5f3d2164-2bba-463d-9a44-001b00c83aeb eng a0a53e14-f8ff-42cf-a074-d334dab77c94 Ev-K2-CNR +39 035 3230511 +39 035 3230551 Via San Bernardino 145 Bergamo BG 24126 Italy metadata@evk2cnr.org http://www.evk2cnr.org/ 2025-02-21T18:57:56 ISO 19115:2003/19139 1.0 WGS84 EPSG SHARE-Asia contributions to ABC research Research in the Himalaya and Karakoram: SHARE-Asia Project. 2007-07-10T00:00:00 Developments in Earth Surface Processes - Elsevier 978-0-444-52990-9 0928-2025 The Ev-K2-CNR Project has been promoting and developing research at high altitude (>2,500 m a.sl.) in the Himalaya and Karakoram since 1987. Recently, activities have been focused on development of a monitoring network (stations at High Altitude for Research on the Environment in Asia: SHARE-Asia) to increase the environmental and geophysical scientific knowledge in these mountain regions. Research and monitoring activity at high altitude require a particular experience and a well-organized network. Ev-K2-CNR has accumulated a significant experience in managing a high altitude network of automatic weather stations along the Khumbu Valley (Nepal) and in northern Pakistan (Baltistan region) in the framework of the Coordinated Enhanced Observing Period Project. With the installation of an Atmospheric Brown Clouds Project (ABC) monitoring station near the Pyramid Laboratory-Observatory in 2006, near the base of Mount Everest, SHARE-Asia can also contribute to the study of atmospheric circulation of pollutants. The “ABC-Pyramid” is the first of a network of stations that are planned to be installed at altitudes between 2,500 and 5,000 m a.s.l. along the Himalayan–Karakoram chain. These stations will be operated under active cooperation with the local scientific community, creating ample cooperation between western countries and developing countries in the region. From an environmental point of view, mountains are particularly sensitive and important for monitoring the state of health of our planet. Only through distribution of meteoclimatic and atmospheric composition monitoring points in mountain regions, coupled with modelling simulations, will we be able to thoroughly analyze complex pollutant transport mechanisms and better understand imminent global changes. The Himalayan-Karakoram range - for its elevation and geographic location, represents one of the ideal places for studying long-range pollutant transport systems on a regional scale and for monitoring changes index by mechanisms that act on global scale through monsoon circulation.The Ev-K2-CNR with this book reached its objective of creating a unique opportunity for dialogue between major environmental scientists and experts, highlighting the close relationship between diverse themes with a common underlying thread: in-depth comprehension of the environmental phenomena which are determining the health of our planet. Elsevier Science Publishing Company PO Box 211 Amsterdam Amsterdam 100 AE Netherlands nlinfo@sciencedirect.com http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/homepage.cws_home WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Renato Baudo Institute of Ecosystem Study, ISE-CNR 0323 556 571 0323 518 312 0323 556 513 Largo Vittorio Tonolli, 50/52 Pallanza Novara NO 28048 Italy r.baudo@ise.cnr.it http://www.ise.cnr.it WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Gianni Tartari Water Research Institute of the Italian National Research Council, Italy ( IRSA-CNR) +39 039 21694203 338-8670725 +39 039 2004692 Via del Mulino, 19 Brugherio MB 20047 Italy tartari@irsa.cnr.it www.irsa.cnr.it WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Elisa Vuillermoz Ev-K2-CNR +39 035 323 0513 + 39 035 323 0551 Via San Bernardino, 145 Bergamo BG 24126 Italy elisa.vuillermoz@evk2cnr.org http://www.evk2cnr.org/cms/ WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link https://geoportal.mountaingenius.org/geonetwork/srv/eng/resources.get?uuid=5f3d2164-2bba-463d-9a44-001b00c83aeb&fname=mountain_witness__s.png thumbnail png SHARE ABC high altitude station Nepal Himalaya Karakoram Asia South Asia Pakistan Khumbu Valley climate change global change atmospheric circulation pollutants eng climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere environment geoscientificInformation health society -180 180 -90 90 http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/homepage.cws_home WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Elsevier web site http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0928202506100085 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--related Abstract:"SHARE-Asia contributions to ABC research." “SHARE-Asia contributions to ABC research.” Gianni Tartari Developments in Earth Surface Processes Volume 10, 2007, Pages 51-58 Mountains Witnesses of Global Changes Research in the Himalaya and Karakoram: Share-Asia Project doi:10.1016/S0928-2025(06)10008-5