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Leaf wax δ2Hprecip and δ13C in sediments of tropical African alpine lake Afri...
Lake sediment cores were collected from the Rwenzori Mountains, Uganda-Democratic Republic of Congo from three lakes: Lake Kopello (4,017 m asl), Lake Africa (3,895 m asl), and... -
Microcharcoal concentration, elongation, burnt vegetation types and age model...
Microscopic charcoal (microcharcoal) was identified in marine sediments of core MD96-2098 located off Namibia and analysed to reconstruct past changes in fire activity of... -
Hydroclimatic change and vegetation response in tropical African alpine envir...
Lake sediment cores were collected from the Rwenzori Mountains, Uganda-Democratic Republic of Congo from three lakes: Lake Kopello (4,017 m asl), Lake Africa (3,895 m asl), and... -
Crop Indicators: Sorghum_S
Crop water need: Let ET0i be the daily potential evapotranspiration [mm] for day i, and Kc(pl,ph) the crop factor per plant pl and phase ph, and s(pl,ph) and e(pl,ph) the... -
Extremely Wet Days (r99p)
cdo -yearpctl,99 RR.nc -yearmin RR.nc -yearmax RR.nc out.nc Annual threshold for extreme heavy precipitation: Let RRt be the daily precipitation amount on day t. For r99p list... -
Highest 1-day Precipitation (rx1day)
cdo -yearmax RR.nc out.nc Highest single day precipitation: Let RRt be the daily precipitation amount on day t. For rx1day search the maximum value of RRt in one year. Climate... -
Remote Sensing Indicators: Forest Cover
Predicted monthly forest cover dataset in a spatial resolution of 1 x 1 km based on MODIS and AVHRR datasets. For predicting the retrospective forest cover values the STARFM... -
Climate Indicators: Total Precipitation in Rainy Season (rtotrs)
cdo -yearsum -ifthen -gec,1 RRmask.nc RRmask.nc out.nc Annual precipitation sum in rainy season: Let RRt be the daily precipitation amount on day t. For Rtotrs sum up RRt for... -
Crop Indicators: Soybean_L
Crop water need: Let ET0i be the daily potential evapotranspiration [mm] for day i, and Kc(pl,ph) the crop factor per plant pl and phase ph, and s(pl,ph) and e(pl,ph) the... -
Water Availability (wa)
Water balance: Let ETi be the daily actual evapotranspiration [mm] (calculated by the daily surface latent heat flux) then WA is the daily average of the difference of the daily... -
Crop Indicators: Maize_grain_L
Crop water need: Let ET0i be the daily potential evapotranspiration [mm] for day i, and Kc(pl,ph) the crop factor per plant pl and phase ph, and s(pl,ph) and e(pl,ph) the... -
Climate Indicators: Highest 1-day Precipitation (rx1day)
cdo -yearmax RR.nc out.nc Highest single day precipitation: Let RRt be the daily precipitation amount on day t. For Rx1day search the maximum value of RRt in one year. Climate... -
Rainy Season Characterisitics (rs)
Rainy season: The onset is set as the cumulative minimum of daily precipitation anomalies over a year, the cessation is defined by the cumulative maximum. If a grid point is... -
Climate Indicators: Heat Wave Duration Index (hwdi)
cdo -eca_hwdi TX.nc -ydrunmean,5 TXref.nc out.nc Duration of Heat Wave: Let TXt be the daily maximum temperature on day t and TX’t be the climatological average of a running 5... -
Climate Indicators: Extremely Wet Days (r99p)
cdo -yearpctl,99 RR.nc -yearmin RR.nc -yearmax RR.nc out.nc Annual threshold for extreme heavy precipitation: Let RRt be the daily precipitation amount on day t. For R99p list... -
Rainy Days in Rainy Season (rdrs)
cdo -yearsum -gec,1 RRmask.nc out.nc Number of rainy days in rainy season: Let RRt be the daily precipitation amount on day t. For rdrs count all days in one year where RRt ≥... -
Crop Water Need (cwn)
Crop water need: Let ET0i be the daily potential evapotranspiration [mm] for day i, and Kc(pl,ph) the crop factor per plant pl and phase ph, and s(pl,ph) and e(pl,ph) the... -
Standardized Precipitation Evapotranspiration Index (spei)
A drought measure specified using precipitation and evaporation. Standardized Precipitation Evapotranspiration Index: A precipitation and evapotranspiration(Hargreaves) anomaly... -
Crop Indicators: Maize_sweet_L
Crop water need: Let ET0i be the daily potential evapotranspiration [mm] for day i, and Kc(pl,ph) the crop factor per plant pl and phase ph, and s(pl,ph) and e(pl,ph) the... -
Climate Indicators: Warm Nights Percent (tn90p)
cdo -eca_tn90p -ydrunpctl,90,5 TNref.nc -ydrunmin,5 TNref.nc -ydrunmax,5 TNref.nc out.nc Percentage of warm nights: Let TNt be the daily minimum temperature on day t and let...
