climate data Archives

Geospatial Redux: Esri Contest, Mapping Time Data, Build a Drone from Lego Bricks

December 19, 2016September 25, 2016 by Caitlin Dempsey

In this edition of Geospatial Redux, Esri has announced a new map contest, you can learn how to make an animated video in QGIS using time data, Australia’s northward moving is forcing a coordinate change, and you can buy a kit to make a drone from Lego bricks.

Average number of reporting weather stations in Rwanda during 1981 to 2013. Note the drastic drop in 1994. (Data source: Dinku et. al, 2016)

Building Missing Weather Data

December 19, 2016June 27, 2016 by Elizabeth Borneman

Called the ENACTS (Enhancing National Climate Services) initiative, scientists are using satellite data in order to estimate rainfall, temperature, and other information to fill in a 15 year gap in climate data collection for Rwanda.