DECADAL DYNAMICS OF MOISTENING IN AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPES OF CENTRAL CAUCASUS FOREST-STEPPE ZONE OVER THE YEARS 1991?2014 (BASED ON THE DATA OF “MIKHAYLOVSKOE” METEOROLOGICAL STATION)

The article provides the analysis of precipitation dynamics on decadal time scales at “Mikhaylovskoe” meteorological station over the period of 1960-2014. The estimation covers 1961-1990 baseline period of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and 1991-2014 WMO post-baseline period. The annual precipitation normals for decadal intervals of the WMO baseline period are defined and the calculations related to the character of moistening dynamics over the WMO post-baseline period based on the Cox-Stuart test are presented.