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High resolution meteorological data from a network of five stations in Kampala, Uganda
A high density weather observation data set from the Kampala area in Uganda has been produced through the collaboration of the projects: Integrating Hydro-Climate Science into Policy Decisions for Climate-Resilient Infrastructure and Livelihoods in East Africa (HyCRISTAL); and Networks of Hydrometeorological Stations. The network is one of a series of hydromet networks in urban centres in sub-Saharan Africa that were installed under the UK Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) programme, Future Climate for Africa (FCFA).
This data set consists of fifteen minute data from two automatic weather stations (AWS) and three rain gauges located within a 20 km2 area of Kampala, Uganda, measured over the period 17 Nov 2017 to 30 Jun 2019.
The parameters measured at the Automatic Weather Stations (AWSs) are: barometric pressure (hPa); global radiation (W/m2); precipitation (mm); relative humidity (%RH); temperature (°C); wind direction (°); wind speed (km/h); maximum wind speed (km/h).
The purpose of the network is to provide data to aid the modelling of flooding in Kampala and also to provide additional baseline meteorological monitoring in Kampala.
The datasets are complete for the full period of monitoring apart from the following:
- Lugoba Reservoir, 19:30 2 May 2018 to 07:45 3 May 2018
- Freka Enterprises, Tula Road, 19:15 2 May 2018 to 08:15 3 May 2018
The contract for the installation of the Kampala stations was carried out by OTT Hydromet. They were installed with the assistance of the Uganda National Meteorological Authority, the Ugandan Ministry of Water and Environment and the Ugandan National Water and Sewerage Company.
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- Metadata Language
- English (en)
- Dataset Reference Date ()
- 2018-12-04T10:53:05
- Dataset Reference Date ()
- 2018-12-04T10:53:05
- Identifier
- Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) / a2a8100c46794985b410ea436f24812a
- Identifier
- doi / http://dx.doi.org/10.5285/a2a8100c46794985b410ea436f24812a
- Maintenance and update frequency
- notPlanned
- Update scope
- dataset
- Keywords
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- Automatic Weather Station
- Kampala
- Uganda
- barometric pressure
- global radiation
- precipitation
- relative humidity
- temperature
- wind direction
- wind speed
- max wind speed
- GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 ()
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- orthoimagery
- Limitations on Public Access
- otherRestrictions
- Other constraints
- Public data: access to these data is available to both registered and non-registered users.
- Use constraints
- otherRestrictions
- Spatial representation type
- grid
- Topic category
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- Imagery base maps earth cover
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- Begin date
- 2017-11-17T00:00:00
- End date
- 2018-06-29T23:00:00
- Code
- WGS 84
Distribution Information
- Data format
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The file have been supplied in BADC CSV format, The first set dat files nambea have the form Instrument_Location_20171117.csv for example AWS_Naguru_20171117.csv (these files cover the period 17/11/2018 - 30/06/2018). Subsequent data files take the form Instrument_Location_DateFrom_DateTo.csv e.g. raingauge_Kanyanya_20180107_20193006.csv (which covers date range 01/07/2018 - 30/06/2019)
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The file have been supplied in BADC CSV format, The first set dat files nambea have the form Instrument_Location_20171117.csv for example AWS_Naguru_20171117.csv (these files cover the period 17/11/2018 - 30/06/2018). Subsequent data files take the form Instrument_Location_DateFrom_DateTo.csv e.g. raingauge_Kanyanya_20180107_20193006.csv (which covers date range 01/07/2018 - 30/06/2019)
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CEDA Data Catalogue Page
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- dataset
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- Dataset Reference Date ()
- 2010-12-08
- Statement
- The network is one of a series of hydromet networks in urban centres in sub-Saharan Africa that were installed under the UK Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) programme, Future Climate for Africa (FCFA). The networks were installed under project 'Networks of hydrometeorological stations'(grant number NE/M020428/1), led by the Prof Chris Taylor, UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology. In addition to the Kampala network, networks were also installed in Dakar, Senegal and Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, linked with the FCFA-funded project AMMA2050. The data were provided by David Macdonald of the British Geological Survey to CEDA for publication.
Metadata
- File identifier
- a2a8100c46794985b410ea436f24812a XML
- Metadata Language
- English (en)
- Character set
- 8-bit variable size UCS Transfer Format, based on ISO/IEC 10646
- Resource type
- dataset
- Metadata Date
- 2022-07-03T23:59:25
- Metadata standard name
- UK GEMINI
- Metadata standard version
- 2.3
