Alexandre, Anne (2025): Phytolith production-weighed meteorological averages from West Africa (Benin and Senegal) [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.984347 (DOI registration in progress), In: Alexandre, A (2025): Climate and triple oxygen isotope of precipitation, groundwater, soil water, plant water, and phytolith data from West Africa (Benin and Senegal) [dataset bundled publication]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.984133
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Published: 2025-11-24
Abstract:
Daily and daytime meteorological averages calculated for the sampled years and rainy seasons at Belefoungou (BE, Benin, Nalohou (NA, Benin) and Dahra (DA, Senegal) from 2018 to 2021.
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
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: 11.624000 * Median Longitude: -4.060667 * South-bound Latitude: 9.733000 * West-bound Longitude: -15.482000 * North-bound Latitude: 15.356000 * East-bound Longitude: 1.700000
Event(s):
Bellefoungou_met * Latitude: 9.733000 * Longitude: 1.600000 * Location: Bellefoungou, 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 | Alexandre, Anne | |||
| 2 | Location | Location | Alexandre, Anne | |||
| 3 | Type | Type | Alexandre, Anne | Sub-event | ||
| 4 | Year of sampling | Year sampl | Alexandre, Anne | |||
| 5 | Humidity, relative | RH | % | Alexandre, Anne | Meteorological station | Phytolith production-unweighted daily RH; metorological raw data: cf doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.984859 and doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.984346 |
| 6 | Temperature, air | TTT | °C | Alexandre, Anne | Meteorological station | Phytolith production-unweighted daily air temperature; metorological raw data: cf doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.984859 and doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.984346 |
| 7 | Humidity, relative | RH | % | Alexandre, Anne | Meteorological station | Phytolith production-unweighted daytime RH; metorological raw data: cf doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.984859 and doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.984346 |
| 8 | Temperature, air | TTT | °C | Alexandre, Anne | Meteorological station | Phytolith production-unweighted daytime air temperature; metorological raw data: cf doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.984859 and doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.984346 |
| 9 | Precipitation | Precip | mm | Alexandre, Anne | Calculated | Metorological raw data: cf doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.984859 and doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.984346 |
| 10 | Humidity, relative | RH | % | Alexandre, Anne | Calculated | Phytolith production-weighted daily RH; cf Alexandre et al. (2025) for phytolith production rate calculation |
| 11 | Temperature, air | TTT | °C | Alexandre, Anne | Calculated | Phytolith production-weighted daily air temperature; cf Alexandre et al. (2025) for phytolith production rate calculation |
| 12 | Humidity, relative | RH | % | Alexandre, Anne | Calculated | Phytolith production-weighted daytime RH; cf Alexandre et al. (2025) for phytolith production rate calculation |
| 13 | Temperature, air | TTT | °C | Alexandre, Anne | Calculated | Phytolith production-weighted daytime air temperature; cf Alexandre et al. (2025) for phytolith production rate calculation |
License:
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY-4.0)
Status:
Curation Level: Enhanced curation (CurationLevelC)
Size:
236 data points