Li, Yue; Marais, Eugene; Wang, Lixin (2025): Annual total rainfall amount at Gobabeb, Namibia [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.981204, 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.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.981208
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Published: 2025-05-07 • DOI registered: 2025-06-05
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
Data
| 1 Event | 2 Latitude | 3 Longitude | 4 Altitude [m] | 5 Year obs [a AD] | 6 Precip annual tot [mm/a] | 7 Reference | 8 URL ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gobabeb | -23.56 | 15.04 | 405 | 1963 | 14.52538 | Henschel and Seely (2008) | doi:10.1016/j.atmosres.2007.11.015 |
| Gobabeb | -23.56 | 15.04 | 405 | 1964 | 24.65855 | Henschel and Seely (2008) | doi:10.1016/j.atmosres.2007.11.015 |
| Gobabeb | -23.56 | 15.04 | 405 | 1965 | 26.50102 | Henschel and Seely (2008) | doi:10.1016/j.atmosres.2007.11.015 |
| Gobabeb | -23.56 | 15.04 | 405 | 1966 | 28.38686 | Henschel and Seely (2008) | doi:10.1016/j.atmosres.2007.11.015 |
| Gobabeb | -23.56 | 15.04 | 405 | 1967 | 40.67628 | Henschel and Seely (2008) | doi:10.1016/j.atmosres.2007.11.015 |
| Gobabeb | -23.56 | 15.04 | 405 | 1968 | 8.70587 | Henschel and Seely (2008) | doi:10.1016/j.atmosres.2007.11.015 |
| Gobabeb | -23.56 | 15.04 | 405 | 1969 | 28.40319 | Henschel and Seely (2008) | doi:10.1016/j.atmosres.2007.11.015 |
| Gobabeb | -23.56 | 15.04 | 405 | 1970 | 4.87232 | Henschel and Seely (2008) | doi:10.1016/j.atmosres.2007.11.015 |
| Gobabeb | -23.56 | 15.04 | 405 | 1971 | 26.42028 | Henschel and Seely (2008) | doi:10.1016/j.atmosres.2007.11.015 |
| Gobabeb | -23.56 | 15.04 | 405 | 1972 | 20.64158 | Henschel and Seely (2008) | doi:10.1016/j.atmosres.2007.11.015 |
| Gobabeb | -23.56 | 15.04 | 405 | 1973 | 10.28827 | Henschel and Seely (2008) | doi:10.1016/j.atmosres.2007.11.015 |
| Gobabeb | -23.56 | 15.04 | 405 | 1974 | 24.31531 | Henschel and Seely (2008) | doi:10.1016/j.atmosres.2007.11.015 |
| Gobabeb | -23.56 | 15.04 | 405 | 1975 | 7.36607 | Henschel and Seely (2008) | doi:10.1016/j.atmosres.2007.11.015 |
| Gobabeb | -23.56 | 15.04 | 405 | 1976 | 125.50217 | Henschel and Seely (2008) | doi:10.1016/j.atmosres.2007.11.015 |
| Gobabeb | -23.56 | 15.04 | 405 | 1977 | 26.21684 | Henschel and Seely (2008) | doi:10.1016/j.atmosres.2007.11.015 |
| Gobabeb | -23.56 | 15.04 | 405 | 1978 | 158.11569 | Henschel and Seely (2008) | doi:10.1016/j.atmosres.2007.11.015 |
| Gobabeb | -23.56 | 15.04 | 405 | 1979 | 55.65077 | Henschel and Seely (2008) | doi:10.1016/j.atmosres.2007.11.015 |
| Gobabeb | -23.56 | 15.04 | 405 | 1980 | 15.52474 | Henschel and Seely (2008) | doi:10.1016/j.atmosres.2007.11.015 |
| Gobabeb | -23.56 | 15.04 | 405 | 1981 | 8.87615 | Henschel and Seely (2008) | doi:10.1016/j.atmosres.2007.11.015 |
| Gobabeb | -23.56 | 15.04 | 405 | 1982 | 32.83814 | Henschel and Seely (2008) | doi:10.1016/j.atmosres.2007.11.015 |
| Gobabeb | -23.56 | 15.04 | 405 | 1983 | 13.67258 | Henschel and Seely (2008) | doi:10.1016/j.atmosres.2007.11.015 |
| Gobabeb | -23.56 | 15.04 | 405 | 1984 | 13.50714 | Henschel and Seely (2008) | doi:10.1016/j.atmosres.2007.11.015 |
| Gobabeb | -23.56 | 15.04 | 405 | 1985 | 5.43648 | Henschel and Seely (2008) | doi:10.1016/j.atmosres.2007.11.015 |
| Gobabeb | -23.56 | 15.04 | 405 | 1986 | 1.93903 | Henschel and Seely (2008) | doi:10.1016/j.atmosres.2007.11.015 |
| Gobabeb | -23.56 | 15.04 | 405 | 1987 | 48.65689 | Henschel and Seely (2008) | doi:10.1016/j.atmosres.2007.11.015 |
| Gobabeb | -23.56 | 15.04 | 405 | 1988 | 7.42194 | Henschel and Seely (2008) | doi:10.1016/j.atmosres.2007.11.015 |
| Gobabeb | -23.56 | 15.04 | 405 | 1989 | 18.64043 | Henschel and Seely (2008) | doi:10.1016/j.atmosres.2007.11.015 |
| Gobabeb | -23.56 | 15.04 | 405 | 1990 | 21.47895 | Henschel and Seely (2008) | doi:10.1016/j.atmosres.2007.11.015 |
| Gobabeb | -23.56 | 15.04 | 405 | 1991 | 23.94388 | Henschel and Seely (2008) | doi:10.1016/j.atmosres.2007.11.015 |
| Gobabeb | -23.56 | 15.04 | 405 | 1992 | 9.01263 | Henschel and Seely (2008) | doi:10.1016/j.atmosres.2007.11.015 |
| Gobabeb | -23.56 | 15.04 | 405 | 1993 | 14.67054 | Henschel and Seely (2008) | doi:10.1016/j.atmosres.2007.11.015 |
| Gobabeb | -23.56 | 15.04 | 405 | 1994 | 21.89273 | Henschel and Seely (2008) | doi:10.1016/j.atmosres.2007.11.015 |
| Gobabeb | -23.56 | 15.04 | 405 | 1995 | 33.94847 | Henschel and Seely (2008) | doi:10.1016/j.atmosres.2007.11.015 |
| Gobabeb | -23.56 | 15.04 | 405 | 1996 | 24.42092 | Henschel and Seely (2008) | doi:10.1016/j.atmosres.2007.11.015 |
| Gobabeb | -23.56 | 15.04 | 405 | 1997 | 71.31046 | Henschel and Seely (2008) | doi:10.1016/j.atmosres.2007.11.015 |
| Gobabeb | -23.56 | 15.04 | 405 | 1998 | 6.91633 | Henschel and Seely (2008) | doi:10.1016/j.atmosres.2007.11.015 |
| Gobabeb | -23.56 | 15.04 | 405 | 1999 | 5.06786 | Henschel and Seely (2008) | doi:10.1016/j.atmosres.2007.11.015 |
| Gobabeb | -23.56 | 15.04 | 405 | 2000 | 63.62462 | Henschel and Seely (2008) | doi:10.1016/j.atmosres.2007.11.015 |
| Gobabeb | -23.56 | 15.04 | 405 | 2001 | 21.98929 | Henschel and Seely (2008) | doi:10.1016/j.atmosres.2007.11.015 |
| Gobabeb | -23.56 | 15.04 | 405 | 2002 | 32.29745 | Henschel and Seely (2008) | doi:10.1016/j.atmosres.2007.11.015 |
| Gobabeb | -23.56 | 15.04 | 405 | 2003 | 1.82717 | ||
| Gobabeb | -23.56 | 15.04 | 405 | 2004 | 24.22564 | ||
| Gobabeb | -23.56 | 15.04 | 405 | 2005 | 2.80000 | ||
| Gobabeb | -23.56 | 15.04 | 405 | 2006 | 116.50000 | ||
| Gobabeb | -23.56 | 15.04 | 405 | 2007 | 5.50000 | ||
| Gobabeb | -23.56 | 15.04 | 405 | 2008 | 86.50000 | ||
| Gobabeb | -23.56 | 15.04 | 405 | 2009 | 51.70000 | ||
| Gobabeb | -23.56 | 15.04 | 405 | 2010 | 17.10000 | ||
| Gobabeb | -23.56 | 15.04 | 405 | 2011 | 171.90000 | ||
| Gobabeb | -23.56 | 15.04 | 405 | 2012 | 16.40000 | ||
| Gobabeb | -23.56 | 15.04 | 405 | 2013 | 64.50000 | ||
| Gobabeb | -23.56 | 15.04 | 405 | 2014 | 3.20000 | SASSCAL WeatherNet (public website) | |
| Gobabeb | -23.56 | 15.04 | 405 | 2015 | 8.40000 | SASSCAL WeatherNet (public website) | |
| Gobabeb | -23.56 | 15.04 | 405 | 2016 | 17.90000 | SASSCAL WeatherNet (public website) | |
| Gobabeb | -23.56 | 15.04 | 405 | 2017 | 11.80000 | SASSCAL WeatherNet (public website) | |
| Gobabeb | -23.56 | 15.04 | 405 | 2018 | 59.10000 | SASSCAL WeatherNet (public website) | |
| Gobabeb | -23.56 | 15.04 | 405 | 2019 | 4.90000 | SASSCAL WeatherNet (public website) | |
| Gobabeb | -23.56 | 15.04 | 405 | 2020 | 0.20000 | SASSCAL WeatherNet (public website) | |
| Gobabeb | -23.56 | 15.04 | 405 | 2021 | 12.50000 | SASSCAL WeatherNet (public website) | |
| Gobabeb | -23.56 | 15.04 | 405 | 2022 | 7.70000 | SASSCAL WeatherNet (public website) | |
| Gobabeb | -23.56 | 15.04 | 405 | 2023 | 11.60000 | SASSCAL WeatherNet (public website) |