Abstract: Predicted monthly vegetation cover dataset in a spatial resolution of 1 x 1 km based on MODIS and AVHRR datasets. For predicting the retrospective vegetation cover...

Abstract: The dataset contains a wide range of climatological and agrometeorological indices of Africa for 1981-2100. The index calculation is based on global and regional...

Other: Water balance: Let ETi be the daily actual evapotranspiration [mm] (calculated by the daily surface latent heat flux) then WA is the daily average of the difference of...

Other: Crop water need: Let ET0i be the daily potential evapotranspiration [mm] for day i, and Kc(pl,ph) the crop factor per plant pl and phase ph, and s(pl,ph) and e(pl,ph) the...

Other: Standardized Precipitation Index: A precipitation anomaly is considered relativ to the mean precipitation of a reference period (1981-2010) and based on the underlying...

TechnicalInfo: cdo -eca_cwd RRmask.nc out.nc Other: Duration of wet period in rainy season: Let RRt be the daily precipitation amount on day t. For cwdrs count the largest...

TechnicalInfo: cdo -eca_tn10p -ydrunpctl,10,5 TNref.nc -ydrunmin,5 TNref.nc -ydrunmax,5 TNref.nc out.nc Other: Percentage of cold nights: Let TNt be the daily minimum...

Other: Crop water need: Let ET0i be the daily potential evapotranspiration [mm] for day i, and Kc(pl,ph) the crop factor per plant pl and phase ph, and s(pl,ph) and e(pl,ph) the...

TechnicalInfo: cdo -eca_tx90p -ydrunpctl,90,5 TXref.nc -ydrunmin,5 TXref.nc -ydrunmax,5 TXref.nc out.nc Other: Percentage of warm days: Let TXt be the daily maximum temperature...

Abstract: The dataset contains a wide range of climatological, agrometeorological, and remote sensing indices of West Africa for 1981-2100. The climatological and...

TechnicalInfo: cdo -eca_tn10p -ydrunpctl,10,5 TNref.nc -ydrunmin,5 TNref.nc -ydrunmax,5 TNref.nc out.nc Other: Percentage of cold nights: Let TNt be the daily minimum...

Other: Water deficit: Let CWN(pl,ph)i be the daily crop water need and efftpi the daily effective precipitation (which is 0mm for daily precipitation < 6.5mm, is 75mm for...

TechnicalInfo: cdo -eca_cwdi TN.nc -ydrunmean,5 TNref.nc out.nc Other: Duration of cold wave: Let TNt be the daily maximum temperature on day t and TN’t be the climatological...

TechnicalInfo: cdo -yearsum -ltc,1 RRmask.nc out.nc Other: Number of dry days in rainy season: Let RRt be the daily precipitation amount on day t. For ddrs count all days in one...

TechnicalInfo: cdo -yearsum -ltc,1 RR.nc out.nc Other: Number of dry days: Let RRt be the daily precipitation amount on day t. For dd count all days in one year where RRt < 1mm.

TechnicalInfo: cdo -yearsum -gtc,35 TX.nc out.nc Other: Number of Extreme Hot Days: Let TXt be the daily maximum temperature on day t. For tx35 count all days in one year where...

TechnicalInfo: cdo -sub -yearmax TX.nc -yearmin TN.nc out.nc Other: Difference between the maximum of the maximum temperature and the minimum of the minimum temperature: Let TXi...

TechnicalInfo: cdo -eca_hwfi TG.nc -ydrunpctl,90,5 TGref.nc -ydrunmin,5 TGref.nc -ydrunmax,5 TGref.nc out.nc Other: Warm-spell days index / Duration of Heat Wave: Let TGi be the...

Other: Standardized Precipitation Evapotranspiration Index: A precipitation and evapotranspiration(Hargreaves) anomaly is considered relativ to the mean of a reference period...

TechnicalInfo: cdo -eca_hwfi TG.nc -ydrunpctl,90,5 TGref.nc -ydrunmin,5 TGref.nc -ydrunmax,5 TGref.nc out.nc Other: Warm-spell days index / Duration of Heat Wave: Let TGi be the...