Analysis of Rainfall and Temperature Variability over Nigeria

Akinsanola Akintomide Afolayan

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Akinsanola Akintomide Afolayan

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rainfall, temperature, coefficient of skewness, kurtosis and variations

Abstract

This study investigates rainfall and temperature variabilities in Nigeria using observations of air temperature (oC) and rainfall (mm) from 25 synoptic stations from 1971-2000 (30years). The data were analyzed for the occurrences of abrupt changes in temperature and rainfall values over Nigeria while temporal and spatial trends were also investigated. Statistical approach was deployed to determine the confidence levels, coefficients of kurtosis, skewness and coefficient of variations. Analysis of air temperature indicated that in the first decade of 1971-1980 anomalies between -0.2 and -1.6 were predominant, in the second decade of 1981-1990, only five stations (Lokoja, Kaduna, Bida, Bauchi and Warri) shows positive anomaly while greater portion of the country were normal with evidence of warming in the third decade of 1991-2000. Results further indicated that there have been statistically significant increases in precipitation and air temperature in vast majority of the country. Analyses of long time trends and decadal trends in the time series further suggest a sequence of alternately decreasing and increasing trends in mean annual precipitation and air temperature in Nigeria during the study period.

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Analysis of Rainfall and Temperature Variability over Nigeria. (2014). Global Journal of Human-Social Science, 14(B3), 1-17. https://socialscienceresearch.org/index.php/GJHSS/article/view/1026

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