Annual air temperature change characteristics in the Hamedan region of Iran

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 Assistant Professor, Department of Climatology, Sayyed Jamaleddin Asadabadi University, Asadabad, Hamadan, Iran

2 Department of Agriculture, Sayyed Jamaleddin Asadabadi University, Asadabad, Hamadan, Iran

3 Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, Lorestan University, Lorestan, Iran

4 Lecturer in faculty of engineering, Sayyed Jamaleddin Asadabadi University, Asadabad, Hamadan, Iran

Abstract

In this research air temperature characteristics of five meteorological stations located in the
Hamedan region of Iran were analyzed. The main objective was to identify and assess the
possible climate change of the region during the period 1980 to 2010. To this end, time
series of the mean annual temperature were investigated using Mann-Kendall and
Normalized Residual Mass Curve methods. The climatological stations were Hamedan,
Ekbatan Dam, Dargazin, Nojeh and Varayaneh. The results showed that the Mann-Kendall
and Normalized Residual Mass Curve tests were similar on detection of the trends. The
mean annual temperatures of stations with the exception of Varayaneh and Darghazin
showed significant rapid increasing trends. This study illustrates the identical results of the
two different tests on climate change identification and more importantly a significant
warming at the majority of stations in the region. These results provide useful information
for long term planning in water management of the region.

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