Site ID: 289 Lat. -18.7634 Botswana Ngamiland
River: Okavango Long. 22.2615
Site name: Sepopa Contributing area: 254276 km2 Ratio to Comparison Station: 0.47
Latest measurement: 2-Sep-11 Mean annual runoff: 79 mm (2003-2009)
Hydrologic status: 2 Normal flow Total runoff this year (2010): 140.9 mm
Latest M/C ratio: 1.34 Seven day total: 2.0 mm
Estimated current discharge: 968 m3/sec Percent of mean 7-day total: 306.6 % (today's value compared to mean for same period, 2003-2009)
Ice-cover determination: 5 yr recurrence flood: 4113 m3/sec (from Log Pearson III analysis)
Status Codes:  1 = Low flow or ice, 2 = Normal flow, 3 = Flood, 4 = Major Flood 4080 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
3 2002 no data no data no data no data no data no data no data 1.2 0.9 0.2 0.0 0.8
39 2003 0.5 1.2 14.2 13.1 4.6 4.4 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
133 2004 1.4 30.9 32.1 21.8 16.6 11.0 7.2 3.4 2.0 2.7 3.4 0.3
62 2005 0.7 0.5 14.0 11.9 24.6 7.7 0.3 2.3 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1
57 2006 1.6 5.8 3.9 7.6 13.9 13.8 4.6 2.8 1.7 0.9 0.0 0.0
80 2007 6.6 10.6 10.9 22.5 13.9 7.1 3.1 1.6 0.9 0.9 0.3 1.8
55 2008 0.3 3.6 6.6 14.2 13.5 7.4 3.7 2.8 1.5 0.5 0.1 0.8
126 2009 4.0 11.7 18.8 31.6 23.4 15.3 9.3 6.0 3.6 1.3 1.3 0.3
141 2010 2.3 17.6 12.4 27.0 30.2 17.2 13.7 8.4 5.6 3.4 1.0 2.1
Mean Annual Runoff (mm): 79 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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Data
Date m3/sec
22-Jul-02 422
23-Jul-02 422
24-Jul-02 335
25-Jul-02 255
26-Jul-02 143
27-Jul-02 200
28-Jul-02 196
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30-Jul-02 217
31-Jul-02 166
1-Aug-02 170
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11-Aug-02 97
12-Aug-02 137
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15-Aug-02 35
16-Aug-02 58
17-Aug-02 121
18-Aug-02 201
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20-Aug-02 76
21-Aug-02 81
22-Aug-02 36
23-Aug-02 163
24-Aug-02 249
25-Aug-02 304
26-Aug-02 198
27-Aug-02 129
28-Aug-02 148
29-Aug-02 114
30-Aug-02 199
31-Aug-02 210
1-Sep-02 226
2-Sep-02 354
3-Sep-02 204
4-Sep-02 204
5-Sep-02 27
6-Sep-02 121
7-Sep-02 112
8-Sep-02 102
9-Sep-02 201
10-Sep-02 243
11-Sep-02 278
12-Sep-02 131
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30-Sep-02 129
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