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Station Name: Mt. Kenya
gid 114
Name Mt. Kenya
station al Mount Kenya
Date of establishment 1999-01-01
date close --
declared r Operational
assessed r Unknown
station ty Land (fixed)
WIGOS station ID 0-20008-0-MKN|primary
wmo region Africa
regional w EAC (Kenya & Tanzania)
country Kenya
latitude -0.0621999986
longitude 37.2971992493
elevation 3678.0
geopositio GPS
time zone UTC+3
supervisin Kenyan Meteorological Department
station ur http://www.meteo.go.ke/obsv/gaw/
other link --
site descr The station is situated above Moses Camp on the northern upper slopes of Mt. Kenya in a wildlife preserve above the tree line and provides measurements of the tropical mid-troposphere as well as air from the lower humid boundary layer. Access is along Si
climate zo Warm Temperate - Fully humid - Warm summer
predominan --
surface ro --
topography --
population --
programs/n GAW Global:Operational, NOAA-GML:Closed
last updat 2023-11-28
last upd_1 Jörg Klausen