3.08 AVERAGE HOURS OF SUNSHINE PER DAY

 

Data ID

 

Description:

Average hours of sunshine per day

 

Chapter:

3 Climate

 

File name:

Average hours of sunshine per day

 

File type:

ArcView shapefile

 

Geographical area:

Namibia

 

Keywords:

sunshine

 

Notes on data, analysis and

This shapefile was produced from data for 29 stations. Some information attributed to Katima Mulilo was collected just

 

compilation:

across the Zambezi River at Sesheke in Zambia, and some information from Alexander Bay in South Africa was used for

 

 

Oranjemund, just across the Orange River. The polygons making up the shapefile were created from hand drawn

 

 

contours on a hard copy map. This manual interpolation approach was done by Peter Hutchinson using the point data

 

 

from all available stations. Because the number of stations was small an automatic interpolation produced nonsense results.

 

Data quality and organisation

 

Positional Accuracy:

Low

 

Vector/Raster:

Vector

 

Spatial reference

 

Projection:

Geographic

 

Fields

 

Field name

Field description

 

HRS_DAY

Average hours of sunshine per day

 

Source/Distribution

 

Data Source:

Namibia Meteorological Services

 

Distribution notes:

Unrestricted

 

3.08 AVERAGE HOURS OF SUNSHINE PER DAY - SOURCE DATA

 

Data ID

 

Description:

Average hours of sunshine per day, for 29 towns

 

Chapter:

3 Climate

 

File name:

Average hours of sunshine per day

 

File type:

Excel file

 

Geographical area:

Namibia

 

Keywords:

sunshine

 

Notes on data, analysis and

This file contains data on hours of sunshine summarised by month for 29 stations. Some information attributed to

 

compilation:

Katima Mulilo was collected just across the Zambezi River at Sesheke in Zambia, and some information from Alexander

 

 

Bay in South Africa was used for Oranjemund, just across the Orange River. It also includes values for the maximum

 

 

possible number of sunshine hours for 8 stations and provides the dates of overhead sun for latitudes 14 to 23 south.

 

Data quality and organisation

 

Positional Accuracy:

co-ordinates for stations

 

Source/Distribution

 

Data Source:

Namibia Meteorological Services

 

Contact:

Franz Uirab

 

Online/Offline Address:

Ministry of Works, Transport and Communication

 

 

Private Bag 13224

 

 

Windhoek

 

Distribution notes:

restricted - get permission or data from Namibia Meteorological Services