Dynamics of notified cases of dengue in Alagoas: Geospatialization and Applied Statistics

The aim of the study was to evaluate the reported cases of dengue in the State of Alagoas via applied statistics and geospatialization.Dengue data were obtained from the DATASUS system between 2000 and 2015. The time series was submitted to descriptive and exploratory statistics and the Pettitt test. In the dengue case maps, the Spline method via QGis version 3.4 was used. In descriptive statistics, only 10 municipalities were evaluated based on the largest case records. All municipalities were above the average of dengue cases in 2010, the year of the biggest recent flood in the state. The boxplot pointed out that all 10 municipalities were positive asymmetric in a few months for dengue cases, the exception was Delmiro Gouveia. The Pettitt test identified biannual cycles (2006/2007 and 2009/2010) associated with the phases of ENSO (El Niño and La Niña) in the moderate category, followed by the months of January, February, April and December, corresponding to the performance of some systems synoptics. In the mapping of annual cases of dengue, the highest records occurred in the Agreste and East Alagoas. Geospatialization and applied statistics are efficient in the spatiotemporal evaluation of dengue cases in Alagoas.

Impacts des changements climatique et environnemental sur la réponse hydrologique du bassin du Nakanbé à Wayen (Burkina Faso) à travers le cadre de budyko

Les changements climatique et environnemental ont entraîné l'augmentation exacerbée des coefficients d'écoulement dans certains hydrosystèmes du Sahel ouest africain. Ce «paradoxe hydrologique sahélien» a fait l'objet de plusieurs études, mais très peu d'entre elles ont abordé les contributions de chacun des changements climatique et environnemental. L'objectif de cette étude est de quantifier les contributions de chacun des facteurs (climat et environnement) au changement des écoulements dans la partie sahélienne du bassin du Nakanbé sur la période 1965–1994. Les tests statistiques de stationnarité ont permis de découper la période d'étude en sous-périodes de base et d'impact. La quantification des impacts a été effectuée à travers l'application des techniques d'élasticité et de décomposition aux modèles Budyko de Fu et de Choudhury. L'analyse des chroniques de données hydro-climatiques du bassin a confirmé le paradoxe hydrologique avec une rupture dans les écoulements en 1977 (test de Pettitt, p value = 0,021). Ainsi, la période 1978–1994 comparativement à 1965–1977 a été caractérisée par une diminution des précipitations de 8,2 %, une augmentation de l'évapotranspiration potentielle de 1,3 % et une augmentation des écoulements de 91,5 %. Il ressort de cette étude que les contributions à l'augmentation des écoulements de 91,5 % ont été de -29±2 % pour le changement climatique, +90±1 % pour la dégradation environnementale et +33 % pour les interactions couplées climat-environnement. Ces résultats montrent que l'impact de l'environnement est plus prépondérant et représente environ 3 fois celui du climat en intensité. L'adoption de meilleures pratiques de gestion de la dynamique environnementale pourrait donc permettre de réguler les changements dans les écoulements du bassin. Abstract. Climate and environmental changes have caused the increasing runoff coefficients of some sahelian catchments in West Africa. Many previous studies have focused on this “sahelian hydrological paradox”, but few have addressed the individual contribution of climate and the environment. This study aims to quantify the contributions of each factor (climate and environment) to the change of runoff in the sahelian part of the Nakanbé catchment over the period : 1965–1994. Based on time-series stationarity statistical tests, the study period was divided into baseline and impacted periods. The quantification of impacts was carried out by applying elasticity and decomposition techniques to the Budyko type models of Fu and Choudhury. Statistical analysis of the annual hydro-climatic data detected 1977 as the year of break in the runoff (Pettitt test, p value = 0.021) and confirmed the sahelian hydrological paradox. Thus, the period 1978–1994 compared to 1965–1977 was characterized by a decrease of 8.2 % in precipitation while increases of 1.3 % and 91.5 % have been observed respectively for potential evapotranspiration and annual runoff. The results indicated that the contributions to the runoff increase of 91.5 % were -29±2 % for climate change, +90±1 % for environmental degradation and +33 % for interactions. It appears that, environmental change is the main cause of the increase in the runoff coefficient in the sahelian catchment of Nakanbé and the intensity of its impact is approximately 3 times more than the one induced by climate change. Therefore, good management of environmental dynamics at the catchment scale could help to regulate runoff changes.

Changement climatique dans le bassin versant de l'Ogooué : évolution récente et impact sur les écoulements

L'objectif de cet article est de faire une évaluation des tendances récentes des grandeurs hydroclimatiques dans le bassin de l'Ogooué en contexte de changement climatique. Pour cela, les données de pluies et de débits de ce bassin ont été analysées au moyen du test de Pettitt. Les résultats de cette étude révèlent une diminution statistiquement significative des modules annuels que le test de Pettitt situe en 1972–1973, mais rien de tel pour les pluies à ce même pas de temps. Les écarts des moyennes décennales à la moyenne interannuelle montrent cependant des liens plus nets entre ces variables, se traduisant essentiellement par une diminution synchrone au cours des décennies 1970 et 1980. Cette diminution est suivie d'une reprise au cours des deux décennies d'après (1990 et 2000), laquelle s'estompe à nouveau au cours de la décennie 2010. Les écoulements des saisons pluvieuses (printemps et automne) ont enregistré les modifications les plus importantes, suite aux variations des régimes pluviométriques des saisons sèches (hiver et été) qui les précèdent. La saison sèche d'hiver a connu entre les décennies 1970–1990 une diminution importante des précipitations qui a provoquée une chute des écoulements du printemps. Le rehaussement et la flexion respectivement notés au cours des décennies 2000 et 2010 s'accompagnent des mêmes tendances dans les écoulements du printemps. A l'inverse, entre les décennies 1980–1990, il a été noté une hausse conjointe des pluies d'été et des écoulements d'automne. La flexion des pluies d'été notée depuis la décennie 2000 est également perceptible dans les écoulements d'automne. Ces résultats pourraient servir à renforcer les capacités de gestion des ressources en eau dans le bassin versant concerné et dans la région. Ils apportent également de nouveaux éléments pour étudier et comprendre la variation saisonnière et la disponibilité de l'eau douce en aval, dans les estuaires et les zones côtières des rivières régionales. The objective of this article is to assess recent trends of hydroclimatic quantities in Ogooue basin in the context of climate change. For this, the rainfall and discharges data of this basin were analyzed using the Pettitt test. The results of this study reveal a statistically significant decrease in runoff that the Pettitt test situates in 1972–1973, but nothing like that for rainfall at this same time scale. The decadal deviations from the interannual average, however show links between these variables essentially marked by a synchronous decrease in the 1970s and 1980s. This decrease is followed by a recovery in the two decades following (1990 and 2000), which stops again during the 2010s. The flow of the rainy seasons (Spring and Autumn) recorded the most important modifications, following variations in the rainfall regimes of the dry seasons (Winter and Summer) which precede them. The dry Winter season experienced a significant decrease in precipitation between the 1970s and 1990s, which caused a decrease in Spring flows. The increase and flexion noted respectively during the 2000 and 2010 decades are accompanied by the same trends in Spring flows. Conversely, between the 1980s and the 1990s, there was a joint increase in Summer rainfall and Autumn flows. The decrease of Summer rainfall noted since the 2000s is also noticeable in the Autumn flows. These results could be used to strengthen water resources management capacities in the watershed concerned and the region. They also provide new insights to study and understand seasonal variation and availability of freshwater downstream, in estuaries and coastal areas of regional rivers.

Spatio-temporal Evolution Analysis of Rainfall Erosivity During 1901-2017 in Beijing, China

Rainfall erosivity is regarded as one of the main factors affected soil erosion. Based on the 117 a monthly precipitation data of Beijing from 1901 to 2017, the temporal and spatial variation characteristics of rainfall erosivity in Beijing were analyzed by using Theil-Sen median analysis (Sen) and the Mann–Kendall (MK) trend test, R/S analysis method, cumulative anomaly method , MK mutation test method, Pettitt test, and wavelet analysis. The results showed that the average annual rainfall erosivity in Beijing ranged from 1080.6 to 6432.78 MJ • mm / (hm2 • h • a), with an average value of 3465.06 MJ • mm / (hm2 • h • a), showing a gradual decrease from southeast to northwest. In the seasonal distribution, 86% of rainfall erosivity was mainly concentrated in summer. In the past 117 years, the annual rainfall erosivity in most areas of Beijing had shown a downward trend, but its future trend also showed an increasing trend, indicating that Beijing, especially the northern part, was facing greater potential pressure of soil erosion. Through the cross validation of various methods, the abrupt change interval of rainfall erosivity in Beijing from 1901 to 2017 was from 1994 to 1997. The change of rainfall erosivity in Beijing has strong oscillation in 32 years and small periodic change in 15 and 7 years. The results will provide decision-making basis for soil erosion control and water/soil conservation planning. Additionally, they will be benefited to ensure the national agricultural and food security.

STUDY OF TESTS FOR TREND IN TIME SERIES

The time series methodology is an important tool when using data over time. The time series can be composed of the components trend (Tt), seasonality (St) and the random error (at). The aim of this study was to evaluate the tests used to analyze the trend component, which were: Pettitt, Run, Mann-Kendall, Cox-Stuart and the unit root tests (Dickey-Fuller, Dickey-Fuller Augmented and Zivot and Andrews), given that there is a discrepancy between the test results found in the literature. The four series analyzed were the maximum temperature in the Lavras city, MG, Brazil, the unemployment rate in the Metropolitan Region of S~ao Paulo (RMSP), the Broad Consumer Price Index (IPCA) and the nominal Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of Brazil. It was found that the unit root tests showed similar results in relation to the presence of the stochastic trend for all series. Furthermore, the turning point of the Pettitt test diverged from all the structural breaks found through the Zivot and Andrews test, except for the GDP series. Therefore, it was found that the trend tests diverged, obtaining similar results only in relation to the unemployment series.

Quantitative Ascription of Sediment Discharge Changes of Two Highly Sediment-Loaded Tributaries of the Yellow River in China: The Importance of Selecting Rainfall Index and Timescale

River sediment load has been changing conspicuously worldwide. The famous sediment-laden Yellow River in China has also had a declining sediment load in the past decades. This study made a quantitative ascription of the sediment discharge changes by non-parametric Pettitt test, rainfall and sediment discharge characteristic index calculation, correlation test, double cumulative curve regression and solving differential equation in the Huangfu and the Kuye basins in the main sediment sources of the Yellow River. The results indicated that: (1) The sediment discharge decreased significantly from 1956 to 2016, while the rainfall and rainfall erosivity only had a visible but insignificant decreasing trend. (2) Rainfall erosivity is better than other rainfall characteristic indexes in relation with sediment discharge. (3) The anthropogenic factor was the main driver for the reduction of sediment discharge with a percentage of 70.2–90.5% in different periods. The contribution of rainfall changes in flood season to sediment discharge reduction surpassed that in the whole year. (4) A percentage of 88% and 93% of suspended sediment yield reduction was attributed to streamflow reduction, and 12% and 7% to changes in C-Q relationship in the Huangfu and the Kuye basins, respectively.

Groundwater quality trend and trend reversal assessment in the European Water Framework Directive context: an example with nitrates in Italy

Groundwater resources are of utmost importance in sustaining water related ecosystems, including humans. The long-lasting impacts from anthropogenic activities require early actions, owing to the natural time lag in groundwater formation and renewal. The European Union (EU) policy, within the implementation of the Water Framework Directive (WFD), requires Member States to identify and reverse any significant and sustained upward trend in the concentration of pollutants, defining specific protection measures to be included in the River Basin Management Plans (RBMP). In Italy, official guidelines for trend and trend reversal assessment have been published recently. Statistical methods, such as the Mann-Kendall test for trend analysis and the Sen’s method for estimating concentration scenarios, should be applied at the fixed terms stated by the WFD implementation cycles to identify upward trends, while the Pettitt test is proposed for the identification of trend reversal. In this paper, we present an application of a slightly modified version of the Italian Guidelines to a groundwater body in Northern Italy featuring nitrate pollution and discuss its advantages and limitations. In addition to Pettitt test, for the trend reversal analysis, we apply the Mann-Kendall test in two sections and compare the results. We conclude that this method seems more reliable than Pettitt test to identify a reversal point in quality time series. The overall procedure can be easily applied to any groundwater body defined at risk across Europe, for the assessment of the upward trends of pollutants and their reversal, even with little chemical monitoring data. Although focused on the EU legislative framework, this procedure may be relevant for a wider context, allowing to individuate upward trend as early warning for contamination processes in an integrated water resources management context.

Análise de Séries Hidrológicas na Bacia Hidrográfica afluente à Usina Hidrelétrica Castro Alves, RS

This study aims to analyze the stationariety and homogeneity of rainfall and streamflow series of the contribution basin of Castro Alves Hydroeletric Power Plant, in Southern Brazil. The rainfall data were acquired from the Agência Nacional de Águas, and the average rainfall series was calculated for the period from 1945 to 2017. The streamflow data were acquired from the Operador Nacional do Sistema Elétrico covering a period from 1945 to 2017. The analysis were performed in the complete series and in two periods obtained from the same, referring to the period before and after 1970. Six statistical tests were used to check the stationarity: t-Student, F-Snedecor, Spearman Correlation Coefficent, Cox-Stuart, Mann-Whitney and Mann-Kendall. The verification of the point of change in the series of total annual precipitations, monthly totals and monthly average flows was performed using Pettitt’s test. The analysis results made it possible to conclude that the hydrological series are non-stationary. The period prior to 1970 was characterized as non-stationary. The period after 1970 showed significant signs of stationarity and homogeneity for both variables. Using the Pettitt test, a trend change was identified in the year 1971 and 1970 for the series of annual total precipitations and monthly mean flows, respectively. In the monthly analyzes of the series, it was found that the increase in the precipitated total was more accentuated in the dry months of May and November. This corroborates the more pronounced increase in the average monthly streamflow observed in those same months.

Assessment of Groundwater Resource in Climate Variability Context at Sinematiali (North of Côte d'Ivoire)

Study of climate variability gets great importance for integrated water resources management. This work examines impact of climate variability on the evolution of water resources in the Bandama sub-watershed at Sinematiali with a view of better management. The time series of rainfall and discharge were used as a database for this purpose. Known calculation hydrologic methods of Nicholson, Maillet as well as the statistical test for breaking detection (Pettitt test) were applied. The effective rain and recharge were estimated by using the ESPERE software models over the period 1980 to 1987. Climate variability is characterized by alternative season of wet, normal, and dry periods, and a pluviometry break occurred in 1984 year. The annual effective rain was assessed from 30 to 570 mm while recharge of aquifers estimated between 2 and 333 mm. This work constitutes a fundamental base for modeling water resources management at Sinematiali.

Simulating rainfall IDF curve for flood warnings in the Ca Mau coastal area under the impacts of climate change

Purpose The purpose of this study is to evaluate the rainfall intensities and their limits for durations from 0.25 to 8 h with return periods from 2 to 100 years for Ca Mau City in Vietnam. Design/methodology/approach First, the quality of the historical rainfall data series in 44 years (1975–2018) at Ca Mau station was assessed using the standard normal homogeneity test and the Pettitt test. Second, the appraised rainfall data series are used to establish the rainfall intensity-duration-frequency curve for the study area. Findings Based on the findings, a two-year return period, the extreme rainfall intensities (ERIs) ranged from 9.1 mm/h for 8 h rainstorms to 91.2 mm/h for 0.25 h. At a 100-year return period, the ERIs ranged from 18.4 mm/h for 8 h rainstorms to 185.8 mm/h for 0.25 h. The results also show that the narrowest uncertainty level between the lower and upper limits recorded 1.6 mm at 8 h for the two-year return period while the widest range is at 42.5 mm at 0.25 h for the 100-year return period. In general, the possibility of high-intensity rainfall values compared to the extreme rainfall intensities is approximately 2.0% at the 100-year return period. Originality/value The results of the rainfall IDF curves can provide useful information for policymakers to make the right decisions in controlling and minimizing flooding in the study area.