Abstract

The effect of climate change that have been occurred in worldwide is felt especially in Turkey in recent years. Rainfall is the parameter most affected by climate change. Rainfalls affects the amount of water to be used for drinking, irrigation and electrical energy production by feeding the streams flow. In this study, the total monthly precipitation data of 5 meteorological observation stations in Elazığ province were investigated and the changes of these precipitations under the influence of climate change were analyzed monthly, seasonal and yearly using Innovative Trend Analysis (ITA). When the results obtained by ITA method were evaluated, it was found that rainfall measurements of selected stations were negatively affected by climate change and there was a significant decrease in precipitation when analyzed monthly, seasonal and yearly.

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