Suskat Observatory - Pakanajol

In the framework of the SusKat (Sustainable Atmosphere for the Kathmandu Valley), ABC-UNEP, SHARE and NextData Projects, CNR-ISAC and URT Ev-K2-CNR participated in the setting-up of the Kathmandu (Pakanajol) monitoring station. In particular, the station is equipped with:

• meteorological sensors;

• global pyranometer for downward solar short-wave radiation;

• surface ozone analyzer;

• optical particle counter for aerosol size distribution from 0.3 to 10 micron;

• on-line PM1/PM10 analyser ;

• multi-angle absorption photometer for equivalent black carbon mass measurement.

 
Citation proposal
(2011) . Suskat Observatory - Pakanajol. https://geoportal.mountaingenius.org/geonetwork/srv/api/records/1446e706-e2d4-47dd-88e9-c178d06d044e
 

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Date ( Publication )
2011-04-12T19:08:00
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Purpose
The aim of this air quality and climatic urban station will provide complementary information to that of the NCO-P GAW-WMO Global Station, thus representing a reliable reference point for typical urban (and polluted) conditions in the Himalaya foothills, increasing basic knowledge on air pollution in the Kathmandu valley and its possible recirculation to the Himalayas and the free troposphere.
Status
On going

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  +39 035 3230551 
Website
http://www.evk2cnr.org/  

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  +39 051 639 9652 
Maintenance and update frequency
As needed
Keywords ( Theme )
  • SUSKAT , SHARE , ABC , UNEP , NEXTDATA
Keywords ( Place )
  • Nepal
GEMET themes ( Theme )
  • air , climate , short lived climate forcers , pollution , research , meteorology
Keywords ( Theme )
  • urban area
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Topic category
  • Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere
  • Geoscientific information
  • Environment
Time period
2013-01-27T01:00:00
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Reference system identifier
EPSG / WGS 84 (EPSG:4326) / 7.4
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Geometry only
Geometric object type
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Geometric object count
1
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Data are daily checked by operators at ISAC-CNR in Bologna and validated year-by-year.

The instrumental set-up is composed by:

-Optical Particle Counter (FAI instruments, OPC MONITOR) for aerosol number size distribution (from 280 nm to 10 micron).

-UV-absorption analyser (Thermo Tei49i) for ozone mixing ratio

-Multi Angle Absorption Photometer (Thermo MAAP 5012) for equivalent black carbon concentration

-PM1-PM10 low volume sampler (FAI instruments, SWAM dual channel) for PM1 and PM10 mass.

-Meteorological station (Vaisala, WXT520) for air temperature, atmospheric pressure, relative humidity, rain precipitation, wind speed and direction

-Solar radiometer (Kipp&Zonene CMP21) for global solarradiation irradiance

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1446e706-e2d4-47dd-88e9-c178d06d044e   XML
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eng
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Date stamp
2025-02-21T16:41:37
Metadata standard name
ISO 19115:2003/19139
Metadata standard version
1.0

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  +39 035 3230551 
Website
http://www.evk2cnr.org  
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