The study was carried out to design, construct and evaluate the field performance of an Automated Weather Station (AWS) capable of remote access via the internet. The AWS consisting of a datalogger and electronic sensors ...

Mesoscale Convective Systems (MCSs) form an important component of meteorology in West Africa, and in particular, contribute substantially to precipitation totals. Several authors focused majorly on the contribution of ...

This study used two observation datasets (the Global Precipitation Climatology Project (GPCP) and the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM)), to evaluate the ability of nine regional climate models (RCMs) that ...

The impacts of climate change and extreme climate events are now a major concern globally, especially in West Africa, where human exposure and vulnerability to climate extremes are high. Formulating reliable policies to ...

Wet and dry spell events have critical influence on the duration of rainy season, mostly, in terms of false onset or early or late cessation of the season(it also often intervene between the onset and retreat period). This ...

Using a high-resolution regional climate model COSMO-ART, the impact of natural and anthropogenic aerosols loads on radiative and cloud optical properties over West Africa is assessed through sensitivity experiments. Based ...

Rainfall is a major ingredient for economic development for most West African countries. It has serious implications on the socio-economic activities because more than 95% of its agricultural activities are rainfed and ...

Emissions of Nitrogen dioxide from biomass burning, soil microbial processes, anthropogenic and gas flaring activities over West Africa play major roles in local, regional and global air quality. This study investigates ...

The spatio-temporal analysis of drought in the Sudano-Sahelian region of Nigeria has been carried out in this study. Analysis of 10 years Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) NDVI data and 46 years ...

Crop production in Nigeria is essentially rain fed and the uncertainty of rainfall establishment due to its inter-annual variability is the most crucial problem. Predicted onset dates of rainfall and farmers’ sowing ...