Pheriche (Khumbu Valley, Himalaya - Nepal)

In the Khumbu Valley, in the area of Sagarmatha National Park, a network of 6 Automatic Weather Stations (AWSs) has been installed over the past 10 years. The meteorological stations are located in Lukla (2,660 m a.s.l.), Namche (3,570 m a.s.l.) Pheriche (4,260 m a.s.l.) and Lobuche, nearby the Pyramid Laboratory-Observatory (5,050 m a.s.l.). The network takes hourly measurements of seven standard parameters: temperature, relative humidity, atmospheric pressure, wind speed and direction, global radiation, total precipitation.
 
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(2011) . Pheriche (Khumbu Valley, Himalaya - Nepal). https://geoportal.mountaingenius.org/geonetwork/srv/api/records/d25f5ff1-4ad0-4388-9bba-095221ede834
 

Identification

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Citation

Date ( Publication )
2011-05-20T03:00:00
Purpose
Pheriche station is involved in the project of international monitoring CEOP. The main goal is to contribute to the study of climate change impacts and adaptation strategies. The project also aims to make new and more complete information on climate changes and their local, regional and global consequences available to governments and international agencies.
Status
Completed

  Point of contact

  +39 035 3230551 
Website
http://www.evk2cnr.org/  
Maintenance and update frequency
As needed
GEMET ( Theme )
  • thermal power plant
Keywords
  • SHARE , Network , Station , High Altitude
Keywords ( Theme )
  • CEOP , GAW , WMO
Keywords ( Place )
  • Nepal , Pheriche , Khumbu Valley , Sagarmatha National Park

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eng
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  • Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere
  • Environment
  • Geoscientific information
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Himalayas Reference Site Pheriche Station  

Himalayas Reference Site Pheriche Station

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Pheriche Station is part of the Pyramid Weather Network (PMN) which aims gain knowledge of the climate of high altitude the Himalayas and Karakorum, to study the complex mechanisms of local interaction between atmospheric circulation and synoptic. This station is reference point within the CEOP-High Elevation (CEOP-HE) initiative, promoted in order to investigate possible changes of hydrological and energy cycles in high elevation regions and to better elucidate the role of mountains within the climate system from a local to global scales.

Periche AWS provides data (with a 60 minute time resolution) of the following parameters:

- air temperature (°C)

- total precipitation (mm)

- relative humidity (%)

- atmospheric pressure (hPa)

- wind speed (m/s)

- wind direction (degree)

- global solar radiation (W/m2)

 

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Point
Geometric object count
1
 

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EPSG / WGS 84 (EPSG:4326) / 7.4
 

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d25f5ff1-4ad0-4388-9bba-095221ede834   XML
Metadata language
eng
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UTF8
Parent identifier
a028a3eb-244a-496a-bf14-3edb2615002f
Hierarchy level
Series
Date stamp
2025-01-21T08:16:20
Metadata standard name
ISO 19115:2003/19139
Metadata standard version
1.0

  Point of contact

  +39 035 3230551 
Website
http://www.evk2cnr.org  
 
 

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As needed
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