Citation:

PANGAEA.984133

Name: Meteorological data from West Africa (Benin)
Published: 2025-11-24
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Keywords: phytolith; plant water; precipitation; soil water; triple oxygen isotopes; West Africa

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Published: 2025-11-24

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Abstract:

Daily and daytime meteorological data measured by the AMMA-CATCH observatory at Belefoungou (BE, Benin, Nalohou (NA, Benin). Gaps were filled using linear regression obtained from the record of the nearest AMMA-CATCH sensor. In the absence of a nearby record (e.g. at DA), gaps were filled by linear or spline interpolation over time on a moving average of the variable to be filled, to restore temporal dynamics.

Keyword(s):

phytolith; plant water; precipitation; soil water; triple oxygen isotopes; West Africa

Related to:

Alexandre, Anne; Outrequin, Clément; Vallet-Coulomb, Christine; Peugeot, Christophe; Grippa, Manuela; Aleman, Julie C; Voigt, Claudia; Landais, Amaëlle; Mougin, Eric; Ndiaye, Ousmane; Sonzogni, Corinne; Yang, David Au; Mazur, Jean-Charles; Couapel, Martine; Ogée, Jérôme; Ouani, Theodore; Afouda, Simon; Wubda, Maxime; Soumaguel, Nogmana; Houngnon, Alfred; Tagesson, Torbern; Fensholt, Rasmus (2025): What Does the Triple Isotopic Composition of Oxygen in Precipitation, Groundwater, Soil Water, Plant Water, and Phytoliths Reveal About Current and Past Hydrological Cycles? Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 130(10), e2024JG008615, https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JG008615

Source:

AMMA-CATCH (1999): Precipitation dataset (5 minutes rainfall), 30 long-term stations over the upper Oueme watershed (14 000 km2), Benin [dataset]. IRD, CNRS-INSU, OSUG, OMP, OREME, https://doi.org/10.17178/AMMA-CATCH.CL.RAIN_O

AMMA-CATCH (2005): Surface flux dataset (including meteorological data, radiative budget, surface energy, water vapor and carbon fluxes), within the Donga watershed (600 km2), Benin [dataset]. IRD, CNRS-INSU, OSUG, OMP, OREME, https://doi.org/10.17178/AMMA-CATCH.AE.H2OFLUX_ODC

Funding:

Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR), grant/award no. ANR-17-CE01-0002 : Past dynamic of continental atmospheric humidity and vegetation: new insights from the triple isotopic composition of oxygen (HUMI-17)

Coverage:

Median Latitude: 9.758000 * Median Longitude: 1.650000 * South-bound Latitude: 9.733000 * West-bound Longitude: 1.600000 * North-bound Latitude: 9.783000 * East-bound Longitude: 1.700000

Date/Time Start: 2017-01-01T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2019-12-31T00:00:00

Event(s):

Bellefoungou_met * Latitude: 9.733000 * Longitude: 1.600000 * Location: Bellefoungou, Benin * Method/Device: Meteorological station * Comment: AMMA-CATCH Meteorological station

Nalohou_met * Latitude: 9.783000 * Longitude: 1.700000 * Location: Nalohou, Benin * Method/Device: Meteorological station * Comment: AMMA-CATCH Meteorological station

Parameter(s):

#	Name	Short Name	Unit	Principal Investigator	Method/Device	Comment
1	Event label	Event		Peugeot, Christophe
2	Location	Location		Peugeot, Christophe
3	DATE/TIME	Date/Time		Peugeot, Christophe	Meteorological station, AMMA-CATCH	Geocode
4	Humidity, relative, daily mean	RH day m	%	Peugeot, Christophe	Meteorological station, AMMA-CATCH	Source dataset: doi:10.17178/AMMA-CATCH.AE.H2OFlux_Odc
5	Temperature, air, daily mean	TTT day m	°C	Peugeot, Christophe	Meteorological station, AMMA-CATCH	Source dataset: doi:10.17178/AMMA-CATCH.AE.H2OFlux_Odc
6	Comment	Comment		Peugeot, Christophe	Meteorological station, AMMA-CATCH	Gap filling for daily relative humidity
7	Humidity, relative, daytime mean	RH daytime m	%	Peugeot, Christophe	Meteorological station, AMMA-CATCH	Source dataset: doi:10.17178/AMMA-CATCH.AE.H2OFlux_Odc
8	Temperature, air, daytime mean	TTT daytime m	°C	Peugeot, Christophe	Meteorological station, AMMA-CATCH	Source dataset: doi:10.17178/AMMA-CATCH.AE.H2OFlux_Odc
9	Comment	Comment		Peugeot, Christophe	Meteorological station, AMMA-CATCH	Gap filling for daytime relative humidity
10	Precipitation, daily total	Precip day total	mm	Peugeot, Christophe	Meteorological station, AMMA-CATCH	Source dataset: doi:10.17178/AMMA-CATCH.CL.Rain_O
11	Precipitation, daily total	Precip day total	mm	Peugeot, Christophe	Meteorological station, AMMA-CATCH	Gap filling for precipitation

License:

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY-4.0)

Status:

Curation Level: Enhanced curation (CurationLevelC)

Size:

19710 data points

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