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Station Name: BANJUL/YUNDUM
gid 3
station BANJUL/YUNDUM
station al --
Date established 1963-01-01
date close --
declared r Operational
assessed r Partly operational
Station type Land (fixed)
WIGOS ID 0-20000-0-61701|primary
wmo region Africa
regional w --
country Gambia
latitude 13.34262
longitude -16.64978
elevation 36
geopositio GPS
time zone UTC
supervisin Department of Water Resources
station ur --
other link --
site descr The station was originally registered based on WMO Pub 9 Vol A information containing these observation remarks: A;CLIMAT(C);EVAP;RBCN;RBSN(S);SOILTEMP;SUNDUR (see code table A for explanations). These remarks imply the following additional observations
climate zo Equatorial - Savannah - dry winter
predominan Mosaic cropland (50-70%) / vegetation (grassland/shrubland/forest) (20-50%)(Surface cover types (GlobCover2009))
surface ro --
topography (unknown) at middle relative elevation within hollows of very low altitude
population --
programs/n CLIMAT(C) - deprecated:Closed, GBON, GOS General:Operational, Lightning detection system:Operational, RBCN - deprecated:Closed, RBON:Operational, RBSN(S) - deprecated:Closed
last updat 2023-06-01
last upd_1 Mam Sohna Secka