Table 11.
Mann Kendall and Linear regression of rainfall and temperature in Guinea 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 | |||
| Major raining season | 45.0 | 0.138 | 0.336 | No trend | Y = 0.643X-748.7 | 0.010 | 0.635 |
| Dry season rainfall | 109.0 | 0.335 | 0.016* | Trend detected | Y = 4.355–8175.2 | 0.212 | 0.018* |
| Average annual rainfall | 81.0 | 0.231 | 0.096 | No trend | Y = 0.556X-850.33 | 0.055 | 0.240 |
| Average annual temp | 159.0 | 0.453 | 0.001* | Trend detected | Y = 0.327X-564.2 | 0.131 | 0.064 |
∗ indicates p<0.05