Browsing by Author "Ayoola, M.A."

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Micrometeorological measurements in Nigeria during the total solar eclipse of 29 March, 2006
(2009) Nymphas, E.F.; Adeniyi, M,O.; Ayoola, M.A.; Oladiran, E.O.
The total solar eclipse of 29 March, 2006 which was visible at Ibadan (7.55°N, 4.56°E), south-western Nigeria was utilized to document atmospheric surface-layer effects of the eclipse for the first time in Nigeria. The meteorological parameters measured are global radiation, net radiation, wind speed (at different heights), atmospheric pressure and soil temperature (5,10 and 30cm), moisture and heat flux and rainfall. The results revealed remarkable dynamic atmospheric effects. The observations showed that the incoming solar radiation, net radiation and air temperature were significantly affected. There was an upsurge of wind speed just before the first contact of the eclipse followed by a very sharp decrease in wind speed due to the cooling and stabilization of the atmospheric boundary layer. The atmospheric pressure lags the eclipse maximum by 1 h 30 min, while the soil temperature at 5 and 10cm remain constant during the maximum phase of the eclipse.
Soil Thermal Properties at Nimex-1 site
(2004) Oladosu, O.R.; Ayoola, M.A.; Nymphas, E.F.
The nigerian micrometeorological experiment (nimex-1): an overview
(2004) Jegede, O.O.; Mauder, M.; Okogbue, E.C.; Foken, T.; Balogun, E.E.; Adedokun, J.A.; Oladiran, E.O.; Omotosho, J.A.; Balogun, A.A.; Oladosu, O.R.; Sunmonu, L.A.; Ayoola, M.A.; Aregbesola , T.O.; Ogolo, E.O.; Nymphas, E.F.; Adeniyi, M.O.; Olatona, G.L.; Ladipo, K.O.; Ohamobi, S.I.; Gbobaniyi, E.O.; Akinlade, G.
The first phase of the Nigerian Micrometeorological Experiment (NIMEX-1) was concluded between 15 February and 10 March 2004, at an agricultural site within the campus of Obafemi Awolowo University in Ile-Ife, Nigeria (7°33’N, 4°33’E). The multi-institutional project was aimed at determining the surface energy balance of a tropical wet and dry location in West Africa. The field observations made fell within a transition from the dry to wet season in the area, and as such, the surface conditions varied in extremes. An integrated measurement system comprising of various micrometeorological sensors was deployed to record the mean and turbulence parameters in the surface layers separately. A number of methodologies viz: the eddy covariance (EC), Bowen ratio energy balance (BREB), and modified Bowen ratio (MBR) systems, used to determine magnitudes of the surface fluxes; sensible and latent heats, were compared. Generally, there is a consistency of their diurnal trends but the BREB method overestimated the surface fluxes up to about 30%. The radiation balance indicated that the incoming shortwave is dominant during daytime and is mainly responsible for the surface forcings. The nonclosure of the energy balance obtained at the surface, typically, was less than 25%.