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Precipitation in the form of liquid water drops with diameters greater than 0.5 millimeter. (Source: MGH)

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Burke A 2004. Range management systems in arid Namibia - what can livestock numbers tell us?. Journal of Arid Environments 59 (2) 387 - 408

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140196304000345

de Beer Y, Kilian W, Versfeld W, van Aarde RJ 2006. Elephants and low rainfall alter woody vegetation in Etosha National Park, Namibia. Journal of Arid Environments 64 412 - 421

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140196305001527

2009. Post-Disaster Needs Assessment Namibia - Floods 2009. A Report Prepared by the Government of the Republic of Namibia, with Support from the International Community.

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CRU-TS 2.1 Climate Database.

Website link:http://www.cgiar-csi.org/data/climate/item/52-cru-ts-21-climate-database

Scott L, Woodborne S 2007. Vegetation history inferred from pollen in Late Quaternary faecal deposits (hyraceum) in the Cape winter-rain region, and its bearing on past climates in South Africa. Quaternary Science Reviews 26 (7 - 8) 941 - 953

Website link:http://hdl.handle.net/10204/2276

Cheruiyot D, Osunmakinde IO 2010. Understanding onsets of rainfall in Southern Africa using temporal probabilistic modelling. 1 - 8

Website link:http://hdl.handle.net/10204/4864

Wessels KJ, Prince SD, Malherbe J, Small J, Frost PE, van Zyl D 2007. Can human-induced land degradation be distinguished from the effects of rainfall variability? A case study in South Africa. Journal of Arid Environment 68 (2) 271 - 297

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Pohl B, Fauchereau N, Reason CJC, Rouault M 2010. Relationships between the Antarctic oscillation, the Madden-Julian oscillation, and ENSO, and consequences for rainfall analysis. Journal of Climate 23 (2) 238-254

Website link:http://hdl.handle.net/10204/4955

Ashton P, Hardwick D 2008. Key challenges facing water resource management in South Africa. 2008 33 pages

Website link:http://hdl.handle.net/10204/2621

NamibRand Nature Reserve - Weather.

Website link:http://www.namibrand.org/Weather.htm

Boyer HJ 1988. Breeding biology of the Dune lark. Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology 59 (1) 30 – 37

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00306525.1988.9633924#.VGR6iVItBHg

Namibian weather network.

Website link:http://namibiaweather.info/

NASA WorldClim. Global Climate Data.

Website link:http://www.worldclim.org

Mooring MS, Mazhowu W, Scott CA 1994. The effect of rainfall on tick challenge at Kyle recreational park, Zimbabwe. Experimental and Applied Acarology 18 (9) 507 - 520

Website link:https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF00058934

Watt JS 1936. The rains in South West Africa. Ostrich 7 (2) 114 - 115

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00306525.1936.9639761#.VRFriWc5ApE

2002. 3.27 Average rates of evaporation per year and month - source data.

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2002. 3.27 Average rates of evaporation per year and month.

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Fig 3.27 Average rates of evaporation.zip	143.89 KB

2002. 3.27 A measure of water deficit.

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Fig 3.27 A measure of water deficit.zip	143.89 KB

2002. 3.26 One measure of drought - grid.

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2002. 3.26 One measure of drought.

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2002. 3.24 Average rainfall per month.

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2002. 3.22 Variation in rainfall in Africa.

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2002. 3.21 Variation in annual rainfall - grid.

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Mazor E 1982. Rain recharge in the Kalahari - A note on some approaches to the problem. Journal of Hydrology 55 (1-4) 137-144

Website link:https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-1694(82)90124-X

2002. 3.21 Variation in annual rainfall.

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2002. 3.19 Number of days per year with 1 mm of rain or more - grid.

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2002. 3.19 Number of days per year with 1 mm of rain or more.

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2002. 3.18 Median annual rainfall - grid.

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2002. 3.18 Median annual rainfall.

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2002. 3.18 Average annual rainfall - grid.

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2002. 3.18 Average annual rainfall.

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Ntombwa BN, Usuku P, Govere JN, Manga L, Koekemoer LL, Hunt RH, Coetzee M 2006. Distribution of members of the Anopheles gambiae Giles s.l. complex in Namibia and susceptibility to insecticides used for malaria control. African Entomology 14 (2) 404-406

Website link:http://journals.co.za/content/ento/14/2/EJC32677

Kaseke KF, Mills AJ, Brown R, Esler KJ, Henschel JR, Seely MK 2012. A method for direct assessment of the "non rainfall" atmospheric water cycle: input and evaporation from the soil. Pure and applied geophysics 169 (5-6) 847-857

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USGS FEWS NET Data Portal.

Website link:https://earlywarning.usgs.gov/fews

Wilkinson MJ 1988. Tertiary events in the Tumas River basin, central Namib Desert: geology and geomorphology of the Naarip plain. 137-164

Awadallah AG, Tabet D 2015. Estimating flooding extent at high return period for ungauged braided systems using remote sensing: a case study of Cuvelai Basin, Angola. Nat Hazards 77 255-272

Website link:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11069-015-1600-6

Tenbergen B, Günster A, Schreiber K-F 1995. Harvesting runoff: the minicatchment technique - an alternative to irrigated tree plantations in semiarid regions. Ambio 24 72-76

Website link:http://agris.fao.org/agris-search/search.do?recordID=SE9510571

Günster A 1993. Does the timing and intensity of rain events affect resource allocation in serotinous desert plants?. Acta Oecologica 14 153-159

Website link:http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=4878158

Dean WRJ, Milton SJ 2001. Responses of birds to rainfall and seed abundance in the southern Karoo, South Africa. Journal of Arid Environments 47 (1) 101-121

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140196300906931

Milton SJ, Richard W, Dean J, Leuteritz TEJ 2004. Opportunistic and multiple breeding attempts in plants and vertebrates of semi-deserts with unpredictable rainfall events through the year. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 59 (2) 43-53

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00359190409519161#.VIVtyGctBHg

Lloyd P, Little RM, Crowe TM, Simmons RE 2001. Rainfall and food availability as factors influencing the migration and breeding activity of Namaqua Sandgrouse, Pterocles namaqua. Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology 72 (1-2) 50-62

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.2989/00306520109485287#.VGs-3lItBHg

van Rooyen N, van Rooyen MW 1998. Vegetation of the south-western arid Kalahari: An overview. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 53 (2) 113-140

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00359199809520381#.VGsELFItBHg

Richard Y, Poccard I 1998. A statistical study of NDVI sensitivity to seasonal and interannual rainfall variations in Southern Africa. International Journal of Remote Sensing 19 (15) 2907-2920

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/014311698214343#.VGmzc1ItBHg

Msangi JP 2014. Chapter 2: Managing water scarcity in southern Africa: Policy and strategies. Combating Water Scarcity in Southern Africa 21-41

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Leggett K, Fennessy J, Schneider S 2001. Hoanib River Catchment Study, Northwestern Namibia - Water.

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McCarthy TS, Ellery WN 1994. The effect of vegetation on soil and groundwater chemistry and hydrology of islands in the seasonal swamps of the Okavango Fan, Botswana. Journal of Hydrology 154 169 - 193

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Galvin KA, Boone RB, Smith NM, Lynn SJ 2001. Impacts of climate variability on East African pastoralists: linking social science and remote sensing. Climate Research 19 161-172

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Msangi JP 2014. Chapter 2: Managing water scarcity in southern Africa: Policy and strategies. Chapter 2: Managing water scarcity in southern Africa: Policy and strategies 21-41

Kniveton D, Layberry R, Andersson L, Gumbricht T, Hughes D, Ringrose S, Savenije H, Todd M, Wilk J, Wolski P Satellite based rainfall data and flooding over the Okavango River basin in southern Africa.

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2002. 5.30 The risk of farming in different areas.

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