Research Article
Climate Change Indicators and Spatiotemporal Shift in Monsoon Patterns in Pakistan
Table 2
Decadal changes in monsoon rainfall and seasonal mean temperature in northern monsoon belt of Pakistan during the time period of 1980–2017.
| | | Decade | Minimum value (year) | Maximum value (year) | Slope magnitude (per decade) |
| | Monsoon rainfall (mm) | 1980–1989 | 278.64 (1982) | 608.61 (1988) | 9.02 | | 1990–1999 | 401.88 (1998) | 611.73 (1997) | −0.98 | | 2000–2009 | 276.40 (2009) | 521.73 (2006) | −7.33 | | 2010–2017 | 397.00 (2017) | 609.16 (2010) | −17.58 |
| | Monsoon temperature (°C) | 1980–1989 | 25.94 (1985) | 26.84 (1989) | −0.01 | | 1990–1999 | 26.23 (1990) | 27.15 (1992) | 0.02 | | 2000–2009 | 26.00 (2008) | 27.01 (2005) | −0.004 | | 2010–2017 | 25.93 (2010) | 28.07 (2016) | 0.18 |
| | Postmonsoon rainfall (mm) | 1980–1989 | 18.09 (1988) | 119.21 (1986) | 0.31 | | 1990–1999 | 15.79 (1991) | 112.35 (1996) | 4.79 | | 2000–2009 | 16.57 (2007) | 115.88 (2004) | 0.83 | | 2010–2017 | 12.52 (2012) | 137.21 (2015) | 2.17 |
| | Postmonsoon temperature (°C) | 1980–1989 | 16.02 (1981) | 17.15 (1988) | 0.08 | | 1990–1999 | 16.24 (1997) | 18.41 (1998) | 0.07 | | 2000–2009 | 16.33 (2003) | 17.89 (2008) | −0.04 | | 2010–2017 | 16.48 (2012) | 19.59 (2016) | 0.19 |
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