Finite Difference Methods for Weather Prediction in Abuja, Nigeria

Authors

  • Jacob Emmanuel  Department of Mathematics, University of Abuja, Abuja, Nigeria
  • Ogunfiditimi F.O.  Department of Mathematics, University of Abuja, Abuja, Nigeria
  • Victor Alexander Okhuese  College of Pure and Applied Sciences, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Kenya.
  • Odeyemi J. K  Department of Mathematics, University of Abuja, Abuja, Nigeria

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.32628/CSEIT2063207

Keywords:

MATLAB, Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, Numerical Weather Prediction

Abstract

In this research, we have been able to simulate some finite difference schemes to predict weather trends of Abuja Station, Nigeria. By analyzing the results from these schemes, it has shown that the best scheme in the finite difference method that gives a close accurate weather forecast is the trapezoidal scheme hence we use it to simulate numerical weather data obtained from Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Abuja and corresponding numerical weather data obtained by the compatible finite difference schemes, using MATLAB (R2012a) software to obtain future numerical weather trends.

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2020-06-30

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Volume 6, Issue 3, May-June-2020

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Jacob Emmanuel, Ogunfiditimi F.O., Victor Alexander Okhuese, Odeyemi J. K, " Finite Difference Methods for Weather Prediction in Abuja, Nigeria" International Journal of Scientific Research in Computer Science, Engineering and Information Technology(IJSRCSEIT), ISSN : 2456-3307, Volume 6, Issue 3, pp.915-931, May-June-2020. Available at doi : https://doi.org/10.32628/CSEIT2063207