Rainfall data collected in an urban area of Boa Vista, Roraima, Northern Brazilian Amazon (2012-2014)

This dataset provides information on rainfall collected daily in Boa Vista city (state of Roraima), an urban area situated in a savanna ecoregion of the Northern Brazilian Amazonian. The data collected are part of the Raindrops Project (Projeto Pingos de Chuva), organized by the Meteorological Instrumentation Laboratory of the Escola Superior de Tecnologia - Universidade Estadual do Amazonas (EST-UEA). Data were collected between August-2012 and December-2014. Geographic coordinates: 2.849728 N and -60.666623 W (Datum WGS84). Altitude: ~82 m (a.s.l.). This dataset was supported in Boa Vista/Roraima by the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq - Brazil) through a fellowship for R.I. Barbosa (CNPq 304204/2015-3).本数据集收录了巴西北部亚马逊稀树草原生态域内的城市区域——罗赖马州（Roraima）博阿维斯塔市（Boa Vista）的每日降雨观测数据。所采集的数据属于雨滴项目（Raindrops Project，Projeto Pingos de Chuva），该项目由亚马逊州立大学高等技术学院气象仪器实验室（Meteorological Instrumentation Laboratory of the Escola Superior de Tecnologia - Universidade Estadual do Amazonas，简称EST-UEA）组织实施。数据采集时段为2012年8月至2014年12月。地理坐标为北纬2.849728°、西经60.666623°，采用WGS84基准面。海拔高度约82米（a.s.l.，即海拔基准面）。本数据集在博阿维斯塔/罗赖马地区的相关工作得到巴西国家科学技术发展委员会（National Council for Scientific and Technological Development，简称CNPq）的资助，该委员会为R.I. 巴尔博萨（R.I. Barbosa）提供了科研津贴，资助编号为CNPq 304204/2015-3。