Air movement and its consequences around a multiple shelterbelt system under advective conditions in semi-arid Northern Nigeria

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 79, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 255-262

  Onyewotu, L O Z ^a   Stigter, C J ^b   Oladipo, E O ^c   Owonubi, J J ^d  

^a Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria   (Nigeria)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^d FORESTRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER; DESIGN; MILLET; WIND BREAK; WIND VELOCITY;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NIGERIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 20444477945     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-004-0068-1     Document Type: Article

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