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Table 1 Trends of annual rainfall and seasonal rainfall for the period 1984–2015 in pastoral, production systems of Mieso, Jigjiga, and Shinile districts of eastern Ethiopia

From: Rangeland water requirement satisfaction index under rainfall variability and predicting future rainfall scenarios: implication for availability of feed resources

 

Annual rainfall

Long rainy season rainfall

Short rainy season rainfall

Z MK (ns)

Slope

Z MK (ns)

Slope

Z MK

Slope

Mieso

0.01

+0.53

−0.24

−8.66

0.27

6.62

Jigjiga

0.12

+8.73

−0.11

−4.16

0.22

8.62

Shinile

−0.01

−0.32

0.09

1.16

0.17

3.19

  1. The mean seasonal and annual rainfall trend recorded during 1984–2015, increasing (+) or decreasing (−)
  2. Z MK is Mann-Kendall trend test, Slope (Sen’s slope) is the change (mm)/annual/seasonal; ns is non-significant trend at 0.05
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