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Water droplets or, rarely, ice crystals suspended in the air in sufficient concentration to reduce visibility appreciably. (Source: MGH)

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Henschel J, Beysens D, Milimouk I, Muselli M, Heusinkveld B, Jacobs A 2007. Dew occurrence and collection in Gobabeb, Central Namib Desert.

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Dew occurrence and collection in Gobabeb_Central Namib Desert_2007.pdf	1.03 MB

Soderberg K, Henschel J, Macko SA 2009. Water isotopes and the ecohydrology of fog in the Central Namib Desert: Initial results.

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Water isotopes and the ecohydrology of fog in the Central Namib Desert.pdf	129.85 KB

Soderberg K, Henschel J, Billmark K, Swap R, Macko S 2010. Multiple stable isotope tracers of fog use by Namib Desert plants. Geophysical Research Abstracts 12 EGU2010-7683

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Multiple stable isotope tracers of fog use by Namib Desert plants.pdf	50.54 KB

Mtuleni V, Henschel JR, Seely MK 1998. Evaluation of Fog-Harvesting Potential in Namibia.

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Evaluation of Fog_Harvesting Potential in Namibia_1998.pdf	183.32 KB

Li B, Wang L, Kaseke KF, Li L, Seely MK 2016. The impact of rainfall on soil moisture dynamics in a foggy desert. Plos ONE 11 (10) e0164982

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The Impact of Rainfall on Soil Moisture Dynamics in a Foggy Desert.pdf	3.28 MB

Soderberg KS 2010. The role of fog in the ecohydrology and biogeochemistry of the Namib Desert.

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The role of fog in the ecohydrology and biogeochemistry of the Namib Desert.pdf	10.2 MB

Afrikaner C 1998. The investigation of fog frequency and occurrence patterns in the Central Namib as a possible alternative source of water supply to the Topnaar community along the Kuiseb River in the Namib Desert.

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The investigation of fog frequency and occurrence patterns in the Central Namib.pdf	7.91 MB

Paulian R 1960. Le Namib, desert de poche. La Terre et la Vie 4 204-217

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The Namib desert pocket.pdf	6.51 MB

Loris K, Jürgens N, Veste M 2001. Zonobiom III: Die Namib-Wüste im südwestlichen Afrika (Namibia, Südafrika, Angola). In: Sustainable land use in deserts. Sustainable land use in deserts 441-498

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Die Namib Wueste im SW Afrika_Teil1_2001.pdf	42.96 MB

Harmse JT 1980. Die noordwaartse begrensing van die duinsee van die sentrale Namib langs die benede-Kuiseb.

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Die noordwaartse begrensing van die duinsee van die sentrale Namib langs die benede_Kuiseb_1980.pdf	138.8 MB

Eichler H 1990. Von Wasser und Wind in der zentralen Namib (Namibia) - Bemerkungen zum wenig beachteten Feuchtehaushalt in den Dünensanden einer Nebelwüste. Mainzer Geographische Studien 34 61-76

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Von Wasser und Wind in der zentralen Namib.pdf	8.97 MB

Shanyengana ES 1997. Gobabeb Training and Research Centre programme: appropriate technology for arid lands.

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Appropriate technology for arid lands_1997.pdf	45.97 MB

Teller JT, Lancaster N 1987. Description of late Cenozoic sediments at Narabeb, Central Namib Desert. Madoqua 15 (2) 163-167

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Description of late Cenozoic sediments at Narabeb.pdf	1.58 MB

Watson A 1988. Desert gypsum crusts as palaeoenvironmental indicators: a micropetrographic study of crusts from southern Tunisia and the central Namib Desert. Journal of Arid Environments 15 19-42

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Desert gypsum crusts as palaeoenvironmental indicators.pdf	2.15 MB

Scholz H 1972. The soils of the central Namib desert with special consideration of the soils in the vicinity of Gobabeb. Madoqua 2 (1) 33-51

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The soils of the central Namib Desert with special consideration of the soils in the vacinity of Gobabeb.pdf	4.15 MB

Goudie A 1972. Climate, weathering, crust formation, dunes, and fluvial features of the Central Namib Desert, near Gobabeb, South West Africa. Madoqua 2 (1) 15-31

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Climate_weathering_crust formation_dunes_and fluvial features of the Central Namib Desert.pdf	2.18 MB

Eckardt FD, Schemenauer RS 1998. The Chemistry of Namib Desert Fog in Comparison with Coastal Desert Fog of Chile and Oman.

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Namib Desert Fog in Comparison with Coastal Desert Fog of Chile.pdf	98.16 KB

Maphangwa KW, Musil CF, Raitt L, Zedda L 2012. Differential interception and evaporation of fog, dew and water vapour and elemental accumulation by lichens explain their relative abundance in a coastal desert. Journal of Arid Environments 82 71-80

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140196312000535

Goudie AS, Parker AG 1998. Experimental simulation of rapid rock block disintegration by sodium chloride in a foggy coastal desert. Journal of Arid Environments 40 (4) 347-355

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140196398904657

Vogel S, Müller-Doblies U 2011. Desert geophytes under dew and fog: The "curly-whirlies" of Namaqualand (South Africa). Flora-Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants 206 (1) 3-31

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0367253010001015

Hattingh J, Ganhao M, Naidu SG 1984. Haemolymph composition in Namib Desert tenebrionid beetles. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Physiology 78 (3) 541-545

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0300962984905930

Olivier J, de Rautenbach CJ 2002. The implementation of fog water collection systems in South Africa. Atmospheric Research 64 (1-4) 227-238

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169809502000947

Fessehaye M, Abdul-Wahab SA, Savage MJ, Gherezghiher T, Hurni H 2014. Fog-water collection for community use. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 29 52-62

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1364032113006035

Eckardt FD, Schemenauer RS 1998. Fog water chemistry in the Namib desert, Namibia. Atmospheric Environment 32 (14-15) 2595-2599

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1352231097004986

Naidu SG, Hattingh J 1986. Water balance and osmoregulation in Stips stali, a nocturnal tenebrionid beetle from the Namib Desert. Journal of Insect Physiology 32 (10) 891-896

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0022191086901046

Kaseke KF, Mills AJ, Esler K, Henschel J, Seely MK, Brown R 2012. Spatial Variation of "Non-Rainfall" Water Input and the Effect of Mechanical Soil Crusts on Input and Evaporation. Pure and Applied Geophysics 169 (12) 2217-2229

Website link:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00024-012-0469-5

Olivier J 2004. Fog harvesting: An alternative source of water supply on the West Coast of South Africa. GeoJournal 61 (2) 203-214

Website link:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10708-004-2889-y

Olivier J 1992. Some spatial and temporal aspects of fog in the Namib. SA Geographer 19 (1/2) 108-126

Website link:http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/11741

Henschel JR, Seely MK 2008. Ecophysiology of atmospheric moisture in the Namib Desert. Atmospheric Research 87 (3-4) 362-368

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Ecophysiology of atmospheric moisture in the Namib Desert.pdf	432.27 KB

Ebner M, Miranda T, Roth-Nebelsick A 2011. Efficient fog harvesting by Stipagrostis sabulicola (Namib dune bushman grass). Journal of Arid Environments 75 (6) 524-531

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Efficient fog harvesting by Stipagrostis sabulicola.pdf	5.38 MB

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Viles HA, Goudie AS 2013. Weathering in the central Namib Desert, Namibia: Controls, processes and implications. Journal of Arid Environments 93 20-29

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140196311002862

Eckardt FD, Soderberg K, Coop LJ, Muller AA, Vickery KJ, Grandin RD, Jack C, Kapalanga TS, Henschel J 2013. The nature of moisture at Gobabeb, in the central Namib Desert. Journal of Arid Environments 93 7-19

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140196312000432

Hamilton III WJ, Seely MK 1976. Fog basking by the Namib Desert beetle, Onymacris unguicularis. Nature 262 (5566) 284-285

Website link:https://www.nature.com/articles/262284a0

Seely MK, Lewis JC, O'Brien KA, Suttle AE 1983. Fog response of tenebrionid beetles in the Namib Desert. Journal of Arid Environments 6 (2) 135-143

Website link:http://agris.fao.org/agris-search/search.do?recordID=US201302616026

Seely MK 1979. Irregular fog as a water source for desert dune beetles. Oecologia 42 (2) 213-227

Website link:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2FBF00344858

Water vapor harvesting: Namib desert beetle. Ask Nature

Website link:http://www.asknature.org/strategy/dc2127c6d0008a6c7748e4e4474e7aa1

Robinson MD, Seely MK 1980. Physical and biotic environments of the southern Namib dune ecosystem. Journal of Arid Environments 3 (3) 183-203

Website link:http://www.cabdirect.org/abstracts/19802606675.html;jsessionid=F6F8EDA82AF09F06CFE62C5D342E054D?gitCommit=4.13.29

Cermak J 2012. Low Clouds and Fog Along the South-Western African Coast – Satellite-Based Retrieval and Spatial Patterns. Atmospheric Research 116 15-21

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169809511000615

Nørgaard T, Dacke M 2010. Fog-basking behaviour and water collection efficiency in Namib Desert Darkling beetles. Frontiers in Zoology 7 23

Website link:http://www.frontiersinzoology.com/content/7/1/23

Nørgaard T, Ebner M, Dacke M 2012. Animal or Plant: Which Is the Better Fog Water Collector?. Plos ONE 7 (4) e34603

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Animal or Plant_Which Is the Better Fog Water Collector.pdf	262.37 KB

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

Seely MK, Hamilton III WJ 1976. Fog Catchment Sand Trenches Constructed by Tenebrionid Beetles, Lepidochora, from the Namib Desert. Science 193 (4252) 484-486

Website link:http://www.sciencemag.org/content/193/4252/484.abstract

Lange OL, Meyer A, Zellner H, Heber U 1994. Photosynthesis and Water Relations of Lichen Soil Crusts: Field Measurements in the Coastal Fog Zone of the Namib Desert. Functional Ecology 8 (2) 253-264

Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/2389909

Schieferstein B, Loris K 1992. Ecological investigations on lichen fields of the Central Namib. Vegetation 98 (2) 113-128

Website link:https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF00045550

Southgate RI, Masters P, Seely MK 1996. Precipitation and biomass changes in the Namib Desert dune ecosystem. Journal of Arid Environments 33 (3) 267-280

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140196396900646

Olivier J 1995. Spatial distribution of fog in the Namib. Journal of Arid Environments 29 (2) 129-138

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140196305800849

Shanyengana ES, Henschel JR, Seely MK, Sanderson RD 2002. Exploring fog as a supplementary water source in Namibia. Atmospheric Research 64 (1-4) 251-259

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169809502000960

Spriggs A 2001. Namib desert (AT1315).

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Schachtschneider K, February EC 2010. The relationship between fog, floods, groundwater and tree growth along the lower Kuiseb River in the hyperarid Namib. Journal of Arid Environments 74 (12) 1632 - 1637

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140196310001692

Rundel PW 1978. Ecological Relationships of Desert Fog Zone Lichens. The Bryologist 81 (2) 277 - 293

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