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Table 5 Mann–Kendall and Sen’s slope results for projected rainfall trends

From: Spatiotemporal climate and vegetation greenness changes and their nexus for Dhidhessa River Basin, Ethiopia

  MPI-ESM-LR MIROC5 HadGEM2-ES GFDL-ESM2M EC-EARTH Ensemble mean
Z-test Sen’s slope (mm/year) Z-test Sen’s slope (mm/year) Z-test Sen’s slope (mm/year) Z-test Sen’s slope (mm/year) Z-test Sen’s slope (°C/year) Z-test Sen’s slope (°C/year)
January 0.02 0.00 − 1.07 − 0.04 0.02 0.00 − 0.70 − 0.01 0.85 0.03 − 0.64 − 0.02
February − 0.45 − 0.03 − 0.95 − 0.12 − 0.98 0.00 1.30 0.04 − 1.38 − 0.18 − 1.29 − 0.06
March − 0.95 − 0.18 0.11 0.04 0.87 0.02 − 0.98 − 0.07 − 0.73 − 0.17 − 0.95 − 0.08
April − 1.50 − 0.64 − 1.44 − 1.26 − 0.45 − 0.13 1.47 0.49 − 1.19 − 1.06 − 2.43* − 0.47
May − 2.31* − 1.40 0.51 0.44 − 0.42 − 0.32 1.47 0.49 0.14 0.17 − 0.05 − 0.03
June − 2.03* − 1.34 1.56 1.25 − 1.97 − 1.39 1.32 1.28 0.70 0.48 0.17 0.05
July − 0.14 − 0.17 2.62* 2.69 1.22 1.04 2.06* 0.96 0.82 1.10 2.03* 0.86
August 0.60 0.60 0.51 0.42 0.14 0.21 1.26 0.87 − 0.33 − 0.20 0.76 0.25
September − 0.98 − 0.70 − 0.17 − 0.19 − 1.63 − 1.33 0.54 0.23 0.08 0.10 − 1.56 − 0.59
October 0.79 0.50 − 0.98 − 0.47 1.41 0.31 − 0.39 − 0.26 − 0.11 − 0.04 − 0.64 − 0.16
November − 0.42 − 0.04 0.05 0.00 0.15 0.00 0.11 0.07 − 0.14 − 0.02 0.14 0.02
December 1.04 0.01 1.94 0.06 − 0.16 0.00 − 0.14 − 0.02 0.73 0.04 0.11 0.01
Dry season 0.73 0.44 − 1.41 − 0.56 1.07 0.25 − 0.45 − 0.59 − 0.36 − 0.45 − 0.95 − 0.19
Short rainy season − 2.87* − 2.20 − 0.70 − 0.96 − 0.73 − 0.38 1.13 0.88 − 0.73 − 0.71 − 1.63 − 0.69
Main rainy season − 0.91 − 1.87 2.09* 3.26 − 1.22 − 2.00 2.40* 2.95 0.60 0.92 0.82 0.71
Annual − 2.46* − 3.31 0.45 0.90 − 1.56 − 2.64 1.69 3.54 − 0.23 − 0.48 − 0.64 − 0.48
  1. * Statistically significant at 0.05% level
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