Research Article
Climate Change Indicators and Spatiotemporal Shift in Monsoon Patterns in Pakistan
Table 3
Variability of monsoon rainfall from baseline (1980–2009).
| Time | Rainfall-TRMM (mm/day) | Rainfall-PMD (mm/day) | Total rainfall in monsoon-PMD (mm/season) | Absolute change from baseline (mm/season) | Relative change (%) | value |
| Baseline (1980–2009) | 3.30 | 3.44 | 448 | — | — | — | 2010 | 4.75 | 4.99 | 609 | 161 | 26.44 | 0.00 | 2011 | 3.62 | 3.55 | 433 | −15 | −3.46 | 0.31 | 2012 | 3.53 | 3.42 | 417 | −31 | −7.43 | 0.05 | 2013 | 4.76 | 4.53 | 553 | 105 | 18.99 | 0.00 | 2014 | 3.78 | 3.77 | 460 | 12 | 2.60 | 0.49 | 2015 | 3.69 | 4.02 | 491 | 43 | 8.75 | 0.01 | 2016 | 3.19 | 3.35 | 409 | −39 | −9.53 | 0.02 | 2017 | 3.03 | 3.25 | 397 | −51 | −11.38 | 0.002 |
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One sample t-test was employed to check the significance of the variability of each year. The significant values (<0.05) are highlighted.
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