4.10 BUSH FIRES 5 YEAR SUMMARY 1996 - 2000

Data ID

Description:

Areas burnt by bush fires during 1996-2000

Chapter:

4 Living Resources

File name:

5yearsummaryclipped

File type:

Arcview shapefile

Geographical area:

Caprivi

Okavango

Keywords:

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

fire

Notes on data, analysis and

Derived from fire scar data compiled and analysed by Johan le Roux and Simon Trigg at Etosha Ecological Institute.

compilation:

Data from 1996 to 2000 were combined and summarised to calculate the total number of years each area was burnt,

during the 5 year period 1996 - 2000

Data quality and organisation

Positional Accuracy:

1000m resolution

Vector/Raster:

Vector

Spatial reference

Projection:

Geographic

Fields

Field name

Field description

YRS_BURNT

Number of years (out of 5) that each area was burnt between 1996

and 2000.

Source/Distribution

Data Source:

Etosha Ecological Institute

Distribution notes:

Unrestricted

4.10 BUSH FIRES 5 YEAR SUMMARY 1996 - 2000 CHART

Data ID

Description:

Areas burnt by bush fires during 1996-2000

Chapter:

4 Living Resources

File name:

fire statistics

File type:

Excel file

Geographical area:

Kavango

Caprivi

Keywords:

fire

Notes on data, analysis and

Derived from fire scar data compiled and analysed by Johan le Roux and Simon Trigg at Etosha Ecological Institute.

compilation:

Data from 1996 to 2000 were combined and summarised to calculate the total number of years each area was burnt,

during the 5 year period 1996 - 2000. Presented as the total area burnt 0, 1, 2 etc years out of 5, and as the total area burnt each year.

Data quality and organisation

Positional Accuracy:

1000m resolution

Source/Distribution

Data Source:

Etosha Ecological Institute

Distribution notes:

Unrestricted