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Mt. Kenya, Kenya [MKN]

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Location

  • Country: Kenya Country Flag
  • Latitude: 0.0622° South
  • Longitude: 37.2972° East
  • Elevation: 3644.00 masl
  • Time Zone: Local Standard Time + -3.0 hour(s) = UTC

Data

Cooperating Agencies

  • Kenya Meteorological Department

The station is situated above Moses Camp on the northern upper slopes of Mt. Kenya in a wildlife preserve above the tree line and provides measurements of the tropical mid-troposphere as well as air from the lower humid boundary layer. Access is along Sirimon Route, a distance of 21km from the Nanyuki-Timau tarmac. The turn-off is about 16km from Nanyuki. A new settlement has been created in the former forest land after the turn-off.

GML Projects at Mt. Kenya

Carbon Cycle Surface Flasks

Parameter Formula First Sample Date Status
Carbon Dioxide CO2 2003-12-23 Terminated - 2011-06-21
Methane CH4 2003-12-23 Terminated - 2011-06-21
Carbon Monoxide CO 2003-12-23 Terminated - 2011-06-21
Molecular Hydrogen H2 2003-12-23 Terminated - 2011-06-21
Nitrous Oxide N2O 2003-12-23 Terminated - 2011-06-21
Sulfur Hexafluoride SF6 2003-12-23 Terminated - 2011-06-21
Carbon-13/Carbon-12 in Carbon Dioxide d13C (CO2) 2003-12-23 Terminated - 2011-06-21
Oxygen-18/Oxygen-16 in Carbon Dioxide d18O (CO2) 2003-12-23 Terminated - 2011-06-21
Methyl Chloride CH3Cl 2006-02-24 Terminated - 2011-06-21
Benzene C6H6 2008-09-11 Terminated - 2011-06-21
Toluene C7H8 2008-09-11 Terminated - 2011-06-21
Ethane C2H6 2006-02-24 Terminated - 2011-06-21
Ethene C2H4 2006-02-24 Terminated - 2011-06-21
Propane C3H8 2006-02-24 Terminated - 2011-06-21
Propene C3H6 2006-02-24 Terminated - 2011-06-21
i-Butane i-C4H10 2006-02-24 Terminated - 2011-06-21
n-Butane n-C4H10 2006-02-24 Terminated - 2011-06-21
i-Pentane i-C5H12 2006-02-24 Terminated - 2011-06-21
n-Pentane n-C5H12 2006-02-24 Terminated - 2011-06-21
n-Hexane n-C6H14 2006-02-24 Terminated - 2011-06-21
isoprene C5H8 2008-09-11 Terminated - 2011-06-21
Acetylene C2H2 2008-09-11 Terminated - 2011-06-21