Trends and variability in pan evaporation and other climatic variables at Ibadan, Nigeria, 1973-2008

Meteorological Applications

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 464-472

  Oguntunde, Philip G ^a   Abiodun, Babatunde J ^b   Olukunle, Olawale J ^a   Olufayo, Ayorinde A ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Climate change; Complementary relationship; Evaporation trends; Global dimming

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; WATER RESOURCES; WIND;

COMPLEMENTARY RELATIONSHIP; DETECTION AND ATTRIBUTIONS; EXPLANATORY VARIABLES; GLOBAL DIMMING; METEOROLOGICAL VARIABLES; TROPICAL AGRICULTURE; VAPOUR PRESSURE DEFICITS; WATER RESOURCE PLANNING;

EVAPORATION;

CLIMATE CHANGE; EVAPORATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; POTENTIAL EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TREND ANALYSIS;

IBADAN; NIGERIA; OYO;

EID: 84870695025     PISSN: 13504827     EISSN: 14698080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/met.281     Document Type: Article

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