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Climate has a central influence on many human needs and activities, such as agriculture, housing, human health, water resources, and energy use. The influence of climate on vegetation and soil type is so strong that the earliest climate classification schemes where often based more on these factors than on the meteorological variables. While technology can be used to mitigate the effects of unfavorable climatic conditions, climate fluctuations that result in significant departures from normal cause serious problems for modern industrialized societies as much as for primitive ones. The goals of climatology are to provide a comprehensive description of the Earth's climate, to understand its features in terms of fundamental physical principles, and to develop models of the Earth's climate that will allow the prediction of future changes that may result from natural and human causes. (Source: PARCOR)

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Marker ME 1981. The geomorphological significance of some central Namib materials. Journal of the SWA Scientific Society 35 49-55

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The geomorphological significance of some central Namib materials.pdf	3.86 MB

Korn H, Martin H 1955. The Pleistocene in South-West Africa. The third Pan-African Congress on Prehistory, Pan-African Society of Prehistory. 14-22

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The Pleistocene in South_West Africa.pdf	5.27 MB

Jaeger F, Waibel L 1921. Geographische Landschaften Südwestafrikas - Wissenschaftliche Forschung in Südwestafrika, 2 Folge.

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Geographische Landschaften Suedwestafrikas_1964.pdf	20.77 MB

Hövermann J 1978. Formen und Formung in der Pränamib (Flächen-Namib). Zeitschrift für Geomorphologie 30 55-73

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Formen und Formung in der Praenamib.pdf	12.05 MB

Stengel HW 1964. The source of drinking water at Gobabeb.

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The source of drinking water at Gobabeb.pdf	5.56 MB

Manning N, Seely M, Botes A 2002. Proceedings of the ELAK, Basin management workshop.

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Proceedings ELAK Basin Management Workshop.pdf	16.25 MB

Katoma LN 1989. A comparative analysis of the sand-trapping potential of two namib desert shrubs: a case study at Gobabeb.

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A comparative analysis of the sand_trapping potential of two Namib desert shrubs_1989.pdf	34.29 MB

Kgatuke MJ, Landman W, Reason CJC, Tadross M, Tennant W 2004. Seasonal to decadal predictability and prediction of southern African climate.

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Seasonal to decadal predictability and prediction of southern African climate.pdf	1.53 MB

Humphrey GJ 2016. The role of humans in the complex fire, climate and vegetation regimes of North-East Namibia.

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The role of humans in the complex fire_climate and vegetation regimes of North East Namibia.pdf	2.68 MB

Stapelberg FH 2007. Feeding ecology of the Kalahari springbok Antidorcas marsupialis in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa.

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Springbok Kalahari dissertation.pdf	1001.62 KB

Wilhelm M 2012. Impact of Climate Change in Namibia - A Case Study of Omusati Region.

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Wilhelm_Masters_Impact of climate change in Namibia.pdf	879.84 KB

Scholes RJ 2006. Impacts and Adaptations to Climate Change in the Biodiversity Sector in Southern Africa.

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Impacts and Adaptations to Climate Change in the biodiversity sector of southern Africa_2006.pdf	2.84 MB

Scholes B Climate change and Namibia.

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Climate_Change_and_Namibia_by_Bob_Scholes.pdf	183.33 KB

2011. Climate Risk and Vulnerability: A handbook for southern Africa.

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Climate change sadc_handbook.pdf	3.58 MB

Zeidler J, Kandjinga L, David A 2010. Study on the effects of Climate Change in the Cuvelai Etosha Basin and possible adaptation measures.

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Climate Change in Cuvelai Etosha Basin 2010.pdf	798 KB

de Young C, Hjort A, Sheridan S, Davies S 2011. Climate change implications for fisheries of the Benguela current region: Making the best of change. FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Proceedings. No. 27. Rome, FAO. 2012. 125 pp

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Climate change implications for fisheries in the Benguela system 2011.pdf	1.07 MB

2013. Long-Term Adaptation Scenarios: Together developing adaptation responses for future climates. Climate Trends and Scenarios for South Africa, LTAS Phase 1.

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ltasclimate-trends-and-scenarios-tech-report2013low-res.pdf	7.41 MB

Flint LS 2008. Socio-Ecological Vulnerability and Resilience in an Arena of Rapid Environmental Change: Community Adaptation to Climate Variability in the Upper Zambezi Floodplain.

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Vulnerability and resilience in the Barotse Floodplain Flint.pdf	2.5 MB

Beilfuss R 2012. A Risky Climate for Southern African Hydro: Assessing hydrological risks and consequences for Zambezi River Basin dams.

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A Risky Climate for Southern African Hydro_2012.pdf	1.79 MB

Stapelberg H, van Rooyen MW, Bothma J du P, van der Linde MJ, Groeneveld HT 2008. Springbok behaviour as affected by environmental conditions in the Kalahari. Koedoe 50 (1) 145-153

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Springbok behaviour as affected by environmental conditions in the Kalahari.pdf	1.09 MB

Browne NAK 2011. Model evaluation for seasonal forecasting over southern Africa.

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Model evaluation for seasonal forecasting over southern Africa.pdf	4.05 MB

Russel-Smith J, Monagle C, Jacobsohn M, Beatty RL, Bilbao B, Millan A, Vessuri H, Sanchez-Rose I 2013. Can savanna burning projects deliver measurable greenhouse emissions reductions and sustainable livelihood opportunities in fire-prone settings?. Climatic Change

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Climatic_Change_Springer Journal_Article_7Nov2013_Russel Smith.pdf	349.48 KB

New M, Hewitson B, Stephenson DB, Tsiga A, Kruger A, Manhique A, Gomez B, Coelho CAS, Masisi DN, Kululanga E, Mbambalala E, Adesina F, Saleh H, Kanyanga J, Adosi J, Bulane L, Fortunata L, Mdoka ML, Lajoie R 2006. Evidence of trends in daily climate extremes over southern and west Africa. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres (1984-2012) 111 (D14) 27

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Bullard JE, Thomas DSG, Livingstone I, Wiggs GFS 1997. Dunefield Activity and Interactions with Climatic Variability in the Southwest Kalahari Desert. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 22 (2) 165-174

Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/(SICI)1096-9837(199702)22:2%3C165::AID-ESP687%3E3.0.CO;2-9/abstract

Musil CF, Schmiedel U, Midgley GF 2005. Lethal effects of experimental warming approximating a future climate scenario on southern African quartz-field succulents: a pilot study. New Phytologist 165 (2) 539-547

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Lethal effects of experimental warming approximating a future climate scenario on southern African quartz_field succulents.pdf	835.22 KB

Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1469-8137.2004.01243.x/abstract

Dupont LM 2006. Late Pliocene vegetation and climate in Namibia (southern Africa) derived from palynology of ODP Site 1082. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 7 (5)

Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2005GC001208/abstract

Livingstone I 2003. A twenty-one-year record of surface change on a Namib linear dune. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 28 (9) 1025-1031

Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/esp.1000/abstract

Hulley GC, Hook SJ, Manning E, Lee S-Y, Fetzer E 2009. Validation of the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) version 5 land surface emissivity product over the Namib and Kalahari deserts. Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres (1984-2012) 114 (D19) 16

Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2009JD012351/abstract

Gaughan AE, Waylen PR 2012. Spatial and temporal precipitation variability in the Okavango-Kwando-Zambezi catchment, southern Africa. Journal of Arid Environments 82 19-30

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140196312000717

Gehring AU, Riahi N, Kind J, Almqvist BSG, Weidler PG 2014. The formation of the Namib Sand Sea inferred from the spatial pattern of magnetic rock fragments. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 395 168-172

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0012821X14001939

du Pisani PL 2006. Direct reclamation of potable water at Windhoek's Goreangab reclamation plant. Desalination 188 (1-3) 79-88

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0011916406000269

2008. International Conference on water scarcity, global changes, and groundwater management responses.

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International Conference on water scarcity_global changes_and groundwater management responses.pdf	19.64 MB

Seely M, Dirkx E, Hager C, Klintenberg P, Roberts C, von Oertzen D 2008. Advances in desertification and climate change research: are they accessible for application to enhance adaptive capacity?. Global and Planetary Change 64 (3-4) 236-243

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von Willert DJ, Brinckmann E, Eller BM, Scheitler B 1983. CO2 exchange of CAM exhibiting succulents in the southern Namib desert in relation to microclimate and water stress. Photosynthesis Research 4 (3) 289-298

Website link:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF00052133

Bruijnzeel LA 2004. Hydrological functions of tropical forests: not seeing the soil for the trees?. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 104 (1) 185-228

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167880904000404

NOAA Central Library Foreign Climate Data.

Website link:http://docs.lib.noaa.gov/rescue/data_rescue_namibia.html

Heine K Little Ice Age climatic fluctuations in the Namib Desert, Namibia, and adjacent areas: Evidence of exceptionally large floods from slack water deposits and desert soil sequences. Paleoecology of Quaternary Drylands Lecture Notes in Earth Sciences 102 (137-165) 2004

Website link:http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-540-44930-0_9

Hachfeld B, Jürgens N 2000. Climate patterns and their impact on the vegetation in a fog driven desert: the central Namib Desert in Namibia. Phytocoenologia 30 (3-4) 567-589

Website link:https://www.schweizerbart.de/papers/phyto/detail/30/80801/Climate_patterns_and_their_impact_on_the_vegetation_in_a_fog_driven_desert_The_Central_Namib_Desert_in_Namibia

Kogan FN 1998. A typical pattern of vegetation conditions in southern Africa during El Nino years detected from AVHRR data using three-channel numerical index. International Journal of Remote Sensing 19 (18) 3688-3694

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/014311698213902

Adger WN, Arnell NW, Tompkins EL 2005. Adapting to climate change: perspectives across scales. Global Environmental Change Part A 15 (2) 75-76

Website link:http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/15799

Heine K 2004. Flood reconstruction in the Namib Desert, Namibia and little ice age climatic implications: evidence from slackwater deposits and Desert soil sequences. Journal Geological Society of India 64 (04) 353-547

Website link:http://www.geosocindia.org/ViewArticle.aspx

Heine K, Heine JT 2002. A paleohydrologic reinterpretation of the Homeb Silts, Kuiseb River, central Namib Desert (Namibia) and paleoclimatic implications. Catena 48 (1-2) 107-130

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0341816202000127

Archer ERM 2004. Beyond the "climate versus grazing" impasse: using remote sensing to investigate the effects of grazing system choice on vegetation cover in the eastern Karoo. Journal of Arid Environments 57 (3) 381-408

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140196303001071

Shvidenko A, Apps M 2006. The International Boreal Forest Research Association: Understanding Boreal Forests and Forestry in a Changing World. Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change 11 (1) 5 - 32

Website link:http://www.springerlink.com/content/h162728907010587/

Allen CD 2009. Climate-induced forest dieback: An escalating global phenomenon?. Unasylva 231 - 232 (60) 43 - 49

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Schefuß E, Kuhlmann H, Mollenhauer G, Prange M, Pätzold J 2011. Forcing of wet phases in southeast Africa over the past 17,000 years. Nature 480 509 - 512

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Thuiller W, Albert C, Araujo MB, Berry PM, Cabeza M, Guisan A, Hickler T, Midgley GF, Paterson J, Schurr FM, Sykes MT, Zimmermann NE 2008. Predicting global change impacts on plant species-distributions: Future challenges. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 9 (3 - 4) 137 - 152

Website link:https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1433831907000376

Todd MC, Andersson L, Hughes DA, Kniveton D, Layberry R, Murray-Hudson M, Savenije HHG, Wilk J, Wolski P 2008. Simulating Climate Impacts on Water Resources: Experience from the Okavango River, Southern Africa. Water Science and Technology Library 63 (3) 243 - 265

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