Rainfall Analysis The submission of the Rainfall Analysis WG is contained in Table 3. Table 3 Submission of the Rainfall Analysis WG Topic Deliverable Priority Expected Starting Estimated Requirement Status Ranking duration of Time Funding Required (Years) (Rx1000) A.1.1.1 Spatial Inventory and H 1 2013/4 100 - 500 Update/create Information of 1 and Temporal distribution of database of and daily rainfall distribution of available daily and continuously available from available rainfall sub-daily rainfall recorded rainfall MAP map project data data in South (location and period undertaken by Africa of available record), Pegram & source and Associates. availability, i.e. Information on update from SAWS, availability and ARC, , distribution daily rainfall still needs to be updated A.1.1.2 ARF’s Updated ARFs for H 1-5 Started 100 - 500 Develop and evaluate Postgraduate 5 (Convert point use in Africa reduction factors started at CUT rainfall data to to convert point Postgraduate catchment rainfall to areal study started at rainfall) rainfall Univ. Stellenbosch A.1.1.3 Extend Updated daily H 1-5 2013/4 > 500 Infill missing/ MAP map project 2 the patched rainfall database erroneous data from started by Pegram rainfall database for South Africa 2000 to present and & Associates add to database Output: Daily rainfall 1'x1' gridded surfaces from 1950 MAP surfaces
Rainfall Analysis The submission of the Rainfall Analysis WG is contained in Table 3. Table 3 Submission of the Rainfall Analysis WG Topic Deliverable Priority Expected duration of (Years) Starting Time Estimated Funding Required (Rx1000) Requirement Status Ranking A.1.1.1 Spatial and Temporal distribution of available rainfall data Inventory and distribution of available daily and sub-daily rainfall data in South Africa H 1 2013/4 100 - 500 Update/create database of daily and continuously recorded rainfall (location and period of available record), source and availability, i.e. update from SAWS, ARC, , Information of daily rainfall available from MAP map project undertaken by Pegram & Associates. Information on availability and distribution rainfall still needs to be updated 1 A.1.1.2 ARF’s (Convert point rainfall data to catchment rainfall) Updated ARFs for use in Africa H 1-5 Started 100 - 500 Develop and evaluate reduction factors to convert point rainfall to areal rainfall Postgraduate started at CUT Postgraduate study started at Univ. Stellenbosch 5 A.1.1.3 Extend the patched rainfall database Updated daily rainfall database for South Africa H 1-5 2013/4 > 500 Infill missing/ erroneous data from 2000 to present and add to database MAP map project started by Pegram & Associates Output: Daily rainfall 1'x1' gridded surfaces from 1950 MAP surfaces 2
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