Temperature and Relative Humidity Measurements in Savanna Plots, Burkina Faso, 2014-2017

Air temperature (Celsius) and air relative humidity (%) were measured on 28 savanna plots in Burkina Faso. Plots are distributed in three areas: the municipality of Dano, the regional reserve of Bontioli, and the national reserve of Nazinga.

Measurements were made with HOBO Onset U23-001 Pro V2 data loggers placed inside protective cages 1 meter above ground. In every experimental plots, loggers were positioned under tree shade and the cages featuring a reflective roof provided additional protection against direct sun light. Measurements were made every 15 minutes from November 2014 to November 2017. Data was collected monthly with the help of a data transfer device (shuttle HOBO U-DTW-1).

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Date (Publication)
2017-05-12
Edition
1
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Purpose
This data was collected to analyze regulation effects of the vegetation cover in savannas on the microclimate.
Credit
Hermann Hien (WASCAL assistant in Dano) for the data collection.
Status
On going
Originator
  Center for Development Research, Department: Ecology and Natural Resources Management - Nicholas Moret ( Junior Researcher )
Bonn , 53113 , Germany
Maintenance and update frequency
As needed
GEMET - Concepts, version 2.4
  • microclimate
  • air temperature
  • atmospheric humidity
Theme
Region
  • Burkina Faso
  • Western Africa
Place
  • Bontioli
  • Dano
  • Nazinga
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This data is licensed under ODC Open Database License (ODbL)

http://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/summary/

Citation:

Moret, N. (2017): Temperature and Relative Humidity Measurements in Savanna Plots, Burkina Faso, 2014-2017.

https://wascal-dataportal.org/geonetwork/?uuid=baf10093-b1b3-4344-9609-cba5e3d54988

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English
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Topic category
  • Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere
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Begin date
2014-10-01T00:00:00
End date
2017-10-01T00:00:00
Supplemental Information

Number of stations in each area (temperature and rel. humidity):

Bontioli: 9

Dano: 9

Dreyer (Dano area): 2

Nazinga: 8

Total: 28

Temp = C

Rel. hum. = %
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  • Text, CSV ( nn )

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  WASCAL -
OnLine resource
WSC_clim_air-temp_burkina-faso_2014-17.csv ( WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download )

Temperature

OnLine resource
WSC_clim_relative-humidity_burkina-faso_2014-17.csv ( WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download )

Relative humidity

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Dataset
Statement
The microclimatic data was initially screened to remove data loggers recording failure. Isolated measurement error, indicated by sudden spike in microclimate variable were replaced by missing values. The normal distribution of the data also allowed the removal of extreme values (temperature below 8°C and above 46°C, relative humidity below 2%).
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baf10093-b1b3-4344-9609-cba5e3d54988 XML
Metadata language
English
Character set
UTF8
Date stamp
2017-05-24T12:14:32
Metadata standard name
ISO 19115:2003/19139
Metadata standard version
1.0
Author
  Center for Development Research, Department: Ecology and Natural Resources Management - Nicholas Moret ( )
 
 

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GEMET - Concepts, version 2.4
air temperature atmospheric humidity microclimate

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