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Image1 - Variables list

Here is the list of variables you will have in the downloaded file:

Variables Label
 Station_ID  Station Name
 Weather_Date  Date
 Weather_Year  Year
 DOY  Day Of Year
 AirTemp_Avg  Average Air Temperature at 2 meters(°C)
 AirTemp_Min  Minimum Air Temperature at 2 meters(°C)
 AirTemp_Max  Maximum Air Temperature at 2 meters (°C)
 Humidity_Avg  Average Relative Humidity at 2 meters (%)
 Humidity_Min  Minimum Relative Humidity at 2 meters (%)
 Humidity_Max  Maximum Relative Humidity at 2 meters (%)
 WindDir_Avg  Average Wind direction at 2 meters (°)
 WindSpd_Avg  Average Wind Speed at 2 meters (m.s-1)
 WindSpd_Min  Minimum Wind Speed at 2 meters (m.s-1)
 WindSpd_Max  Maximum Wind Speed at 2 meters (m.s-1)
 Radiation  Sum of Radiation at 2 meters (KJ-m-1)
 Rainfall  Rainfall at 2 meters (mm)
 ActualVapourPressure_Avg     Average Actual Vapour Pressure at 2 meters (pka)  
 DewPointTemp  Dew Point Temperature at 2 meters (°C)

For all of the variables, you have a variable ending by "Flag" which indicate how we get the value.

Image2 - Flags list

 Flags    Label
 -99   Missing data
 0   Observed value    

Image3 - Downloaded data

This website provides access to daily weather data owned or distributed by AfricaRice. At the moment, the following data sets are available:

(1) Historical data owned by AfricaRice.

(2) Daily data from the AgMERRA dataset, from 1980 to 2010.

(3) Daily data quality from country where AfricaRice installed weather stations. Weather stations are owned by national partners. Data availability depends on when the station was installed.



To download data, please go to tab "Downloads" or click here Download.

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