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
Data
| 1 Event | 2 Location | 3 Type (Sub-event) | 4 Year sampl | 5 RH [%] (Phytolith production-unweight...) | 6 TTT [°C] (Phytolith production-unweight...) | 7 RH [%] (Phytolith production-unweight...) | 8 TTT [°C] (Phytolith production-unweight...) | 9 Precip [mm] (Metorological raw data: cf do...) | 10 RH [%] (Phytolith production-weighted...) | 11 TTT [°C] (Phytolith production-weighted...) | 12 RH [%] (Phytolith production-weighted...) | 13 TTT [°C] (Phytolith production-weighted...) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bellefoungou_met | Bellefoungou | Annual | 2017 | 63.2 | 26.0 | 56.4 | 28.5 | 1232.1 | 69.4 | 25.3 | 61.4 | 27.9 |
| Bellefoungou_met | Bellefoungou | Annual | 2018 | 67.5 | 25.5 | 60.4 | 28.0 | 1379.3 | 72.7 | 25.0 | 64.6 | 27.5 |
| Bellefoungou_met | Bellefoungou | Annual | 2019 | 66.4 | 26.0 | 59.8 | 28.3 | 1406.7 | 72.9 | 25.4 | 65.6 | 27.6 |
| Bellefoungou_met | Bellefoungou | Rainy season | 2017 | 80.5 | 26.0 | 73.4 | 27.8 | 1232.1 | 86.2 | 25.0 | 78.7 | 26.8 |
| Bellefoungou_met | Bellefoungou | Rainy season | 2018 | 79.7 | 25.9 | 73.2 | 27.7 | 1378.2 | 85.3 | 25.2 | 78.5 | 26.9 |
| Bellefoungou_met | Bellefoungou | Rainy season | 2019 | 82.1 | 25.9 | 75.2 | 27.7 | 1404.7 | 87.0 | 24.9 | 80.0 | 26.6 |
| Nalohou_met | Nalohou | Annual | 2017 | 55.6 | 25.6 | 50.1 | 27.7 | 1402.2 | 60.8 | 25.0 | 54.5 | 27.1 |
| Nalohou_met | Nalohou | Annual | 2018 | 58.3 | 25.2 | 52.2 | 27.4 | 1570.7 | 62.4 | 24.7 | 55.4 | 27.0 |
| Nalohou_met | Nalohou | Annual | 2019 | 58.1 | 25.2 | 52.0 | 27.4 | 1746.0 | 64.2 | 24.3 | 56.9 | 26.6 |
| Nalohou_met | Nalohou | Rainy season | 2017 | 72.2 | 25.3 | 66.6 | 26.8 | 1402.2 | 77.2 | 24.2 | 71.5 | 25.8 |
| Nalohou_met | Nalohou | Rainy season | 2018 | 69.8 | 25.3 | 64.6 | 26.8 | 1570.5 | 75.3 | 24.2 | 70.0 | 25.7 |
| Nalohou_met | Nalohou | Rainy season | 2019 | 73.0 | 24.6 | 66.9 | 26.3 | 1746.0 | 76.6 | 23.6 | 69.9 | 25.4 |
| Dahra_met | Dahra | Annual | 2018 | 38.5 | 28.4 | 33.2 | 30.3 | 285.7 | 44.8 | 28.8 | 36.6 | 30.7 |
| Dahra_met | Dahra | Annual | 2019 | 37.0 | 28.3 | 31.6 | 30.7 | 356.1 | 42.5 | 28.5 | 36.1 | 31.0 |
| Dahra_met | Dahra | Annual | 2020 | 38.8 | 28.8 | 33.4 | 31.4 | 529.4 | 45.3 | 28.5 | 38.9 | 31.1 |
| Dahra_met | Dahra | Annual | 2021 | 36.7 | 29.2 | 31.4 | 31.6 | 310.5 | ||||
| Dahra_met | Dahra | Rainy season | 2018 | 47.8 | 28.9 | 42.0 | 30.6 | 285.0 | 44.5 | 28.9 | 38.7 | 30.8 |
| Dahra_met | Dahra | Rainy season | 2019 | 66.8 | 28.8 | 59.1 | 30.6 | 348.7 | 68.3 | 28.7 | 60.1 | 30.6 |
| Dahra_met | Dahra | Rainy season | 2020 | 53.3 | 27.8 | 46.6 | 30.3 | 508.1 | 74.1 | 28.1 | 66.6 | 29.9 |
| Dahra_met | Dahra | Rainy season | 2021 | 62.0 | 29.3 | 54.9 | 31.1 | 307.2 | 62.0 | 29.3 | 54.1 | 31.4 |