trend.test {precintcon}

Mann-Kendall Trend Test

Description

It calculates a trend test using the rank-based nonparametric Mann-Kendall method.

Usage

trend.test(object, significance.level = 0.05)

Arguments

object

is a daily or monthly precipitation serie.

significance.level

is the significance level to be considered in the analysis. It is usually equals to 5% (default: 0.05).

Value

A trend test index.

Author(s)

Lucas Venezian Povoa [e-mail]

References

H. B. Mann (1945). Nonparametric tests against trend. Econometrica, vol. 13, pp. 245-259. M. G. Kendall (1975). Rank Correlation Methods. Griffin, London, UK.

See Also

ci ci.per.year pci read.data