Climate Dataset for South Africa by the Agricultural Research Council

Mokhele Edmond Moeletsi (), Lindumusa Myeni, Ludwig Christian Kaempffer, Derick Vermaak, Gert de Nysschen, Chrisna Henningse, Irene Nel and Dudley Rowswell
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Mokhele Edmond Moeletsi: Agricultural Research Council—Natural Resources and Engineering, Private Bag X79, Pretoria 0001, South Africa
Lindumusa Myeni: Agricultural Research Council—Natural Resources and Engineering, Private Bag X79, Pretoria 0001, South Africa
Ludwig Christian Kaempffer: Agricultural Research Council—Natural Resources and Engineering, Private Bag X79, Pretoria 0001, South Africa
Derick Vermaak: Agricultural Research Council—Natural Resources and Engineering, Private Bag X79, Pretoria 0001, South Africa
Gert de Nysschen: Agricultural Research Council—Natural Resources and Engineering, Private Bag X79, Pretoria 0001, South Africa
Chrisna Henningse: Agricultural Research Council—Natural Resources and Engineering, Private Bag X79, Pretoria 0001, South Africa
Irene Nel: Agricultural Research Council—Natural Resources and Engineering, Private Bag X79, Pretoria 0001, South Africa
Dudley Rowswell: Agricultural Research Council—Natural Resources and Engineering, Private Bag X79, Pretoria 0001, South Africa

Data, 2022, vol. 7, issue 8, 1-12

Abstract: Long-term, reliable, continuous and real-time weather and climatic data are essential for efficient management and sustainable use of natural resources. This paper describes the weather station network (WSN) of the Agricultural Research Council (ARC) of South Africa, including information on instrumentation, data retrieval and processing protocols, calibration and maintenance protocols, as well as applications of the collected data. To this end, the WSN of the ARC consists of over 600 automatic weather stations that are distributed across the country to cover a wide range of agro-climatic zones. At each weather station, air temperature, rainfall, relative humidity, solar irradiance, wind speed and direction are monitored and archived on an hourly basis. The main objective of this WSN is to archive climate information for South Africa as well as supply the agricultural community with weather data to support decision-making.

Keywords: climate data; data retrieval; quality control; weather data; weather station network (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C8 C80 C81 C82 C83 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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