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Name
EMBU
station al
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Date of establishment
1975-01-01
date close
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declared r
Operational
assessed r
Partly operational
station ty
Land (fixed)
WIGOS station ID
0-20000-0-63720|primary
wmo region
Africa
regional w
EAC (Kenya & Tanzania)
country
Kenya
latitude
-0.500633
longitude
37.459108
elevation
1517.6
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: EVAP{023};SUNDUR;TOTRA{021} (see code table A for explanations). These remarks imply the following additional observations that could not be
climate zo
Equatorial - Savannah - dry summer
predominan
Closed (>40%) broadleaved deciduous forest (>5m)(Surface cover types (GlobCover2009))
surface ro
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topography
(unknown) at middle relative elevation within valleys of high altitude
population
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programs/n
GBON:Operational, GOS General:Operational
last updat
2024-01-15
last upd_1
Anne Kamau