Notice of RetractionPrecipitation in Ebinur Lake basin of Xinjiang, China

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The annual, decadal variations and anomalous years of the annual and seasonal mean precipitation are investigated in the context of the monthly data at 6 meteorological and hydrological stations in Aibi Lake basin of Xinjiang from 1961 to 2008. The results indicate: (1) The annual precipitation shows an increasing trend and the rate is 6.72 mm/10a during recent 48 years, moreover, the increasing trend is apparent in each season with a rate of (1.43~4.88)mm/10a, max in summer and min in autumn. (2) In the 1960s and 1970s, both annual precipitation and seasonal precipitation are less, especially in winter. In the 1980s, the annual, spring and summer precipitation is normal, while the autumn and winter precipitation is more. So far from the 1990s, the annual, spring, summer and winter precipitation is more. (3) The abrupt year is detected in 1968. The annual precipitation shows a slightly descending trend and the rate is 2.01 mm/10a during from 1961 to 1986, however, the increasing trend exists in recent 22 years with a rate of 8.52 mm/10a.