Joint Modeling of Precipitation and Temperature Using Copula Theory for Current and Future Prediction under Climate Change Scenarios in Arid Lands (Case Study, Kerman Province, Iran)

Table 1

Statistical characteristics of monthly precipitation (1961–2005).

Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	June	July	Aug	Sept	Oct	Nov	Dec
Minimum	0.6	0.3	3.4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Maximum	97.5	108.4	73.1	98	65	7.8	11.3	7.4	6	23.9	31	94.2
Mean	29.10	28.43	31.17	17.91	9.24	0.68	0.51	0.54	0.37	1.69	4.67	19.83
Standard deviation	19.59	24.11	18.72	14.52	1.68	1.77	1.5	1.14	4.6	4.06	8.04	22.32