PYRAMID METEOROLOGICAL NETWORK - EVK2CNR

The Pyramid Meteorological Network, located in Himalaya (Nepal), on the southern slopes of Mt. Everest is composed of 7 meteorological stations located between 2660 and 7986 m a.s.l., which have collected continuous climatic data during the last 30 years (1994-2023). These data are here available for download and specific for each parameter and each station on the dedicated Geoportal:

https://geoportal.mountaingenius.org/portal/index.php/data/

 
Citation proposal
(2025) . PYRAMID METEOROLOGICAL NETWORK - EVK2CNR. https://geoportal.mountaingenius.org/geonetwork/srv/api/records/7eb9e2b2-a7af-45b5-9189-491b7d948781
 

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7eb9e2b2-a7af-45b5-9189-491b7d948781   XML
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Online resource
Protocol
WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download
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Metadata language
eng
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code
WGS 1984(EPSG:4326)
 

Classification of data and services

Topic category
  • Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere
  • Environment
  • Geoscientific information
 

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Keywords

  • thermal power plant
Other keywords
Keywords
  • SHARE , Network , Station , High Altitude
Keywords ( Place )
  • Nepal , Mt. Everest , Himalaya
Keywords ( Theme )
  • climate , research , glaciers , natural areas , climate
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Date ( Publication )
2025-04-12T17:51:00
 

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This station, together with the AWS installed in the same period at Kala Patthar (5,600 m a.s.l.) will surely be two significant components of Ev-K2 CNR/SHARE Network in the Khumbu Valley, which already includes AWSs at Lukla: 2,660 (8,727 ft.) m a.s.l., Namche: 3,560 m (11,680 ft.) a.s.l., Pheriche: 4,258 m (13,970 ft.) a.s.l. and at the Pyramid: 5,050 m (16,568 ft.) a.s.l. Near the Pyramid, at 5,079 m (16,663 ft.) a.s.l., there is also a more complete atmospheric monitoring station which is part of the UNEP Atmospheric Brown Clouds observatory project (reference name: Nepal Climate Observatory- Pyramid) and the WMO Global Atmosphere Watch network(reference name: Pyramid Everest station). Data from the South Col AWS could contribute to several studies concerning meteorology and climate changes in the region. Information from this station can also help improve safety for Himalayan climbing expeditions, as it is to be integrated in the weather forecast of Nepal’s Department of Hydrology and Meteorological Forecasting Division. After a test period during summer 2008, the South Col AWS station has been re-installed on May 2011. The South Col station is equipped with technologically-advanced sensors for measuring temperature, humidity, wind speed and direction, atmospheric pressure and solar radiation. Support, energy and data transmission systems are optimized for functioning in adverse weather conditions. South Col AWS observations can provide useful information for investigating: (i) the variability of the subtropical jet stream analysis, (ii) the summer monsoon onset and decay, (iii) the stratospheric intrusion events, (iv) the occurrence of severe weather conditions on Mt. Everest. South Col AWS provides data (with a 60 minute time resolution) of the following parameters:

- air temperature (°C)

- relative humidity (%)

- atmospheric pressure (hPa)

- wind speed (m/s)

- wind direction (degree)

- incoming shortwave radiation (W/m2)

- incoming UVA radiation (W/m2)

 

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Contact for the resource
Organisation name
Ev-K2-CNR
Email
evk2cnr@evk2cnr.org
 

Responsible organization (s)

Contact for the resource
Organisation name
Ev-K2-CNR
Email
evk2cnr@evk2cnr.org
 

Metadata information

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Organisation name
Ev-K2-CNR
Email
metadata@evk2cnr.org
Date stamp
2025-04-12T18:53:16
Metadata language
eng
Character set
UTF8
 
 

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Conformance class 1: invocable

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Conformance class 3: harmonized

 
 

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