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Summary

Entry ID: MEDI2
Title: Rainfall
Summary: Records from 250 rainfall stations in the Republic of Mauritius comprising outer islands, Rodrigues, Agalega and St. Brandon. 50 years observational records are available for all stations and extending up to 100 years for some stations. Unit used is millimeter and a raingauge with rim diameter of 11.28 cm is commonly used.
Dataset Language: English
Access Constraints: Available on request
Quality: Good

Temporal Coverage Note: Date format is yyyy-mm-dd

1. Start Date: 1950-01-01 End Date:

Spatial Coverage

Attributes

Parameters:

EARTH SCIENCE > Atmosphere > Precipitation > Rain

Source Name:

FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS

Sensor Name:

RAIN GAUGES

Project:

MMS > Mauritius Meteorological Services Project

Keywords: Rainfall

Originating Center: Mauritius Meteorological services

Where to find the data

1. MNODC/MMS - Mauritius National Oceanographic Data and Information Centre/ Mauritius Meteorological Services
URL:

nodc.intnet.mu

Data Set ID:

Rainfall

Contact 1 - Mohamudally Beebeejaun
Email:

m.bbjohn@odinafrica.net

Phone:

6861031

Fax:

6861033

Address:

Mauritius Meteorological Services, St.Paul Rd, Vacoas, Mauritius.

Citation

Record 1
Dataset Creator: Mauritius Meteorological Services
Dataset Title: Rainfall
 
Dataset Release Place: Mauritius Meteorological Services
 
 
 
Data Presentation Format: Table
 
URL: nodc.intnet.mu

Distribution

Record 1
Distribution Media: Floppy disk/CDROM
 
Distribution Format: ASCII > American Standard Code for Information Interchange
 

Metadata Information

Dataset Progress: In Progress
Creation Date: 2004-12-16
Last Revision Date: 2005-02-17


Related Personnel

1 - Mohamudally Beebeejaun
Role:

Technical Contact

Email:

m.bbjohn@odinafrica.net

Phone:

6861031

Fax:

6861033

Address:

Mauritius Meteorological Services, St Paul Rd, Vacoas, Mauritius.