WEATHER CONDITIONS IN NIGERIA.

Abstract

The report examines in detail the weather conditions over Nigeria during five typical positions of the surface discontinuity between Saharan and Atlantic air. The detailed examination is made against a background of the country's general climatology. As a result it is found that the weather zones commonly described in relation to the position of the surface discontinuity can be readily perceived in the details of day to day weather. This demonstrates the general similarity of weather within broad zones at different seasons, and the sharpness of the boundaries separating the zones. By means of a frequency analysis of the positions of the surface discontinuity over a period of five years, the country is divided into four weather regions, the characteristics of which are described together with their relationship to climatic conditions in general. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1967
Accession Number
AD0661355

Entities

People

  • B. J. Garnier

Organizations

  • Indiana University Bloomington

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Atmospheric Sciences
  • Boundaries
  • Climatology
  • Discontinuities
  • Earth Sciences
  • Frequency
  • Sharpness

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Climatology
  • Fluid Dynamics.
  • International Relations, focusing on Korea-Africa and North Korea-South Korea relations, and Nigeria-Latin American Relations.