3.18 MEDIAN ANNUAL RAINFALL

 

Data ID

 

Description:

Median annual rainfall, in mm

 

Chapter:

3 Climate

 

File name:

median annual rainfall

 

File type:

ArcView shapefile

 

Geographical area:

Namibia

 

Keywords:

rainfall

 

 

median

 

 

annual

 

Notes on data, analysis and

This shapefile was created from the Arcview grid file.

 

compilation:

 

 

 

The original data for almost 300 stations came from the following report:

 

 

Namibia Resource Consultants. 1999. Rainfall distribution in Namibia: Data analysis and mapping of spatial, temporal,

 

 

and Southern Oscillation Index aspects. Windhoek: Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Rural Development.

 

Data quality and organisation

 

Positional Accuracy:

Created from a grid interpolated from points - accuracy will be reasonable in areas with clusters of stations and low in

 

 

areas with few stations

 

Vector/Raster:

Vector

 

Spatial reference

 

Projection:

Geographic

 

Fields

 

Field name

Field description

 

CLASS

Average median rainfall, in 50 mm intervals

 

VALUE

Numerical rank of classes

 

Source/Distribution

 

Data Source:

Namibia Resource Consultants. 1999. Rainfall distribution in Namibia: Data analysis and mapping of spatial, temporal,

 

 

and Southern Oscillation Index aspects. Windhoek: Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Rural Development.

 

Distribution notes:

Unrestricted