Research Article

Air Temperature Change in the Southern Tarim River Basin, China, 1964–2011

Table 2

The test results of change trends and abrupt changes of the three stations.

TemperatureTrend testAbrupt change points
Trend rate (°C/10a) valuesSignificance level

Kashi station
ST0.344.030.051999
T8500.151.79541997
T7000.0250.322007
T300−0.21−2.89750.051975

Ruoqiang station
ST0.274.8170.051990
T8500.182.75530.051997
T7000.071.24432005
T300−0.12−1.33321971

Hotan station
ST0.465.390.051997
T8500.372.71970.051998
T7000.101.31542004
T300−0.38−3.27080.051979