Location of Automatic Weather Stations of Bhutan

The Map showing locations of Automactic Weather Station (AWS)of Bhutan. Parameters observed by AWS are Temperature,Rainfall,Humidity,Wind Speed and Direction, Solar Radiation and Air Pressure. These data are availabe from 2010. The parameters are observed daily. Data are observed and sent to Head Office every after 15-30mins via GSM/GPRS/Satellite.. There are 22 AWS in Bhutan under DHMS,MoEA.

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Date ( Creation )
2014-06-17
Originator
  Department of hydro-met Services - Dema Yangzom ( Engineer )
Bhutan
17879635
Purpose
For Agricultural, Tourism, Hydro-Power Sectors, etc (Multi purpose)
Status
Completed
Maintenance and update frequency
As needed
( Theme )
  • weather
Keywords ( Place )
  • Bhutan
Use limitation
The meteorological data/paramenters can be accessed from the Department of Hydromet Services, for this the users have to fill up a data requisition form which is available on our department website www.hydromet.gov.bt and submit to the department to avail requisition data.
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Use constraints
Copyright
Spatial representation type
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Metadata language
eng
Character set
UTF8
Topic category
  • Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere
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Reference system identifier
drukref03
Originator
  Dema yangzom - Engineer
17879635
OnLine resource
www.bhutangeoportal.gov.bt ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link )
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Dataset
Statement
Location Points collected using Handheld GPS. The annual average max/min temperature will be updated annually.
File identifier
94fe8780-05d8-40e8-85d7-d83a782d85cc XML
Metadata language
eng
Character set
UTF8
Date stamp
2014-10-06T12:10:24
Metadata standard name
North American Profile of ISO 19115:2003
Originator
  DHMS, MoEA - Dema Yangzom ( Engineer )
 
 

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