May 2023

Rainfall and sea-surface temperature analyses over Maiduguri, Nigeria using Mann-Kendall test

Monitoring of rainfall has become necessary, because of the adverse effects of rainfall variability (e.g. floods, drought, poor harvests, etc.) on agriculture as well as economy. This study is geared towards a better understanding of rainfall variability in Maiduguri, an agrarian community, and sea-surface temperature using Mann-Kendall statistical analyses of data for a period of thirty-four years from Nigeria...

Author(s): Obiageli J. Ugonabo, Ernest Benjamin Ikechukwu Ugwu, and Abigail Alfa