The diurnal variation of thunderstorm activity over Nigeria

International Journal of Meteorology

Volumn 32, Issue 315, 2007, Pages 19-29

  Ologunorisa, Temi E ^a   Chinago, Alex ^b  

^a NASARAWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORT HARCOURT   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Diurnal variation; Nigeria; Nigeria Meteorological Services; Thunderstorms

Indexed keywords

DIURNAL VARIATION; METEOROLOGY; THUNDERSTORM;

AFRICA; AKWA IBOM; BAUCHI [NIGERIA]; BENIN [EDO]; CALABAR; CROSS RIVER [(STT) NIGERIA]; EDO; JOS; KADUNA [NIGERIA]; NIGERIA; ONDO; PLATEAU; PORT HARCOURT; RIVERS; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UYO; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 33846366726     PISSN: 17482992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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