TESTS FOR THE SUSPECTED TREND IN ANNUAL RAINFALL SERIES IN CENTRAL AND WESTERN SUDAN

Title	TESTS FOR THE SUSPECTED TREND IN ANNUAL RAINFALL SERIES IN CENTRAL AND WESTERN SUDAN
Publication Type	Journal Article
Year of Publication	1988
Authors	Eltahir, E. A. B.
Journal	The Sudan Engineering Society Journal
Volume	30
Date Published	1988
Keywords	annual rainfall, annual rainfall amounts, central and wester Africa, rainfall in the western and central Sudan
Abstract	It is widely noticed that the annual rainfall amounts to the entire region of central and western Africa is showing a decline for the last decade. The significance of the decline in the annual rainfall series in the region of central and western Sudan is investigated to check whether it is the random variability or there are indications of a trend in annual rainfall amounts.