Site ID:

1267

Lat.

-14.2457

Zambia

North-Western

River:

Lufupa

Long.

25.8988

Site name:

Kasempa

Contributing area:

8760

km2

Ratio to Comparison Station:

0.38

Latest measurement:

15-Nov-09

Mean annual runoff:

777

(2003-2007)

Hydrologic status:

Normal flow

Total runoff this year:

1849

Latest M/C ratio:

1.10

Seven day total:

Estimated current discharge:

m3/sec

Percent of mean 7-day total:

6.4

(today's value compared to mean for same period, 2003-2007)

Ice-cover determination:

5 yr recurrence flood:

4938

m3/sec

(from Log Pearson III analysis)

Status Codes: 1 = Low flow, 2 = Normal flow, 3 = Flood, 4 = Major Flood

4732

m3/sec

(from Gumbel Extreme Value analysis)

Comparison Station Information:

Tokwe Confluence D/s C/s (1495240)

Contributing Area:

7280

sq mi

23237

sq km

(Data from this gaging station are used for the calibration to discharge, with an adjustment for different contributing areas)

Notes:

Comparison station is placeholder, only; this site is not yet calibrated to actual discharge

Discharge and runoff, based on satellite remote sensing (NASA AMSR-E data)

(For U.S, sites, nearby ground station discharge may also be shown)

2008-Present

2002-Present

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

2002

no data

0.8

1.0

3.9

1.0

2003

1.1

0.9

13.7

34.5

1.0

0.8

7.5

149

2004

14.3

1.0

19.9

101.6

2.3

1.0

3.8

1.0

2005

1.0

0.9

1.0

0.1

1.0

0.9

1.0

1396

2006

1.0

90.4

789.2

467.3

42.7

1.0

0.0

2265

2007

7.0

672.2

1116.6

408.5

51.6

3.1

1.0

0.9

1849

2008

192.5

1041.9

413.2

102.4

19.2

1.1

1.0

18.3

56.7

2810

2009

70.1

592.9

1238.7

713.7

144.9

37.9

7.8

1.2

1.0

0.6

0.0

Discharge is estimated directly via a rating equation from the remote sensing data (M/C ratio) shown below.