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        <journal-title xml:lang="en">Journal of the Bulgarian Geographical Society</journal-title>
        <abbrev-journal-title xml:lang="en">JBGS</abbrev-journal-title>
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      <issn pub-type="ppub">2738-8107</issn>
      <issn pub-type="epub">2738-8115</issn>
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        <publisher-name>Bulgarian Geographical Society</publisher-name>
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      <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.3897/jbgs.e105178</article-id>
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        <subj-group subj-group-type="heading">
          <subject>Research Article</subject>
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        <subj-group subj-group-type="scientific_subject">
          <subject>Climate Change</subject>
          <subject>Climatology</subject>
          <subject>Interdisciplinary Studies</subject>
          <subject>Natural &amp; Technological Hazards &amp; Risks</subject>
          <subject>Physical Geography</subject>
          <subject>Regional Studies</subject>
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        <article-title>Experimental study of spatial and seasonal temperature characteristics of Jalingo metropolis</article-title>
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          <name name-style="western">
            <surname>Sunday Asa</surname>
            <given-names>Patrick</given-names>
          </name>
          <email xlink:type="simple">asa@fuwukari.edu.ng</email>
          <uri content-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4858-4378</uri>
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        <contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="no">
          <name name-style="western">
            <surname>Shehu Umar</surname>
            <given-names>Idris</given-names>
          </name>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="A1">1</xref>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="no">
          <name name-style="western">
            <surname>Audu Zemba</surname>
            <given-names>Ambrose</given-names>
          </name>
          <uri content-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7692-9911</uri>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="A2">2</xref>
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      <aff id="A1">
        <label>1</label>
        <addr-line content-type="verbatim">Federal University Wukari, Wukari, Nigeria</addr-line>
        <institution>Federal University Wukari</institution>
        <addr-line content-type="city">Wukari</addr-line>
        <country>Nigeria</country>
      </aff>
      <aff id="A2">
        <label>2</label>
        <addr-line content-type="verbatim">Modibbo adama University, Yola, Nigeria</addr-line>
        <institution>Modibbo adama University</institution>
        <addr-line content-type="city">Yola</addr-line>
        <country>Nigeria</country>
      </aff>
      <author-notes>
        <fn fn-type="corresp">
          <p>Corresponding author: Patrick Sunday Asa (<email xlink:type="simple">asa@fuwukari.edu.ng</email>).</p>
        </fn>
        <fn fn-type="edited-by">
          <p>Academic editor: Mariyana Nikolova</p>
        </fn>
      </author-notes>
      <pub-date pub-type="collection">
        <year>2023</year>
      </pub-date>
      <pub-date pub-type="epub">
        <day>20</day>
        <month>06</month>
        <year>2023</year>
      </pub-date>
      <volume>48</volume>
      <fpage>65</fpage>
      <lpage>71</lpage>
      <uri content-type="arpha" xlink:href="http://openbiodiv.net/29F3A88A-82D0-54CD-8837-93A3511F65B1">29F3A88A-82D0-54CD-8837-93A3511F65B1</uri>
      <history>
        <date date-type="received">
          <day>19</day>
          <month>04</month>
          <year>2023</year>
        </date>
        <date date-type="accepted">
          <day>25</day>
          <month>05</month>
          <year>2023</year>
        </date>
      </history>
      <permissions>
        <copyright-statement>Patrick Sunday Asa, Idris Shehu Umar, Ambrose Audu Zemba</copyright-statement>
        <license license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple">
          <license-p>This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.</license-p>
        </license>
      </permissions>
      <abstract>
        <label>Abstract</label>
        <p>The paper presents the results of studying the spatial and seasonal atmospheric temperature characteristics of Jalingo metropolis, Nigeria, with the aim of assessing seasonal temperature variations for thermal comfort planning. Temperature data for this study was collected across the local climate zones, otherwise known as thermal climate zones (TCZ), following the TZC classification of the area. Temperature data was collected for 30 days continuously and simultaneously across the TCZ. The collection of temperature data was done in the months of April and August 2021, and January 2022 – representing the dry season, the rainy season and the Harmattan period respectively. A Thermochron Ibutton sensor by Maxim Incorporation was used to collect temperature data, while the specific series used was DS1921. An improvised automated weather station was constructed to house the sensor. The result of the study indicates that air temperature varies considerably within Jalingo metropolis, as well as throughout the seasons, thus affecting human thermal comfort in the study area, as temperature is found to correlate well with both human morbidity and mortality, especially regarding cardiovascular diseases. The paper recommends increasing ventilation and nature-based solution to reduce high temperatures through tree planting in order to improve human thermal comfort in Jalingo metropolis area.</p>
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