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The genetics of East African populations: a Nilo-Saharan component in the Afr...
Includes Supplementary Figures S1-S13, Supplementary Tables S1-S8 and Supplementary Methods. Suppl. Fig. S1: Principal component analysis of the new populations genotyped from... -
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... -
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... -
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 ≥... -
Standardized Precipitation Evapotranspiration Index (spei)
A drought measure specified using precipitation and evaporation. Standardized Precipitation Evapotranspiration Index: A precipitation and evapotranspiration(Hargreaves) anomaly... -
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... -
Rainy Days (rd)
cdo -yearsum -gec,1 RR.nc out.nc Number of rainy days: Let RRt be the daily precipitation amount on day t. For rd count all days in one year where RRt ≥ 1mm. Climate Modell Data... -
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... -
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... -
Extremely Wet Days in Rainy Season (r99prs)
cdo -yearpctl,99 RRmask.nc out.nc Annual threshold for extreme heavy precipitation in rainy season: Let RRt be the daily precipitation amount on day t. For r99prs list all RRt... -
Standardized Precipitation Index (spi)
A drought measure specified as a precipitation deficit Standardized Precipitation Index: A precipitation anomaly is considered relativ to the mean precipitation of a reference... -
LANDSURF - Climate Indices for Africa
The dataset contains a wide range of climatological and agrometeorological indices of Africa for 1981-2100. The index calculation is based on global and regional climate models... -
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... -
Consecutive Wet Days in Rainy Season (cwdrs)
cdo -eca_cwd RRmask.nc out.nc Duration of wet period in rainy season: Let RRt be the daily precipitation amount on day t. For cwdrs count the largest number of consecutive days... -
Very Warm Days Percent (tx90p)
cdo -eca_tx90p -ydrunpctl,90,5 TXref.nc -ydrunmin,5 TXref.nc -ydrunmax,5 TXref.nc out.nc Percentage of warm days: Let TXt be the daily maximum temperature on day tand let TXin90... -
Cold Nights Percent (tn10p)
cdo -eca_tn10p -ydrunpctl,10,5 TNref.nc -ydrunmin,5 TNref.nc -ydrunmax,5 TNref.nc out.nc Percentage of cold nights: Let TNt be the daily minimum temperature on day t and let... -
Irrigation Requirement (ir)
Water deficit: Let CWN(pl,ph)i be the daily crop water need and efftpi the daily effective precipitation (which is 0mm for daily precipitation < 6.5mm, is 75mm for daily... -
Dry Days in Rainy Season (ddrs)
cdo -yearsum -ltc,1 RRmask.nc out.nc Number of dry days in rainy season: Let RRt be the daily precipitation amount on day t. For ddrs count all days in one year where RRt <... -
Very Hot Days (tx35)
cdo -yearsum -gtc,35 TX.nc out.nc Number of Extreme Hot Days: Let TXt be the daily maximum temperature on day t. For tx35 count all days in one year where TXt > 35°C. Climate...
