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Historical (1950-2005) and projected (2006-2099) hydrological model (HMF-WA) estimates of monthly mean and annual maximum river flows across West Africa driven by CMIP5 projected climate data

Publisher
Environmental Information Data Centre
Updated
30 July 2026
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Summary

This dataset comprises seven ensembles of hydrological model estimates of monthly mean and annual maximum river flows (m3s-1) on a 0.1° × 0.1° grid (approximate grid of 10 km × 10 km) across West Africa for historical (1950 to 2005) and projected future (2006 to 2099) periods. This dataset is the output from the Hydrological Modelling Framework for West Africa, or "HMF-WA" model. The ensembles correspond to historical and three projected future climate scenarios (RCP2.6, RCP4.5 and RCP8.5) with two future scenarios of water use. The scenarios of water use are (i) future water use that varies in line with projected population increases, and (ii) future water use is the same as present day. This dataset is an output from the regional scale hydrological modelling study from African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis-2050 (AMMA-2050) project. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/6429828f-6a06-4d2d-8f50-4910b18f7ff4

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Source Metadata
XML, HTML
Date added
25 July 2026
Harvest GUID
6429828f-6a06-4d2d-8f50-4910b18f7ff4
Extent (Latitude)
26° to 3°
Extent (Longitude)
-18° to 25°
Dataset reference date (publication)
2021-10-14
Dataset reference date (creation)
2021-05-12
Frequency of update
notPlanned
Access constraints
If you reuse this data, you should cite: Rameshwaran, P., Bell, V.A., Davies, H.N., Kay, A.L. (2021). Historical (1950-2005) and projected (2006-2099) hydrological model (HMF-WA) estimates of monthly mean and annual maximum river flows across West Africa driven by CMIP5 projected climate data. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/6429828f-6a06-4d2d-8f50-4910b18f7ff4
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(author, pointOfContact, publisher, owner, custodian)
ISO 19139 resource type
dataset
Metadata language
eng