African Annual Wet Days and Wind Velocity from 1984 Soil Map

Two 1983 FAO climate maps for Africa, digitized at 0.002-inch resolution, provide annual counts of wet days and mean wind velocity. The data was prepared by ESRI, FAO, and UNEP, registered to the 1984 FAO Soil Map of the World. This historical dataset offers continent-wide climate metrics in a one-degree graticule format.

Use Cases

• Analyze spatial correlation between number_of_wet_days and mean_annual_rainfall data for agricultural planning.
• Model historical wind_velocity patterns to assess potential for wind energy or soil erosion studies.
• Compare climate_zones classifications with wet_days and wind_velocity data for regional climate characterization.
• Use the one-degree graticule polygons to interpolate or validate modern climate model outputs for Africa.

Strengths

• Continent-wide coverage for Africa from a unified 1984 soil map base.
• Original maps were created at a scale of 1:5,000,000 and digitized at a spatial resolution of 0.002 inches.

Limitations

• Data is from a single year (1984) and may not reflect current climate conditions.
• Specific row counts, column names, and sample sizes are unknown from the description.

Provenance

Source

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI).

Collection Method

Hand-drawn FAO climate maps were digitized and re-registered to the FAO Soil Map of the World using an unpublished transformation algorithm.

Time Range

1984

Freshness

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Geography

Africa