Towards a wetter Sudano-Sahelian ecological zone in twenty-first century Nigeria

Weather

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 66-70

  Odekunle, Theophilus O ^a   Andrew, Oniarah ^b   Aremu, Sholademi O ^b  

^a OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b NIGERIAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REGIONAL CLIMATE; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

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

EID: 55249110181     PISSN: 00431656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wea.172     Document Type: Article

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