Meteorology and Climate Science: Recent submissions

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SIMULATING THE IMPACT OF URBANIZATION ON FLOOD RISK IN ABEOKUTA WATERSHED, NIGERIA

IBUKUN, BAYONLE SIMEON (Federal University Of Technology, Akure., 2020-02)

Urban growth has been on the increase in developing countries and this unplanned growth increases flood risk in cities due to local changes in hydrological and hydro-meteorological conditions that increase flood hazard ...
SURFACE RADIO REFRACTIVITY MEASUREMENTS OVER THREE STATIONS IN NIGERIA

FAGBOHUN, CHARLES TEMITOPE (Federal University Of Technology, Akure., 2014-11)

Tropospheric radio refractivity plays a pivotal role in determining the path taken by any propagating radio signals within the troposphere. There exist spatial and temporal variations in the distribution of surface ...
ESTIMATION OF SURFACE ENERGY FLUXES USING REMOTELY SENSED DATA OVER AKURE, NIGERIA

DARAMOLA, MOJOLAOLUWA TOLUWALASE (Federal University Of Technology, Akure., 2016-03)

In this study, the Surface Energy Balance Algorithm for Land (SEBAL) approach was applied for the estimation of surface energy fluxes over different land use land cover using remotely sensed data over Akure, the study area. ...
EFFECTS OF SOME METEOROLOGICAL VARIABLES ON MALARIA PREVALENCE IN LAGOS, SOUTHWEST NIGERIA

BHADMUS, ABDUL-AZEEZ GBENGA (Federal University Of Technology, Akure., 2020-01)

Though medical science has made remarkable progress in the fight against diseases through modern technology, the health of the human population is still influenced to a great extent by weather and climate. This study ...
DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION AND FIELD TEST OF A MICROLYSIMETER

Badamasi, Muhammad IBRAHIM, (Federal University Of Technology, Akure., 2017-07)

This study presents the design, construction and a field test of a microlysimeter. The Microlysimeter consisted of four main components; an outer envelope, soil volume container, load cell assemblies, and the electronic ...
SIMULATING THE EFFECTS OF LAND USE LAND COVER CHANGE ON HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PARAMETERS OVER WEST AFRICA

ACHUGBU, IFEANYI CHUKWUDI (Federal University Of Technology, Akure., 2020-02)

Land Use Land Cover (LULC) in Sub-Sahara Africa has undergone rapid transformation in the last century. So comprehending the impact of land use land cover change and its interaction with the atmosphere by means of modeling, ...
ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS CONTROLLING EVAPOTRANSPIRATION OVER AXONOPUS COMPRESSUS GRASS IN AKURE

KAYODE, ADENIKE OLA (Federal University Of Technology, Akure., 2020-03)

Evapotranspiration is one of the major hydrological processes that links energy, water, and carbon cycles or carbon fluxes in terrestrial ecosystems and water-use efficiency in plant communities and also serves as a key ...
GEOSPATIAL ASSESSMENT OF FLOOD AND GULLY EROSION IN IMO STATE OF NIGERIA

UGWUEGBU, IKECHUKWU EMMANUEL (Federal University Of Technology, Akure., 2018-07)

Tackling the challenge of flood and gully erosion requires good understanding of factors that induces them. This study aims at assessing the magnitude and extent of flood and gully erosion in Imo state. Primary and Secondary ...
WIND POWER GENERATION POTENTIAL IN SOME COASTAL, TOWNS IN NIGERIA.

UDO, ANIEKAN NSE (Federal University Of Technology, Akure., 2017-11)

Energy supply in Nigeria is a major problem for both large and small-scale purposes. The potential of wind power for generation and sustainable electricity supply is yet to be adequately harnessed. Therefore, this study ...
A COMPARISON OF METEOROLOGICAL DATA FROM TWO DIFFERENT AUTOMATIC WEATHER STATIONS (AWS) IN AKURE, NIGERIA

SUNUSI, USMAN YERIMA (Federal University Of Technology, Akure., 2018-06)

This research studied the characterizing measurement of the state of art of two (2) automatic weather stations (AWS) sited side by side, Campbell and Trans African Hydro Meteorological Observatory (Tahmo) at Federal ...
ASSESSMENT OF TROPOSPHERIC CIRCULATION FEATURES DURING WET AND DRY YEARS OVER WEST AFRICA

OYEKAN, KAYODE SAMUEL ADEKUNLE (Federal University Of Technology, Akure., 2015-07)

The most important climate variable over West Africa is rainfall, where many sectors of the economy depend on water resources. In this study we assess the tropospheric circulation features during wet and dry years over ...
ATMOSPHERIC STABILITY INDICES AND SOME THERMO-DYNAMICAL PARAMETERS FOR FORECASTING THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRENCES OVER KANO, NIGERIA

ORIMOLOYE, ISRAEL ROPO (Federal University Of Technology, Akure., 2015-06)

The study investigated the roles of some atmospheric Stability Indices and Thermo-dynamical Parameters (SITPs) on thunderstorms occurrences and hence determined the threshold values of these SITPs necessary for thunderstorm ...
TELECONNECTIONS BETWEEN GLOBALLY OBSERVED EL NINO SOUTHERN OSCILLATION, LA NINA AND RAINFALL DISTRIBUTION IN NIGERIA

OOGWU, JOSEPH EWAOCHE (Federal University Of Technology, Akure., 2018-02)

The significance of rainfall in agriculture and decision making processes such as water resource management cannot be over emphasized, therefore the present study is aimed at investigating the teleconnection between globally ...
TRENDS OF DROUGHT IN THE NORTHERN NIGERIA (1907-2006)

OMONIJO, TEMIDAYO OLABODE (Federal University Of Technology, Akure., 2014-12)

A quantitative assessment of drought characteristics and in the Northern Nigeria was carried out with 100 year CRU rainfall data. The specific objectives of the study were to; validate CRU rainfall data with NIMET’s surface ...
9CLIMATE VARIABILITY AND SUSTAINABLE FOOD PRODUCTION IN NIGERIA

OKUNDALAYE, FESTUS OLAWANDE (Federal University Of Technology, Akure., 2014-04)

Climate variability has been shown to have significant impacts on global and regional food production particularly the common staple food crops in tropical sub-humid climatic zone. However, the extent and nature of ...
SURVEY OF VEHICULAR EMISSION WITHIN AKURE METROPOLIS, NIGERIA AND IMPLICATIONS FOR AIR QUALITY

OGUNRAYI, OLUJUMOKE ADESOLA (Federal University Of Technology, Akure., 2013-02)

The primary purpose of this exploratory research is to conduct air pollution surveys by observing the concentration of carbon monoxide (CO) - a vehicular emission, noise level at selected points and comparing with the ...
SIMULATING LAND COVER CHANGES AND THEIR IMPACTS ON LAND SURFACE TEMPERATURE IN AKURE, NIGERIA

OBASUSI, OLASUNKANMI ISAAC (Federal University Of Technology, Akure., 2016-06)

This study aims at assessing the impact of land cover dynamics on land surface temperature (LST) at past and future years in Akure, Nigeria. The objectives of the research work includes the establishment of patterns of ...
DETERMINATION OF THE ONSET OF RAINFALL IN NIGERIA FROM LOW-LEVEL WIND CIRCULATIONS

NJOKU, CLEMENT NKEMAKONAM (Federal University Of Technology, Akure., 2015-04)

The commencement of rainy season (onset) across Nigeria is highly variable with respect to stations north and south of the country. Associated with the onset are significant transitions of large scale atmospheric and ...
ESTIMATION OF GLOBAL SOLAR RADIATION OVER OWERRI AND PORT-HARCOURT USING ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK (ANN)

NDUKWE, NNAMDI CHIDIEBERE (Federal University Of Technology, Akure., 2015-06)

This aim of this work was to use Artificial Neural Network, ANN to estimate the daily average global solar radiation in Owerri and Port-Harcourt. The specific objectives were to develop and train ANN for estimating global ...
COMPARISON OF THERMAL COMFORT INDICES ACROSS CLIMATIC ZONES OF NIGERIA

LAMAR, LINTIMA BABA (Federal University Of Technology, Akure., 2018-08)

The study investigates the thermal comfort conditions across climatic zones of Nigeria. Heat index describes the combined effect of temperature and relative humidity on the body. The aim of this research is to compare the ...

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