Research Article

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

Table 3

Trend slopes (°C/decade) of mean temperature and extreme temperature indices in the five subregions during the different stages.

StageS1S2S3S

IndexIIIIIIIVVIIIIIIIVVIIIIIIIVVIIIIIIIVVUnits

0.000.08−0.02−0.02−0.080.740.920.770.680.85−0.090.08−0.22−0.18−0.290.310.410.360.300.37°C/decade
−0.01−0.180.050.03−0.110.850.820.730.560.910.360.51−0.04−0.58−0.270.360.380.400.340.41°C/decade
−0.09−0.35−0.42−0.200.040.610.490.380.08−0.01−0.40−0.12−0.36−0.09−0.750.190.310.250.220.31°C/decade
−0.100.03−0.160.150.130.640.710.620.560.750.430.330.280.190.080.240.400.290.290.38°C/decade
0.541.170.770.420.251.071.371.341.281.50−1.13−0.94−1.09−1.12−1.210.450.460.500.410.37°C/decade
0.11−0.12−0.07−0.110.080.530.580.450.340.49−0.040.02−0.15−0.28−0.460.230.340.270.260.35°C/decade
TN10p−0.93−1.62−0.23−1.55−2.07−3.32−3.04−4.72−2.65−2.64−0.20−0.640.39−1.04−0.53−1.72−2.30−2.30−2.14−2.28days/decade
TX10p1.101.131.741.291.52−2.38−2.59−2.20−1.80−1.95−1.33−1.20−0.71−0.070.09−0.97−0.86−1.13−0.82−0.81days/decade
CSDI0.74−2.640.29−0.35−0.92−0.45−0.66−0.89−0.83−0.92−0.61−0.530.18−2.54−1.14−0.72−1.38−0.54−0.81−1.04days/decade
TNn−0.070.980.090.050.191.031.261.782.102.050.810.900.520.17−0.200.250.550.600.490.49°C/decade
TN90p−0.330.20−0.580.110.483.964.013.342.963.091.171.96−1.31−1.18−0.481.602.071.801.631.70days/decade
TX90p−0.55−1.44−1.44−1.07−0.713.293.692.691.982.03−0.560.45−3.16−1.53−2.131.311.071.170.871.13days/decade
WSDI0.58−1.57−0.32−0.28−0.465.423.294.310.572.451.202.164.31−2.76−2.921.341.001.400.570.88days/decade
TXx0.33−0.03−0.78−0.420.110.541.020.33−0.160.22−1.22−0.13−1.08−1.12−0.540.110.230.230.050.24°C/decade
DTR−0.31−0.60−0.33−0.54−0.58−0.04−0.06−0.18−0.10−0.21−0.09−0.01−0.07−0.29−0.14−0.09−0.23−0.17−0.20−0.21°C/decade
GSL−4.265.923.561.113.903.395.173.035.647.950.143.52−0.840.353.232.923.423.403.083.28days/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.