Table 1. Meteorological datasets used in analysis of the interannual variation of suspect plague cases.
| Dataset | Source | Time span | Spatial resolution | Ensemble weight | Reference |
| Temperature | |||||
| Arua airport | Local meteorological station | 1/1999–12/2010 | N/A | - | |
| ERA-Interim | European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts - Interim reanalysis project | 1/1998–12/2010 | 1.5° lat./long. | [70] | |
| Rainfall | |||||
| Arua airport | Local meteorological station | 1/1999–12/2010 | N/A | 0.1431 | - |
| ERA-Interim | European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts - Interim reanalysis project | 1/1998–12/2010 | 1.5° lat./long. | 0.065 | |
| NCEP/DOE | National Centers for Environmental Prediction Reanalysis II project | 1/1998–12/2010 | 1.875° lat./long. | 0.066 | [71] |
| GPCP | Global Precipitation Climatology Project | 1/1998–4/2008 | 1° lat./long. | 0.133 | [72] |
| TRMM | Tropical Rainfall Measurement Mission -Multisatellite Precipitation Analysis project, product 3B42 | 1/1998–12/2010 | 0.25° lat./long. | 0.179 | [73] |
| CMORPH | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Climate Prediction Center - Morphing Technique project | 1/2003–12/2010 | 0.07° lat./long. | 0.123 | [74] |
| FEWS-NET | United States Agency for Development - Famine Early Warning System Network | 1/1998–12/2010 | 0.1° lat./long. | 0.265 | [75] |
Time span is the period of the analysis for which each dataset is available. Spatial resolution is represented by decimal degrees of latitude and longitude. Ensemble weight is the weight each individual dataset was given in the ensemble rainfall dataset based on ground-truthing. The last column provides a reference for additional information on each dataset.
1
Initial ensemble weight of 0.143 for Arua airport rainfall dataset was set at 0.143 (1/7) because dataset could not be ground-truthed.