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Present and future daily air temperature and heat-stress maps for 54 African cities

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Present and future daily air temperature and heat-stress indicator maps from UrbClim for 54 African cities.

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Zenodo DOI 10.5281/zenodo.23441878
Licence
CC BY 4.0 Free to use and share, including commercially, as long as you credit the creators.
Size
111.7 GB · 54 cities

How to cite

Lanssens, B., Crols, T., De Ridder, K., Souverijns, N., & Uljee, I. (2026). Present and future daily air temperature records and indicator maps for 54 African cities at 300 m resolution [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23441878

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Details

Resource
Simulation output
Method
Mesoscale model
Geometry
City scale
Topic
Urban heat & thermal comfort
Quantities
Temperature
Codes / models
UrbClim
Year
2026
Creators
Lanssens, Benjamin; Crols, Tomas; De Ridder, Koen; Souverijns, Niels; Uljee, Inge
Institution
VITO

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