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Identification

Data Identification:
citation:
Citation:
Title:
Long-term groundwater-level anomalies across Sub-Saharan Africa (NERC grant NE/M008932/1)
Date:
CI_Date:
Date Type:
creation
date:
2019-05-21
Identifier:
RS_Identifier:
code:
http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13607465
Abstract:
Multi-decadal time series of groundwater levels were compiled by the authors from records of observation wells initiated and maintained by government departments and research institutions in nine countries in sub-Saharan Africa. The pan-African collation of these hydrographs was initiated at the 41st Congress of the International Association of Hydrogeologists (IAH) in Marrakech (Morocco) on 14th September 2014. All records were subjected to a rigorous review by the authors during which the integrity, continuity, duration and interpretability of records were evaluated. This process included dedicated workshops in Benin, Tanzania, and Uganda, and records failing these tests were discarded from the analysis. Procedures included taking of the first time derivative to identify anomalous spikes in records commonly associated with errors of data-entry. Where multiple records in same geographic and climate zone were available (e.g. Benin, South Africa) we prioritized records remote from potential areas of intensive abstraction. Statistical clustering of records was also used in the Limpopo Basin of South Africa to identify the representativity of employed records at Modderfontein and Sterkloop.
Point of Contact:
Responsible Party:
Individual Name:
Professor Richard Taylor
Organisation Name:
University College London
Position Name:
Department of Geography
Contact Info:
CI_Contact:
Address:
Address:
Delivery Point:
Gower Street
city:
London
Postal Code:
WC1E 6BT
e-mail:
not available
role:
pointOfContact
Responsible Party:
Individual Name:
Professor Richard Taylor
Organisation Name:
University College London
Position Name:
Department of Geography
Contact Info:
CI_Contact:
Address:
Address:
Delivery Point:
Gower Street
city:
London
Postal Code:
WC1E 6BT
e-mail:
not available
role:
principalInvestigator
Resource Maintenance:
MD_MaintenanceInformation:
maint. / update frequency:
notApplicable
Graphic overview:
Browse Graphic:
File Name:
https://resources.bgs.ac.uk/images/geonetworkThumbs/897af404-d0d9-5801-e054-002128a47908.png
Descriptive Keywords:
Keywords:
keyword:
Geology
keyword:
http://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/concept?cp=13&langcode=en&ns=5
Thesaurus Name:
Citation:
Title:
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
Date:
CI_Date:
date:
2008-06-01
Date Type:
publication
Keywords:
keyword:
NGDC Deposited Data
keyword:
Ground water level
Thesaurus Name:
Citation:
Title:
BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences
Date:
CI_Date:
date:
2022
Date Type:
revision
Keywords:
keyword:
https://webapps.bgs.ac.uk/services/ngdc/accessions/index.html
keyword:
NGDC Deposited Data
Type:
dataCentre
Keywords:
keyword:
NERC_DDC
Resource Constraints:
MD_LegalConstraints:
Access Constraints:
otherRestrictions
Other Constraints:
http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/metadata-codelist/LimitationsOnPublicAccess/noLimitations
Other Constraints:
no limitations
Other Constraints:
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.
MD_LegalConstraints:
Use Constraints:
otherRestrictions
Other Constraints:
The copyright of materials derived from the British Geological Survey's work is vested in the Natural Environment Research Council [NERC]. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, or stored in a retrieval system of any nature, without the prior permission of the copyright holder, via the BGS Intellectual Property Rights Manager. Use by customers of information provided by the BGS, is at the customer's own risk. In view of the disparate sources of information at BGS's disposal, including such material donated to BGS, that BGS accepts in good faith as being accurate, the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) gives no warranty, expressed or implied, as to the quality or accuracy of the information supplied, or to the information's suitability for any use. NERC/BGS accepts no liability whatever in respect of loss, damage, injury or other occurence however caused.
Other Constraints:
Available under the Open Government Licence subject to the following acknowledgement accompanying the reproduced NERC materials "Contains NERC materials ©NERC [year]"
language:
eng
topicCategory:
geoscientificInformation
Extent:
Extent:
Geographic Element:
Geographic Bounding Box:
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-1.5000
eastBoundLongitude:
35.7400
southBoundLatitude:
-24.2900
northBoundLatitude:
13.5500
Geographic Description:
Geographic Identifier:
RS_Identifier:
authority:
Citation:
Title:
ISO 3166_1 alpha-3
Date:
CI_Date:
Date Type:
revision
date:
2009
code:
BEN
Geographic Description:
Geographic Identifier:
RS_Identifier:
authority:
Citation:
Title:
British Geological Survey Gazetteer: Geographical hierarchy from Geosaurus
Date:
CI_Date:
Date Type:
creation
date:
1979
code:
BENIN [id=630000]
Geographic Description:
Geographic Identifier:
RS_Identifier:
authority:
Citation:
Title:
ISO 3166_1 alpha-2
Date:
CI_Date:
Date Type:
revision
date:
2009
code:
BF
Geographic Description:
Geographic Identifier:
RS_Identifier:
authority:
Citation:
Title:
ISO 3166_1 alpha-3
Date:
CI_Date:
Date Type:
revision
date:
2009
code:
BFA
Geographic Description:
Geographic Identifier:
RS_Identifier:
authority:
Citation:
Title:
ISO 3166_1 alpha-2
Date:
CI_Date:
Date Type:
revision
date:
2009
code:
BJ
Geographic Description:
Geographic Identifier:
RS_Identifier:
authority:
Citation:
Title:
British Geological Survey Gazetteer: Geographical hierarchy from Geosaurus
Date:
CI_Date:
Date Type:
creation
date:
1979
code:
BURKINA FASO [id=626000]
Geographic Description:
Geographic Identifier:
RS_Identifier:
authority:
Citation:
Title:
ISO 3166_1 alpha-2
Date:
CI_Date:
Date Type:
revision
date:
2009
code:
GH
Geographic Description:
Geographic Identifier:
RS_Identifier:
authority:
Citation:
Title:
ISO 3166_1 alpha-3
Date:
CI_Date:
Date Type:
revision
date:
2009
code:
GHA
Geographic Description:
Geographic Identifier:
RS_Identifier:
authority:
Citation:
Title:
British Geological Survey Gazetteer: Geographical hierarchy from Geosaurus
Date:
CI_Date:
Date Type:
creation
date:
1979
code:
GHANA [id=632000]
Geographic Description:
Geographic Identifier:
RS_Identifier:
authority:
Citation:
Title:
ISO 3166_1 alpha-2
Date:
CI_Date:
Date Type:
revision
date:
2009
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NA
Geographic Description:
Geographic Identifier:
RS_Identifier:
authority:
Citation:
Title:
ISO 3166_1 alpha-3
Date:
CI_Date:
Date Type:
revision
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2009
code:
NAM
Geographic Description:
Geographic Identifier:
RS_Identifier:
authority:
Citation:
Title:
British Geological Survey Gazetteer: Geographical hierarchy from Geosaurus
Date:
CI_Date:
Date Type:
creation
date:
1979
code:
NAMIBIA [id=665000]
Geographic Description:
Geographic Identifier:
RS_Identifier:
authority:
Citation:
Title:
ISO 3166_1 alpha-2
Date:
CI_Date:
Date Type:
revision
date:
2009
code:
NE
Geographic Description:
Geographic Identifier:
RS_Identifier:
authority:
Citation:
Title:
ISO 3166_1 alpha-3
Date:
CI_Date:
Date Type:
revision
date:
2009
code:
NER
Geographic Description:
Geographic Identifier:
RS_Identifier:
authority:
Citation:
Title:
British Geological Survey Gazetteer: Geographical hierarchy from Geosaurus
Date:
CI_Date:
Date Type:
creation
date:
1979
code:
NIGER [id=627000]
Geographic Description:
Geographic Identifier:
RS_Identifier:
authority:
Citation:
Title:
British Geological Survey Gazetteer: Geographical hierarchy from Geosaurus
Date:
CI_Date:
Date Type:
creation
date:
1979
code:
SOUTH AFRICA [id=670000]
Geographic Description:
Geographic Identifier:
RS_Identifier:
authority:
Citation:
Title:
British Geological Survey Gazetteer: Geographical hierarchy from Geosaurus
Date:
CI_Date:
Date Type:
creation
date:
1979
code:
TANZANIA [id=685000]
Geographic Description:
Geographic Identifier:
RS_Identifier:
authority:
Citation:
Title:
ISO 3166_1 alpha-2
Date:
CI_Date:
Date Type:
revision
date:
2009
code:
UG
Geographic Description:
Geographic Identifier:
RS_Identifier:
authority:
Citation:
Title:
ISO 3166_1 alpha-3
Date:
CI_Date:
Date Type:
revision
date:
2009
code:
UGA
Geographic Description:
Geographic Identifier:
RS_Identifier:
authority:
Citation:
Title:
British Geological Survey Gazetteer: Geographical hierarchy from Geosaurus
Date:
CI_Date:
Date Type:
creation
date:
1979
code:
UGANDA [id=689000]
Geographic Description:
Geographic Identifier:
RS_Identifier:
authority:
Citation:
Title:
ISO 3166_1 alpha-2
Date:
CI_Date:
Date Type:
revision
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2009
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ZA
Geographic Description:
Geographic Identifier:
RS_Identifier:
authority:
Citation:
Title:
ISO 3166_1 alpha-3
Date:
CI_Date:
Date Type:
revision
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2009
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ZAF
Geographic Description:
Geographic Identifier:
RS_Identifier:
authority:
Citation:
Title:
British Geological Survey Gazetteer: Geographical hierarchy from Geosaurus
Date:
CI_Date:
Date Type:
creation
date:
1979
code:
ZIMBABWE [id=677000]
Geographic Description:
Geographic Identifier:
RS_Identifier:
authority:
Citation:
Title:
ISO 3166_1 alpha-2
Date:
CI_Date:
Date Type:
revision
date:
2009
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ZW
Geographic Description:
Geographic Identifier:
RS_Identifier:
authority:
Citation:
Title:
ISO 3166_1 alpha-3
Date:
CI_Date:
Date Type:
revision
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2009
code:
ZWE
Temporal Element:
TemporalExtent:
extent:
begin / end:
begin:
1955-01-01
end:
2017-12-31

Distribution

Distribution:
Distribution Format:
Format:
Format Name:
Text File
Transfer Options:
Digital Transfer Options:
onLine:
CI_OnlineResource:
linkage:
https://www.bgs.ac.uk/services/ngdc/accessions/index.html#item127973
function:
download
Digital Transfer Options:
onLine:
CI_OnlineResource:
linkage:
https://www.bgs.ac.uk/services/ngdc/citedData/catalogue/a6d78c2e-3420-4346-9182-4fd437672412.html
function:
information
Digital Transfer Options:
onLine:
CI_OnlineResource:
linkage:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-019-1441-7
function:
information

Data Quality

Data Quality:
Scope:
DQ_Scope:
level:
dataset
Level Description:
MD_ScopeDescription:
other:
dataset
Report:
Domain Consistency:
Result:
Conformance Result:
specification:
Citation:
Title:
INSPIRE Implementing rules laying down technical arrangements for the interoperability and harmonisation of Geology
Date:
CI_Date:
Date Type:
publication
date:
2011
explanation:
See the referenced specification
pass:
0
Domain Consistency:
Result:
Conformance Result:
specification:
Citation:
Title:
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:
CI_Date:
Date Type:
publication
date:
2010-12-08
explanation:
See http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2010:323:0011:0102:EN:PDF
pass:
0
Lineage:
LI_Lineage:
statement:
Infilling of occasional gaps of less than a week in daily groundwater-level records was achieved by linear interpolation. Because permission to enable access to absolute values of groundwater levels and precipitation at all locations in this dataset has not been granted, both datasets are provided as anomalies with respect to the long-term value for the period of observation.

Metadata

File Identifier:
897af404-d0d9-5801-e054-002128a47908
language:
eng
Resource type:
dataset
Metadata Contact:
Responsible Party:
Organisation Name:
British Geological Survey
Contact Info:
CI_Contact:
phone:
CI_Telephone:
voice:
+44 115 936 3100
Address:
Address:
Delivery Point:
Environmental Science Centre,Keyworth
city:
NOTTINGHAM
administrative Area:
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE
Postal Code:
NG12 5GG
country:
United Kingdom
e-mail:
enquiries@bgs.ac.uk
role:
pointOfContact
Date Stamp:
2024-04-24
Metadata Standard Name:
UK GEMINI
Metadata Standard Name:
http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/M25/current/GEMINI/
Metadata Standard Version:
2.3
Dataset URI:
http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13607465