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Standardised Precipitation Index (SPI) of Africa for 2022/23 hydrological year
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Dataset Title
Standardised Precipitation Index (SPI) of Africa for 2022/23 hydrological year
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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.
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Topic Category
climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
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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
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Dataset Date Type
publication
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Dataset Reference Date
2023-11-01
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Dataset Language
English
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Dataset Character Set
utf7
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Dataset Online Linkage
no Online Linkage
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Dataset Format
Shape
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Dataset Scope
dataset
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Dataset Status
completed
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Geographic Location
Geographic Description
Africa
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Spatial Resolution
Spatial Representation Type
vector
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Equivalent Scale
-1
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Coordinate System
EPSG
WGS 84 (lat/long)
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Temporal Extent
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1981-10-01
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End
2023-09-30
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Additional Extent Information
Vertical Datum
WGS84
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Metadata
Metadata Contact Person
Thompson, Sylvia
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Metadata Language
English
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Metadata Character Set
utf8
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Metadata Standard Name
ISO/DIS 19115 for Geographic information-Metadata /RBIS
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Metadata Date Stamp
2024-02-20
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Identifier
Internal identifier
sdp_geodata_7460 (
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