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gid
38
Name
GARISSA
station al
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Date of establishment
1932-01-01
date close
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declared r
Operational
assessed r
Operational
station ty
Land (fixed)
WIGOS station ID
0-20000-0-63723|primary
wmo region
Africa
regional w
EAC (Kenya & Tanzania)
country
Kenya
latitude
-0.476425
longitude
39.647412
elevation
143.0
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};GSN;RBCN;RBSN(S);SUNDUR;TOTRA{021} (see code table A for explanations). These remarks imply the following additional obse
climate zo
Desert - Hot arid
predominan
Sparse (<15%) vegetation(Surface cover types (GlobCover2009))
surface ro
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topography
(unknown) at low relative elevation within plains of low altitude
population
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programs/n
CLIMAT(C) - deprecated, GBON, GOS General:Operational, GSN:Operational
last updat
2024-01-19
last upd_1
Anne Kamau