NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology - 19th Century African Instrumental and Documentary Precipitation Data

Description

This archived Paleoclimatology Study is available from the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), under the World Data Service (WDS) for Paleoclimatology. The associated NCEI study type is Historical. The data include parameters of historical with a geographic location of South Africa, Southern Africa. The time period coverage is from 76 to 50 in calendar years before present (BP). See metadata information for parameter and study location details. Please cite this study when using the data.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
0 General information for this data type. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/paleoclimatology/fire-history
53 Direct download links for dataset files. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/historical/africa/africa2001precip.xls
0 NCEI landing page with general information and links to access the data. https://doi.org/10.25921/fe54-tn06
0 Study page with data access information. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/paleo-search/study/12201
47 Direct download links for dataset files. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/historical/africa/africa2001precip.txt
0 Information for contacts at NCEI. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact
0 https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/paleoclimatology/paleoenvironmental-standard-terms-thesaurus
0 Nicholson, S.E., 2001: A Semi-Quantitative, Regional Precipitation Data Set for Studying African Climates of the Nineteenth Century, Part I. Overview of the Data Set. Climatic Change, 50, 317-353, 10.1023/A:1010674724320 https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1010674724320
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/learn/find-data/idn/gcmd-keywords
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/learn/find-data/idn/gcmd-keywords
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/learn/find-data/idn/gcmd-keywords

Tags

  • ethiopia
  • south africa
  • nesdis
  • longitude 39.45
  • eastern africa
  • aflou
  • what: temperature
  • southern africa
  • continent
  • wynberg
  • noaa
  • weather observation
  • what: collection date
  • paleoclimate
  • latitude -34
  • instrumental
  • material: null
  • algeria
  • paleoclimate reconstructions
  • longitude 2.05
  • u.s. department of commerce
  • earth science
  • what: moisture index
  • climate indicators
  • doc/noaa/nesdis/ncei
  • northern africa
  • historical
  • latitude 15.6167
  • what: precipitation
  • what: streamflow
  • document
  • paleoclimate indicators
  • africa
  • what: age
  • latitude 34.1333
  • national centers for environmental information
  • massawa
  • longitude 18.4667

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