ARC2 estimated daily station rainfall
Daily ARC2 precipitation estimates organized for African synoptic stations.
- Coverage
- African synoptic stations
Data Services
Climate data for Africa
Discover observations, gridded datasets, model archives and technical resources provided through ACMAD and its partners.
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Data service category
Observations and station data
Quality-controlled station observations and rainfall estimates supporting monitoring, verification and national climate services.
CPC-Unified estimated daily rainfall
Daily CPC-Unified precipitation estimates prepared for station-level assessment.
- Coverage
- African synoptic stations
Quality-controlled country station records
Minimum, maximum and mean temperature, precipitation and associated station records maintained through Climsoft.
- Coverage
- By country and station
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Data service category
Gridded climate data
Continental precipitation and temperature fields for monitoring anomalies, rainfall frequency and seasonal conditions.
Monthly and seasonal precipitation
CPC CAMS-OPI precipitation fields served through the IRI Data Library.
- Coverage
- Africa and global domains
Dekadal ARC2 precipitation
Daily ARC2 estimates suitable for dekadal rainfall aggregation and monitoring.
- Coverage
- Africa
Seasonal rainfall climatology maps
Archived seasonal mean precipitation and rainy-day frequency maps for standard three-month periods.
- Coverage
- Africa
Climate indices and historical graphs
Preserved rainfall and temperature anomaly, trend, scenario and ranking figures from the legacy RCC collection.
- Coverage
- Central Africa studies and Africa-wide analyses
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Data service category
Climate models and projections
Regional simulation, downscaling and CORDEX archives used for climate-change analysis and impact assessment.
EIN15 regional model output
Archived regional climate simulation files available from the local RCC collection.
- Coverage
- Africa
CORDEX NOAA-GFDL GFDL-ESM2M
Regional downscaling archive based on the NOAA-GFDL GFDL-ESM2M global climate model.
- Coverage
- CORDEX Africa domain
Tailored regional model extracts
Subset, period and variable requests for impact studies and national adaptation planning.
- Coverage
- Defined in each request
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Data service category
Operational tools and guidance
Monitoring interfaces, climate-data management guidance and technical manuals supporting operational use.
Rapidly Developing Thunderstorm data
Locally preserved RDT imagery and operational products for convective-storm monitoring.
- Coverage
- Africa
Intertropical Discontinuity monitoring
Locally preserved ITD and ITCZ monitoring maps and operational products.
- Coverage
- Africa
Climsoft resources and documentation
Locally preserved manuals for Climsoft installation, administration, development, routine use, data entry and climate-index analysis.
- Coverage
- Technical and operational guidance
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