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Table 1 Calculated temperature indices for the study areas by ETCCDI

From: Analysis of temperature variability utilising Mann–Kendall and Sen's slope estimator tests in the Accra and Kumasi Metropolises in Ghana

ID

Type of Indices

Definition

Unit

 

Percentile Based Indices

  

TX10p

TN10p

TX90p

TN90p

Cold days

Cold nights

Warm days

Warm nights

Percentage of days when TX < 10th percentile

Percentage of days when TN < 10th percentile

Percentage of days when TX > 90th percentile

Percentage of days when TN > 90th percentile

%

%

%

%

DTR

Diurnal temperature range

Monthly mean difference between TX and TN

days