Hourly precipitation data for Kampala, Uganda, 2019-2020
https://doi.org/10.5285/3df031ad-34ec-4abc-8528-f8f20bad12b8
Cite this dataset as:
McClean, F.; Walsh, C.; Lwasa, S.; Ddumba, D. (2021). Hourly precipitation data for Kampala, Uganda, 2019-2020. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/3df031ad-34ec-4abc-8528-f8f20bad12b8
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Hourly precipitation (mm) recorded at distributed points around Kampala between April 2019 and March 2020. Only timestamps where data were available from all sensors have been included. There are 8094 records in total and no missing values. Timestamps are recorded as “YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss”. The geographic coordinates of the sensors are provided in GeoJSON format. The column names in the CSV file correspond to the “id” field in the GeoJSON file.
Publication date: 2021-09-01
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Formats
GeoJSON, Comma-separated values (CSV)
Spatial information
Study area
Spatial representation type
Vector
Spatial reference system
WGS 84
Temporal information
Temporal extent
2019-01-01 to 2020-12-31
Provenance & quality
Davis Vantage VUE Sensor Suites were installed by researchers from Makerere University and Newcastle University in April 2019. Calibration is not required for the sensors employed in this research. No quality control procedures have been applied.
Licensing and constraints
This dataset is available under the terms of the Open Government Licence
Cite this dataset as:
McClean, F.; Walsh, C.; Lwasa, S.; Ddumba, D. (2021). Hourly precipitation data for Kampala, Uganda, 2019-2020. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/3df031ad-34ec-4abc-8528-f8f20bad12b8
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Correspondence/contact details
Authors
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6159-2826
Lwasa, S.
Makerere University
Ddumba, D.
Makerere University
Other contacts
Rights holder
Newcastle University
Custodian
NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
info@eidc.ac.uk
Publisher
NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
info@eidc.ac.uk