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Name
ELDORET KAPSOYA
station al
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Date of establishment
1954-01-01
date close
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declared r
Operational
assessed r
Operational
station ty
Land (fixed)
WIGOS station ID
0-404-300-63686|primary
wmo region
Africa
regional w
EAC (Kenya & Tanzania)
country
Kenya
latitude
0.53333
longitude
35.28333
elevation
2133.0
geopositio
GPS
time zone
UTC+3
supervisin
Kenyan Meteorological Department
station ur
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other link
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site descr
The station was originally registered based on WMO Pub 9 Vol A information containing these observation remarks: CLIMAT(C);EVAP{023};GUAN;HU/FC;RBCN;SKYRA;SOILTEMP;SUNDUR;TOTRA{025};WR OR/OU WT (see code table A for explanations). These remarks imply the
climate zo
Equatorial - Savannah - dry summer
predominan
Mosaic cropland (50-70%) / vegetation (grassland/shrubland/forest) (20-50%)(Surface cover types (GlobCover2009))
surface ro
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topography
(unknown) at middle relative elevation within valleys of high altitude
population
51|1560
programs/n
GBON, GOS General:Operational
last updat
2023-07-13
last upd_1
ANNE WANYOIKE