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).
 
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. GRACE, GLDAS and piezometric data for Makutapora and Limpopo Basins (NERC grant NE/M008932/1). https://metadata.bgs.ac.uk/geonetwork/srv/api/records/858d7471-a4a2-0944-e054-002128a47908

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2019
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http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13607445

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  • Geology
BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences
  • Groundwater
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  • NERC_DDC
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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.
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Available under the Open Government Licence subject to the following acknowledgement accompanying the reproduced NERC materials "Contains NERC materials ©NERC [year]"
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English English
Topic category
  • Geoscientific information
Geographic identifier
SOUTH AFRICA [id=670000]

 

Date ( Creation )
1979

Geographic identifier
TANZANIA [id=685000]

 

Date ( Creation )
1979

Geographic identifier
ZA

 

Date ( Revision )
2009

Geographic identifier
ZAF

 

Date ( Revision )
2009

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Supplemental Information
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)
Reference system identifier
OGP / GEOG

 

Date ( Revision )
2005

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OnLine resource
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-23-1751-2019  
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https://www.bgs.ac.uk/services/ngdc/accessions/index.html#item127007  
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Date ( Publication )
2011
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See the referenced specification
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false

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Date ( Publication )
2010-12-08
Explanation
See http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2010:323:0011:0102:EN:PDF
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false
Statement
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.

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2021-01-25
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