A Two-Century Precipitation Dataset for the Continent of Africa
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Nicholson, Sharon E., Amin K. Dezfuli, and Douglas Klotter. "A Two-Century Precipitation Dataset for the Continent of Africa." Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 93, no.8 (August 2012): 1219–1231. https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-11-00212.1.
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A wealth of historical information on climate and weather exists for the African continent. Documentary information, hydrologic indicators, and rain gauge records have been compiled and combined into a semiquantitative precipitation dataset that extends from 1801 to 1900. That dataset describes “wetness” for 90 regions of Africa, using a seven-category index. A regional gauge dataset for 1901–2000 has been converted to the seven-class system, extending coverage to two centuries. These datasets are available through the Paleoclimate Data Center.