Micrometeorological measurements in Nigeria during the total solar eclipse of 29 March, 2006

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1245-1253

  Nymphas, E F ^a   Adeniyi, M O ^a   Ayoola, M A ^a   Oladiran, E O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Atmospheric pressure; Micrometeorology; Solar radiation; Total solar eclipse

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYERS; ATMOSPHERIC EFFECTS; DIFFERENT HEIGHTS; GLOBAL RADIATION; MAXIMUM PHASE; METEOROLOGICAL PARAMETERS; MICROMETEOROLOGICAL MEASUREMENTS; MICROMETEOROLOGY; NET RADIATION; NIGERIA; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SOLAR ECLIPSE; TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE; WIND SPEED;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERICS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; METEOROLOGY; SOILS; SOLAR RADIATION; SUN; TROPOSPHERE; WIND EFFECTS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

EID: 67650621062     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2009.04.014     Document Type: Article

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