Title
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Urdukas (Baltoro Glacier, Baltistan - Pakistan) |
Date
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2014-07-31T19:08:00 |
Date type
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Publication: Date identifies when the resource was issued
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Abstract
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The Baltoro Glacier, 62 km long, is one of the longest glaciers outside of the Polar Regions. It is located in Baltistan,
in the Northern Areas of Pakistan, and runs through part of the Karakoram mountain range. In the middle of the Baltoro glacier
there is the campsite of Urdukas located on the trek way to Concordia.
This automatic weather station was installed, in June 17, 2004 on the Baltoro Glacier, more precisely on a moraine ridge
close to the left glacier margin at 3926 m asl.
Geographical coordinates:
Latitude: 35° 43' 41" N
Longitude: 76° 17' 10" E
Elevation: 3926 m a.s.l.
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Purpose
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The Urdukas AWS, installed in 2004, provides data (with a 60 minute time resolution" for the following parameters:
- air temperature (°C)
- atmospheric pressure (hPa)
- relative humidity (%)
- total precipitation (mm)
- global solar radiation (W/m2)
- wind speed (m/s)
- wind direction (degree)
In 2011 the Urdukas AWS has been implemented with a new data logger (LSI-Lastem E-log)and new sensors to monitor:
- four component of radiations (W/m2) + sensor internal temperature (CNR1)
- snow level (m)
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Status
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On going: Data is continually being updated
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Maintenance and update frequency
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As needed: Data is updated as deemed necessary
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Descriptive keywords
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SHARE, NEXTDATA, monitoring network, high altitude station (theme). |
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Descriptive keywords
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Urdukas, Baltoro Glacier, Pakistan (place). |
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Use limitation
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Data Sharing and Publication Policy at DISTRIBUTION SECTION |
Access constraints
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Intellectual property rights: Rights to financial benefit from and control of distribution of non-tangible
property that is a result of creativity
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Spatial representation type
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Vector: Vector data is used to represent geographic data
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Character set
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UTF8: 8-bit variable size UCS Transfer Format, based on ISO/IEC 10646
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Topic category code
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Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere |
Topic category code
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Geoscientific information |
Topic category code
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Environment |
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