Site ID: 283 Lat. -17.2286 Zambia Western
River: Machile Long. 25.1068
Site name: Malabwe Contributing area: 10369 km2 Ratio to Comparison Station: 0.02
Latest measurement: 2-Sep-11 Mean annual runoff: 107 mm (2003-2009)
Hydrologic status: 2 Normal flow Total runoff this year (2010): 111.4 mm
Latest M/C ratio: 1.10 Seven day total: 0.2 mm
Estimated current discharge: 3 m3/sec Percent of mean 7-day total: 100.0 % (today's value compared to mean for same period, 2003-2009)
Ice-cover determination: 5 yr recurrence flood: 1233 m3/sec (from Log Pearson III analysis)
Status Codes:  1 = Low flow or ice, 2 = Normal flow, 3 = Flood, 4 = Major Flood 1367 m3/sec (from Gumbel Extreme Value analysis)
Comparison Station Information:  Pakse (2469260)           Contributing Area:   sq mi 536010 sq km
(Data from this gaging station are used for the calibration to discharge, with an adjustment for different contributing areas)
Notes: Calibration to nearby ground station 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
70 2002 no data no data no data no data no data no data no data 0.7 0.7 16.2 3.4 48.8
137 2003 22.5 44.6 25.5 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.9 19.0 19.8
70 2004 0.9 4.8 29.0 5.7 0.9 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.9 1.6 23.4
13 2005 3.9 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.1 0.9 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.8
176 2006 8.3 42.8 111.9 7.1 0.9 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.8 1.5 0.0 0.0
57 2007 19.5 3.7 0.9 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.9 16.2 11.0
270 2008 40.1 217.2 4.2 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.9 1.5 0.9
28 2009 0.9 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.9 1.3 18.1
111 2010 3.4 3.0 94.5 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.8 3.8
Mean Annual Runoff (mm): 107 Standard Deviation: 6.4
Trend in Annual Runoff (slope):  5.9
Discharge is estimated via a rating equation directly from the remote sensing data (M/C ratio) shown below.
Explanation:   Green line records upwelling microwave emission from within 5 km radius of a calbration land target; blue line is emission from within 5 km radious of the measurement target centered over the river.
Brown line is their ratio (M/C; 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. For calibration status, see "notes" entry, above.
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