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Station Name: LIVINGSTONE
gid 59
station LIVINGSTONE
station alias --
date established 1909-01-01
date closed --
declared reporting status Operational
assessed reporting status Partly operational
station type Land (fixed)
wigos station identifier(s) 0-20000-0-67743|primary,0-894-1-LVNG018,0-894-1-SOLI001,0-894-1-liv0017
wmo region Africa
regional wigos center Southern Africa
country Zambia
elevation 991
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: A;CLIMAT(C);EVAP;GSN;M/B;RBCN;RBSN(S);SOILTEMP;SOLRA;SUNDUR (see code table A for explanations). These remarks imply the following additional observations that could not be registered automatically: Station making reports of sudden changes; Solar radiation measurements.
climate zone Steppe - Hot arid
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 hills of middle altitude
population in 10km/50km --
programs/network affiliation CLIMAT(C) - deprecated:Closed, GOS General:Operational, GSN:Operational, RBCN - deprecated:Closed, RBON:Operational, RBSN(S) - deprecated:Closed
program/network approval status CLIMAT(C) - deprecated:Approved,GOS General:Approved,GSN:Approved,RBCN - deprecated:Approved,RBON:Approved,RBSN(S) - deprecated:Approved
last updated date 2025-02-04
last updated by Naomi MUCHIPU