cb6bdef2-d41a-4178-90a3-2f891549b264 eng 23b422ce-c269-40ce-b92c-3d4bee526a57 Ev-K2-CNR +39 035 3230511 +39 035 3230551 Via San Bernardino 145 Bergamo BG 24126 Italy metadata@evk2cnr.org http://www.evk2cnr.org 2011-11-22T17:05:19 ISO 19115:2003/19139 1.0 13 WGS 84 (EPSG:4326) EPSG 7.4 Global radiation 2011-03-30T17:51:00 In the framework of Ev-K2-CNR / SHARE (Stations at High Altitude for Research on the Environment) project the first permanent Automatic Weather Station (AWS) has been installed in Uganda, on July 18, 2006 in the western part of the Stanley Plateau, the biggest Rwenzori glacial mass. The Project was carried out during the celebration of Mt. Ruwenzori first ascent by Duke of Abruzzi in 1906 . This station has the same technical characteristics of the Ev-K2- CNR networks located in the high altitude regions of Himalaya and Karakorum. The station records continuously measurements of the seven meteorological standard parameters: air temperature, relative humidity, wind speed and direction, atmospheric pressure, global solar radiation and total precipitation. The Rwenzori observations will permit to study physical and dynamical processes at Africa high elevations in the framework of SHARE and GEWEX-CEOP HE programs to improve our understanding of variability and change in hydrological and energy cycles and their role in the climate system. The purpose of this resource is to acquire data on: - global solar radiation (W/m2). The Rwenzori observations will permit to study physical and dynamical processes at African high elevations in the framework of SHARE and GEWEX-CEOP HE programs to improve our understanding of variability and change in hydrological and energy cycles and their role in the climate system. Ev-K2-CNR +39 035 3230511 +39 035 3230551 Via San Bernardino 145 Bergamo BG 24126 Italy evk2cnr@evk2cnr.org http://www.evk2cnr.org/ https://geoportal.mountaingenius.org/geonetwork/srv/eng/resources.get?uuid=cb6bdef2-d41a-4178-90a3-2f891549b264&fname=logoSHAREnuovo_s.png thumbnail png https://geoportal.mountaingenius.org/geonetwork/srv/eng/resources.get?uuid=cb6bdef2-d41a-4178-90a3-2f891549b264&fname=logoSHAREnuovo.png large_thumbnail png thermal power plant GEMET SHARE Network Station High Altitude AWS Rwenzori Range Uganda Elena Glacier No conditions apply eng climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere environment geoscientificInformation -180 180 -90 90 https://geoportal.mountaingenius.org/webapp/srv/en/resources.get?id=106&fname=&access=private WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link SHARE Geonetwork portal https://geoportal.mountaingenius.org/webapp/srv/en/resources.get?id=23472&fname=Global_radiometer_dpa153.pdf&access=private WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download Global_radiometer_dpa153.pdf User’s manual Global radiometer (DPA153-554-559, BSR153) https://geoportal.mountaingenius.org/webapp/srv/en/resources.get?id=23472&fname=Chapter_7_Measurement_of_radiation.pdf&access=private WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download Chapter_7_Measurement_of_radiation.pdf Guide to Meteorological Instruments and Methods of Observation WMO-No. 8-Chapter 7 :”Measurement of radiation” The instrument needed for measuring solar radiation a spectral range from 300 to 3 000 nm is the pyranometer. The pyranometer is sometimes used to measure solar radiation on surfaces inclined in the horizontal and in the inverted position to measure reflected global radiation. When measuring the diffuse sky component of solar radiation, the direct solar component is screened from the pyranometer by a shading device. No conditions apply