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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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- Date (Publication)
- 2018-12-04T10:53:05
- Date (Creation)
- 2018-12-04T10:53:05
- Citation identifier
- https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/a2a8100c46794985b410ea436f24812a
- Citation identifier
- Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) / a2a8100c46794985b410ea436f24812a
- Citation identifier
- doi / http://dx.doi.org/10.5285/a2a8100c46794985b410ea436f24812a
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role Unavailable
Macdonald, D. M. J.
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Miller, J. D.
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Winterbourn, J. B.
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Warnaars, T. A.
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Mwebembezi, L.
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Arwat, P
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Tanywa, S
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Author Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA)
Custodian Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA)
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Marsham, John
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Principal investigator Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA)
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Macdonald, D. M. J.
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Mwebembezi, L.
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Arwat, P
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Tanywa, S
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pointofContact Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA)
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- Maintenance and update frequency
- Not planned
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- Dataset
- Keywords
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Automatic Weather Station
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Kampala
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Uganda
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barometric pressure
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global radiation
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precipitation
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relative humidity
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temperature
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wind direction
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wind speed
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max wind speed
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GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
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orthoimagery
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- Other restrictions
- Other constraints
- Public data: access to these data is available to both registered and non-registered users.
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- Other restrictions
- Spatial representation type
- Grid
- Language
- English
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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
- Unique resource identifier
- WGS 84
- Distribution format
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Name Version 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)
- Distributor contact
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA)
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- OnLine resource
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Protocol Linkage Name https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/a2a8100c46794985b410ea436f24812a CEDA Data Catalogue Page
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Protocol Linkage Name http://data.ceda.ac.uk/neodc/hycristal/data/uganda/ DOWNLOAD
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- Dataset
Conformance result
- Title
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Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services
- Date (Publication)
- 2010-12-08
- Statement
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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
- Character set
- UTF8
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- Dataset
- Date stamp
- 2026-05-10T02:16:26
- Metadata standard name
- UK GEMINI
- Metadata standard version
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2.3
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA)
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