| 3.19 NUMBER OF DAYS PER YEAR WITH 1 MM OF RAIN OR MORE |
| Data ID |
| Description: | Number of days per year with 1 mm of rain or more |
| Chapter: | 3 Climate |
| File name: | Number of days per year with 1 mm of rain or more |
| File type: | ArcView shapefile |
| Geographical area: | Namibia |
| Keywords: | rainfall |
| | days |
| 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. |
| | |
| | The unsummarised daily rainfall data set was used to calculate average days per year with 1mm of rain or more |
| 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 |
| DAYS | Number of days per year with 1 mm of rain or more, in 9 classes |
| | ranging from 5-10 to >45 |
| 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. |
| Contact: | Marina Coetzee |
| Online/Offline Address: | Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Rural Development |
| | Private Bag 13184 |
| | Windhoek |
| Distribution notes: | Unrestricted |