Station Detail
Station Name: MERU
| gid | 91 |
|---|---|
| Name | MERU |
| station al | -- |
| Date of establishment | 1963-01-01 |
| date close | -- |
| 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 | -- |
| other link | -- |
| 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 | -- |
| topography | (unknown) at middle relative elevation within mountains of high altitude |
| population | -- |
| programs/n | GBON, GOS General:Operational |
| last updat | 2023-12-27 |
| last upd_1 | Anne Kamau |