Analysis of Changes in Precipitation and Drought in Aksu River Basin, Northwest China

Table 3

Statistical parameters of monthly precipitation time series at 9 synoptic stations during the period 1960–2010.

Station name	Min (mm)	Max (mm)	Mean (mm)	Standard deviation (mm)	CV (%)	Skewness	Kurtosis
Aksu	0	92.2	6.162	10.148	164.672	3.343	16.699
Aheqi	0	145.2	17.920	23.597	131.676	1.983	4.520
Alar	0	50.9	4.076	7.546	185.139	2.737	8.473
Baicheng	0	76.8	9.920	12.367	124.664	2.115	5.874
Keping	0	81.2	8.029	13.348	166.253	2.553	7.537
Kuche	0	65.3	5.818	8.832	151.812	2.499	7.620
Turgat	0	122.1	20.554	21.380	104.015	1.615	2.682
Wuqia	0	121.6	15.009	18.471	123.071	1.878	4.080
Kashi	0	78.5	5.615	9.561	170.283	3.099	12.861

Note: cv-coefficient of variation.