Data · collection
African Historical Precipitation Data
Listed in NASA Earthdata CMR
African Historical Precipitation Data is digital data set DSI-9799, archived at the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC).
Description
This data is a collection from various sources of data from Africa, including publications, hand-written data secured from visiting scientists, and visits to African nations. The activity was supported by funds provided by the Agency for International Development (AID).
The geographic coverage is selected stations from Africa in the following regions: Subequatorial, Tropical West, Sahel, Horn. Not included are most of northern and southern Africa. The time period covered is variable; earliest is 1850 and latest is 1984.
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The major parameter is sequential monthly total precipitation (mm).
Links
Get the data
- data.nodc.noaa.gov /cgi-bin/iso?id=gov.noaa.ncdc%3AC00006 ↗
Dataset landing page with general information and access links for the dataset.
download · from NASA CMR
Catalogue records · 2
- CMR record cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C2102892476-NOAA_NCEI.html ↗
catalogue entry · from NASA CMR
- CMR UMM-JSON cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C2102892476-NOAA_NCEI.umm_json ↗
metadata API · from NASA CMR
Topics
- Stated by source
- GROUND STATIONS · Not provided · Precipitation Amount
Provenance · 1 source records, 9 field assertions
| Source | Key | Last seen | Raw |
|---|---|---|---|
| NASA Earthdata CMR | C2102892476-NOAA_NCEI | 13 d ago | JSON v1 |
| Field | Assertion | Extractor | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| access_level | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/atmosphere/precipitation/precipitation-amount | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[platform].gcmd_platform:ground-stations | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[platform].gcmd_platform:not-provided | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| description | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/Abstract |
| spatial | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/SpatialExtent |
| temporal | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/TemporalExtents |
| title | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/EntryTitle |
| version_label | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 |