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Station Name: ISOKA
gid 25
station ISOKA
station alias --
date established 1977-01-01
date closed --
declared reporting status Operational
assessed reporting status Partly operational
station type Land (fixed)
wigos station identifier(s) 0-20000-0-67481|primary,0-894-1-ISKA006,0-894-1-MUIO001,0-894-1-isk0006
wmo region Africa
regional wigos center Southern Africa
country Zambia
elevation 1351
geopositioning method From map
time zone UTC+2
supervising organization Zambia Meteorological Department (ZMD)
station url --
other link (url) --
site description The station was originally registered based on WMO Pub 9 Vol A information containing these observation remarks: RBSN(S);SOILTEMP (see code table A for explanations). These remarks imply the following additional observations that could not be registered automatically: none.
climate zone Warm Temperate - Dry winter - Hot summer
predominant surface cover Mosaic vegetation (grassland/shrubland/forest) (50-70%) / cropland (20-50%) (Surface cover types (GlobCover2009))
surface roughness --
topography or bathymetry (unknown) at middle relative elevation within valleys of high altitude
population in 10km/50km --
programs/network affiliation GOS General:Operational, RBON:Operational, RBSN(S) - deprecated:Closed
program/network approval status GOS General:Approved,RBON:Approved,RBSN(S) - deprecated:Approved
last updated date 2025-02-04
last updated by Naomi MUCHIPU