Uyacha

There is a great call for extended abstracts for the international conference "Beyond Borders: Central Asia in the Face of Climate Change, Water Scarcity, and Migration Challenges." The conference is scheduled for 15-16 October 2024 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, and is jointly organised by IAMO and Westminster International University in Tashkent. The conference organisers invite contributions that address the complex dynamics in Central Asia, including the impacts of climate change on agriculture and rural areas, adaptation strategies, migration and displacement, and policy innovations. Papers using micro data like from the Life in Kyrgyzstan Study are particularly welcome! The deadline for abstract submission is 7 June 2024. For comprehensive details, keynotes, submission guidelines, templates, formatting instructions, and information on travel and accommodation grants, visit the conference webpage at https://lnkd.in/eaUEarXx.

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One of the highest-altitude MeteoTracker session was performed November 3rd in Kyrgyzstan by Uyacha Mountains Nest , in the very center of Asia, along a wonderful high mountain wild area path. The highest point (3117 m) was in correspondence with the exit of the Töö Ashuu tunnel, which connects the two opposite sides of the Kyrgyz Alatau range of the Tien Shan mountains (“Mountain of God”, in the local language). “The maximum elevation of “Kyrgyz Alatau range is 3,586 m (11,765 ft). In the 1960s a 2.8-kilometre-long (1.7 mi) road tunnel was built under the pass at 3,120 m (10,240 ft) elevation, bypassing the uppermost part of the pass road”. The Tien Shan mountains reach a maximum elevation of 7439 m (Jengish Chokusu mount) 🌡 A temperature difference of 4.9° C before and after the tunnel was measured by the MeteoTracker device, pointing out a relevant difference in weather regime between the two opposite sides of the mountains complex. ⛰ At the highest elevation point (3117 m), a pressure of 698 mb was measured. Overall, a temperature difference of 16.9° C was recorded (15.0° in the lowest part of the route at 743 m and -1.9° C soon after the exit of the Töö Ashuu tunnel, at 2950 m). Interested to note, is also the alternation between positive and negative vertical thermal gradient (ratio between temperature variation vs altitude variation, measured in ° C/100 m) measured by the MeteoTracker App, with a prevalence of the negative one (which overall generated the temperature decrease mentioned above). A positive gradient indicates that the temperature increases when the altitude increases (thermal inversion) and viceversa (negative gradient). The maximum gradient measured was -5.3°/100 m, that is, the temperature decreased by 5.3° C when the altitude increased by 100 m. On the MeteoTracker dashboard, the StreetView visualization of the data collected allows for a wonderful panoramic view of the wilderness and peculiarity of the area where the weather tracking was performed. Link to the session (optimized for desktop): https://lnkd.in/dwDDJcYC *** 👉Start your unique weather explorations with the new MeteoTracker X, now available for purchase on the new MeteoTracker website. 🔶BUY NOW, free shipping until November 19 (discount code: M8TSWZKK)🔶 #weatherdata #weatherstation #mobileweather #climatechange #climateaction