Mbengue-28: WASCAL Donated Automatic Weather Station in Cote d'ivoire

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Description:

This is a BMBF funded Automatic Weather Station (AWS) donated by WASCAL to Burkina Faso through SODEXAM(SOCIETE D'EXPLOITATION DE DEVELOPPEMENT AEROPORTUAIRE AERONAUTIQUE METEO) to strengthen the climate observatories of the member countries, co-develop together a regional/transboundary observation network to ultimately contribute to filling the climate data gap in West Africa.

According to the MoU signed with SODEXAM, the data from this AWS should only be used for research, capacity building, and services development. Any commercial use of the data is forbidden.

The metadata and the variables collected from this AWS include the followings:

Manufacturer: NESA
Date of Installation:
Location: Mbengue (Cote d'ivoire)
Current status: Working
Frequency of measurement: 10 min
Frequency of data transmission to the server: 60 min
Data platform for download: www.wascal-hydromet-net.org
Link to the AWS page: http://www.wascal-hydromet-net.org/station-details-recent/28

Variables measured as in the data available for download:

Date and Hour	Parameter	Unit	Type	Value
7/11/2017 13:30	Air Temperature	°C	Average	34.7
7/11/2017 13:30	Air Temperature	°C	Minimun	34.3
7/11/2017 13:30	Air Temperature	°C	Maximun	35
7/11/2017 13:30	Relative Humidity	%	Average	45
7/11/2017 13:30	Relative Humidity	%	Minimun	42.9
7/11/2017 13:30	Relative Humidity	%	Maximun	47.3
7/11/2017 13:30	Global Solar Radiation	W/m2	Average	588.9
7/11/2017 13:30	Global Solar Radiation	W/m2	Minimun	476.7
7/11/2017 13:30	Global Solar Radiation	W/m2	Maximun	693.6
7/11/2017 13:30	Wind Speed	m/s	Average	1.4
7/11/2017 13:30	Wind Speed	m/s	Minimun	0.3
7/11/2017 13:30	Wind Speed	m/s	Maximun	3.4
7/11/2017 13:30	Rainfall	mm/h	Totalization	92.8

Data and Resources

Tags:

Cote d'Ivoire

Climate

Climate change

climate data

mbengue

Field	Value
Groups	WASCAL CoC WASCAL Data Management WASCAL Observation Networks (WAS-ONs)
Modified	2021-07-21
Release Date	2021-07-06
Identifier	34aa7987-4dda-4a4e-8c1e-f3ca5b329030
Spatial / Geographical Coverage Area	POINT (-5.5769348144531 10.085994730737)
Covered Regions/Countries	Cote d'Ivoire

Data Rights and Credits

Data Rights
Public Access Level	Public
License	Open Data Commons Open Database License (ODbL)

Data Credits to Individuals
Data Disseminator	FataoDem
Data Scientist	diallo.b
Data Manager	diallo.b

Data Credits to Organisations
Data Provider	SODEXAM WASCAL
Data Publisher	SODEXAM WASCAL
Data Funder	SODEXAM WASCAL
Data Owner	SODEXAM WASCAL

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