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

Table 2

Analysis for significant trends using sequential Mann-Kendall rank statistic test.

Station names	Time scale	Abrupt behavior
		Beginning year	Trend
Changtu	Annual	1978	↓
Xifeng	Annual	1969	↓
Xiuyan	Annual	1967	↓
Dalian	Summer	1968	↓
Xiuyan	Summer	1967	↓
Zhuanghe	Summer	1968	↓
Benxixian	Autumn	1977	↓
Qingyuan	Autumn	1973	↓
Yingkou	Autumn	1974	↓
Yixian	Winter	1976	↑