Table 10.
Mann Kendall and Linear regression of rainfall and temperature in coastal savannah.
| Variables | MK Statistic (S) | Kendall's tau | Mann-Kendall test |
Regression analysis |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| p-value | Test interpretation | Regression equation | R2 | p-value | |||
| Minor raining season | 89.0 | 0.254 | 0.067 | No trend | Y = 6.966X-13678.9 | 0.41 | 0.053 |
| Major raining season | 57.0 | 0.162 | 0.246 | No trend | Y = 4.853X-8704.4 | 0.025 | 0.427 |
| Dry season rainfall | 5.00 | 0.015 | 0.931 | No trend | Y = 1.000X-1876.6 | 0.010 | 0.629 |
| Average annual rainfall | 81.0 | 0.231 | 0.096 | No trend | Y = 1.167X-2216.9 | 0.134 | 0.060 |
| Average annual temp | 193.0 | 0.550 | 0.000* | Trend detected | Y = 0.041X-54.377 | 0.539 | 0.000* |
∗ indicates p<0.05