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Gro for GooD Rainfall Data from 23 Manual Rain Gauges, Kwale County, Kenya (NERC grant NE/M008894/1)

The dataset consists of daily rainfall data for 23 manual rain gauge stations installed by Gro for GooD project within and about the study area. The installed stations covering four river catchments name Ramisi River, Mukurumudzi River, Mtawa River and Mwachema River in Kwale County. The dataset period is from January 2016 to November 2018. Gro for GooD: Groundwater Risk Management for Growth and Development

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Metadata Language
English (en)
Dataset Reference Date ()
2019-08-07
Identifier

http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13607496

 

University of Oxford

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Dr R A Hope

(

School of Geography and the Environment

)

Oxford

,

OX1 3QY

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University of Oxford

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Nancy Gladstone

(

Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment

)

Oxford

,

OX1 3QY

,
 

Rural Focus Ltd

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Calvince Wara


P.O. Box 1011-10400

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Nanyuki

,

Kenya

 

Rural Focus Ltd

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Mike Thomas


P.O. Box 1011-10400

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Nanyuki

,

Kenya

 

University of Oxford

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Jacob Katuva


 

University of Oxford

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Patrick Thomson


Maintenance and update frequency
notApplicable
GEMET - INSPIRE themes
  • Geology
BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences
  • Rainfall

  • Surface waters

  • Groundwater

  • Water

Keywords
  • NERC_DDC

Limitations on Public Access
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Other constraints
The dataset is made freely available for access, e.g. via the Internet. Either no third party data / information is contained in the dataset or BGS has secured written permission from the owner(s) of any third party data / information contained in the dataset to make the dataset freely accessible.
Use constraints
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Other constraints

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.

Other constraints

Available under the Open Government Licence subject to the following acknowledgement accompanying the reproduced NERC materials "Contains NERC materials ©NERC [year]"

Topic category
  • Geoscientific information
Extent

KE

Dataset Reference Date ()
2009

Extent

KEN

Dataset Reference Date ()
2009

Extent

KENYA [id=687000]

Dataset Reference Date ()
1979

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Begin date
2015-12-31
End date
2018-11-30
 

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https://www.bgs.ac.uk/services/ngdc/accessions/index.html#item129587
Resource Locator
https://www.bgs.ac.uk/services/ngdc/accessions/index.html#item129587
 
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Dataset Reference Date ()
2011
Explanation

See the referenced specification

Degree

Report

Dataset Reference Date ()
2010-12-08
Explanation

See http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2010:323:0011:0102:EN:PDF

Degree
Statement

: Stations were instrumented with CM1016 manual plastic rain gauges (climemet.com) - funnel diameter of 100mm and internal measuring cylinder calibrated at 0.5mm, capacity 25mm. External cylinder maximum capacity 225mm. The gauges are mounted on posts with collector rim at 0.7m above ground level. Instruments were installed in collaboration with Kenya Meteorological Department (KMD) under Ministry of Water, Environment and Natural Resources. Field Monitors were recruited and trained to take readings at 9:00 am daily by both Rural Focus Ltd and KMD and record data in KMD rainfall data format. Rainfall record sheet were collected monthly and quarterly analysed for quality (homogeneity and consistency based on Double Mass Curve techniques and visual inspection compared to nearby stations. Missing data is denoted with -99. A clear distinction is made between day of record and day of rain.

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File identifier
9037d64b-ee16-1d62-e054-002128a47908 XML
Metadata Language
English (en)
Resource type
dataset
Metadata Date
2023-01-23
Metadata standard name
UK GEMINI
Metadata standard version

2.3

 

British Geological Survey


Environmental Science Centre,Keyworth

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NOTTINGHAM

,

NOTTINGHAMSHIRE

,

NG12 5GG

,

United Kingdom

+44 115 936 3100
 
 

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