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The Nam Co Station for Multisphere Observation and Research is located to the southeast of the Nam Co Lake in southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region. /China Media Group
China's first weather radar used to observe precipitation on lakes was put into use on the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau.
Located next to the Nam Co Lake at an altitude of 4,730 meters, the radar is an X-band dual-polarization weather radar.
The Nam Co Lake is the world's highest saltwater lake and the third largest lake on the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau in southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region.
With the radar as the center, we can measure precipitation within a radius of 75 kilometers, said Chen Yingying, a researcher at the Institute of Xizang Plateau Research (IXPR) under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS).
By using research facilities, such as weather radar, laser raindrop spectrometer and rain gauges around the lake, precipitation data covering the entire watershed can be obtained, according to Chen.
The data would be sent to the country's National Qinghai-Xizang Plateau Data Center, which undertakes data collection of the second scientific expedition on the plateau, for further research.
The plateau was hailed as the "roof of the world," the "third pole" and the "water tower of Asia."
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