Kamoli Makanjuola Kazeem, Gedion Elijah Ahons,
Dew Point Temperature, Relative Humidity and Sunshine Hours in Jos, Nigeria:
Their Relationship and Predictive Model,
Environmental Research Journal,
Volume 8,Issue 1,
2014,
Pages 17-20,
ISSN 1994-5396,
erj.2014.17.20,
(https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=erj.2014.17.20)
Abstract: The objective was to examine the relationship between dew point temperature,
relative humidity of the air and sun shine hours in Jos, Nigeria and derived
the predictive model. The 10 years (2001 to 2010) of measurements were obtained
from the weather observatory at the University of Jos, for analyses. The sunshine
duration (in hours and tenths) were fundamentally measured while the dew point
temperature and the relative humidities were derived from the Masons
psychrometer with the aid of the Blundell Harling humidity slide rule. Regression
analysis techniques were then used to analyse and examine the relationships
between the weather elements. The coefficient of regressional analysis R2
and Ra2 (R2 adjusted) were calculated.
An empirical equation which was derived was used to compare the measured dew
point temperature values and the predicted. That of R2 gave 98.5%
while that of Ra2 registered 88.0%. It was discovered
that the developed model can be used for the prediction of dew point temperature
on a short and long-term basis.
Keywords: weather;regression;empirical;Temperature;Jos