Solar radiation patterns during the harmattan season at Enugu, Nigeria

IRN Awachie, CE Okeke - Energy conversion and management, 1985 - Elsevier
The total solar radiation during the harmattan months of 1982 to the early part of 1984 at
Enugu, Nigeria, which lies on latitude 6.47° N and longitude 7.55° E and 140 m above sea …

Analysis of solar radiation data for Port Harcourt, Nigeria

A Kuye, SS Jagtap - Solar Energy, 1992 - Elsevier
The data on global irradiation incident on a horizontal surface in Port Harcourt during the 13-
year period 1977–1989 are analyzed and shown to vary with the climatic changes of the …

Solar radiation pattern at Awka, Nigeria

PI Obiakor, IRN Awachie - Energy conversion and management, 1989 - Elsevier
The global solar radiation in Awka, located at lat 6.20° N and long 7.12° E has been
measured using a Belfort actinograph on a continuous basis from November 1985 to May …

Measured solar radiation in a Nigerian environment compared with predicted data

CI Ezekwe, CCO Ezeilo - Solar energy, 1981 - Elsevier
Diurnal global irradiation was measured with precision pyranometer in Nsukka, Nigeria and
compared with values generated from five different empirical models proposed by earlier …

The measurement and prediction of global and diffuse components of solar radiation for Kano in Northern Nigeria

AS Sambo - Solar & wind technology, 1988 - Elsevier
Abstract Two Kipp and Zonen solarimeters, one of which incorporated a shadow ring, were
used for the measurement of the global and diffuse components of solar radiation for Kano …

Nocturnal radiation measurements in Nigeria

CI Ezekwe - Solar energy, 1986 - Elsevier
Experimental work was carried out to determine the net flux of the long-wave radiation from
the earth's surface to the atmosphere for clear nights in Nsukka, Nigeria. Values of the …

Solar radiation prediction from sunshine in eastern Nigeria

AE Eze, JC Ododo - Energy conversion and management, 1988 - Elsevier
Solar radiation equipment was found unreliable in the past, but presently is costly and not
readily available in developing countries. In such regions, use has to be made of models …

Spectral solar irradiance under Harmattan conditions

ZD Adeyefa, B Holmgren, JA Adedokun - Renewable Energy, 1995 - Elsevier
Results of spectral solar radiation measurements at Ile-Ife (7°-30′ N, 4° 31′ E; South
Western Nigeria) for two non-consecutive months between December 1991 and February …

Correlation of solar radiation with cloud cover and relative sunshine duration

JC Ododo, JA Agbakwuru, FA Ogbu - Energy conversion and management, 1996 - Elsevier
An attempt has been made to correlate the total solar radiation with cloud cover and relative
sunshine duration for three Nigerian stations—Gusau, Potiskum and Yola. For Potiskum, an …

Empirical models for the correlation of global solar radiation with meteorological data for northern Nigeria

AS Sambo - Solar & wind technology, 1986 - Elsevier
Sunshine duration hours, minimum and maximum daily temperatures, relative humidity,
mean daily temperatures and specific humidity, all as monthly averages for a 60-month time …