Air temperature, relative humidity, climate regionalization and thermal comfort of Nigeria

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 2000-2018

  Eludoyin, O M ^a   Adelekan, I O ^b   Webster, R ^c   Eludoyin, A O ^d,e  

^a ADEKUNLE AJASIN UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^c ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^e OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Climate regionalization; Physiologic climate; Spatial and seasonal variation; Thermal stress; Tropical climate

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; THERMAL COMFORT; THERMAL STRESS;

CLIMATE REGIONALIZATION; EFFECTIVE TEMPERATURE; MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE; PHYSIOLOGIC CLIMATE; RELATIVE STRAIN INDEX; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE HUMIDITY INDEX; TROPICAL CLIMATES;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE VARIATION; REGIONAL CLIMATE; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

NIGERIA;

EID: 84899487392     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.3817     Document Type: Article

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