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Page 1: Observational Facility in Nepal and Operation of AMY-2008 Madan L. Shrestha Department of Hydrology and Meteorology NEPAL The 1 st MAHASRI/AMY Workshop

Observational Facility in Nepal and

Operation of AMY-2008

Madan L. ShresthaDepartment of Hydrology and Meteorology

NEPAL

The 1st MAHASRI/AMY Workshop

8-10 January 2007, Tokyo, Japan

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Meteorological Station in Nepal

• Rainfall Station 337• Climate Station 67• Agrometeorological Station 22• Synoptic Station 9• Aerosynoptic Station 6

Total 442

Automatic Weather Station 18

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AWS station network ­

Physiographic Regions

High Himalaya

High Mountain

Middle Mountain

Siwaliks

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AWS Stations

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Humla

Makalu

Khumbu

Langtang

Kanjiroba

Annapurna

Snow & Glacier station network ­

Physiographic Regions

High Himalaya

High Mountain

Middle Mountain

Siwaliks

Terai

Snow and Glacier stations

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Tsho Rolpa Glacier Lake, Nepal

L=3.3­kmL=3.3­km

B=500­mB=500­m

D=142­mD=142­m Department of Hydrology and Meteorology

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Upper Air Observation

• Upper air observations are not only important but essential toward the understanding of the atmospheric behavior and their prediction.

• At present none in Nepal

• Is there any possibility of even having a temporary station for monitoring the upper atmosphere?

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Near­Sundari­Ghat,­Bagmati,­2002­July

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Spatial Distribution of maximum temperature trends in Nepal for

the period 1977 to 1994.

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Web site of Department of Hydrology and Meteorology

• www.dhm.gov.np

• www.mfd.gov.np

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Physiography

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The Diversity

TRANS HIMALAYAHIGH HIMALAYA

MIDLANDS TERAI

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• In this part of the South Asia especially in the Himalayan region the success story of the monsoon modeling has yet to be made.

• The Himalayan topography is still a scientific challenge to the modeling communities.

Proposal: To make the effort to develop model in the Himalayan region so that it can be applied effectively for the benefit to the people in that region.

Himalayan region and modeling

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Thank­you