GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL OF CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE LOWER RIVER NIGER, NIGERIA

Authors

  • Olumide David Onafeso Department of Geography, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, Nigeria

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.46881/ajsn.v10i0.174

Keywords:

Rainfall, Runoff, General Circulation Model, HadCM3, Nigeria

Author Biography

Olumide David Onafeso, Department of Geography, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, Nigeria

Department of Geography, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, Nigeria

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2020-11-10

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