Imaging · collection · 2015
Spatio-temporal Characteristics of Rainfall in Africa, 0.25 degrees, from 1998-2012
Listed in NASA Earthdata CMR and NASA Data Portal — shown once because both records carry DOI 10.3334/ornldaac/1263
This data set describes rainfall distribution statistics over the African continent, including Madagascar.
Description
The rainfall estimates are based on data from the NASA Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) measured between 1998 and 2012. Rainfall patterns were quantified using a gamma-based function and two Markov chain parameters with the aim to summarize the rainfall pattern to a small number of parameters and processes.
These summary statistics are suitable for temporal downscaling. These data provide gridded (0.25 x 0.25-degree) estimates of 14-year mean monthly rainfall total amount (mm), frequency (count), intensity (mm/hr), and duration (hrs) of rainfall, as well as Markov chain and gamma-distribution parameters for use in temporal downscaling. The data are presented as a series of 12 netCDF (*.nc) files.
Links
Get the data
- Data set Landing Page DOI URL doi.org/10.3334/ornldaac/1263 ↗
landing page · download · DOI / persistent id · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- Data Set Documentation data.ornldaac.earthdata.nasa.gov/public/global_climate/African_Rainfall_Patterns/comp/read_rain… ↗
documentation · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- ORNL DAAC Data Set Documentation data.ornldaac.earthdata.nasa.gov/public/global_climate/African_Rainfall_Patterns/comp/African_R… ↗
documentation · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- search.earthdata.nasa.gov /search/granules?p=C2776874873-ORNL_CLOUD ↗
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download · from NASA CMR
- Collection Bundle URL data.ornldaac.earthdata.nasa.gov/protected/bundle/African_Rainfall_Patterns_1263.zip ↗
download · from NASA CMR
- PNG daac.ornl.gov/graphics/browse/sdat-tds/1263_1_fit.png ↗
download · preview image · from data nasa gov, NASA CMR
- Original Metadata cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C2776874873-ORNL_CLOUD.iso19115 ↗
download · from data nasa gov
Where it is published
- NASA Data Portal dataset page data.nasa.gov/dataset/spatio-temporal-characteristics-of-rainfall-in-africa-… ↗
landing page · from data nasa gov
Catalogue records · 3
- CMR UMM-JSON cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C2776874873-ORNL_CLOUD.umm_json ↗
metadata API · from NASA CMR
- CKAN API data.nasa.gov/api/3/action/package_show?id=c228faf7-ef7d-4281-9d99-e489a9412… ↗
metadata API · from data nasa gov
- CMR record cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C2776874873-ORNL_CLOUD.html ↗
catalogue entry · from NASA CMR
Topics
- Stated by source
- NOT APPLICABLE · NOT APPLICABLE · Precipitation Amount · Precipitation Rate · Rain
- From keywords
- Astronomy & Astrophysics · Earth & Environmental Science · Ocean & Atmospheric Science · Physics
Provenance · 2 source records, 19 field assertions
| Source | Key | Last seen | Raw |
|---|---|---|---|
| NASA Earthdata CMR | C2776874873-ORNL_CLOUD | 12 d ago | JSON v1 |
| NASA Data Portal | c228faf7-ef7d-4281-9d99-e489a941206e | 9 d ago | JSON v1 |
| Field | Assertion | Extractor | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| access_level | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:astronomy | mapping · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:earth-environmental | mapping · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:ocean-atmospheric | mapping · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:physics | mapping · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[instrument].gcmd_instrument:not-applicable | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/atmosphere/precipitation/liquid-precipitation/rain | 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[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/atmosphere/precipitation/precipitation-rate | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[platform].gcmd_platform:not-applicable | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| created_date | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| description | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/Abstract |
| license_text | source · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| publication_date | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| 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 |
| updated_date | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| version_label | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 |