Site ID: 548 Lat. -15.6290 Zambia Southern
River: Kafue Flats Long. 27.5682
Site name: Sokola Contributing area: 144638 km2 Ratio to Comparison Station: 5.12
Latest measurement: 2-Sep-11 Mean annual runoff: 255 mm (2003-2009)
Hydrologic status: 2 Normal flow Total runoff this year (2010): 483.9 mm
Latest M/C ratio: 1.48 Seven day total: 7.3 mm
Estimated current discharge: 1557 m3/sec Percent of mean 7-day total: 76.4 % (today's value compared to mean for same period, 2003-2009)
5 yr recurrence flood: 7895 m3/sec (from Log Pearson III analysis)
Status Codes:  1 = Low flow or ice, 2 = Normal flow, 3 = Flood, 4 = Major Flood 6546 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
14 2002 no data no data no data no data no data no data no data 2.5 2.8 2.2 3.5 3.3
53 2003 1.9 0.3 4.9 4.6 4.1 6.7 7.7 5.5 6.9 5.2 3.1 2.0
172 2004 1.4 1.1 3.7 9.3 28.6 55.3 42.3 14.6 8.1 4.8 1.9 0.9
7 2005 0.2 0.6 1.5 0.6 0.2 1.5 0.3 0.2 0.1 1.7 0.2 0.1
182 2006 0.1 1.3 14.2 15.8 49.5 48.4 19.8 16.2 10.8 5.6 0.0 0.0
335 2007 0.1 0.4 33.3 66.8 86.1 45.0 36.2 33.3 25.0 8.7 0.4 0.1
511 2008 34.3 101.1 105.1 64.2 68.3 58.4 41.4 21.9 9.9 4.5 1.7 0.2
524 2009 0.2 6.0 41.3 92.3 85.7 86.9 66.7 69.0 53.0 21.7 1.6 0.1
484 2010 0.1 0.1 25.1 94.0 76.4 86.4 59.6 69.5 46.2 22.1 2.4 2.1
Mean Annual Runoff (mm): 255 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
Return
Estimated
Disharge
Data
Date m3/sec
22-Jul-02 129
23-Jul-02 129
24-Jul-02 240
25-Jul-02 306
26-Jul-02 335
27-Jul-02 416
28-Jul-02 216
29-Jul-02 216
30-Jul-02 177
31-Jul-02 177
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-02 153
10-Aug-02 153
11-Aug-02 253
12-Aug-02 253
13-Aug-02 245
14-Aug-02 245
15-Aug-02 87
16-Aug-02 152
17-Aug-02 163
18-Aug-02 139
19-Aug-02 189
20-Aug-02 151
21-Aug-02 151
22-Aug-02 162
23-Aug-02 147
24-Aug-02 168
25-Aug-02 173
26-Aug-02 192
27-Aug-02 213
28-Aug-02 184
29-Aug-02 185
30-Aug-02 185
31-Aug-02 278
1-Sep-02 250
2-Sep-02 279
3-Sep-02 257
4-Sep-02 204
5-Sep-02 266
6-Sep-02 266
7-Sep-02 267
8-Sep-02 142
9-Sep-02 22
10-Sep-02 53
11-Sep-02 3
12-Sep-02 124
13-Sep-02 212
14-Sep-02 261
15-Sep-02 261
16-Sep-02
17-Sep-02
18-Sep-02
19-Sep-02
20-Sep-02
21-Sep-02 84
22-Sep-02 84
23-Sep-02 118
24-Sep-02 106
25-Sep-02 178
26-Sep-02 221
27-Sep-02 245
28-Sep-02 330
29-Sep-02 357
30-Sep-02 101
1-Oct-02 101
2-Oct-02 125
3-Oct-02 67
4-Oct-02 50
5-Oct-02 24
6-Oct-02 3
7-Oct-02 57
8-Oct-02 57
9-Oct-02 140
10-Oct-02 90
11-Oct-02 129
12-Oct-02 158
13-Oct-02 166
14-Oct-02 187
15-Oct-02 150
16-Oct-02 256
17-Oct-02 256
18-Oct-02 348
19-Oct-02 226
20-Oct-02 111
21-Oct-02 80
22-Oct-02 6
23-Oct-02 3
24-Oct-02 3
25-Oct-02 3
26-Oct-02 3
27-Oct-02 3
28-Oct-02 3
29-Oct-02 131
30-Oct-02 268
31-Oct-02 424
1-Nov-02 235
2-Nov-02 235
3-Nov-02 356
4-Nov-02 320
5-Nov-02 320
6-Nov-02 324
7-Nov-02 309
8-Nov-02 27
9-Nov-02 27
10-Nov-02 3
11-Nov-02 3
12-Nov-02 3
13-Nov-02 3
14-Nov-02 18
15-Nov-02 195
16-Nov-02 221
17-Nov-02 170
18-Nov-02 170
19-Nov-02 208
20-Nov-02 296
21-Nov-02 341
22-Nov-02 271
23-Nov-02 303
24-Nov-02 143
25-Nov-02 143
26-Nov-02 137
27-Nov-02 153
28-Nov-02 244
29-Nov-02 291
30-Nov-02 351
1-Dec-02 434
2-Dec-02 441
3-Dec-02 520
4-Dec-02 520
5-Dec-02 631
6-Dec-02 386
7-Dec-02 318
8-Dec-02 3
9-Dec-02 3
10-Dec-02 3
11-Dec-02 3
12-Dec-02 3
13-Dec-02 3
14-Dec-02 3
15-Dec-02 50
16-Dec-02 53
17-Dec-02 33
18-Dec-02 84
19-Dec-02 91
20-Dec-02 91
21-Dec-02 186
22-Dec-02 204
23-Dec-02 185
24-Dec-02 130
25-Dec-02 129
26-Dec-02 127
27-Dec-02 127
28-Dec-02 187
29-Dec-02 237
30-Dec-02 206
31-Dec-02 206
1-Jan-03 239
2-Jan-03 112
3-Jan-03 89
4-Jan-03 166
5-Jan-03 166
6-Jan-03 282
7-Jan-03 238
8-Jan-03 234
9-Jan-03 118
10-Jan-03 19
11-Jan-03 3
12-Jan-03 3
13-Jan-03 5
14-Jan-03 16
15-Jan-03 78
16-Jan-03 35
17-Jan-03 32
18-Jan-03 66
19-Jan-03 22
20-Jan-03 197
21-Jan-03 197
22-Jan-03 164
23-Jan-03 174
24-Jan-03 138
25-Jan-03 60
26-Jan-03 49
27-Jan-03 3
28-Jan-03 3
29-Jan-03 122
30-Jan-03 111
31-Jan-03 121
1-Feb-03 121
2-Feb-03 3
3-Feb-03 3
4-Feb-03 3
5-Feb-03 3
6-Feb-03 3
7-Feb-03 39
8-Feb-03 63
9-Feb-03 86
10-Feb-03 25
11-Feb-03 25
12-Feb-03 11
13-Feb-03 11
14-Feb-03 3
15-Feb-03 3
16-Feb-03 3
17-Feb-03 3
18-Feb-03 3
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20-Feb-03 3
21-Feb-03 3
22-Feb-03 3
23-Feb-03 20
24-Feb-03 3
25-Feb-03 3
26-Feb-03 3
27-Feb-03 3
28-Feb-03 3
1-Mar-03 3
2-Mar-03 3
3-Mar-03 12
4-Mar-03 62
5-Mar-03 58
6-Mar-03 45
7-Mar-03 47
8-Mar-03 43
9-Mar-03 3
10-Mar-03 3
11-Mar-03 272
12-Mar-03 447
13-Mar-03 736
14-Mar-03 599
15-Mar-03 570
16-Mar-03 618
17-Mar-03 618
18-Mar-03 651
19-Mar-03 497
20-Mar-03 391
21-Mar-03 126
22-Mar-03 17
23-Mar-03 63
24-Mar-03 3
25-Mar-03 358
26-Mar-03 358
27-Mar-03 439
28-Mar-03 336
29-Mar-03 250
30-Mar-03 281
31-Mar-03 316
1-Apr-03 347
2-Apr-03 347
3-Apr-03 124
4-Apr-03 216
5-Apr-03 148
6-Apr-03 184
7-Apr-03 211
8-Apr-03 201
9-Apr-03 284
10-Apr-03 405
11-Apr-03 405
12-Apr-03 295
13-Apr-03 327
14-Apr-03 253
15-Apr-03 241
16-Apr-03 302
17-Apr-03 265
18-Apr-03 265
19-Apr-03 237
20-Apr-03 216
21-Apr-03 152
22-Apr-03 195