Results - Response of Flood Events to Land Use and Climate Change - page 206

Fig. 6.74 a Normal time series of monthly precipitation; b sequential value of statistics
U(t)(solid line) and U'(t)(dashed line) from the Mann-Kendall test for precipitation (mm) of
Barcelonnette station, corresponding to the 95 % significant level (Allos-Nord station)
trend in maximum temperature (Barcelonnette station), there is no significant trend
in observed discharge data (as mentioned in Sect. 6.12.3 ).
A downward trend in precipitation and an upward trend in temperature push the
researcher to find other triggering factors which affect normal distribution of
discharge in the Ubaye River. Due to the special position of the region, the
Barcelonnette area enjoys a Mediterranean climate affected by a mountain climate