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    • SAFARI 2000 Daily Rainfall Totals for Mongu, Zambia, 1999-2002

    Metadata Updated: February 5, 2026

    This data set contains daily rainfall totals (mm) from Mongu, in the Western Province of Zambia. The data were collected with a British standard 5 inch diameter rain gauge in a yard 30 m away from the Meteorological Department building near the Mongu Airport (north of downtown and approximately 20 km from the Kataba Local Forest where the permanent 30 m Mongu tower site is located). Rainfall readings were taken by ZMD staff each morning at 06:00 GMT. These data form the official government rainfall record for Mongu.The data files consist of 3 files, one for each year (July to Jun). Each files contains monthly columns with totals for each day of the month as well as a monthly total. The data files are stored as ASCII text files in comma-separated-value (csv) format.

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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    Dates

    Metadata Created Date April 11, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date February 5, 2026

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NASA Data.json

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date April 11, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date February 5, 2026
    Publisher ORNL_DAAC
    Maintainer
    Identifier 10.3334/ORNLDAAC/785
    Data Last Modified 2026-02-03
    Category Earth Science
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 026:00
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    Harvest Object Id 48ca165c-0be2-4219-b270-160faa0c023c
    Harvest Source Id 58f92550-7a01-4f00-b1b2-8dc953bd598f
    Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
    Homepage URL https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search?q=mongu_daily_rainfall_785&ac=true
    Old Spatial {"WestBoundingCoordinate":23.1553,"NorthBoundingCoordinate":-15.2535,"EastBoundingCoordinate":23.1553,"SouthBoundingCoordinate":-15.2535},"CARTESIAN"
    Program Code 026:000
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash e564788a6e2bb1fd8062be69dcc5310f1a33a23d7e4d74722ecfdc30b69d3d6f
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial
    Temporal 1999-07-01/1999-07-01

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