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Dataset

 

Relative humidity data from 23 stations on Kilimanjaro (East Africa) over three years

Update Frequency: Not Planned
Latest Data Update: 2016-02-08
Status: Completed
Online Status: ONLINE
Publication State: Published
Publication Date: 2016-02-08
Download Stats: last 12 months
Dataset Size: 2 Files | 4MB

Abstract

Data were collected under the NERC funded project - The role of land-use change on influencing mountain climate on Kilimanjaro, East Africa (NE/J013366/1) - lead by Dr Nicholas Pepin (University of Portsmouth) which investigated the influence of land-use on surface climate (temperature and moisture availability) on Mount Kilimanjaro in Africa.

Relative humidity measurements were taken at hourly intervals at 23 stations on Mount Kilimanjaro between September 2012 and September 2015. Specific station locations (elevation and lat/long) are stated in the data and are ordered in a transect across the mountain from South-West over the top to North-East.

Two of the stations have both ground level and air level sensors (hence there are 25 readings not 23).

Additional information about station locations and missing data can be found in a PDF on the CEDA archive.

Citable as:  Pepin, N. (2016): Relative humidity data from 23 stations on Kilimanjaro (East Africa) over three years. Centre for Environmental Data Analysis, date of citation. https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/e8a3561149c0448fa34bd64f072d69f1/
Abbreviation: Not defined
Keywords: temperature, relative humidity, Kilimanjaro, mountain

Details

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When using these data you must cite them correctly using the citation given on the CEDA Data Catalogue record.
Data lineage:

Provided by project PI for archival at CEDA

Data Quality:
Few data gaps due to datalogger issues but overall the data is in good shape (i.e. most is good quality)
File Format:
BADC-CSV

Process overview

This dataset was generated by instruments deployed on platforms as listed below.
Output Description

None

  • long_name: Date of observation
  • names: Date of observation
  • long_name: Observation number
  • names: Observation number
  • long_name: Relative Humidity % at station Albion
  • names: Relative Humidity % at station Albion
  • long_name: Relative Humidity % at station Mach1
  • names: Relative Humidity % at station Mach1
  • long_name: Relative Humidity % at station Mach10
  • names: Relative Humidity % at station Mach10
  • long_name: Relative Humidity % at station Mach2
  • names: Relative Humidity % at station Mach2
  • long_name: Relative Humidity % at station Mach3
  • names: Relative Humidity % at station Mach3
  • long_name: Relative Humidity % at station Mach4
  • names: Relative Humidity % at station Mach4
  • long_name: Relative Humidity % at station Mach5
  • names: Relative Humidity % at station Mach5
  • long_name: Relative Humidity % at station Mach6
  • names: Relative Humidity % at station Mach6
  • long_name: Relative Humidity % at station Mach6a
  • names: Relative Humidity % at station Mach6a
  • long_name: Relative Humidity % at station Mach7
  • names: Relative Humidity % at station Mach7
  • long_name: Relative Humidity % at station Mach8
  • names: Relative Humidity % at station Mach8
  • long_name: Relative Humidity % at station Mach9
  • names: Relative Humidity % at station Mach9
  • long_name: Relative Humidity % at station Mbahe
  • names: Relative Humidity % at station Mbahe
  • long_name: Relative Humidity % at station Moshi
  • names: Relative Humidity % at station Moshi
  • long_name: Relative Humidity % at station Mweka
  • names: Relative Humidity % at station Mweka
  • long_name: Relative Humidity % at station Rong1
  • names: Relative Humidity % at station Rong1
  • long_name: Relative Humidity % at station Rong2
  • names: Relative Humidity % at station Rong2
  • long_name: Relative Humidity % at station Rong3
  • names: Relative Humidity % at station Rong3
  • long_name: Relative Humidity % at station Rong4
  • names: Relative Humidity % at station Rong4
  • long_name: Relative Humidity % at station Rong5
  • names: Relative Humidity % at station Rong5
  • long_name: Relative Humidity % at station Rong6
  • names: Relative Humidity % at station Rong6
  • long_name: Relative Humidity % at station Rong6a
  • names: Relative Humidity % at station Rong6a
  • long_name: Relative Humidity % at station Rong7
  • names: Relative Humidity % at station Rong7
  • long_name: Relative Humidity % at station Rong8
  • names: Relative Humidity % at station Rong8
  • long_name: Relative Humidity % at station Rong9
  • names: Relative Humidity % at station Rong9
  • long_name: Time of observation
  • names: Time of observation

Co-ordinate Variables

Coverage
Temporal Range
Start time:
2012-08-10T12:00:00
End time:
2015-09-07T13:00:00
Geographic Extent

 
-2.9610°
 
37.2370°
 
37.5070°
 
-3.3160°