Urban Heat: Forward-Looking Climate Modelling for West-Africa : Corridor Abidjan-Lagos

We produced actionable data on heat stress in cities to inform analysis and client dialogue on the part of World Bank teams. We applied an urban-scale climate modeling framework to generate datasets describing modeled heat stress exposure for present-day and future conditions under selected climate scenarios. The study focuses on five cities at Corridor Abidjan-Lagos: Abidjan, Cotonou, Lome, Accra and Lagos.

More details about the dataset: 

• The dataset includes calculations for each indicator for the reference period (present: 2001 to 2020). For city Lome two more future scenarios (SSP2-4.5, SSP3-7.0) and with two twenty-year periods (2031-2050, and 2051-2070) were applied.
• All indicators are available in both NetCDF and GeoTiff formats.
• The indicators are calculated at a resolution of 100 m to 200 m (depending on the size of the city), consistent with the UrbClim and WBGT simulations. Additionally, downscaled versions of the indicators are provided at a resolution of 30 m.
• The UrbClim and WBGT simulations, as well as the postprocessing, are conducted using the regional projection. The NetCDF and GeoTiff data also adopt this projection. Furthermore, a GeoTiff data file with EPSG 4326 projection is included.
• All indicators are calculated as yearly averages. 
• Images for quick viewing in png format visualizing the results for each indicator. 
• The indicators in NetCDF and GeoTiff format as well as the visualized PNG files can be found in the {city}_present_indicators.zip or {city}_indicators.zip (for Lome).
• Three representative locations within the study domain have been selected to retrieve the WBGT profile on a chosen date (a hot day in 2020). The results are stored in WBGT_data.xlsx and visualized as WBGT_{date}.png. The shapefile is named as selected_locations.shp. These data together with the visualization of the land use map is compressed in {city}_landuse_wbgt.zip. 
• More information about the dataset, including the methodology, all available data list, contact information, etc. can be found in the Technical_description_corridor.docx