I. About the station
Qomolangma Station for Atmospheric and Environmental Observation and Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences (28.21°N, 86.56°E, and 4,276 m a.s.l) is located in Zhaxizong Township, Dingri County, about 30 km away from the Base Camp at Mount Qomolangma, about 80 km to Dingri County and about 650 km to Lhasa. The station includes two zones: the observation site and the living area, with a total area of 30 mu (2 hectares). The observation field and the living area are separated by fences in the middle. The living area spans approximately 2,000 square meters. The station is constructed with 800 square meters of multifunctional buildings dedicated to scientific research, experimentation, and living, including 300 square meters for scientific research office and experimental analysis, 400 square meters for expert apartment and 100 square meters for instrument storage. The conference room is equipped with a video conferencing system that enables remote video conferencing.
Overview of the Station
Since its establishment, many talents have grown up with this station as their base, such as one associate research fellow (Li Maoshan), one senior engineer (Ma Weiqiang), and one associate professor (Zhong Lei). In the past five years, two postdoctoral fellows (Zhong Lei and Zhou Degang) have been trained in the station. Besides, 11 doctoral students, 10 master students and 7 in-station doctoral students have made use of the observation data of the station. The analysis of the data has yielded in numerous findings in the fields of atmospheric physics, atmospheric environment, hydrology, and geophysics. Over the past 8 years, more than 70 papers (including 27 SCI-SCIE papers) have been published.
II. Research objectives
In observational researches of atmospheric and environmental processes, we can gain a proper understanding of the atmospheric and related environmental processes in the Himalayas, as well as their interconnections with weather patterns and climate change in China, East Asia, South Asia, and the world.
Atmospheric physical boundary layer tower and wind profiler radar
Radio sounding monitoring and chemical monitoring of glacier
Geophysical Sts-2 earthquake observation and geophysical GPS monitoring
Ⅲ. Contact information
Academic director: Ma Yaoming
Station director: Ma Weiqiang
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