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Highest Atmospheric Pollution Monitoring Station Comes into Operation in Nepal

Posted on: Saturday, 25 February 2006, 09:00 CST

Highest atmospheric pollution monitoring station comes into operation in Nepal

KATHMANDU, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- The highest atmospheric pollution monitoring station in the world has begun to collect data on the composition of the atmosphere over the Himalayas and the Asian plateau, Radio Nepal reported Saturday.

The Ev-K2-CNR Committee's ABC-Pyramid station was set up in Khumbu Valley of Nepal at a height of 5,079 meters, the state- owned radio said.

"Continuous measurements are being carried out, using instruments like nephelometer, DMPS-SMPS, optical particle counter, black carbon and ozone analyzer. All meteorological parameters are also being monitored," the radio quoted the Ev-K2-CNR Committee as saying.

"Hi-volume sampling for aerosol chemical composition (inorganic, organic, mass and dust) and steel flask sampling for the analyses of halocarbons relevant for climate issues have also begun," the radio said.

ABC-Pyramid will make up for a lack of crucial information from remote, high altitude areas in the South Asian region on the environmental consequences of the rapid economic development of one of the most densely populated areas of the world.

"Stations at High Altitude for Research on the Environment in Asia (SHARE-Asia) program, aim to provide data on background conditions of the troposphere, while helping researchers quantify pollution levels at high altitudes of the Himalayan ridges and study regional and long-range air mass transport of natural and anthropogenic compounds," the radio added.

Source: Xinhua News Agency - CEIS

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