CLIMATE CHARACTERISTICS OF THRACE AND OBSERVED TEMPERATURE - PRECIPITATION TRENDS

Abstract

In this study, the main climatic characteristics in the Thrace which is Balkanian andthe European part of Turkey were explained. Then the average total precipitation and average temperature and average minimum - maximum temperatures between 1975-2011 trends in the study area currently identified and explained in terms of global climate changes. In addition, long-term changes and trends in the time series of temperature and precipitation station were investigated in terms of climatic variability by using nonparametric time series analysis methods. The result sobtained are summarized as follows: 1) In this study observed temperature and precipitation trends in recent years, were associated with global processes. 2)Mann-Kendall rank correlation test indicate that mean, average maximum andminimum temperatures have been generally increasing in annual average.Especially, minimum temperatures display significant increasing trends in July. 3)In the Trace meteorological stations are dominated with decreasing trend in annual precipitation amounts. Decreasing trends in precipitation totals over the study area started in the 1975 and gradually became evident during the 1990s. Kırklareli,Tekirdag and Corlu stations are found significant dry conditions annual precipitation series.