A short communication on meteorological observations at Mt. Everest 6523 m

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A. XIE
D. QIN
J. REN
C. XIAO
X. QUIN
S. HOU
X. YANG
Y. JIANG

Abstract

Mt. Everest is relatively inaccessible and little is known about its meteorology. On 27 April 2005, an automatic weather station was displayed on the north column (28º01′0.95″N, 86º57′48.4″E, 6523 masl) of Mt. Everest. This paper summarizes the meteorological data collected from 1 May to 22 July 2005. The measured variables included long-wave radiation, air temperature, relative humidity and baromteric pressure. The daily record indicates synoptic scale variability in the thermodynamic variables, while short-wave radiation and wind speed decrease gradually at different degree, net radiation changes little with a slight increase, and wind direction turns from north to south.

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