electricsheepafrica/africa-mauritius-ch4-concentration-in-ppm-415fe608

Ch4 Concentration in Ppm | Africa (MDPA)

96 rows - 1 Africa country/area - 2008-2015 - 12 indicators - Engineered by Electric Sheep Africa

TL;DR

This dataset contains 96 rows from MDPA, covering Ch4 Concentration in Ppm. It is published as ML-ready Parquet with consistent Hugging Face metadata, source provenance, and analysis-friendly loading examples.

What This Dataset Measures

Climate and environment datasets help analysts study exposure, resource conditions, environmental pressure, and climate-related trends.

Source-provided context: CH4 concentration in ppm from Environment Digest Table 1.29

How To Read This Dataset

• One row means: one indicator observation for one geography, time period, and optional source dimensions.
• Primary geography column: country_iso3.
• Best time column: year.
• Time coverage basis: year.
• Recommended join keys: country_iso3, year, indicator_id.

Coverage

Dimension	Value
Rows	96
Countries/areas	1
First period	2008
Last period	2015
Indicators	12
Columns	19
Source format	XLSX

Geographic Coverage

Top areas shown below, sorted by row count when available:

Area	Rows	First year	Last year	Name
MU	96	2008	2015	Mauritius

Indicators, Variables, Or Resource Contents

• ch4-concentration-in-ppm-january-1e2682bb - CH4 concentration in ppm - january(source_units_unspecified)
• ch4-concentration-in-ppm-february-c9dac398 - CH4 concentration in ppm - february(source_units_unspecified)
• ch4-concentration-in-ppm-march-ac08a03e - CH4 concentration in ppm - march(source_units_unspecified)
• ch4-concentration-in-ppm-april-bcf3ac71 - CH4 concentration in ppm - april(source_units_unspecified)
• ch4-concentration-in-ppm-may-7c612dbc - CH4 concentration in ppm - may(source_units_unspecified)
• ch4-concentration-in-ppm-june-1760f9e7 - CH4 concentration in ppm - june(source_units_unspecified)
• ch4-concentration-in-ppm-july-0a8e868f - CH4 concentration in ppm - july(source_units_unspecified)
• ch4-concentration-in-ppm-august-b2fbdd3e - CH4 concentration in ppm - august(source_units_unspecified)
• ch4-concentration-in-ppm-september-93072dcf - CH4 concentration in ppm - september(source_units_unspecified)
• ch4-concentration-in-ppm-october-25a7b080 - CH4 concentration in ppm - october(source_units_unspecified)
• ch4-concentration-in-ppm-november-8c5cd5d9 - CH4 concentration in ppm - november(source_units_unspecified)
• ch4-concentration-in-ppm-december-5e676001 - CH4 concentration in ppm - december(source_units_unspecified)

Schema

Column	Type	Description	Example
indicator_id	string	Stable source or Electric Sheep Africa indicator identifier.	ch4-concentration-in-ppm-january-1e2682bb
indicator_name	string	Human-readable indicator name.	CH4 concentration in ppm - january
country_iso3	string	ISO3 country or area code.	MU
source_sheet	string	Source column from the original resource.	Sheet1
country_name	string	Country or area name.	Mauritius
year	int64	Observation year.	2008
value	double	Numeric observation value.	1784.5
unit	string	Measurement unit, when supplied by the source.	source_units_unspecified
source_period_start_year	int64	Start year inferred from source metadata.	2008
source_period_end_year	int64	End year inferred from source metadata.	2017
source_period_label	dictionary<values=string, indices=int8, ordered=0>	Source column from the original resource.	2008-2017
source_provider	dictionary<values=string, indices=int8, ordered=0>	Publishing organization.	MDPA
source_dataset	dictionary<values=string, indices=int8, ordered=0>	Source dataset or package title.	CH4 concentration in ppm
source_resource	dictionary<values=string, indices=int8, ordered=0>	Source resource title, table name, or file name.	Table-1.29-Monthly-average-measurements1-average-seasonal-removed-of-...
source_package_id	dictionary<values=string, indices=int8, ordered=0>	Source package identifier.	5c01bc11-908e-44db-9ef3-1bc57cbb49dd
source_resource_id	dictionary<values=string, indices=int8, ordered=0>	Source resource identifier.	9921b12b-0d97-4b51-946b-fd0bfe8b9c41
source_url	dictionary<values=string, indices=int8, ordered=0>	Original source URL or download URL.	https://data.govmu.org/dataset/5c01bc11-908e-44db-9ef3-1bc57cbb49dd/r...
license_id	dictionary<values=string, indices=int8, ordered=0>	Source license identifier.	CC-BY-SA-4.0
retrieved_at	dictionary<values=string, indices=int8, ordered=0>	UTC source retrieval timestamp from the Electric Sheep Africa pipeline.	2026-08-08T16:26:20Z

Usage

from datasets import load_dataset

ds = load_dataset("electricsheepafrica/africa-mauritius-ch4-concentration-in-ppm-415fe608")
df = ds["train"].to_pandas()
print(df.head())

Inspect Columns

print(df.info())
print(df.head())

Filter By Geography

if "country_iso3" in df.columns:
    sample = df[df["country_iso3"] == "MU"]

Time-Series Pattern

if "value" in df.columns and "year" in df.columns:
    trend = df.sort_values("year")

Pivot For Analysis

if {"indicator_id", "year", "value"}.issubset(df.columns):
    matrix = df.pivot_table(index="year", columns="indicator_id", values="value")
    print(matrix.tail())

Data Quality Notes

• Canonical time field: year.
• Missing values are preserved rather than silently imputed.
• Column names are standardized for machine use; source meanings are preserved where known.
• Always confirm source methodology, units, and collection definitions before policy, production, or redistribution-sensitive use.

Source And Provenance

• Source: MDPA
• Publisher: MDPA
• Portal: https://data.govmu.org
• Resource: Table-1.29-Monthly-average-measurements1-average-seasonal-removed-of-Global-methane-CH4-concentration-2008-2017.xlsx
• License: CC BY-SA 4.0
• Retrieved/generated: 2026-08-08T16:45:04Z
• Hugging Face repo: electricsheepafrica/africa-mauritius-ch4-concentration-in-ppm-415fe608

Transformations Applied

• Converted the source table to Parquet for efficient analytics and ML workflows.
• Added or preserved source provenance columns where available.
• Standardized README metadata, dataset loading configuration, schema documentation, and citation format.
• Preserved source-reported values without analytical imputation.

Suggested Analyses

• Analyze seasonal or annual patterns
• Join with agriculture or health data
• Map geographic exposure
• Build time-series views and period-over-period comparisons
• Pivot to geography x period or indicator x period matrices
• Check missingness before modeling
• Use country_iso3 as the safest geography join key when present

Citation

@misc{electric_sheep_africa_africa_mauritius_ch4_concentration_in_ppm_415fe608_2015,
  title        = {Ch4 Concentration in Ppm | Africa (MDPA)},
  author       = {MDPA},
  year         = {2015},
  url          = {https://data.govmu.org/dataset/ch4-concentration-ppm},
  publisher    = {Hugging Face Datasets, engineered by Electric Sheep Africa},
  howpublished = {\url{https://huggingface.co/datasets/electricsheepafrica/africa-mauritius-ch4-concentration-in-ppm-415fe608}}
}

License

Released under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Original data is published by MDPA. Electric Sheep Africa engineering standardizes the data for discovery, loading, and analysis on Hugging Face. Cite both the original source and this ML-ready dataset when used.

About Electric Sheep Africa

Electric Sheep Africa publishes ML-ready African public datasets on Hugging Face.

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Provenance: README standardized 2026-08-11 by the Electric Sheep Africa README system. Source URL: https://data.govmu.org/dataset/ch4-concentration-ppm