Research Article

Trends in Dryness Index Based on Potential Evapotranspiration and Precipitation over 1961–2099 in Xinjiang, China

Table 6

Trend detection results of , and in the whole region. Period 1: 1961–2010, period 2: 2015–2099, and b-Sen’s slope.

ItemDIWRDIWRDIWR

Period122122122
ScenarioA2B2A2B2A2B2
−0.003−0.003−0.0020.0030.0020−0.096−0.02−0.013
−5.72*−1.84−1.734.97*2.31*0.875−4.43*−6.20*−4.31*
()−1.93 (10)1.56 (12)−2.30* (6)−1.87 (15)−3.01* (2)

denotes significance at a confidence level of 95%.