Deosai (Pakistan)

Pakistan, which is characterized by the most developed irrigation system in the world for arid and semi-arid soils already subject to saturation and salinization, is particularly vulnerable to the impacts of aerosols including climate change impacts. Its fragile watersheds will be at additional risk if rainfalls, although more sporadic, become increasingly intense, causing an intensification of erosion in the western Himalayas.

Within the framework of ABC, SHARE and NEXTDATA it is proposed to set up an aerosol observatory in Karakoram, Pakistan. The rEMOTE cLIMATE sTATION (rcs) in Deosai is extremely important for understanding environmental changes and impacts at local levels in the Karakoram Mountain regions as well as at regional and global levels, furthermore, together with the station Nepal Climate Observatory at Pyramid (NCO-P), installed in Nepal near the Pyramid Laboratory-Observatory at 5,079 m asl and operative since 2006, are the unique high altitude observatories of the ABC network, representative of atmospheric background conditions.

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Latitude: 35° 04' 48.88" N

Longitude: 75° 31'48.28" E

Elevation: 4.135 m a.s.l.

 
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(2014) . Deosai (Pakistan). https://geoportal.mountaingenius.org/geonetwork/srv/api/records/588a60a9-ac05-4c3c-bc7e-cb38ddba0abe
 

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2014-08-29T19:08:00
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Remote Climate Station (RCS) is a modular system, equipped with a real time data transmission able to perform measurements in extreme environmental conditions where the installation of a fully- equipped permanent laboratory or standard monitoring station may be too difficult or expensive. It uses renewable energy sources, in order to ensure a low environmental impact.

In Deosai RCS contributeS to better understanding the impacts of aerosol and pollutants in remote areas far from emission sources. Predictive circulation models and the assessment of impacts on agricultural productivity and living conditions of already disadvantaged local communities will become more thorough.

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Keywords ( Theme )
  • SHARE , monitoring network , , UNEP , ABC
Keywords ( Place )
  • Mountains regions , Karakorum Range , Pakistan , Deosai National Park
GEMET themes ( Theme )
  • air , climate , mountain areas , pollution , research

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