[HTML][HTML] Dust and PV Performance in Nigeria: A review

YN Chanchangi, A Ghosh, S Sundaram… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2020 - Elsevier
The accumulation of dust on photovoltaic (PV) devices has an adverse impact by degrading
their performance. In this work, a review of the effects of dust accumulation on PV module …

Aerosol characterization in Northern Africa, Northeastern Atlantic, Mediterranean basin and Middle East from direct-sun AERONET observations

S Basart, C Pérez, E Cuevas… - Atmospheric …, 2009 - acp.copernicus.org
We provide an atmospheric aerosol characterization for North Africa, Northeastern Atlantic,
Mediterranean and Middle East based on the analysis of quality-assured direct-sun …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation of climate model aerosol trends with ground-based observations over the last 2 decades–an AeroCom and CMIP6 analysis

A Mortier, J Gliß, M Schulz, W Aas… - Atmospheric …, 2020 - acp.copernicus.org
This study presents a multiparameter analysis of aerosol trends over the last 2 decades at
regional and global scales. Regional time series have been computed for a set of nine …

The regional EUROpean atmospheric transport inversion COMparison, EUROCOM: first results on European wide terrestrial carbon fluxes for the period 2006–2015

G Monteil, G Broquet, M Scholze, M Lang… - Atmospheric …, 2019 - acp.copernicus.org
Atmospheric inversions have been used for the past two decades to derive large scale
constraints on the sources and sinks of CO 2 into the atmosphere. The development of high …

[HTML][HTML] Seasonal variations of aerosol optical properties and identification of different aerosol types based on AERONET data over sub-Sahara West-Africa

M Balarabe, K Abdullah, M Nawawi - Atmospheric and Climate Sciences, 2015 - scirp.org
The uncertainty in the quantification of aerosol properties such as concentration, size, and
composition, spatially and temporally makes regional studies important. Therefore, this study …

[PDF][PDF] Seasonal variations in frequencies of acute vaso-occlusive morbidities among sickle cell anaemia patients in Northern Nigeria

SG Ahmed, MB Kagu, UA Abjah, AA Bukar - J Blood Disord Transfus, 2012 - academia.edu
Background: Nigeria is the most populous black nation with the heaviest burden of Sickle
Cell Anaemia divided into a cold and dusty harmattan season and a hot non-harmattan dry …

The Variation in Atmospheric Turbidity over a Tropical Site in Nigeria and Its Relation to Climate Drivers

OO SoneyeArogundade, B Rappenglück - Atmosphere, 2024 - mdpi.com
Atmospheric turbidity exhibits substantial spatial–temporal variability due to factors such as
aerosol emissions, seasonal changes, meteorology, and air mass transport. Investigating …

[PDF][PDF] Analysis of Aerosols in West Africa: Modelling and Radiative Forcing

SB Sharafa, R Aliyu, BB Ibrahim… - Environmental …, 2023 - researchgate.net
Atmospheric aerosols are an inevitable issue in Atmospheric Physics and Chemistry (Kalluri,
2016). They are suspensions, in air, of solid or liquid particles, which are mostly observed as …

[PDF][PDF] Aerosol optical depths during two harmattan seasons in Ile-Ife Nigeria

O Obisesan - atmosphere, 2021 - academia.edu
Aim: To quantify the atmospheric aerosol loading in order to predict the severity and
accompanying consequences of aerosols at a tropical location in Ile-Ife, southwest Nigeria …

Seasonal variations in the operating temperature of silicon solar panels in southern Ghana

HA Koffi, VCK Kakane, A Kuditcher… - African Journal of …, 2015 - journals.co.za
This work deals with the seasonal daily variation of the operating temperature of silicon solar
panels under tropical atmospheric conditions, including high turbidity (Harmattan dust …