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The motion of air relative to the earth's surface; usually means horizontal air motion, as distinguished from vertical motion. (Source: MGH)

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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

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

Ward JD, Bulley BG 1988. Aeolian deposits at Henties Bay, central Namib coast: provenance and engineering implications. Communications of the Geological Survey of South West Africa/Namibia 4 33-36

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Aeolian deposits at Henties Bay_central Namib coast provenance and engineering implications_1988.pdf	287.18 KB

Bartholomae C, Hagen E 2007. Short-term variability in alongshore winds and temperature off Swakopmund, Namibia, during a non-upwelling event in 1998-1999. African Journal of Marine Science 29 (1) 141-145

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Short_term variability in alongshore winds and temperature off Swakopmund.pdf	377.12 KB

Kirchner CH, Bartholomae CH, Kreiner A 2009. Use of environmental parameters to explain the variability in spawner recruitment relationships of Namibian sardine Sardinops sagax. African Journal of Marine Science 31 (2) 157-170

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Use of environmental parameters to explain the variability in spawner recruitment.pdf	339.71 KB

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

BirdLife South Africa 2013. Workshop proceedings assessing and monitoring the impacts of wind energy on birds in South Africa: the next steps, 30 September – 1 October 2013, Kirstenbosch Research Centre Seminar Room, Cape Town. Workshop proceedings assessing and monitoring the impacts of wind energy on birds in South Africa: the next steps, 30 September – 1 October 2013

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Workshop proceedings assessing and monitoring the impacts of wind energy on birds in South Africa_2013.pdf	994.97 KB

Endangered Wildlife Trust (EWT), BirdLife South Africa 2011. Position statement on avifaunal and bat impact assessment for wind energy facilities in South Africa.

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Position_statement_on_wind_energy_2011.pdf	137.72 KB

Endangered Wildlife Trust (EWT), BirdLife South Africa 2015. Minimum Requirements for Avifaunal Impact Assessment for Wind Energy Facilities.

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Wind_Energy_Minimim_Assessment_Requirments_4_April.pdf	402.81 KB

Jenkins AR, van Rooyen CS, Smallie JJ, Harrison JA, Diamond M, Smit-Robinson HA, Ralston S 2015. Birds and wind-energy, best-practice guidelines. Best-Practice guidelines for assessing and monitoring the impact of wind-energy facilities on birds in southern Africa.

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Birds and Wind BestPractice guidelines_final 2015.pdf	877.33 KB

Brimelow JC, van Heerden J 1996. Surface temperature and wind fields over the Skeleton Coast (Namibia) and adjacent interior during SAFARI-92. Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres (1984-2012) 101 (D19) 23767-23775

Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/96JD01220/abstract

Lindesay JA, Tyson PD 1990. Thermo-topographically induced boundary layer oscillations over the central Namib, southern Africa. International Journal of Climatology 10 (1) 63-77

Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/joc.3370100108/abstract

Bullard JE, Thomas DSG, Livingstone I, Wiggs GFS 1996. Wind energy variations in the southwestern Kalahari Desert and implications for linear dunefield activity. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 21 (3) 263-278

Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/(SICI)1096-9837(199603)21:3%3C263::AID-ESP627%3E3.0.CO;2-I/abstract

Lancaster N 1984. Characteristics and occurrence of wind erosion features in the Namib Desert. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 9 (5) 469-478

Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/esp.3290090507/abstract

Brendonck L, Riddoch BJ 1999. Wind-borne short-range egg dispersal in anostracans (Crustacea: Branchiopoda). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society67 67 (1) 87-95

Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1095-8312.1999.tb01931.x/abstract

Wiggs GFS 2013. Dune morphology and dynamics. Treatise on Geomorphology, 11: Aeolian Geomorphology 201-218

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780123747396003043

Weaver CM, Wiggs GFS 2011. Field measurements of mean and turbulent airflow over a barchan sand dune. Geomorphology 128 (1-2) 32-41

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169555X10005519

Breton C, Lancaster N, Nickling WG 2008. Magnitude and frequency of grain flows on a desert sand dune. Geomorphology 95 (3-4) 518-523

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169555X07003534

Joubert EC, Harms TM, Muller A, Hipondoka M, Henschel JR 2012. A CFD study of wind patterns over a desert dune and the effect on seed dispersion. Environmental Fluid Mechanics 12 (1) 23-44

Website link:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10652-011-9230-3

Goudie AS 2009. Global Deserts and Their Geomorphological Diversity. Geomorphology of Desert Environments 9-20

Website link:http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-4020-5719-9_2

1950. Union of South Africa, Department of Transport - Weather Bureau. Annual Report 1950 for South West Africa. NOAA Central Library Foreign Climate Data.

Website link:https://library.noaa.gov/Collections/Digital-Docs/Foreign-Climate-Data/South-Africa-Climate-Data#o23129224

1949. Union of South Africa, Department of Transport - Weather Bureau. Annual Report 1949 for South West Africa. NOAA Central Library Foreign Climate Data.

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Annual Report 1949 for South West Africa.PDF	13.51 MB

Website link:https://library.noaa.gov/Collections/Digital-Docs/Foreign-Climate-Data/Nambia-Climate-Data

1948. Union of South Africa, Department of Transport - Weather Bureau. Annual Report 1948 for South West Africa. NOAA Central Library Foreign Climate Data.

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Annual Report 1948 for South West Africa.PDF	1.39 MB

1947. Union of South Africa, Department of Transport - Weather Bureau. Annual Report 1947 for South West Africa. NOAA Central Library Foreign Climate Data.

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Annual Report 1947 for South West Africa.PDF	1.45 MB

1946. Union of South Africa, Department of Transport - Weather Bureau. Annual Report 1946 for South West Africa. NOAA Central Library Foreign Climate Data.

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Annual Report 1946 for South West Africa.PDF	1.46 MB

1945. Union of South Africa, Department of Transport - Weather Bureau. Annual Report 1941-45 for South West Africa. NOAA Central Library Foreign Climate Data.

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Annual Report 1941_45 for South West Africa.PDF	4.24 MB

Website link:https://library.noaa.gov/Collections/Digital-Docs/Foreign-Climate-Data/Nambia-Climate-Data

NOAA Central Library Foreign Climate Data.

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

Clousley-Thompson JL 1990. Dunes of the Namib. Environmental Conservation 17 (1) 70-72

Website link:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0376892900017318

CRU-TS 2.1 Climate Database.

Website link:http://www.cgiar-csi.org/data/climate/item/52-cru-ts-21-climate-database

Goliger AM, Retief JV 2007. Severe wind phenomena in Southern Africa and the related damage. Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics 95 (9 - 11) 1065 - 1078

Website link:http://hdl.handle.net/10204/1315

Larom D, Garstang M, Lindeque M, Raspet R, Zunckel M, Hong Y, Brassel K, OBeirne S, Sokolic F 1997. Meteorology and elephant infrasound at Etosha National Park, Namibia. Journal of Acoustical society of America 101 (3) 1710 - 1717

Website link:http://hdl.handle.net/10204/2145

NamibRand Nature Reserve - Weather.

Website link:http://www.namibrand.org/Weather.htm

Namibian weather network.

Website link:http://namibiaweather.info/

NASA WorldClim. Global Climate Data.

Website link:http://www.worldclim.org

2002. 3.29 Frequencies of wind from different directions.

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Fig 3.29 Frequencies of wind from different directions.zip	143.89 KB

2002. 3.28 Average wind speeds.

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Fig 3.28 Average wind speeds.zip	143.89 KB

McKee ED 1982. Sedimentary structures in dunes of the Namib Desert, South West Africa.

Website link:https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/books/book/309/sedimentary-structures-in-dunes-of-the-namib

Preston-Whyte RA, Diab RD, Sokolic F 1994. Thermo-topographically induced winds in the boandary layer over the Etosha Pan. South African Geographical Journal 76 (2) 59-62

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03736245.1994.9713576#.VHsUUWctBHg

Tlhalerwa K, Freiman MT, Piketh SJ 2012. Aerosol deposition off the southern African west coast by berg winds. South African Geographical Journal 87 (2) 152-161

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03736245.2005.9713838#.VGobR1ItBHg

Tyson PD, Seely MK 1980. Local Winds over the Central Namib. South African Geographical Journal 62 (2) 135-150

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03736245.1980.10559630#.VGINBlItBHg

Weber T 2013. Okavango Basin - Climate. Environmental Assessments in the Okavango Region 15-17

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Okavango Basin_Climate.pdf	2.23 MB

von Holdt J, Eckardt F, Wiggs GFS 2017. Landsat identifies aeolian dust emission dynamics at the landform scale. Remote Sensing of Environment (198) 229-243

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Landsat identifies aeolian dust emission dynamics at the landform scale.pdf	5.54 MB

Lombard A 1989. The thermal implications and ecological consequences of coloration in selected species: tenebrionid beetles (Onymacris bicolor and Onymacris ungui cularis), Cape gannets (Morus capensis) and Cape cormorants (Phalacrocorax capensis).

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The thermal implications and ecological consequences of coloration in selected species_Lombard A Thesis.pdf	4.37 MB

NamPower 2020. APP-001536: Application for the Environmental Clearance Certificate for construction and operation of the Grunau Wind Mast, Karas Region.

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1536_EMP_Construction and operation of the Grunau Wind Mast_Karas Region.pdf	573.29 KB
1536_SR_Construction and operation of the Grunau Wind Mast_Karas Region.pdf	879.47 KB
1536_Lease Agreement_Construction and operation of the Grunau Wind Mast_Karas Region.pdf	2.46 MB
1536_Map_Construction and operation of the Grunau Wind Mast_Karas Region.pdf	258.55 KB

Hanrahan SA, Kirchner WH 1997. The effect of wind on foraging activity of the tenebrionid beetle Lepidochora discoidalis in the sand dunes of the Namib Desert. South African Journal of Zoology 32 (4) 136-139

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The effect of wind on foraging activity of the tenebrionid beetle Lepidochora discoidalis in the sand dunes of the Namib Desert.pdf	198.44 KB

Nikodemus A, Trubin A, Huertas Bernal DC, Kapuka A, Hajek M, Ndeinoma A, Purwestri RC 2023. Unveiling the impact of climate variability on forest fire occurrence in Namibia: A modelling study. Research Square

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Unveiling the impact of climate variability on forest fire occurrence in Namibia A modelling study.pdf	683.85 KB

Urban Green 2024. 221125000460: Application for an Environmental Clearance Certificate for Wind Measurement Mast at Farm Schönau No. 126, //Karas District.

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460_EMP_Wind Measurement Mast at Farm Schoeönau No 126_Karas District.pdf	1014.35 KB
460_NCAA Support Document_Wind Measurement Mast at Farm Schoeönau No 126_Karas District.pdf	220.61 KB
460_Map_Wind Measurement Mast at Farm Schoeönau No 126_Karas District.pdf	89.2 KB
460_Screening Notice_Wind Measurement Mast at Farm Schoeönau No 126_Karas District.pdf	87.82 KB
460_CV_Wind Measurement Mast at Farm Schoeönau No 126_Karas District.pdf	60.4 KB

Mendelsohn J 1981. Movements of Prions Pachyptila spp. and Low Pressure Systems at Marion Island. Proceedings of the Symposium on Birds of the Sea and Shore 223-231

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Movements_of_prions_Pachyptila_ssp._and_low_Pressure_Systems_at_Marion_Island_by_J.Mendelsohn_1991.pdf	397.53 KB

Selby MJ 1977. Paleowind directions in the Central Namib Desert, as indicated by ventifacts. Madoqua 10 (3) 195-198

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Paleowind directions in the central Namib Desert.pdf	756.59 KB