Pha Din

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Station Characteristics Name : Pha Din Country : Viet Nam GAW Category : Regional Platform : Ground base Location : 21.57ºN   103.52ºE   1466m a.m.s.l. Time Zone : UTC+7 Address : Organization : NHMS, Empa Description : Prevailing wind directions: NE in winter and SW in summer. Temperature: 25-30 ˚C in summer and down to 3 ˚C in winter. No snow or ice in winter. Rainfall and humidity: The site is in clouds a considerable fraction of the year with a correspondingly high relative humidity all year long. Population: No residents at the station except for the custodians. No relevant residential areas within 10-20 km, except for sparse individual farm houses. The closest farm house is located in 1 km distance in NE direction. Land cover: Mountain hill area covered with forest. The station itself is above the canopy. Possible influence of local and regional emissions: Occasional corn plant burning in March and April. Staff housing (gas cooking, electrical heating, occasional trash burning) is at the station. No coal power plants and other industrial activities in the region.