Mt. Rwenzori (Elena Glacier, Uganda)

The Rwenzori Mountains (called also “Mountains of the Moon”), with heights of up to 5,109 m asl., are located in the central Africa, on the border between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo, in the Ugandan National Park an UNESCO World Heritage Site.

In the Rwenzori Range some of the main peaks are covered with permanent snow and glacier, while the lower slopes are covered with dense forest. Besides there are several massifs such as Point Margherita, the third highest African summit after, Mt. Kilimanjaro and Mt. Kenya.

The first AWS (Automatic Weather Station) RW was installed, in Uganda, in the western part of the Stanley Plateau, on July 18, 2006. This station worked in continuous from 2006 to 2009. In 2009 the station interruppted its work due to difficult environmental conditions, and in 2013 this station was replaced with a new one.

Geographical coordinates:

- Latitude: 0° 22' 34.55" N

- Longitude: 29° 52' 43.24" E

- Elevation: 4.750 m a.s.l.

 
Citation proposal
(2011) . Mt. Rwenzori (Elena Glacier, Uganda). https://geoportal.mountaingenius.org/geonetwork/srv/api/records/f6d92273-3cfb-4ec9-a627-f2b8850f8b8e
 

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f6d92273-3cfb-4ec9-a627-f2b8850f8b8e   XML
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OGC:WMS-1.1.1-http-get-map
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GLG:KML-2.0-http-get-map
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WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download
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WGS 84 (EPSG:4326)
 

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  • Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere
  • Geoscientific information
  • Environment
 

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GEMET themes ( Theme )
  • air , climate , natural areas , pollution , research
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Keywords ( Theme )
  • SHARE , NEXTDATA , monitoring network , high altitude station
Keywords ( Place )
  • Rwenzori Range , Elena Glacier , Rwenzori Mountain National Park
 
 

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Date ( Publication )
2011-04-12T19:08:00
 

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The automatic weather stations (AWS) for monitor meteorological conditions are currently included in the SHARE network.

An automatic weather station (AWS) is defined as a “meteorological station at which observations are made and transmitted automatically” (WMO, 1992a).

In particular, in the framework of the SHARE project for all parameters, the data has been visually checked, looking for extremely and unusual low/high values and/or periods with constant values.

 

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Organisation name
Ev-K2-CNR
Email
evk2cnr@evk2cnr.org
 

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Ev-K2-CNR
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evk2cnr@evk2cnr.org
 

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Ev-K2-CNR
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Date stamp
2025-02-21T16:46:43
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eng
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UTF8
 
 

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