Is it a global change impact that the climate is becoming better in the western part of the arid region of China

Summary Monthly means of air temperature and monthly precipitation data were analyzed for 13 stations in the west part of the arid region of China in recent 43 years (1951–1993). It was obvious that air temperature was increasing in winter, but decreasing or has no trend in summer. However, precipitation in summer has increased 5 to 100 percent since 1977. Therefore, the climate seems becoming better in the west part of arid region of China. Some detailed analysis on the characteristics of rain and on the relationship between rain in basins and discharge in the upper reach of rivers in mountains were carried out. It was suggested that increasing of rainfall mainly occurred in the basins and the change in climate was caused mainly by both the global change and local environment change, such as the expansion of oases.With 9 Figures