Variation features of precipitation and air temperature in lower reaches of Kaidu River Basin of Xinjiang during recent 50 years
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DOI:10.7606/j.issn.1000-7601.2013.03.41
Key Words: precipitation  air temperature  change characteristics  the lower reaches of Kaidu River Basin
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LI Xinguo School of Geographic Sciences and Tourism, Xinjiang Normal Uniuersity, Urumqi, Xinjiang 830054, China
Xinjiang laboratory of lake environment and resources in arid zone, Urumqi, Xinjiang 830054, China 
Asiyemu TUERDI School of Geographic Sciences and Tourism, Xinjiang Normal Uniuersity, Urumqi, Xinjiang 830054, China
Xinjiang laboratory of lake environment and resources in arid zone, Urumqi, Xinjiang 830054, China 
LIU Bin School of life Sciences, Xinjiang Normal University, Urumqi, Xinjiang 830054, China 
Hamid YIMIT School of Geographic Sciences and Tourism, Xinjiang Normal Uniuersity, Urumqi, Xinjiang 830054, China
Xinjiang laboratory of lake environment and resources in arid zone, Urumqi, Xinjiang 830054, China 
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Abstract:
      Through the data of air temperature and precipitation from 1960 to 2009 at the three stations of Yanqi, Hejing, and Heshuo County, and using methods of linear fitting and Mann-Kendall test, seasonal and annual changes of air temperature and precipitation in lower reaches of Kaidu River Basin were characterized in this study. The results indicated that:(1)Annual average temperature of these three counties showed an escalating trend. The linear fitting growth rates of these three counties are 0.366℃·10a-1,0.256℃·10a-1 and 0.033℃·10a-1. (2)Mean maximum tempera-ture and the mean minimum temperature of Yanqi and Hejing County showed an ascending trend, while monthly mean minimum temperature in Heshuo county showed a decreasing trend. As for as seasonal and annual temperature alterna-tions are concemned, seasonal temperature of all these three counties showed an increasing trend. Temperature increase in winter is significant. The inter-annual alternation extent of fall average temperature is at same range of inter-annual alter-nation of annual average temperature. (3)Annual precipitation anomalies of three counties appeared down-up-down trend. (4)Lapse rate was abnormal in three counties, and precipitation rate was abnormal in Yanqi county. Abrupt at-mospheric temperature change occurred frequently and all of them ocurred in the 1990s.