TITLE:
An Assessment of Trends of Monthly Contributions to Seasonal Rainfall in South-Eastern Zimbabwe
AUTHORS:
Brain Mapurisa, David Chikodzi
KEYWORDS:
Contribution to Seasonal Rainfall; Monthly Trends; Masvingo; South-Eastern Zimbabwe
JOURNAL NAME:
American Journal of Climate Change,
Vol.3 No.1,
March
11,
2014
ABSTRACT: Trends in
the proportional contribution to the seasonal rainfall of each month were analyzed
for the meteorological stations of Buffalo Range, Masvingo Airport and Zaka in South-Eastern
Zimbabwe. Results found indicate the existence of some trends for all the stations
and months. However, when subjected to a Mann-Kendel trend analysis, all the trends
were found to be statistically not significant for all instances except for the
month of October at the Zaka station. This month showed a significant trend of increasing
proportional rainfall.