Site ID:

1513

Lat.

4.3170

Kenya

River:

Lotagipi Swamp

Long.

35.0502

Site name:

Contributing area:

9221

km2

Ratio to Comparison Station:

0.40

Latest measurement:

16-Nov-09

Mean annual runoff:

1064

(2003-2007)

Hydrologic status:

Normal flow

Total runoff this year:

1185

Latest M/C ratio:

1.10

Seven day total:

Estimated current discharge:

m3/sec

Percent of mean 7-day total:

41.4

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

Ice-cover determination:

5 yr recurrence flood:

3796

m3/sec

(from Log Pearson III analysis)

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

3886

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

198

2002

no data

0.7

0.8

3.7

75.5

117.3

603

2003

54.7

14.0

2.8

74.5

112.0

94.3

4.0

93.6

72.3

1.0

12.3

67.4

385

2004

18.4

26.2

35.7

80.6

53.6

0.9

27.8

36.6

0.9

1.0

80.8

22.3

1729

2005

17.3

0.9

151.1

174.6

576.9

57.8

4.5

9.6

15.3

32.1

441.9

247.2

1549

2006

89.4

59.3

163.9

218.6

240.3

278.4

187.7

137.7

69.7

103.9

0.0

1054

2007

29.8

82.2

111.5

97.6

240.6

229.3

56.9

140.6

13.7

4.7

5.6

41.4

1185

2008

11.9

5.6

41.8

199.7

60.9

50.6

23.0

160.8

103.7

125.1

265.8

136.1

809

2009

119.2

134.3

71.8

233.4

64.5

3.9

1.0

0.9

145.6

33.8

0.0

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