Brief Introduction to Eritrea

E-mail in Eritrea

Summary/Update April 1998

Discussion Paper, December 1996.

History of Eritrea Email: a personal view, September 1998.

Email-Based Internet Access Project, Text, September 1998.

Wind Energy in Eritrea papers, comments, and work in progress.

Preliminary Wind Resource Assessment of Eritrea, August 1996

South Red Sea Wind Maps

Wind Resource Assessment of Eritrea: Preliminary results and status, June 1997

South Coast Wind Resource Evaluation Field Trip Report, April 1997

Stove Efficiency Research

Introduction/Background of Eritrean Mogogo Research

Electric Mogogo Simulation Study, October 1996

Iron-Plate Mogogo Efficiency: Experimental results, April 1998.

Miscellaneous Information Re: Other Energy Sources

Anadarko Oil Exploration Update 10-30-98

Anadarko Oil Exploration Update 01-28-99

U.S. Embassy Update October 97

Elevation Map of Eritrea

Population Density Map of Eritrea

Eritrea Remote Sensing Research

Methods for Remote Sensing of Biomass, Solar Radiation, and Rainfall in Eritrea.

    By Tamrat Woldu, University of Asmara, June 1997.

Eritrea Temperature Maps, September 1998

Description and Index of Temperature Maps

Technical Article on Temperature Map Production

Annual Average of Daily Maximum, Average, and Minimum, Temperatures.

Seasonal Averages:

Winter Average of Daily Maximum, Average, and Minimum, Temperatures.

Spring Average of Daily Maximum, Average, and Minimum, Temperatures.

Summer Average of Daily Maximum, Average, and Minimum, Temperatures.

Autumn Average of Daily Maximum, Average, and Minimum, Temperatures.

Meteorological Updates and Analyses

Meteorological Update, Keremti 1998.

Meteorological Update, November 1998.

Analysis of Temperature Gradients.

Eritrea Biomass Production Maps, July 1998

Index of Biomass Production Maps

Map of Eritrea Vegetation Zones, August 1998

Technical Description

Full-Country View

Central Eritrea

Eritrea Rainfall Mapping/Estimation, October 1998

Satellite-based Rainfall Estimation over Eritrea , by Nurahmed Mohammedberhan

Annual Average Rainfall Map

Seasonal Averages: Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall,

Technical note on future adjustments to rainfall maps.

New methods for Estimating Winter Rain in Eritrea.

Eritrea Solar Radiation Mapping

Description and Index of Solar Energy Resource Maps

Some Hourly Maps:

    November 1995: 9am, 10am, 11am, 12pm, 1pm, 2pm, 3pm.

Average Daily Radiation:

    Annual Average

    Winter Average

    Spring Average

    Summer Average

    Autumn Average

Future work: Work plan and schedule.

Description/Comments

This page is for publishing research reports, images, maps, and other information products that may be useful to Eritrea for its development. Key topics currently include: Eritrea Energy Resources and Research, Agroclimatology, Meteorology, and Appropriate Technology for Information Services (Email, Internet, Networked Information Systems). We hope to also soon include information sources on Geomorphology, Crop and Agricultural Modeling and Resources, and Environmental and Ecological Modeling.

This information has been prepared by Robert Van Buskirk. If you have any questions regarding some of this research, please feel free to email me at

All of this information has been produced on a purely volunteer basis and is copyrighted but free. But if you are receiving benefit from this information, it is only fair that you give something in return. If you are a student or volunteer, then simply a note of encouragement and thanks to the authors would be appreciated. If you are a business or a consultant and are using this information to help you in your paid work, then it is only fair that you provide financial support for these research efforts. We have a non-profit project (the Eritrea Technical Exchange) which provides support to these efforts. Any donations will go to assisting Eritrea's information network development, or toward equipment to assist these research efforts.

Also, please note that if you use any of this information in reports papers or other documents, you must cite the authors.

In addition, note that this page only presents images which summarize the available information products. There is a lot more information available if you have a specific need. Most maps also exist in a more accurate digital form that could easily be converted to a variety of information retrieval products. The digital data and custom information products can be obtained from the author if a specific request is made.

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Last update by rvb January 11, 1999.