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SAFARI 2000 FEWS 10-DAY RAINFALL ESTIMATE, 8-KM, 1999-2001

Entry ID: s2k_fews

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Summary

Abstract: The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Famine Early Warning System (FEWS) has been supporting the production of 10-day Rainfall Estimate (RFE) data for Africa since 1995. The FEWSNET project was established with the goal of reducing the incidence of drought- or flood-induced famine by providing decision makers with timely and accurate information on conditions that may require ...

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Description: SAFARI 2000 FEWS 10-DAY RAINFALL ESTIMATE, 8-KM, 1999-2001

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: 10.1

S: -42.28

E: 50.52

W: 20.64

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: XIE, P.-P.

Dataset Title: SAFARI 2000 FEWS 10-DAY RAINFALL ESTIMATE, 8-KM, 1999-2001

Dataset Release Date: 2004

Dataset Release Place: Oak Ridge, Tennessee, U.S.A.

Dataset Publisher: Oak Ridge National Laboratory Distributed Active Archive Center

Data Presentation Form: Online Files

Dataset DOI: doi:10.3334/ORNLDAAC/711

Online Resource: http://mercury.ornl.gov/ornldaac/send/query?term2=711&term2attribut...

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1999-01-01

Stop Date: 2001-12-31

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > AFRICA > SOUTHERN AFRICA

Science Keywords

ATMOSPHERE > PRECIPITATION > PRECIPITATION AMOUNT

ISO Topic Category

CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

Platform

METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS

Instrument

RAIN GAUGES

SSMI > Special Sensor Microwave/Imager

Project

EOSDIS > Earth Observing System Data Information System

ESIP > Earth Science Information Partners Program

SAFARI 2000 > The Southern African Regional Science Initiative Project

CWIC > CEOS WGISS Integrated Catalog

Ancillary Keywords

WMO

RFE

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Data Center

THE OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY (ORNL) DISTRIBUTED ACTIVE ARCHIVE CENTER (DAAC)

Data Center URL: http://daac.ornl.gov/
Dataset ID: 711

Data Center Personnel
Name: ORNL DAAC USER SERVICES OFFICE Phone: (865) 574-7447 Email: uso at daac.ornl.gov Contact Address: ORNL DAAC User Services Office Oak Ridge National Laboratory City: Oak Ridge Province or State: TN Postal Code: 37831-6407 Country: USA