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Gro for GooD Rainfall Data from 23 Manual Rain Gauges, Kwale County, Kenya

Dataset title Gro for GooD Rainfall Data from 23 Manual Rain Gauges, Kwale County, Kenya
Dataset creators Calvince Wara, Rural Focus Ltd
Patrick Thomson, University of Oxford
Jacob Katuva, University of Oxford
Mike Thomas, Rural Focus Ltd
Dataset theme Geoscientific Information
Dataset abstract

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.

Dataset content dates 31/12/2015 - 30/11/2018
Dataset spatial coverage Kwale County, Kenya
Dataset supply format MS Excel
Dataset language English-United Kingdom
Dataset discovery metadata record Discovery Link to the dataset's BGS Discovery Metadata record
Dataset publisher British Geological Survey
Dataset publication date 22nd August 2019
Dataset digital object identifier(DOI) 10.5285/7240aa9f-e659-47a1-9775-aefd7df3fdfa
Dataset citation text Wara, C., Thomson, P., Katuva, J., Thomas, M. (2019): Gro for GooD Rainfall Data from 23 Manual Rain Gauges, Kwale County, Kenya. British Geological Survey. (Dataset). https://dx.doi.org/10.5285/7240aa9f-e659-47a1-9775-aefd7df3fdfa
Constraints and terms of use This data set is available under Open Government Licence, subject to the following acknowledgement accompanying any reproduced materials: "Contains data supplied by permission of the Natural Environment Research Council [YEAR]".
Access the dataset https://www.bgs.ac.uk/services/ngdc/accessions/index.html#item129587
Further information https://upgro.org/consortium/gro-for-good/