Li, Yue; Marais, Eugene; Wang, Lixin (2025): Annual total rainfall amount at Gobabeb, Namibia [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.981204 (DOI registration in progress), In: Li, Y et al. (2025): Monthly and annual total of moisture from 1962 to 2023 at Gobabeb, Namibia [dataset bundled publication]. PANGAEA, https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.981208 (DOI registration in progress)
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Published: 2025-05-07
Abstract:
A six-decade-long dataset of the monthly and annual rainfall amount from 1962 to 2023 at Gobabeb, Namibia was compiled based on literature-derived dataset, public-available meteorological observations, and our measurement records. Monthly rainfall data at Gobabeb from September 1962 to December 2002 is available at Henschel and Seely (2008, doi:10.1016/j.atmosres.2007.11.015), and daily rainfall data during 2003-2014 was recordedavailable at the Gobabeb − Namib Research Institute. The daily rainfall data from October 2014 to December 2023 is available via https://sasscalweathernet.org/w_datarequest_we.php?MIsoCode=NA&MMCS=0#StationAnchor.
Source:
SASSCAL WeatherNet [web service]. https://sasscalweathernet.org/w_loginform_we.php#StationAnchor
Henschel, Joh R; Seely, Mary K (2008): Ecophysiology of atmospheric moisture in the Namib Desert. Atmospheric Research, 87(3-4), 362-368, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2007.11.015
Coverage:
Latitude: -23.560000 * Longitude: 15.040000
Minimum ALTITUDE: 405 m * Maximum ALTITUDE: 405 m
Event(s):
Gobabeb * Latitude: -23.560000 * Longitude: 15.040000 * Elevation: 405.0 m * Location: Namib Desert, Namibia * Method/Device: Standard Fog Collector (SFC) designed by Schemenauer and Cereceda (1994)
Parameter(s):
| # | Name | Short Name | Unit | Principal Investigator | Method/Device | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Event label | Event | Li, Yue | |||
| 2 | LATITUDE | Latitude | Li, Yue | Geocode | ||
| 3 | LONGITUDE | Longitude | Li, Yue | Geocode | ||
| 4 | ALTITUDE | Altitude | m | Li, Yue | Geocode | |
| 5 | Year of observation | Year obs | a AD | Li, Yue | ||
| 6 | Precipitation, annual total | Precip annual tot | mm/a | Li, Yue | From literature | |
| 7 | Reference/source | Reference | Li, Yue | |||
| 8 | Uniform resource locator/link to reference | URL ref | Li, Yue |
License:
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY-4.0)
Status:
Curation Level: Enhanced curation (CurationLevelC)
Size:
212 data points