Assessing changes in the rainfall regime in Nigeria between 1961 and 2004

GeoJournal

Volumn 70, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 145-159

  Odekunle, Theophilus Odeyemi ^a   Adejuwon, Samuel A ^b  

^a OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b Federal Ministry of Environment Nigeria   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Double rainfall maxima regime; Inter tropical Discontinuity (ITD); Nigeria; Rainfall absolute seasonality; Rainfall regime; Rainfall relative seasonality; Single rainfall maximum regime

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; METEOROLOGY; WEATHERING;

DOUBLE RAINFALL MAXIMA REGIME; INTER-TROPICAL DISCONTINUITY (ITD); RAINFALL ABSOLUTE SEASONALITY; RAINFALL REGIME; RAINFALL RELATIVE SEASONALITY; SINGLE RAINFALL MAXIMUM REGIME;

RAIN;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CLIMATE CHANGE; RAINFALL; SEASONALITY;

AFRICA; NIGERIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 43149100556     PISSN: 03432521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10708-008-9121-4     Document Type: Article

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