Site ID: 1286 Lat. -10.7062 Zambia Northern
River: Bangweulu Swamp Trib Long. 29.6537
Site name: Kasaba Contributing area: 2952 km2 Ratio to Comparison Station: 0.10
Latest measurement: 10-Aug-11 Mean annual runoff: 3728 mm (2003-2009)
Hydrologic status: 2 Normal flow Total runoff this year (2010): 4457.1 mm
Latest M/C ratio: 1.20 Seven day total: 63.9 mm
Estimated current discharge: 378 m3/sec Percent of mean 7-day total: 88.0 % (today's value compared to mean for same period, 2003-2009)
5 yr recurrence flood: 2270 m3/sec (from Log Pearson III analysis)
Status Codes:  1 = Low flow or ice, 2 = Normal flow, 3 = Flood, 4 = Major Flood 2266 m3/sec (from Gumbel Extreme Value analysis)
Comparison Station Information:  Boluo (2186950)           Contributing Area:   sq mi 28239 sq km
(Data from this gaging station are used for the calibration to discharge, with an adjustment for different contributing areas)
Notes: Final calibration to discharge has not yet been accomplished.
Discharge and runoff, based on satellite remote sensing (NASA AMSR-E data)
(For U.S, sites, nearby ground station discharge may also be shown)
Annual  Monthly Total Runoff (mm), computed from above satellite-based discharge data
Runoff
(mm) Jan Feb Mar April May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec
906 2002 no data no data no data no data no data no data no data 133.2 93.6 248.0 182.7 248.4
3405 2003 827.5 494.6 487.7 444.4 220.3 134.2 138.3 101.7 83.7 74.2 147.7 250.7
2484 2004 442.7 288.2 291.1 513.2 168.7 108.4 54.8 54.9 98.8 100.5 86.7 276.2
4116 2005 777.8 410.6 344.2 399.3 341.9 238.2 17.9 365.5 323.8 344.5 274.2 278.0
2971 2006 380.6 412.3 380.4 292.6 262.2 235.6 244.6 256.6 244.2 262.0 0.0 0.0
4298 2007 804.1 512.9 493.2 328.1 318.4 296.7 288.0 315.6 249.4 261.1 231.3 199.5
3743 2008 195.6 496.3 679.0 402.6 282.0 251.8 241.0 238.5 252.8 215.8 135.1 352.3
5077 2009 533.1 666.3 938.3 496.5 371.7 342.8 307.9 344.9 304.8 263.6 240.5 266.7
4457 2010 861.4 382.1 476.6 335.1 302.1 306.6 304.0 359.2 283.5 300.7 199.3 346.5
Mean Annual Runoff (mm): 3728 Standard Deviation: 6.4
Trend in Annual Runoff (slope):  -73
Discharge is estimated via a rating equation directly from the remote sensing data (M/C ratio) shown below.
Green line records upwelling microwave emission from within 5 km radius of a calbration land target. 
Explanation:   Blue line is emission from within 5 km radius of the measurement target centered over the river.
Brown line is their ratio (M/C; "HR" in Brakenridge et al 2007; scale on right) and is used to estimate river discharge via a rating equation.
Rating equations are being developed and applied on an individual basis using available ground-based discharge information.
GoogleEarth View of Measurement Site
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Estimated
Disharge
Data
Date m3/sec
22-Jul-02 159
23-Jul-02 159
24-Jul-02 150
25-Jul-02 124
26-Jul-02 171
27-Jul-02 199
28-Jul-02 129
29-Jul-02 129
30-Jul-02 3
31-Jul-02 3
1-Aug-02
2-Aug-02
3-Aug-02
4-Aug-02
5-Aug-02
6-Aug-02
7-Aug-02
8-Aug-02
9-Aug-02 125
10-Aug-02 125
11-Aug-02 132
12-Aug-02 132
13-Aug-02 163
14-Aug-02 163
15-Aug-02 139
16-Aug-02 185
17-Aug-02 164
18-Aug-02 236
19-Aug-02 285
20-Aug-02 267
21-Aug-02 340
22-Aug-02 282
23-Aug-02 282
24-Aug-02 189
25-Aug-02 188
26-Aug-02 116
27-Aug-02 161
28-Aug-02 220
29-Aug-02 211
30-Aug-02 211
31-Aug-02 236
1-Sep-02 218
2-Sep-02 211
3-Sep-02 244
4-Sep-02 224
5-Sep-02 195
6-Sep-02 221
7-Sep-02 86
8-Sep-02 86
9-Sep-02 19
10-Sep-02 70
11-Sep-02 66
12-Sep-02 111
13-Sep-02 193
14-Sep-02 206
15-Sep-02 206
16-Sep-02
17-Sep-02
18-Sep-02
19-Sep-02
20-Sep-02
21-Sep-02 193
22-Sep-02 193
23-Sep-02 3
24-Sep-02 3
25-Sep-02 3
26-Sep-02 3
27-Sep-02 3
28-Sep-02 3
29-Sep-02 118
30-Sep-02 315
1-Oct-02 315
2-Oct-02 333
3-Oct-02 269
4-Oct-02 251
5-Oct-02 344
6-Oct-02 341
7-Oct-02 376
8-Oct-02 432
9-Oct-02 268
10-Oct-02 268
11-Oct-02 344
12-Oct-02 361
13-Oct-02 394
14-Oct-02 378
15-Oct-02 371
16-Oct-02 347
17-Oct-02 347
18-Oct-02 322
19-Oct-02 366
20-Oct-02 306
21-Oct-02 350
22-Oct-02 368
23-Oct-02 334
24-Oct-02 421
25-Oct-02 107
26-Oct-02 107
27-Oct-02 3
28-Oct-02 3
29-Oct-02 3
30-Oct-02 3
31-Oct-02 39
1-Nov-02 51
2-Nov-02 51
3-Nov-02 3
4-Nov-02 260
5-Nov-02 226
6-Nov-02 272
7-Nov-02 381
8-Nov-02 229
9-Nov-02 263
10-Nov-02 189
11-Nov-02 189
12-Nov-02 223
13-Nov-02 242
14-Nov-02 235
15-Nov-02 310
16-Nov-02 377
17-Nov-02 414
18-Nov-02 414
19-Nov-02 321
20-Nov-02 209
21-Nov-02 73
22-Nov-02 158
23-Nov-02 117
24-Nov-02 208
25-Nov-02 352
26-Nov-02 3
27-Nov-02 3
28-Nov-02 3
29-Nov-02 7
30-Nov-02 458
1-Dec-02 458
2-Dec-02 346
3-Dec-02 291
4-Dec-02 291
5-Dec-02 237
6-Dec-02 256
7-Dec-02 167
8-Dec-02 207
9-Dec-02 215
10-Dec-02 154
11-Dec-02 215
12-Dec-02 60
13-Dec-02 60
14-Dec-02 51
15-Dec-02 138
16-Dec-02 204
17-Dec-02 171
18-Dec-02 212
19-Dec-02 155
20-Dec-02 155
21-Dec-02 194
22-Dec-02 3
23-Dec-02 3
24-Dec-02 23
25-Dec-02 3
26-Dec-02 382
27-Dec-02 417
28-Dec-02 717
29-Dec-02 717
30-Dec-02 993
31-Dec-02 993
1-Jan-03 987
2-Jan-03 300
3-Jan-03 3
4-Jan-03 695
5-Jan-03 695
6-Jan-03 1623
7-Jan-03 1641
8-Jan-03 1287
9-Jan-03 1379
10-Jan-03 1443
11-Jan-03 835
12-Jan-03 746
13-Jan-03 81
14-Jan-03 81
15-Jan-03 498
16-Jan-03 3
17-Jan-03 3
18-Jan-03 128
19-Jan-03 3
20-Jan-03 770
21-Jan-03 770
22-Jan-03 3012
23-Jan-03 2130
24-Jan-03 2152
25-Jan-03 1775
26-Jan-03 728
27-Jan-03 920
28-Jan-03 948
29-Jan-03 989
30-Jan-03 989
31-Jan-03 655
1-Feb-03 655
2-Feb-03 464
3-Feb-03 549
4-Feb-03 630
5-Feb-03 521
6-Feb-03 521
7-Feb-03 415
8-Feb-03 301
9-Feb-03 98
10-Feb-03 218
11-Feb-03 218
12-Feb-03 377
13-Feb-03 568
14-Feb-03 686
15-Feb-03 686
16-Feb-03 682
17-Feb-03 645
18-Feb-03 619
19-Feb-03 804
20-Feb-03 874
21-Feb-03 1134
22-Feb-03 1134
23-Feb-03 819
24-Feb-03 836
25-Feb-03 589
26-Feb-03 652
27-Feb-03 675
28-Feb-03 527
1-Mar-03 633
2-Mar-03 468
3-Mar-03 468
4-Mar-03 404
5-Mar-03 508
6-Mar-03 514
7-Mar-03 514
8-Mar-03 721
9-Mar-03 599
10-Mar-03 599
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13-Mar-03 549
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16-Mar-03 549
17-Mar-03 632
18-Mar-03 543
19-Mar-03 543
20-Mar-03 544
21-Mar-03 558
22-Mar-03 646
23-Mar-03 502
24-Mar-03 393
25-Mar-03 444
26-Mar-03 444
27-Mar-03 613