Meteo-climatic observations in this area are very important for the study of the environmental changes that are affecting this ecosystem, helping the scientific community to improve the prediction of the evolution of this environmental phenomena and modification.

The AWS in Namche Bazar is reference stations in CEOP (Coordinated Energy and Water Cycle Observation Project) under the WMO’s initiative World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) – Global Energy and Water cycle Experiment (WCRP-GEWEX).

The technologically advanced AWS instrumentation is developed by the

Italian manufacturer LSI-Lastem.

The AWS guarantee continuous measurements of air temperature, relative humidity, atmospheric pressure, global solar radiation, UVA radiation, wind speed and direction.

The AWS is equipped with this sensors:

- Station pressure 2m CX115P Lsi-Lastem (Italy)

- Air Temperature 2m DMA570 Lsi-Lastem (Italy))

- Dew point - (2 m derived)

- Relative humidity 2 m DMA570 Lsi-Lastem (Italy)

- Specific humidity (2 m derived)

- Wind speed 5m DNA022 Lsi-Lastem (Italy)

- Wind direction 5m DNA022 Lsi-Lastem (Italy)

- U wind component (derived) (5 m)

- V wind component (derived) (5 m)

- Precipitation - 1.5m DQA035 Lsi-Lastem (Italy)

- Snow depth - Not Measured

- Incoming shortwave radiation – 2 m CM3 Kipp&Zonen (The Netherlands)

- Outgoing shortwave radiation - 2 m CM3 Kipp&Zonen (The Netherlands)

- Incoming longwave radiation - 2 m CG3 Kipp&Zonen (The Netherlands)

- Outgoing longwave radiation - 2 m CG3 Kipp&Zonen (The Netherlands)

- Net radiation (derived) (2 m)