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Legates and Willmott Air Temperature and Precipitation Project datasets, Africa

Entry ID: NBId0037_101

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Summary

Abstract: Africa monthly Corrected Precipitation, Standard Error Precipitation,
Air Temperature and Measured Precipitation datasets are part of
Legates and Willmott average monthly air temperature and precipitation
project produced by The World Data Center-A (WDC-A) for Solid Earth
Geophysics, operated by the U.S. National Geophysical Data Center
(NGDC). The datasets are part of the World Data Bank II that ...

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: 40.0

S: -35.0

E: 55.0

W: -20.0

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > AFRICA

Science Keywords

HUMAN DIMENSIONS > ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS

LAND SURFACE > LAND TEMPERATURE

ISO Topic Category

ENVIRONMENT

GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATION

Access Constraints Public

Ancillary Keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE

Atmosphere > Atmospheric Processes > Precipitation Enhancement

Originating Center

The World Data Centre-A (WDC-A)

Data Center

Global Resource Information Database - Nairobi, Division of Early Warning and Assessment, United Nations Environment Programme
Data Center URL: http://gridnairobi.unep.org/

Data Center Personnel
Name: JOHANNES AKIWUMI Phone: (+254-20) 7624214 Fax: (+254-20) 7624315 Email: Johannes.Akiwumi at unep.org Contact Address: Head, Data and Information Management Section Division of Early Warning and Assessment (DEWA) United Nations Environment Programme P. O. Box 30552 City: Nairobi Postal Code: 00100 Country: Kenya