China sets up weather station atop Mount Everest: All you need to know about it
Written by Shresta Dutt on May 6, 2022
A team of Chinese scientists has set up the world’s highest weather station on Mount Everest, or Qomolangma, at an altitude of 8,830 metres above sea level.
The team successfully tested the automatic station by conducting a transmission to show that the system is working.
According to CGTN, China now has seven such stations, including three on the north side of the mountain, between 5,200 metres and 8,300 metres.
The highest weather station in the world
According to the South China Morning Post, the weather station will be the first to use high-precision radar to measure the thickness of snow and ice on the peak on the China-Nepal border.
The report said that the new station replaces the Balcony Station, set up by American and British scientists in 2019. It was the highest weather station on Earth, sitting at about 8,430 metres above sea level, till now.
Powered by solar panels, the station is designed to last for two years under harsh weather conditions and is equipped with a satellite communications system for data transmission, CGTN reported.
According to Xinhua, the radio station has been coded to transmit every 12 minutes.
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