Urban climate variability trend in the coastal region of Mombasa Kenya

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dc.contributor.authorNgare, Innocent Osoro
dc.contributor.authorKoske, James Kibii
dc.contributor.authorMuriuki, John Njagi
dc.contributor.authorChitechi, Evelyn Wemali
dc.contributor.authorGathuku, George Njagi
dc.date.accessioned2020-09-17T14:14:27Z
dc.date.available2020-09-17T14:14:27Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.descriptionA research article published in African Journal of Environmental Science and Technologyen_US
dc.description.abstractThe world population in global south countries is increasing. This fast growth has heightened urban ecological footprint that contributes to anthropogenic forcing triggering of the climate system. From this study, climate variability trend dynamics in Mombasa County, a coastal urban area in Kenya was examined. A retrospective study was done (1989-2019) to determine the changes in temperature and rainfall in the area of study. The results show that climate variability was experienced in Mombasa with a maximum temperature t=-5.628, df=23, P:0.000 and a minimum of t= -5.401, df=23, P:0.000, total rainfall t=2.025, df=23, P:0.275. The linear regression analysis shows rainfall variation y = -9.588x + 1217.1 and temperature y =0.0258x + 29.888 with an increase of +0.4°C. The annual maximum temperature averages show heterogeneous distribution from kurtosis coefficient with little observed skewness.en_US
dc.identifier.citationNgare, I. O., Koske, J. K., Muriuki, J. N., Chitechi, E. W., & Gathuku, G. N. (2020). Urban climate variability trend in the coastal region of Mombasa Kenya. African Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, 14(8), 214-221.en_US
dc.identifier.issn1996-0786
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.5897/AJEST2020.2837
dc.identifier.urihttp://ir-library.ku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/20397
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherAcademic Journalsen_US
dc.subjectRainfallen_US
dc.subjecttemperatureen_US
dc.subjecturbanizationen_US
dc.subjectretrospectiveen_US
dc.titleUrban climate variability trend in the coastal region of Mombasa Kenyaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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