Station Detail
Station Name: MPIKA
| gid | 87 |
|---|---|
| station | MPIKA |
| station alias | -- |
| date established | 1933-01-01 |
| date closed | -- |
| declared reporting status | Operational |
| assessed reporting status | Operational |
| station type | Land (fixed) |
| wigos station identifier(s) | 0-894-2-MUMK002|primary,0-20000-0-67477,0-894-1-MPKA028,0-894-1-MUMK001,0-894-1-mpk0027 |
| wmo region | Africa |
| regional wigos center | Southern Africa |
| country | Zambia |
| elevation | 1404 |
| 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: CLIMAT(C);EVAP;M/B;RBCN;RBSN(S);SOILTEMP;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. |
| 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 hills of high altitude |
| population in 10km/50km | -- |
| programs/network affiliation | CLIMAT(C) - deprecated:Closed, GBON:Operational, GOS General:Operational, RBCN - deprecated:Closed, RBON:Operational, RBSN(S) - deprecated:Closed |
| program/network approval status | CLIMAT(C) - deprecated:Approved,GBON:Approved,GOS General:Approved,RBCN - deprecated:Approved,RBON:Approved,RBSN(S) - deprecated:Approved |
| last updated date | 2025-02-03 |
| last updated by | Naomi MUCHIPU |