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Dataset Title	Standardised Precipitation Index (SPI) of Africa for 2022/23 hydrological year	?
Abstract	The annual SPI (Standardised Precipitation Index) was derived in order to ascertain dry and wet areas, in line with the WMO definition (Standardized Precipitation Index User Guide of 2012). The SPI was derived from was derived from CHIRPS 2.0 precipitation data. The data are provided as a shapefile (SHP) file.	?
Topic Category	climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere	?

Data Quality

Lineage Statement

The annual SPI (Standardised Precipitation Index) was derived in order to ascertain dry and wet areas, in line with the WMO definition (Standardized Precipitation Index User Guide of 2012) and against the rainfall total of 2022/23 versus the average historic and standard deviation rainfall from 1981/82 to 2021/22.

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Dataset Description

Dataset Contact Person or Dataset Contact Organisation	SASSCAL - Southern African Science Service Centre for Climate Change and Adaptive Land Management	?
Dataset Date Type	publication	?
Dataset Reference Date	2023-11-01	?
Dataset Language	English	?
Dataset Character Set	utf7	?
Dataset Online Linkage	no Online Linkage	?
Dataset Format	Shape	?
Dataset Scope	dataset	?
Dataset Status	completed	?

Geographic Location

Geographic Description

Africa

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Spatial Resolution

Spatial Representation Type	vector	?
Equivalent Scale	-1	?

Coordinate System

EPSG

WGS 84 (lat/long)

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Temporal Extent

Begin	1981-10-01	?
End	2023-09-30	?

Additional Extent Information

Vertical Datum

WGS84

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Metadata

Metadata Contact Person	Thompson, Sylvia	?
Metadata Language	English	?
Metadata Character Set	utf8	?
Metadata Standard Name	ISO/DIS 19115 for Geographic information-Metadata /RBIS	?
Metadata Date Stamp	2024-02-20	?

Identifier

Internal identifier

sdp_geodata_7460 (Link)