WASCAL Data Discovery Portal (WADI)
Data centre of the West African Science Service Centre on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use, offering a metadata discovery portal, geoportal and central catalogue for climate and hydrological data from WASCAL's transboundary observation networks (meteorological and hydrological station sensors) across West Africa.
wascal-dataportal.org
At a glance
- Region
- West Africa (regional) (Africa)
- Coverage
- Regional (West Africa)
- Access
- Limited
- Category
- Research Institute
- Last updated
- 2026
What's inside
- hydrology
- climate
- meteorological stations
- metadata
What you can do with it
Typical work that data of this type supports.
- 01
Design flows
Estimate 1-in-50 and 1-in-100 year floods for bridges, culverts and spillways.
Because it has: hydrology
- 02
Low flows
Set environmental flows and check what is left in the river in a dry year.
- 03
Risk screening
Screen projects and assets for climate risk.
Because it has: climate
Where AI adds value
Ideas for machine learning and AI agents built on this kind of data.
- 01
Flow forecasting
Train LSTM-style models on past records to forecast river levels and flow days ahead.
- 02
Ungauged basins
Combine with catchment data to estimate flow where there is no gauge.
- 03
Bias correction
Correct and downscale climate model output for a site.
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