The China Meteorological Administration has chosen Vaisala's automatic weather stations for the modernization of the weather observation network in the Tibet Autonomous Region
All but one of 41 stations have now been installed in various locations, including two unmanned stations at Mount Everest base camp (5280m above sea level).
The Vaisala weather stations will contribute to the understanding of atmospheric and environmental change, the signs of which can be clearly detected in many mountain areas.
They will also provide a useful meteorological service to local tourism and mountaineers, offering accurate weather data in extreme conditions.
Vaisala's weather stations enable automatic environmental data collection, processing and reporting at the Mount Everest base camp.
They can be interfaced to measure dozens of environmental parameters, such as wind, temperature, relative humidity, pressure, solar radiation, cloud height, visibility and present weather.
The stations use satellite communications to transmit weather information.
All previous observations at the site have been carried out manually.
The Tibet Plateau is an important weather observation area for China because the weather there greatly influences the inland of China.
