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Noone, Simon; D'Arcy, Caoilfhionn; Donegan, Seán; Durkan, William; Healion, Kevin; Hersbach, Hans; Madden, Siobhán; Marshall, Jack; Mc Connell, Leo; Mensah, Isaac; Scroxton, Nick; Thiesen, Sophie; Thorne, Peter W (2024): Newly digitised hourly and daily meteorological observations for Sub-Saharan Africa: Macenta, Guinea (1947-1953) and Andapa, Madagascar (1949-1957) [dataset bundled publication]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.964649

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Published: 2024-01-09 • DOI registered: 2024-02-08

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Abstract:
Important data from the African Centre of Meteorological Applications for Development (ACMAD) collection have been recently rescued from unstable fiche media and scanned to digital images by the EU funded Copernicus Climate Change Service and the Royal Meteorological Institute (RMI) of Belgium. The team at the C3S2-311 Lot 1 Collection and Processing of In Situ Observations service led by the Irish Climate Analysis and Research UnitS (ICARUS) at Maynooth University, Ireland enrolled the help of 2nd year university undergraduate students to transcribe quickly and effectively some of these important ACMAD meteorological surface observations. New and unique datasets for Macenta, Guinea (1947-1953) and Andapa, Madagascar (1949-1957) were digitised with each station consisting of sub-daily observations for: cloud, temperature, humidity, evaporation, pressure and wind as well as daily observations for: evaporation, precipitation and temperature. The newly digitised Sub-Saharan African data will increase the temporal and spatial coverage of data in this important data-sparse region where climate change impact studies are crucial., Students gained new skills and a deep appreciation of historical climatology while helping the global scientific community unearth new insights into past sub-Saharan African climate. The Climate Data Rescue Africa project (CliDaR-Africa project) model has the potential for a broader roll-out to other educational contexts and there is certainly no shortage of data to be rescued with millions of images remaining untouched. Therefore, this paper provides details of the project, and all supporting information such as project guidelines and templates to enable other organisations to instigate similar programs in future.
Keyword(s):
Climate data; meteorological observations; Sub-Saharan Africa
Related to:
Noone, Simon; D'Arcy, Caoilfhionn; Donegan, Seán; Durkan, William; Essel, B; Healion, Kevin; Hersbach, Hans; Madden, Siobhán; Marshall, Jack; McConnell, L; Mensah, Isaac; Scroxton, Nick; Thiesen, Sophie; Thorne, Peter (2024): Investigating the potential for students to contribute to climate data rescue: Introducing the Climate Data Rescue Africa project (CliDaR-Africa). Geoscience Data Journal, gdj3.248, https://doi.org/10.1002/gdj3.248
Funding:
European Commission (EC), grant/award no. 2021/C3S2_311_Lot1_NUIM
Coverage:
Median Latitude: -3.058500 * Median Longitude: 20.075000 * South-bound Latitude: -14.650000 * West-bound Longitude: -9.467000 * North-bound Latitude: 8.533000 * East-bound Longitude: 49.617000
Date/Time Start: 1947-01-01T07:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1958-06-30T15:00:00
License:
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY-4.0)
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  1. Noone, S; D'Arcy, C; Donegan, S et al. (2024): Daily meteorological observations of evaporation for Andapa, Madagascar. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.964653
  2. Noone, S; D'Arcy, C; Donegan, S et al. (2024): Daily meteorological observations of precipitation for Andapa, Madagascar. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.964654
  3. Noone, S; D'Arcy, C; Donegan, S et al. (2024): Daily meteorological observations of maximum air temperatures for Andapa, Madagascar. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.964651
  4. Noone, S; D'Arcy, C; Donegan, S et al. (2024): Daily meteorological observations of mean air temperatures for Andapa, Madagascar. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.964652
  5. Noone, S; D'Arcy, C; Donegan, S et al. (2024): Daily meteorological observations of minimum air temperatures for Andapa, Madagascar. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.964650
  6. Noone, S; D'Arcy, C; Donegan, S et al. (2024): Sub-daily meteorological observations of cloud cover for Andapa, Madagascar. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.964657
  7. Noone, S; D'Arcy, C; Donegan, S et al. (2024): Sub-daily meteorological observations of dry bulb temperature for Andapa, Madagascar. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.964658
  8. Noone, S; D'Arcy, C; Donegan, S et al. (2024): Sub-daily meteorological observations of evaporation for Andapa, Madagascar. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.964660
  9. Noone, S; D'Arcy, C; Donegan, S et al. (2024): Sub-daily meteorological observations of precipitation for Andapa, Madagascar. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.964656
  10. Noone, S; D'Arcy, C; Donegan, S et al. (2024): Sub-daily meteorological observations of relative humidity for Andapa, Madagascar. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.964661
  11. Noone, S; D'Arcy, C; Donegan, S et al. (2024): Sub-daily meteorological observations of station level pressure for Andapa, Madagascar. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.964662
  12. Noone, S; D'Arcy, C; Donegan, S et al. (2024): Sub-daily meteorological observations of wet bulb temperature for Andapa, Madagascar. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.964659
  13. Noone, S; D'Arcy, C; Donegan, S et al. (2024): Sub-daily meteorological observations of wind direction for Andapa, Madagascar. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.964663
  14. Noone, S; D'Arcy, C; Donegan, S et al. (2024): Sub-daily meteorological observations of wind speed for Andapa, Madagascar. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.964664
  15. Noone, S; D'Arcy, C; Donegan, S et al. (2024): Daily meteorological observations of evaporation for Macenta, Guinea. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.964668
  16. Noone, S; D'Arcy, C; Donegan, S et al. (2024): Daily meteorological observations of precipitation for Macenta, Guinea. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.964669
  17. Noone, S; D'Arcy, C; Donegan, S et al. (2024): Daily meteorological observations of maximum air temperatures for Macenta, Guinea. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.964666
  18. Noone, S; D'Arcy, C; Donegan, S et al. (2024): Daily meteorological observations of mean air temperatures for Macenta, Guinea. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.964667
  19. Noone, S; D'Arcy, C; Donegan, S et al. (2024): Daily meteorological observations of minimum air temperatures for Macenta, Guinea. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.964665
  20. Noone, S; D'Arcy, C; Donegan, S et al. (2024): Sub-daily meteorological observations of cloud cover for Macenta, Guinea. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.964678
  21. Noone, S; D'Arcy, C; Donegan, S et al. (2024): Sub-daily meteorological observations of dry bulb temperature for Macenta, Guinea. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.964680
  22. Noone, S; D'Arcy, C; Donegan, S et al. (2024): Sub-daily meteorological observations of evaporation for Macenta, Guinea. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.964679
  23. Noone, S; D'Arcy, C; Donegan, S et al. (2024): Sub-daily meteorological observations of precipitation for Macenta, Guinea. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.964682
  24. Noone, S; D'Arcy, C; Donegan, S et al. (2024): Sub-daily meteorological observations of relative humidity for Macenta, Guinea. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.964683
  25. Noone, S; D'Arcy, C; Donegan, S et al. (2024): Sub-daily meteorological observations of station level pressure for Macenta, Guinea. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.964684
  26. Noone, S; D'Arcy, C; Donegan, S et al. (2024): Sub-daily meteorological observations of wet bulb temperature for Macenta, Guinea. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.964681
  27. Noone, S; D'Arcy, C; Donegan, S et al. (2024): Sub-daily meteorological observations of wind direction for Macenta, Guinea. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.964677
  28. Noone, S; D'Arcy, C; Donegan, S et al. (2024): Sub-daily meteorological observations of wind speed for Macenta, Guinea. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.964671