The impact of future climate and land use/cover change on water resources in the Ndembera watershed and their mitigation and adaptation strategies

Environmental Systems Research

Table 6 Statistical analysis results of the monthly precipitation and temperature for the baseline and verification periods

Station	Parameter	Period	ME	R	Mean		SD		Median
Station	Parameter	Period	ME	R	GCM	Observed	GCMs	Observed	GCMs	Observed
Kihanga (80353)	Precipitation	Baseline	− 00.09	0.99	2.12	2.03	2.80	2.69	0.29	0.28
Kihanga (80353)	Precipitation	Verification	− 0.19	0.98	2.00	1.81	2.66	2.48	0.30	0.37
Ikweha (83350)	Temperature	Baseline	− 0.79	0.96	17.30	18.10	1.82	1.60	17.65	18.10
	Temperature	Verification	0.81	0.77	18.32	17.52	1.83	1.71	18.73	17.45
	Precipitation	Baseline	0.05	0.96	2.08	2.02	2.80	2.93	0.27	0.11
	Precipitation	Verification	− 0.15	0.92	1.95	2.10	2.72	2.75	0.35	0.28
	Temperature	Baseline	− 1.19	0.95	17.95	19.14	2.03	1.99	18.43	19.23
	Temperature	Verification	− 0.91	0.92	19.31	20.22	1.17	1.40	19.36	20.16
Kinyanambo (83353)	Precipitation	Baseline	− 0.05	0.99	2.00	2.05	2.67	2.74	0.29	0.30
	Precipitation	Verification	− 0.19	0.92	1.86	1.66	2.55	2.22	0.39	0.31
	Temperature	Baseline	0.95	0.99	17.29	16.35	1.82	1.79	17.66	16.70
	Temperature	Verification	1.24	0.91	18.33	17.09	1.83	1.57	18.72	17.21