A, Dikson R, Hurrel J, McCartney M, Saravanan M, Visbeck M (2001) North Atlantic climatic variability: phenomena, impacts and mechanisms. Int J Climatol 22: 1-14.
28. Martin-Vide J (2004) Spatial distribution of daily precipitation concentration index in peninsular Spain. Int J Climatol 24: 959-971.
29. McCabe GJ, Palecki MA, Betancourt JL (2004) Pacific and Atlantic Ocean influences on multidecadal drought frequency in the United States. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 101: 4136-4141.
30. Mizyed N (2009) Impacts of climate change on water resources availability and agricultural water demand in the West Bank. Water Resour Manag 23: 2015-2029.
31. Monkam D (2003) The 6-9 day wave and rainfall modulation in northern Africa during summer 1981. J Geophys Res D: Atmospheres 108: ACL5-1-ACL5-12.
32. Mourato S, Moreira M, Corte-Real J (2009) Interannual variability of precipitation distribution patterns in Southern Portugal. Int J Climatol. doi: 10. 1002/joc. 2021.
33. New M, Todd M, Hulme M, Jones P (2001) Precipitation measurements and tends in the twentieth century. Int J Climatol 21: 1899-1922.
34. Ouarda TBMJ, Girard C, Cavadias GS, Bobée B (2001) Regional flood frequency estimation with canonical correlation analysis. J Hydrol 254: 157-173.
35. Pettitt AN (1979) A non-parametric approach to the change-point problem. Appl Stat 28: 126-135.
36. Pillai PA, Mohankumar K (2010) Effect of late 1970's climate shift on tropospheric biennial oscillation-role of local Indian Ocean processes on Asian summer monsoon. Int J Climatol 30: 509-521. doi: 10. 1002/joc. 1903.
37. Rodigro FS, Trigo RM (2007) Trends in daily rainfall the Iberian Peninsula from 1951 to 2002. Int J Climatol 27: 513-529.
38. Rodo X, Baert E, Comin FA (1997) Variations in seasonal rainfall in Southern Europe during the present century: relationships with the North Atlantic Oscillation and the El Niño-Southern Oscillation. Clim Dyn 13: 275-284.
39. Rodriguez R, LLasat M-C, Wheeler D (1999) Analysis of the Barcelona precipitation series 1850-1991. Int J Climatol 19: 787-801.
40. Rodriguez-Puebla C, Nieto S (2009) Trends of precipitation over the Iberian Peninsula and the North Atlantic Oscillations under climate change conditions. Inter J Climatol. doi: 10. 1002/joc. 2035.
41. Rodriguez-Puebla C, Encina AH, Nieto S, Garmendia J (1998) Spatial and temporal patterns of precipitation variability over the Iberian Peninsula. Int J Climatol 18: 299-316.
42. Romero R, Sumner G, Ramis C, Genovés A (1999) A classification of the atmospheric circulation patterns producing significant daily rainfall in the Spanish Mediterranean area. Int J Climatol 19: 765-785.
43. Shaban A (2009) indicators and aspects of hydrological drought in Lebanon. Water Resour Manag 23: 1875-1891.
44. Sumner G, Homar V, Ramis C (2001) Precipitation seasonality in Eastern and Southern coastal Spain. Int J Climatol 21: 219-247.
45. Trenberth KE, Hurrell JW (1994) Decadal atmosphere-ocean variations in the Pacific. Clim Dyn 9: 303-319.
46. Trigo RM, DaCamara CC (2000) Circulation weather types and their influence on the precipitation regime in Portugal. Int J Climatol 20: 1559-1581.
47. Trigo RM, Osborn TJ, Corte-Real JM (2002) The North Atlantic Oscillation influence on Europe Climate impacts and associated physical mechanisms. Clim Res 20: 9-17.
48. Trigo RM, Pozo-Vasquez D, Osborn TJ, Castro-Diez Y, Gamiz-Fortis S, Esteban-Parra J (2004) North Atlantic Oscillation influence on precipitation, river flow and water resources in the Iberian Peninsula. Int J Climatol 24: 925-944.
49. Tsakiris G, Pangalou D, Vangelis H (2007) Regional drought assessment based on the reconnaissance Drought Index (RDI). Water Resour Manag 21: 821-833.
50. Valero F, Luma MY, Martin ML, Morata A (2004) Coupled modes of large-scale climatic variables and regional precipitation in the western Mediterranean in autumn. Clim Dyn 22: 307-323.
51. Vanitsem S, Demarée G (1991) Détection et modélisation des sécheresses au Sahel. Hydrol Continent 6: 155-171.
52. van Oldenborgh GJ, Burgers G, Tank AK (2000) On the El Niño teleconnection to spring precipitation in Europe. Int J Climatol 20: 565-574.
53. Vicente-Serrano SM (2005) El Niño and La Niña influence on droughts at different timescales in the Iberian Peninsula. Water Resour Res 41: W12415. 1-W12415. 18. doi: 1029/2004WR003908.
54. Wang L, Chen W, Zhou W, Chan JCL, Barriopedro D, Huang R (2010) Effect of the climate shift around mid 1970s on the relationship between wintertime Ural blocking circulation and East Asian climate. Int J Climatol 30: 153-158. doi: 10. 1002/joc. 1876.