Site ID: 286 Lat. -14.4597 Zambia Moxico
River: Luanginga Long. 22.1443
Site name: Mussuma Contributing area: 19662 km2 Ratio to Comparison Station: 0.04
Latest measurement: 2-Sep-11 Mean annual runoff: 517 mm (2003-2009)
Hydrologic status: 2 Normal flow Total runoff this year (2010): 772.5 mm
Latest M/C ratio: 1.15 Seven day total: 2.8 mm
Estimated current discharge: 171 m3/sec Percent of mean 7-day total: 124.5 % (today's value compared to mean for same period, 2003-2009)
Ice-cover determination: 5 yr recurrence flood: 4326 m3/sec (from Log Pearson III analysis)
Status Codes:  1 = Low flow or ice, 2 = Normal flow, 3 = Flood, 4 = Major Flood 4167 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
6 2002 no data no data no data no data no data no data no data 0.9 0.4 4.1 0.4 0.5
334 2003 0.5 24.5 49.2 246.5 6.4 0.4 0.5 0.9 3.0 0.5 0.4 1.3
692 2004 49.7 140.2 261.4 232.0 1.1 0.4 0.5 0.7 0.4 0.5 4.4 0.6
169 2005 0.5 29.4 13.3 57.7 0.5 0.4 0.0 20.6 12.9 2.5 26.3 4.8
183 2006 7.4 10.9 84.4 55.4 2.2 1.8 2.4 7.5 10.0 0.7 0.0 0.0
438 2007 122.4 176.6 81.5 17.1 5.0 6.4 6.8 7.5 6.1 0.6 5.4 3.3
974 2008 116.6 399.7 247.4 68.6 33.3 16.6 16.3 20.2 13.4 5.4 2.9 33.1
827 2009 63.2 317.8 292.6 66.7 27.0 16.7 9.8 7.7 13.9 1.4 0.5 9.3
773 2010 56.1 186.4 191.5 216.4 48.0 19.3 17.3 14.7 11.2 4.4 0.6 6.8
Mean Annual Runoff (mm): 517 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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22-Jul-02 68
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