GRACE, GLDAS and piezometric data for Makutapora and Limpopo Basins (NERC grant NE/M008932/1)
Monthly time-series data of GRACE (Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment) total terrestrial water storage (TWS), GLDAS (Global Land Data Assimilation System) soil moisture, surface water (surface runoff), snow water storage, and basin-aggregated observations from piezometric data for the Makutapora Basin (Tanzania) and Limpopo Basin (South Africa).
dataset
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-23-1751-2019
function: information
https://www.bgs.ac.uk/services/ngdc/accessions/index.html#item127007
function: download
http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13607445
eng
Makutapora Basin, Tanzania (centre coordinates: longitude 35.75 and latitude -5.9) Limpopo Basin (South Africa) (centre coordinates: longitude 29.42 and latitude -23.39)
geoscientificInformation
publication
2008-06-01
NGDC Deposited Data
Groundwater
revision
2022
NERC_DDC
25.0000
32.0500
-22.1000
-26.5000
creation
1979
SOUTH AFRICA [id=670000]
creation
1979
TANZANIA [id=685000]
revision
2009
ZA
revision
2009
ZAF
2002-08
2016-07
revision
2019-04-01
notApplicable
Data and methods for GRACE and GLDAS land surface model data processing are described in the paper, "The El Niño event of 2015–2016: climate anomalies and their impact on groundwater resources in East and Southern Africa" published in Hydrology and Earth System Sciences.
publication
2011
false
See the referenced specification
publication
2010-12-08
false
See http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2010:323:0011:0102:EN:PDF
MS Excel
The copyright of materials derived from the British Geological Survey's work is vested in the Natural Environment Research Council [NERC]. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, or stored in a retrieval system of any nature, without the prior permission of the copyright holder, via the BGS Intellectual Property Rights Manager. Use by customers of information provided by the BGS, is at the customer's own risk. In view of the disparate sources of information at BGS's disposal, including such material donated to BGS, that BGS accepts in good faith as being accurate, the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) gives no warranty, expressed or implied, as to the quality or accuracy of the information supplied, or to the information's suitability for any use. NERC/BGS accepts no liability whatever in respect of loss, damage, injury or other occurence however caused.
Institute for Risk & Disaster Reduction
University College London
South Wing Room no. 40 Gower Street
London
WC1E 6BT
pointOfContact
Department of Geography
University College London
Gower Street
London
WC1E 6BT
principalInvestigator
British Geological Survey
Environmental Science Centre,Keyworth
NOTTINGHAM
NG12 5GG
United Kingdom
+44 115 936 3100
pointOfContact
2024-04-04