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gid
91
Name
MERU
station al
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Date of establishment
1963-01-01
date close
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declared r
Operational
assessed r
Partly operational
station ty
Land (fixed)
WIGOS station ID
0-20000-0-63695|primary
wmo region
Africa
regional w
EAC (Kenya & Tanzania)
country
Kenya
latitude
0.082038
longitude
37.648069
elevation
1617.77
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};RBSN(S);SUNDUR;TOTRA{021} (see code table A for explanations). These remarks imply the following additional observations that could
climate zo
Equatorial - Savannah - dry summer
predominan
Mosaic vegetation (grassland/shrubland/forest) (50-70%) / cropland (20-50%) (Surface cover types (GlobCover2009))
surface ro
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topography
(unknown) at middle relative elevation within mountains of high altitude
population
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programs/n
GBON, GOS General:Operational
last updat
2023-12-27
last upd_1
Anne Kamau