Review Article
The Role of Kenya Meteorological Service in Weather Early Warning in Kenya
Table 1
Meteorological and environmental stations in Kenya.
| | Number of stations | Type of stations | Measurements taken |
| | 39 | Synoptic surface weather observation stations (24/7) | For horizontal (spatial) atmospheric sampling of weather elements | | 1 | Upper air station | For vertical atmospheric sampling of weather elements | | 17 | Agrometeorological stations | For monitoring farm crop conditions | | >1000 | Rainfall stations | Dedicated to rainfall measurements only | | 72 | Automatic weather stations (AWSs) | For supplementing conventional stations | | 3 | Automatic weather observing systems (AWOS) | For ensuring safety of aircrafts at airports | | 17 | HydroMet automatic weather stations | For monitoring hydrological elements for water resources management | | 1 | Global atmospheric
watch (GAW) stations on
Mt. Kenya | For background pollution monitoring | | 2 | Urban environmental
pollution monitoring stations | For pollution monitoring | | 1 | Ozonesonde station (Dagoretti) | For pollution monitoring |
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