Table 2 Lag-1 serial autocorrelation coefficient of precipitation at different time scales.

From: Change of precipitation characteristics in the water-wind erosion crisscross region on the Loess Plateau, China, from 1958 to 2015

Station

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May.

Jun.

Jul.

Aug.

Sep.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

Spring

Summer

Autumn

Winter

Annual

Wuqi

−0.028

−0.130

0.061

0.038

−0.070

−0.023

−0.050

0.048

0.096

−0.124

0.064

0.055

−0.004

−0.131

0.063

−0.021

−0.158

Suide

−0.094

−0.106

0.038

0.070

−0.126

0.016

−0.017

0.226

−0.058

−0.169

−0.099

−0.078

0.046

0.033

−0.079

−0.081

0.010

Hequ

0.095

−0.021

0.118

0.110

0.154

−0.112

−0.133

−0.015

0.055

−0.078

−0.260

−0.029

0.212

−0.150

0.069

0.168

−0.152

Xingxian

0.090

−0.162

−0.011

0.006

0.000

0.089

0.037

0.030

−0.410

−0.152

0.038

−0.104

0.050

−0.193

0.003

−0.166

−0.158

Wuzhai

0.224

−0.066

−0.061

0.098

0.012

0.069

0.062

−0.077

−0.165

−0.143

−0.073

−0.211

0.135

−0.013

−0.107

−0.108

−0.151

Youyu

0.010

−0.169

−0.004

0.103

−0.064

−0.267

0.059

−0.170

0.118

−0.134

−0.085

0.055

0.061

−0.254

0.089

−0.095

−0.253

Datong

0.085

−0.020

−0.047

−0.036

−0.070

0.109

−0.137

−0.270

0.044

0.153

−0.104

−0.043

−0.067

−0.119

0.086

−0.028

−0.244

Tongxin

−0.142

0.055

−0.029

−0.153

0.054

−0.060

0.133

−0.025

0.084

−0.149

0.003

−0.011

0.085

−0.063

0.115

0.216

−0.039

Haiyuan

−0.077

0.068

−0.108

−0.147

0.111

0.012

0.214

−0.027

−0.102

−0.159

0.149

0.013

0.128

0.002

0.147

0.081

−0.039

Guyuan

−0.056

0.174

−0.018

0.174

0.076

−0.064

0.168

−0.056

0.091

−0.079

−0.007

−0.036

0.051

−0.164

−0.036

0.077

−0.074

Xiji

0.075

0.101

−0.204

0.039

0.115

0.110

0.086

−0.087

0.043

−0.001

−0.035

−0.067

0.050

0.017

0.218

0.123

0.133

Huanxian

−0.068

0.019

0.047

0.197

−0.067

0.099

−0.045

−0.052

0.209

−0.016

−0.097

0.072

0.049

−0.179

−0.055

0.058

−0.070

Jingyuan

0.011

−0.081

−0.057

−0.139

0.112

−0.021

0.190

0.157

−0.103

−0.201

0.036

−0.038

0.074

0.169

−0.031

−0.019

0.071

Yuzhong

−0.088

0.152

−0.266

−0.183

−0.014

−0.005

0.178

0.003

−0.138

0.005

0.010

−0.142

−0.126

−0.084

0.082

−0.001

−0.101

  1. Bold indicates that autocorrelations in the precipitation time series were corrected.