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Veiko Lehsten

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Data Descriptor : High-resolution African population projections from radiative forcing and socio-economic models, 2000 to 2100

Author

  • Niklas Boke-Olén
  • Hakim Abdi
  • Ola Hall
  • Veiko Lehsten

Summary, in English

For its fifth assessment report, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change divided future scenario projections (2005-2100) into two groups: Socio-Economic Pathways (SSPs) and Representative Concentration Pathways (RCPs). Each SSP has country-level urban and rural population projections, while the RCPs are based on radiative forcing caused by greenhouse gases, aerosols and associated land-use change. In order for these projections to be applicable in earth system models, SSP and RCP population projections must be at the same spatial scale. Thus, a gridded population dataset that takes into account both RCP-based urban fractions and SSP-based population projection is needed. To support this need, an annual (2000-2100) high resolution (approximately 1km at the equator) gridded population dataset conforming to both RCPs (urban land use) and SSPs (population) country level scenario data were created.

Department/s

  • Dept of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science
  • Department of Human Geography

Publishing year

2017-01-17

Language

English

Publication/Series

Scientific Data

Volume

4

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Nature Publishing Group

Topic

  • Physical Geography
  • Human Geography

Keywords

  • Africa
  • Population modelling

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 2052-4463