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Regional Hydroclimate Project:

CEOP AP
formerly known as CAMP (CEOP Asian Monsoon Project)

Reference Site Name:

Himalayas

Station Name:

Namche

Other Stations at Reference Site:

Lukla
Pheriche
Pyramid
Syangboche

Reference Site Representative:

Name:Gianni Tartari
Affiliation:
CNR-IRSA / Ev-K²-CNR Committee
Address:
Via San Bernardino, 145 . 24126 Bergamo, Italy
E-mail: tartari@irsa.cnr.it
Telephone: +39/035/3230513 or +39/039/21694215
Fax: +39/035/3230551 or +39/035/2004692

Data Management Contact:

Name:Elisa Vuillermoz
Affiliation:
Ev-K²-CNR Committee
Address:
Via San Bernardino, 145 . 24126 Bergamo, Italy
E-mail: elisa.vuillemoz@evk2cnr.org
Telephone: +39/035/3230513
Fax: +39/035/3230551

Associated Web Sites:

• MAHASRI Home Page

Station Location, Maps and Google Earth Files:

Latitude: 27^o 48' 8.6" N
Longitude: 86^o 42' 52.4" E
Elevation: 3560 m a.s.l.

Himalayas Regional Map (click for full resolution):



Namche Local Map (click for full resolution):



Google Earth .kmz file of CEOP_AP Himalayas Reference Site stations and radiosonde locations

Station Description:

General Description:

Intensive meteorological observations in the Khumbu Valley, Nepal Himalayas, have been conducted since the middle 90's in order to provide long-term monitoring of the monsoon at high altitude. This area, being located on the windward side of the Range with respect to the Indian monsoon, is well exposed to the summer winds. The studies conducted have demonstrated that the region is a significant point of observation both of local climate and large-scale circulation. A network of Automated Weather Stations (AWSs) has been established in the Eastern Himalayas: the AWSs are located at different altitudes, over a 40 km stretch oriented approximately south to north.

The terrain around the Himalayas Reference Site (click for full resolution):



Station Operator: Epson Meteo Center

Vegetation and Land Use:

Dominant land cover at the measurement location: No information.

Canopy height: No information.

Land cover within 50 m of site: No information.

Land cover within 500 m of site: No information.

Land cover within 12 km of site: No information.

Seasonal land cover changes: No information.

Major changes in land cover at site from October 2002 to December 2004: No information.

Slope at the site: No information.

Other notes: None.

Soil Type and Characterization:

Surface soil type: No information.

Soil type in deeper layers: No information.

Surface soil porosity: No information.

Soil porosity in deeper layers: No information.

Soil infiltration rate: No information.

Bulk Dry Density: No information.

Saturated Hydraulic Conductivity: No information.

The Soil Reference Group(s) (from World Reference Base for Soil Resources): No information.

Climate:

No information.

CEOP Parameters Measured and Instrumentation:

SURFACE METEOROLOGY AND RADIATION INSTRUMENTATION AND DESCRIPTION: The sensors are mounted on a 2-m and a 5-m masts.
• 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 - 2m CM6B Kipp&Zonen (The Netherlands)
• Outgoing shortwave radiation - Not measured
• Incoming longwave radiation - Not measured
• Outgoing longwave radiation - Not measured
• Net radiation Not measured
• Skin temperature - Not measured
• Incoming Photosynthetically Active Radiation (PAR) - Not measured.
• Outgoing Photosynthetically Active Radiation (PAR) - Not measured.

  Surface meteorological station at Namche (and other Himalayas stations) (click for full resolution):

  

METEOROLOGICAL TOWER INSTRUMENTATION AND DESCRIPTION:

No data of this type available at this station.

FLUX INSTRUMENTATION AND DESCRIPTION:

No data of this type available at this station.

SOIL INSTRUMENTATION AND DESCRIPTION:

No data of this type available at this station.

RADIOSONDE INSTRUMENTATION AND DESCRIPTION:

No data of this type available at this station.

Site References

Web:
None provided.

Literature:

Bollasina, M., L. Bertolani, and G. Tartari, 2002: Meteorological observations in the Khumbu Valley, Nepal Himalayas, 1994-1999, Bull. Glac. Res., 19, 1-11.

Ueno K., R. B. Kayastha, M. R. Chitrakar, O. R. Bajracharya, A. P. Pokhrel, H. Fujinami, T. Kadota, H. Iida, D. P. Manandhar, M. Hattori, T. Yasunari, and M. Nakawo, 2001: Meteorological observations during 1994-2000 at the Automatic Weather Station (GEN-AWS) in Khumbu region, Nepal Himalayas, Bull. Glac. Res., 18, 23-30.

Ueno K., H. Iida, H. Yabuki, K. Seko, A. Sakai, G. S. Lhakupa, R. B. Kayastha, A. P. Pokhrel, M. L. Shrestha, T. Yasunari, and M. Nakawo, 1996: Establishment of the GEN Automatic Weather Station (AWS) in Khumbu region, Nepal Himalayas, Bull. Glac. Res., 14, 13-22.

Presentations:

• MAHASRI (13 March 2007; Washington, DC, USA)
• Introduction to CAMP Quality Control Data System (27 February 2006; Paris, France)
• GAME/CAMP (10 March 2004; Irvine, California, USA)
• GAME/CAMP (02 April 2003; Berlin, Germany)
• CAMP Himalayas 31 March 2003; Berlin Germany)
• CAMP Himalayas (6 March 2002; Tokyo, Japan)

Data Sets and Documentation:

• CEOP Reference Site Data Gateway
• Surface Meteorological Data: Current Status and Browse Plots
• Soil Temperature and Moisture Data: Current Status and Browse Plots
• Flux Data: Current Status and Browse Plots
• Meteorological Tower Data: Current Status and Browse Plots
• EOP-1 Converted Format Data Sets and Documentation
• EOP-1 Native Format Data Sets and Documentation