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Trend analysis of precipitation records using an innovative trend methodology in a semi-arid Mediterranean environment: Cheliff Watershed Case (Northern Algeria)

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The description and analysis of rainfall trends is necessary for effective planning, management, and exploitation of water resources. This study investigates the possible trend of precipitation of 28 stations in a semi-arid Mediterranean environment (Northern Algeria) for the period from 1959 to 2019 (60 years), using a recently proposed innovative partial trend methodology. The main advantage of this new method is that it provides qualitative interpretations of trends in the high, medium, and low precipitation ranges in terms of the structure of the time series’ internal trend. An accurate database has been established thanks to the homogeneity of the data quality leading to rather satisfactory results with a precision of the spatial and temporal tendencies, thus establishing maps of regional trends: “high precipitation,” “average precipitation,” and “low precipitation” for the whole study area.

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The authors sincerely thank the personnel of the Algerian State Meteorological Service in Algeria for the data observation, processing, and management. The authors would also like to thank the editor and one anonymous reviewer for their valuable suggestions and comments.

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  1. National Higher School for Hydraulic, ENSH, Blida, Algeria

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  2. School of Natural Sciences and Engineering, Ilia State University, Tbilisi, Georgia

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  3. Institute of Research and Development, Duy Tan University, Da Nang, 550000, Vietnam

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Samra Harkat and Ozgur Kisi conceptualized the work; Ozgur Kisi did the methodology. Samra Harkat did the data analysis and wrote the codes, calculations, and the original draft and document revision. Ozgur Kisi supervised the work, assisted in data processing and analysis, provided climate model projections and bias correction, and participated in writing-editing and editing. Samra Harkat supervised and presented the work to the International Association of Water Resources in the Southern Mediterranean Basin-Tunisia (Conference, March 2019).

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Harkat, S., Kisi, O. Trend analysis of precipitation records using an innovative trend methodology in a semi-arid Mediterranean environment: Cheliff Watershed Case (Northern Algeria). Theor Appl Climatol 144, 1001–1015 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00704-021-03520-4

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