Climate Change Characteristic of Ruoqiang Oasis During Recent 55 Years
Some characteristics of climate change was obtained by analyzing annual mean temperature,annual precipitation,annual mean surface wind speed,annual dust days and sand storm days in Ruoqiang oasis during 1954-2008.The results are as follows:(1)The annual mean temperature presented increasing trend with the rate of 0.25 ℃/10 a,which was consistent with that of the other region of Xinjiang;(2)The annual rainfall also increased generally with the increasing rate of 6.5 mm/10 a;(3) The annual mean surface wind speed decreased but the trend was not obvious;(4)The annual dust and sand storm days decreased also with the rate of 21.6 d/10 a and 4 d/10 a;(5)There were some abrupt changes in annual temperature,rainfall,wind speed,dust and sand storm days in different years obtained from Mann-Kendall test.All these showed that climate in Ruoqiang oasis was becoming warm and wet.