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SAFARI 2000 Monthly Climatology for the 20th Century (New et al.)

Overview

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/623
Version1
Project
Published2002-02-04
Updated2023-11-04
Usage291 downloads
Citations1 publication cited this dataset

Description

This is a data set of mean monthly surface climate data over Southern Africa for nearly all of the twentieth century. The data set is gridded at 0.5-degree latitude/longitude resolution and includes seven variables: precipitation, mean temperature, diurnal temperature range, wet-day frequency, vapour pressure, cloud cover, and ground-frost frequency.

Science Keywords

  • ATMOSPHERE
  • PRECIPITATION
  • PRECIPITATION AMOUNT
  • ATMOSPHERE
  • ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE
  • SURFACE TEMPERATURE
  • AIR TEMPERATURE
  • ATMOSPHERE
  • ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE
  • SURFACE TEMPERATURE
  • MAXIMUM/MINIMUM TEMPERATURE
  • ATMOSPHERE
  • ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR
  • WATER VAPOR INDICATORS
  • WATER VAPOR
  • ATMOSPHERE
  • CLOUDS
  • CLOUD PROPERTIES
  • CLOUD FREQUENCY
  • ATMOSPHERE
  • WEATHER EVENTS
  • FREEZE/FROST

Data Use and Citation

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New, M., M. Hulme, and P.D. Jones. 2002. SAFARI 2000 Monthly Climatology for the 20th Century (New et al.). ORNL DAAC, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA. https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/623

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  • s2k_eastanglia_1901_1995.pdf
  • readme.txt