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Table 3 The environmental variables used in the study

From: Relationships between climate and year-to-year variability in meningitis outbreaks: A case study in Burkina Faso and Niger

 

Environmental variable

Code

1

Zonal wind (m/s)

UWND

2

Meridional wind (m/s)

VWND

3

Wind speed (m/s)

MOD

4

Sea level pressure (Pa)

SLP

5

Surface temperature (°C)

AIR

6

Surface relative humidity (%)

RHUM

7

Surface specific humidity (kg/kg)

SHUM