Awolola, O.O and Olorunmaiye, J.A (2013) STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF THE HOURLY RELATIVE HUMIDITY DATA OF SOKOTO AND PORT HARCOURT IN NIGERIA AND ITS IMPLICATION ON AGRICULTURE. In: International Engineering Conference, 9-13 December 2013, Abuja.
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Abstract
Hourly relative humidity (RH) for Sokoto and Port Harcourt in Nigeria were obtained from the Nigerian Meteorological Agency, Oshodi for the years 1995 to 2009. Statistical analyses were carried out on the data to obtain average hourly relative humidity for each month and then the average monthly relative humidity. Probability density functions were developed from the hourly relative humidity data for the two cities. The results show that Sokoto and Port Harcourt have their lowest average relative humidity of 19.39% and 74.72% in March and January respectively. While the highest average relative humidity occurs in August and were found to be 78.7% and 89.93% for Sokoto and Port Harcourt respectively. The number of hours that relative humidity is below 60% is high in Sokoto while the number of hours that relative humidity is above 60% is high in Port Harcourt. The implication of these results on the practice of agriculture is that drying and storage of some crops could be achieved better under atmospheric conditions in Sokoto than Port Harcourt. Equally the practice of poultry keeping involving incubation and brooding for which moderate relative humidity id required will pose a challenge most of the month of the year for the two cities. For Sokoto, there will be need to increase it to appropriate level and slight reduction will be required for Port Harcourt. It is therefore recommended that more attention should be paid to Agriculture practices in these locations considering the weather-related areas of strength. Silos should be built for storage of grains and storage facilities for fruits should be built in Port Harcourt. This will improve the agricultural capacities in the country.
| Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Paper) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | relative humidity, agriculture, storage |
| Subjects: | S Agriculture > S Agriculture (General) T Technology > T Technology (General) T Technology > TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Engineering, Science and Mathematics > School of Engineering Sciences |
| Depositing User: | Joy Oluwabukola Olayiwola |
| Date Deposited: | 13 Dec 2022 13:55 |
| Last Modified: | 13 Dec 2022 13:55 |
| URI: | http://eprints.federalpolyilaro.edu.ng/id/eprint/2050 |
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