Analysis of the trends of climate parameters using Mann Kendal test (TFPW-MK) in Khuzestan province

Nowadays, climate change causes abundant worries in different spots in the world. For this reason, a study was conducted to find the trace of this global phenomenon in Khuzestan province. Therefore, we used meteorology data including temperature parameters, rainfall, evapotranspiration and relative humidity for 15 weather stations in a period of 21 years (1996-2016) and Mann Kendal graph to determine the trend. The result illustrates that there is a meaningful downward trend for rainfall parameter in SafiAbad, Hendijan, Masjedsoleiman and Bandar-E-Mahshar with confidence level of 95% and Omidiyeh with confidence level of 99%. Moreover, there is a meaningful upward trend with confidence level of 95% in tempe-rature parameters in most stations, while this level is 99% in Bostan, Hendijan and Izeh. In addition, a meaningful upward trend in evapotranspiration in two station of Bostan and SafiAbad with confidence level of 95% and 99% and a meaningful downward trend with confidence level of 99% for Shushtar, Izeh, Abadan, Masjedsoleiman and Ahwaz as well, is visible. There is a meaningful downward trend in relative humidity in Bostan, SafiAbad, Izeh, Omidiyeh and Masjedsoleiman, which all present the climate change effect in region.