GRACE, GLDAS and piezometric data for Makutapora and Limpopo Basins (NERC grant NE/M008932/1)
Monthly time-series data of GRACE (Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment) total terrestrial water storage (TWS), GLDAS (Global Land Data Assimilation System) soil moisture, surface water (surface runoff), snow water storage, and basin-aggregated observations from piezometric data for the Makutapora Basin (Tanzania) and Limpopo Basin (South Africa).
dataset
:
http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13607445
English
Geoscientific information
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0:
BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences:
NGDC Deposited Data
Groundwater
Free:
Free:
NERC_DDC
25.0000,
-26.5000,
32.0500,
-22.1000
35.6000,
-6.0800,
36.0200,
-5.6000
SOUTH AFRICA [id=670000], TANZANIA [id=685000], ZA, ZAF
revision: 2019-04-01
2002-08
-
2016-07
University College London
Dr Mohammad Shamsudduha
South Wing Room no. 40 Gower Street,
London,
WC1E 6BT
email:
not available
Role: point of contact
University College London
Professor Richard Taylor
Gower Street,
London,
WC1E 6BT
email:
not available
Role: principal investigator
Data Quality
Data and methods for GRACE and GLDAS land surface model data processing are described in the paper, "The El Niño event of 2015–2016: climate anomalies and their impact on groundwater resources in East and Southern Africa" published in Hydrology and Earth System Sciences.
INSPIRE Implementing rules laying down technical arrangements for the interoperability and harmonisation of Geology
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
Constraints
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Available under the Open Government Licence subject to the following acknowledgement accompanying the reproduced NERC materials "Contains NERC materials ©NERC [year]"
The dataset is made freely available for access, e.g. via the Internet. Either no third party data / information is contained in the dataset or BGS has secured written permission from the owner(s) of any third party data / information contained in the dataset to make the dataset freely accessible.
Metadata about metadata
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British Geological Survey
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NOTTINGHAM,
NG12 5GG,
United Kingdom
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2024-04-24