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These meteorological stations of the Senamhi are part of one of the few monitoring networks in the worlds glaciers, with continuous schedule records of more than 14 years.The National Meteorology and Hydrology Service of Peru (Senamhi), an agency assigned to the Ministry of Environment, has published a scientific article in the prestigious Frontiers magazine as part of the special edition The State and Fate of the Cry -Cryosphere in the South American Andes. The article, entitled Weather Stations on Tropical Glaciers: A multivariate dataset for crystone and climate research on peruvian glaciers, presents the network of meteorological stations operated by the senamhi in glacial environments of the country.
The article, led by Dr. Wilson Suarez, Senamhi specialist in criosphere issues and member of the Nieves and Ice working group of UNESCO (GTNH), presents the network of weather stations installed in tropical glaciers of Peru and highlights the global relevance of this observation network.
These stations represent a unique source of weather information in tropical criosphere areas, particularly on glacial ice itself, which is very rare in the world, and especially scarce in South America. In addition to its scientific value, the maintenance of this network represents a technical and logistic challenge, since not only personnel with high physical capacity are required to access these remote areas, but also a special structural design to operate on the surface of ice in constant movement, he said Dr. Suarez.
Since 2011, within the framework of the adaptation project to the accelerated recoil of glaciers in the Tropical Andes (Praa), Senamhi installed the first meteorological stations in these difficult access environments: one in the frontal morren Cusco).
Subsequently, in 2015 and in alliance with the Specialized Association for Sustainable Development (Aedes), a third station on the Nevado Coropuna (5800 m, Arequipa) was installed, and in 2022, Senamhi assumed the operation of a scientific station installed by the University of the Apalaches on the Nevado Quelccaya (5640 m, Cusco).
The data collected, with air temperature records, precipitation, short and long wave radiation, among other meteorological parameters, allow us to better understand the processes that affect tropical glaciers and their interaction with the weather. They are also fundamental for research on climate change, water resources management, validation of satellite products and calibration of climatic models.
This publication is for free in the link of the magazine https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/earth-science/articles/10.3389/feart.2025.1563983/fulull.
This publication reaffirms the commitment of Senamhi with the strengthening of climate science in Peru and the world, and with the generation of evidence -based information for decision -making against the impacts of climate change in the Andean region.
