Research Article

The Ripple Effect of Climate Change: Assessing the Impacts on Water Quality and Hydrology in Addis Ababa City (Akaki Catchment)

Table 4

Mann–Kendall and Sen’s slope estimator value for annual rainfall and maximum and minimum temperatures in the watershed from 1991 to 2014.

RainfallMaximum temperatureMinimum temperature
ObsBoleObsBoleObsBole

MK trend0.0220.1450.3700.420.5720.58
value0.9030.3380.0110.004<0.0001<0.0001
Sen’s slope0.44110.240.0250.0160.0580.044

With referring to significantly increasing or decreasing trends.