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Station Name: KABWE AGRIC
gid 29
station KABWE AGRIC
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) 0-20000-0-67662|primary,0-894-1-CEKB002
wmo region Africa
regional wigos center Southern Africa
country Zambia
elevation 1178
geopositioning method --
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: AGRIMET;EVAP;RBCN;RBSN(S);SOILTEMP;SUNDUR (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 Closed to open (>15%) (broadleaved or needleleaved, evergreen or deciduous) shrubland (<5m)(Surface cover types (GlobCover2009))
surface roughness --
topography or bathymetry (unknown) at middle relative elevation within rises of high altitude
population in 10km/50km --
programs/network affiliation GOS General:Operational, RBCN - deprecated:Closed, RBON:Operational, RBSN(S) - deprecated:Closed
program/network approval status GOS General:Approved,RBCN - deprecated:Approved,RBON:Approved,RBSN(S) - deprecated:Approved
last updated date 2022-10-12
last updated by Makawa Haggai