Why ?
Climate change is one of the great scientific puzzles and social challenges.
Changes in surface temperature are well documented for most parts of the
globe. Mountains are particularly vulnerable to changes in climate. Dramatic
reductions of glaciers have been observed. Other changes in the mountain
weather are highly uncertain due to a lack of data. Atmospheric pressure
on a mountain gives us information about the local and large scale flow
and is also a direct measure of the average temperature below the mountain.
The Himalaya (and Everest) are of particular interest as observations there
will allow us to study the upper air during the Indian Summer monsoon
and the fast winds of the jet stream in Winter. Eve will give us the first
high frequency (five minute resolution) data for this important region.
