This sensor measures precipitation volumes with the tipping technique, where each signal is a fixed volume of water. It is located next to a large Pluviometer on the left moraine (looking up-valley) or Langshisha Glacier in the Langtang Valley. It is no longer operational.
| Schema | iso19139 |
| Purpose | For the hydrological, atmospheric and cryosphere research |
| Descriptive Keyword | precipitation, meteorology (theme) Langtang, Nepal (place) |
| Metadata Record Info | |
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| Language | eng |
| Charset | utf8 |
| Hierarchy Level | dataset |
| Date | 2026-01-23T14:46:05 |
| Standard Name | North American Profile of ISO 19115:2003 |
| Contact | |||
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| Name | Mr. Jakob Steiner | jakob.steiner@icimod.org | |
| Organization Name | ICIMOD | Voice | |
| Position name | Glacier Hydrologist | Address | |
| Role | author | ||
| Identification Info | |
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| Title | Tipping Bucket: Langshisha Pluvio |
| Date | 2020-03-11 |
| Date Type | publication |
| Abstract | This sensor measures precipitation volumes with the tipping technique, where each signal is a fixed volume of water. It is located next to a large Pluviometer on the left moraine (looking up-valley) or Langshisha Glacier in the Langtang Valley. It is no longer operational. |
| Purpose | For the hydrological, atmospheric and cryosphere research |
| Status | completed |
| Charset | utf8 |
| Topic Category | climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere |
| Spatial Representation Type | |
| Cited Responsible Parties | |||
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| Name | Mr. Jakob Steiner | jakob.steiner@icimod.org | |
| Organization Name | ICIMOD | Voice | 977-1-5275222 |
| Position name | Glacier Hydrologist | Address | Nepal |
| Role | author | ||
| Name | Prof. Walter Immerzeel | w.w.immerzeel@uu.nl | |
| Organization Name | Utrecht University | Voice | |
| Position name | Address | ||
| Role | author |
| Geographic Extent | |||
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| Geographic Extent East | 85.68619 | Geographic Extent West | 85.68619 |
| Geographic Extent North | 28.20265 | Geographic Extent South | 28.20265 |
| Resource Maintenance Information | |
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| Maintenance and update frequency | notPlanned |
| User Defined Maintenance Frequency | |
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| Legal Constraints | |
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| Use Limitation | Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) |
| Access Constraints | license |
| Use Constraints | license |
| Reference System Information | |
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| Code | WGS 1984 |
| Data Quality Info | |
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| Hierarchy level | dataset |
| Distributor Info | |||
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| metadata@icimod.org | Organization Name | ICIMOD | |
| Voice | Position name | ||
| Address | Role | distributor | |