Assessment of Seasonal and Annual Rainfall Trends and Variability in Sharjah City, UAE

Figure 5

Mean annual precipitation and equivalent linear regression trend line and 10-year moving average line plotted for the different aggregated data sets: (a) 1934–1976, (b) 1977–2014, (c) 1934–1964, (d) 1960–1990, and (e) 1984–2014.

(a) 1934–1976: old Sharjah airport

(b) 1977–2014: new Sharjah airport

(c) 1934–1964 period

(d) 1960–1990 period

(e) 1984–2014 period