Trend and Cycle Analysis of Annual and Seasonal Precipitation in Liaoning, China

Table 1

Number of meteorological stations with significant trends detected by the Mann-Kendall test for the annual and seasonal precipitation series over the period 1960–2006 in Liaoning, China.

Precipitation Trend	Significance	Annual	Spring	Summer	Autumn	Winter
Negative trend	Not significant	44	31	42	38	13
	Significant	3	0	3	3	0
	%	96	63	92	84	27
Positive trend	Not significant	2	18	4	8	35
	Significant	0	0	0	0	1
	%	4	37	8	16	73