Assessment of Drought Occurrence in Kano State, Nigeria

Thomas. U. Omali; Kebiru Umoru; Ezekiel. O. Eguaroje

Title:
Assessment of Drought Occurrence in Kano State, Nigeria

Authors:
Ezekiel. O. Eguaroje | Thomas. U. Omali | Kebiru Umoru

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Ezekiel. O. Eguaroje | Thomas. U. Omali | Kebiru Umoru "Assessment of Drought Occurrence in Kano State, Nigeria" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-4 | Issue-2, February 2020, pp.297-303, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd29976.pdf

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Abstract :
Drought occurrence is caused by the breaking of water balance, which usually leads to negative impact on agriculture, as well as ecological and socio-economic spheres. The main purpose of the current study is to conduct drought assessment over Kano State, Nigeria for 2018. We used two different drought indices including Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI) and the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI). Meteorological data on precipitation was used to compute the Standardized Precipitation Index, and Normalized Difference Vegetation Index was generated from MODIS-NDVI data sets. The conventional SPI classification scheme which categorize drought under seven groups was used along with the NDVI values which ranges from -1 to +1. Results indicate a near normal condition in the study area.

Keywords :
Climate, disaster, indicators, NDVI, SPI

Publication Details:

Unique Identification Number : IJTSRD29976

Published In : Volume-4 | Issue-2, February 2020

Page Number(s) : 297-303

Publisher Name : IJTSRD | www.ijtsrd.com | E-ISSN 2456-6470

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