Climate Data

Datasets and sources used for the current Africa Data Hub Climate Observer.

https://www.africadatahub.org/data-resources/climate-observer

Temperature

Berkeley Earth - https://berkeleyearth.org/data/

Minimum, Average and Maximum Temperature.

Spatial Resolution: Gridded. 1 x 1 degree.

Period: 1850 – Recent

Temporal Resolution: Monthly and Daily

Precipitation

GloH2O - https://www.gloh2o.org/

Total Precipitation

Spatial Resolution: Gridded. 0.1 x 0.1 degree.

Period: 1979 – Recent

Temporal Resolution: Monthly and Daily

Air Quality

MODIS - https://ladsweb.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/missions-and-measurements/modis/

Aerosol Optical Depth

Spatial Resolution: 10km x 10km.

Period: 2002 – Recent

Temporal Resolution: Monthly and Daily

Landcover

ESA Worldcover - https://esa-worldcover.org/en

Land cover classification.

Spatial Resolution: 10m x 10m.

Period: 2020

Disasters

EM-DAT https://public.emdat.be/

Natural and other disasters.

Spatial Resolution: National

Period: 2000 – Recent