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Overview

Dataset Title	2022/23 Percentage (%) of the average precipitation for Africa	?
Abstract	The precipitation anomaly for Africa for the 2022/23 rainfall season is expressed as the percentage (%) of the average precipitation from 1981/82 to 2021/22.	?
Topic Category	climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere	?

Data Quality

Lineage Statement

The average long-term annual and 2022/23 precipitation were derived from CHIRPS 2.0 precipitation data, a 0.05 degree satellite-based precipitation product. CHIRPS 2.0 rainfall data is presented in mm rainfall.

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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_7461 (Link)