3.10 AVERAGE NUMBER OF DAYS OF FROST PER YEAR

Data ID

Description:

Average number of days of frost per year

Chapter:

3 Climate

File name:

Average number of days of frost per year

File type:

ArcView shapefile

Geographical area:

Namibia

Keywords:

frost

temperature

Notes on data, analysis and

The polygons making up the shapefile were created from hand drawn contours on a hard copy map. This manual

compilation:

interpolation approach was done by Peter Hutchinson using the point data from all available stations. Because the

number of stations was small (27) 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

DAYS	Average number of days of frost per year, in 6 classes ranging from

0 to >30

Source/Distribution

Data Source:

Namibia Meteorological Services

Distribution notes:

Unrestricted

3.10 AVERAGE NUMBER OF DAYS OF FROST PER YEAR - SOURCE DATA

Data ID

Description:

Average number of days of frost per year

Chapter:

3 Climate

File name:

Average number of days of frost per year

File type:

Excel file

Geographical area:

Namibia

Keywords:

frost

Notes on data, analysis and

This file contains data on the number of days when the screen temperature fell below zero degrees Celsius. The data are

compilation:

summarised by month for 27 stations.

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