Everest - Pyramid

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Station Characteristics Name : Everest - Pyramid Country : Nepal GAW Category : Global Platform : Ground base Location : 27.96ºN   86.81ºE   5079m a.m.s.l. Time Zone : 5.75 Address : Organization : Institute for Atmospheric Sciences and Climate - National Research Council, ISAC-CNR, Italy, www.isac.cnr.it EV-K2-CNR Committee, EV-K2_CNR, Italy, http://www.evk2cnr.org/en/ Description : The Everest - Pyramid station, founded by EV-K2-CNR Commitee in the framework of SHARE (Stations at High Altitude for the Research on the Environment) project (http://www.evk2cnr.org/en/), is located in the southern Himalayan region at the confluence of the secondary valley of Lobuche (oriented NNW-SSE) and the main Khumbu Valley. The station was placed not far from the Pyramid International Laboratory/Observatory and in proximity of the Mt. Everest base camp. All the instrumentation is housed in a wood and aluminium shelter consisting of two rooms, one for the instruments and a smaller one where batteries for the power supply are stored. The power needed to carry out the experimental activity (~ 3 kW) is provided by 96 photovoltaic panels with 120 electric storage cells. Through the aluminium roof, four sampling lines allow the sampling of gases and aerosol particles. In the framework of the UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme) ABC (Atmospheric Brown Clouds) project, this station is also named "NCO-P"(Nepal Climate Observatory at Pyramid). In the framework of the EV-K2-CNR SHARE (Station at High Altitude for Research on the Environment) project, this station is also named "ABC-Pyramid".