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 |
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median |
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annual |
Notes on data, analysis and |
This shapefile was created from the Arcview grid file. |
compilation: |
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The original data for almost 300 stations came from the following report: |
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Namibia Resource Consultants. 1999. Rainfall distribution in Namibia: Data analysis and mapping of spatial, temporal, |
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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 |
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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, |
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and Southern Oscillation Index aspects. Windhoek: Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Rural Development. |
Distribution notes: |
Unrestricted |