Gro for GooD Rainfall Data from 23 Manual Rain Gauges, Kwale County, Kenya (NERC grant NE/M008894/1)
The dataset consists of daily rainfall data for 23 manual rain gauge stations installed by Gro for GooD project within and about the study area. The installed stations covering four river catchments name Ramisi River, Mukurumudzi River, Mtawa River and Mwachema River in Kwale County. The dataset period is from January 2016 to November 2018. Gro for GooD: Groundwater Risk Management for Growth and Development
dataset
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http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13607496
English
Geoscientific information
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0:
BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences:
Rainfall
NGDC Deposited Data
Surface waters
Groundwater
Water
Free:
Free:
NERC_DDC
38.4500,
-4.6700,
39.7000,
-3.5500
KE, KEN, KENYA [id=687000]
creation: 2019-08-07
2015-12-31
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2018-11-30
University of Oxford
Dr R A Hope
Oxford,
OX1 3QY
email:
not available
Role: principal investigator
University of Oxford
Nancy Gladstone
Oxford,
OX1 3QY
email:
not available
Role: point of contact
Rural Focus Ltd
Calvince Wara
P.O. Box 1011-10400,
Nanyuki,
Kenya
email:
not available
Role: originator
Rural Focus Ltd
Mike Thomas
P.O. Box 1011-10400,
Nanyuki,
Kenya
email:
not available
Role: originator
University of Oxford
Jacob Katuva
email:
not available
Role: originator
University of Oxford
Patrick Thomson
email:
not available
Role: originator
Data Quality
: Stations were instrumented with CM1016 manual plastic rain gauges (climemet.com) - funnel diameter of 100mm and internal measuring cylinder calibrated at 0.5mm, capacity 25mm. External cylinder maximum capacity 225mm. The gauges are mounted on posts with collector rim at 0.7m above ground level. Instruments were installed in collaboration with Kenya Meteorological Department (KMD) under Ministry of Water, Environment and Natural Resources. Field Monitors were recruited and trained to take readings at 9:00 am daily by both Rural Focus Ltd and KMD and record data in KMD rainfall data format. Rainfall record sheet were collected monthly and quarterly analysed for quality (homogeneity and consistency based on Double Mass Curve techniques and visual inspection compared to nearby stations. Missing data is denoted with -99. A clear distinction is made between day of record and day of rain.
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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
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Metadata about metadata
9037d64b-ee16-1d62-e054-002128a47908
British Geological Survey
Environmental Science Centre,Keyworth,
NOTTINGHAM,
NG12 5GG,
United Kingdom
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Role: point of contact
2024-04-17