Research Article

Temporal Trends and Spatial Patterns of Temperature and Its Extremes over the Beijing-Tianjin Sand Source Region (1960–2014), China

Table 2

Trend slopes for average temperature and extreme temperature indices in the BTSSR during the different stages.

IndexS1S2S3SIncreasing (%)Decreasing (%)Units

−0.010.77−0.140.345296.231.89%10.001.89°C/decade
−0.010.760.000.385298.110.00%10.001.89°C/decade
−0.240.35−0.320.245284.9113.21%10.001.89°C/decade
−0.030.640.290.305183.0213.21%23.770.00°C/decade
0.641.28−1.100.455379.2520.75%00.000.00°C/decade
−0.020.47−0.150.275294.343.77%11.890.00°C/decade
TN10p−0.98−3.40−0.35−2.1030.005.66%5081.1313.21days/decade
TX10p1.38−2.19−0.73−0.9600.000.00%5356.6043.40days/decade
CSDI−0.22−0.73−0.81−0.8040.007.55%4949.0643.40days/decade
TNn−0.171.610.500.474852.8337.74%51.897.55°C/decade
TN90p−0.173.49−0.121.745188.687.55%23.770.00days/decade
TX90p−1.062.77−1.371.135254.7243.40%10.000.00days/decade
WSDI−0.273.52−1.021.115379.2520.75%00.000.00days/decade
TXx−0.230.36−0.950.164818.8771.70%50.009.43°C/decade
DTR−0.43−0.11−0.12−0.171013.215.66%4366.0415.09°C/decade
GSL1.334.410.623.205279.2518.87%10.001.89days/decade

S1 is 1960–1978, S2 is 1979–2000, and S3 is 2000–2014; is 0.001 level of significance, is 0.01 level of significance, and is 0.05 level of significance; percentage of stations with a significant () trend (bold), and percentage of stations with an insignificant () trend (italics).