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

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.

• Författare: Niklas Boke-Olén; Hakim Abdi; Ola Hall; Veiko Lehsten
• Avdelning/ar: Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap; Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi
• Publiceringsår: 2017-01-17
• Språk: Engelska
• Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie: Scientific Data
• Volym: 4
• Länkar: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2016.130
• Dokumenttyp: Artikel i tidskrift
• Förlag: Nature Publishing Group
• Ämne: Physical Geography; Human Geography
• Nyckelord: Africa; Population modelling
• Aktiv: Published
• ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt: ISSN: 2052-4463