The impact of climate change on society is one of the most serious challenges of this century. Observations have shown that the Earth’s hydrologic cycle has intensified during past century as the Earth’s temperatures have increased. Such change in hydrology will affect nearly eve...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/BJECC/2015/7962
Aims: Derivation of a closed-form expression for the duration of the daily insolation on surfaces of arbitrary uniform slope and aspect located anywhere on Earth, anytime of the year. Study Method: It is shown that the sunrise- and sunset-hour angles and the duration of daily ins...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/BJECC/2013/2450
Aims: In this paper, we aim to assess different parameterization schemes for quantifying the surface energy portioning process, in particular, the latent and sensible heat fluxes, and their applicability to various surface cover types. Study Design: This study intercompares theor...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/BJECC/2013/3062
The paper presents results related to water balance of the Oyan Lake in the North West in Nigeria. The catchment covering an area of 9000 km2 includes a small dam called Oyan dam having an effective watershed area of 40 km2 with a gross storage of 270 million cubic meters. Hydrol...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/BJECC/2011/203