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Name
Mt. Kenya
station al
Mount Kenya
Date of establishment
1999-01-01
date close
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declared r
Operational
assessed r
Unknown
station ty
Land (fixed)
WIGOS station ID
0-20008-0-MKN|primary
wmo region
Africa
regional w
EAC (Kenya & Tanzania)
country
Kenya
latitude
-0.0621999986
longitude
37.2971992493
elevation
3678.0
geopositio
GPS
time zone
UTC+3
supervisin
Kenyan Meteorological Department
station ur
http://www.meteo.go.ke/obsv/gaw/
other link
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site descr
The station is situated above Moses Camp on the northern upper slopes of Mt. Kenya in a wildlife preserve above the tree line and provides measurements of the tropical mid-troposphere as well as air from the lower humid boundary layer. Access is along Si
climate zo
Warm Temperate - Fully humid - Warm summer
predominan
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surface ro
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topography
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population
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programs/n
GAW Global:Operational, NOAA-GML:Closed
last updat
2023-11-28
last upd_1
Jörg Klausen