- China will build the world's highest unmanned automatic
weather information station at an altitude of 5,300 metres on the peak
of Mt Everest to acquire 'error-free climatic data', the state media reported
on Tuesday.
-
- The station will be completed within the year to record
meteorological data like temperature, humidity, air pressure, rainfall,
wind speed and ultraviolet radiation, the director of the monitoring networks
of the Tibet Weather Bureau, Wang Jianshe, said in Lhasa, Tibet's capital.
-
- Currently the unpredictable weather in Mt Everest (Qomolangma
in Chinese) area is monitored by a station, 90 km away, raising the possibility
of errors in accuracy of the information collected.
-
- Wang said the station would help provide long-term and
accurate weather consultations. It would help build a climate database
for regional weather analysis over long periods, Xinhua news agency reported.
-
- The station was part of the local weather authorities'
drive to build an automatic weather monitoring network with 41 stations
across Tibet autonomous region, he said.
-
- The network would cost 27.35 million yuan (US $3.3 million)
to complete. Data would be collected and recorded automatically, and the
stations would be linked by satellite or cable to share information for
research and analysis, Wang said.
-
- © 2003 rediff.com India Limited. All Rights Reserved.
|
