Table 2 Comparison of the number of stations in the CenTrends and GHCN monthly and daily data sets

From: The Centennial Trends Greater Horn of Africa precipitation dataset

 

1900–1920

1921–1940

1941–1960

1961–1980

1981–1999

2000–2014

Tanzania CenTrend

13

76

125

209

162

64

GHCN

7

47

63

111

53

4

GPCC

7

47

62

94

55

11

Kenya CenTrend

26

43

62

146

127

62

GHCN

11

19

24

85

43

3

GPCC

15

24

38

73

56

16

Ethiopia CenTrend

4

6

9

112

176

164

GHCN

4

6

9

63

41

4

GPCC

5

9

13

61

72

35

Uganda CenTrend

13

22

55

67

42

8

GHCN

8

13

49

50

17

0

GPCC

8

16

34

35

19

13

Rwanda CenTrend

1

16

29

56

51

5

GHCN

0

1

2

1

1

0

GPCC

1

4

6

7

5

0

Burundi CenTrend

0

7

10

18

23

3

GHCN

0

1

2

1

2

0

GPCC

0

2

3

3

3

0

Eritrea CenTrend

2

4

8

6

2

0

GHCN

2

4

8

6

2

0

GPCC

2

5

8

5

5

1

Somalia CenTrend

4

25

21

20

10

0

GCHN

2

19

16

14

6

0

GPCC

2

18

17

14

19

0

Total CenTrend

63

199

319

634

593

306

GHCN

34

110

173

331

165

11

GPCC

40

125

180

291

223

77

  1. The first value in each cell indicates the average number of CenTrends observations. The second value shows the number of GHCN monthly observations. The third row shows counts for the GPCC v6 data set. The GPCC results for the first and last columns use 1901–1920 and 2000–2010 as start and end years.
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