An Introduction to Atmospheric and Environmental Comprehensive Observation and Research Station on Mt. Qomolangma,Chinese Academy of Sciences(AECORSQ,CAS):A New Base for the Study of Atmosphere-Land Interaction over the Himalaya Area
MA Yao-ming
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Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China
The mountains of Himalayas are the important channels for the mass exchange between surface layer of Northern Hemisphere and troposphere atmosphere.The mountains relate surface layer atmosphere over the Tibetan Plateau and the above free atmosphere through many atmospheric circulation systems including mountain-valley wind and glacier wind etc.Mt.Qomolangma is the highest peak in the world,and its nearby region is a representative case of mountains of Himalayas.Firstly the back ground of the establishment of the Atmospheric and Environmental Comprehensive Observation and Research Station on Mt.Qomolangma,Chinese Academy of Sciences(AECORSQ,CAS) and the role of the station in the study of the atmosphere-land interaction over Himalayas area was introduced in this paper.Then the preliminary observational analysis results,such as the characteristics of air temperature,pressure,air humidity,wind speed and wind direction,the structure of the Atmospheric Boundary Layer(ABL),the atmospheric turbulent characteristics and the energy exchange between the land surface and surface layer atmosphere,were shown.The instruments layout of the AECORSQ,CAS was also given here.
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An Introduction to Atmospheric and Environmental Comprehensive Observation and Research Station on Mt. Qomolangma,Chinese Academy of Sciences(AECORSQ,CAS):A New Base for the Study of Atmosphere-Land Interaction over the Himalaya Area. Plateau Meteorology. 2007, 26(6): 1141-1145