Impact of climate change on surface water resources of Ilorin, Nigeria.
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2010-07-26
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University of Ilorin, Nigeria,
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This paper presents the impact of climate change on surface water resources of Ilorin. The study
involved the collection of data on meteorological and hydrological variables. The hydrometeorological
variables were subjected to statistical, trend, and reduction pattern analysis. The statistical analysis was used
to determine statistical parameters while Mann-Kendall and regression analyses were used to detect the
significance of the trend in each variable. Reduction pattern analysis was used to depict the fluctuation of the
variables over time. Based on the analyses, it was discovered that there is tendency for an increase in rainfall
while there is tendency for decrease in evaporation. It was also discovered that there will be no significant
change in min. temperature, max. temperature, Oyun streamflow, and Asa streamflow.
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Climate change, Water resources, hydro-meteorological variables, Reservoir