GIS Explore stations and their science

Tsambagarav Research Station

Address

Station manager

Contact Station

Station Features

Opening year: 2014 Status: Open
  • Type of station: Station
  • Operational period:
  • Station owner country:
  • Station latitude: 48,59777800
  • Station longitude: 90,72027800
  • Country (station location): Mongolia
  • Altitude of station: 2300 m a.s.l
  • Min. altitude within study area: 2100 m a.s.l
  • Max. altitude within study area: 4208 m a.s.l
  • Nearest town/settlement: Erdeneburen
  • Distance to nearest town/settlement: 110 km
  • Number of residents in nearest town: 2276
  • Distance to nearest public transport facility (Airport, Ferry terminal, Train station, Bus station): 90 km
  • Distance to nearest research station: 150 km
  • Type of surface facility is built on: Rock, Soft substrate
  • Maps available at station: 180
  • Climate zone: Alpine
  • Period of measurements for climate data below: 30
  • Mean annual temperature: 1,6 °C
  • Mean temperature in February: -19,2 °C
  • Mean temperature in July: 21,3 °C
  • Landscape features Mountains, Moraines, Valleys, Lake, Thermokarst lake, River, Rocky shores
  • Permafrost zone Continuous, Discontinuous, Sporadic
  • Snow and ice on land Glaciers, Permanent snow patches
  • Vegetation zone Gramminoid tundra, Shrub tundra, Grassland
  • Wildlife Terrestrial carnivores, Ungulates, Hares, Rodents, Bird colonies
  • Human use Settlement, Hunting, Agriculture, Tourism, Animal husbandry

Facilities

  • Number of staff peak season/summer: 0
  • Number of staff off season/winter: 0
  • Staff able to assist (fieldwork): Yes - if time allows
  • Staff able to assist (workshops): Yes - if time allows
  • Max. number of visitors at a time : 0
  • Conference room capacity: 0

Science

  • Transnational Access: No
  • Remote Access: No
  • INTERACT Virtual Access: No
  • Climate
    • Snow
    • Rain
    • Hail
  • Landscape and environment
    • Mountains
    • Nunataks
    • Volcano/crater
    • Lava fields
    • Plateaus
    • Moraines
    • Valleys
    • Homothermic Springs
    • Lake
    • Thermokarst lake
    • River
    • Delta/estuarie
    • Fjord
    • Continuous
    • Sea
    • Discontinuous
    • Beach
    • Rocky shores
    • Sporadic
    • Pingos/ice lenses
    • Sea cliffs
    • Other (text)
    • Palsa mires
    • Ice Caps
    • None
    • Glaciers
    • Permanent snow patches
    • None
    • Tree line
    • Polar desert/Semi-desert
    • Gramminoid tundra
    • Shrub tundra
    • Forest tundra
    • Wetlands
    • Peatlands/mires
    • Salt marshes/lagoons
    • Heath
    • Grassland
    • Deciduous forest
    • Terrestrial carnivores
    • Evergreen forest
    • Alpine heath
    • Ungulates
    • Hares
    • Other (text)
    • Rodents
    • Bird colonies
    • Polar bear
    • Whales
    • Seals
    • Fish
    • Settlement
    • Fishing
    • Hunting
    • Forestry
    • Agriculture
    • Tourism
    • Animal husbandry
    • Leisure activities
  • Housing and accomodation
    • Showers
    • Laundry facilities
    • A
    • B
    • C
    • D
    • E
    • F
    • G
    • H
    • I
    • J
    • K
    • L
    • M
    • N
    • O
    • Municipal grid
    • Diesel/oil/gas
    • Wood
    • Solar
    • Wind
    • Water
    • Geothermal
    • Biofuel
    • Other
  • Logistics
    • Electrical and IT technologies
    • Mechanical
    • Metal
    • Wood
    • Plexiglas
    • Other
    • Walk
    • None
    • Tracked vehicle
    • Truck
    • SUV (4x4)
    • Car
    • ATV
    • Zodiac
    • Snowmobile
    • Open boat/Dhinghy
    • Closed boat
    • Bicycles
    • Amphibie vehicle
    • Ski
    • Other
    • Snow shoes
    • KickSledges
    • Other
    • Ski
    • Snowmobile
    • Boat
    • Car
    • Tracked vehicle
    • Truck
    • SUV (4x4)
    • Bus
    • Train
    • Airstrip
    • Scheduled flight
    • Chartered plane/helicopter
    • Helipad
    • Other
    • None
    • Harbour/port
    • Warf/pier
    • Pontoon/float bridge
    • Barges
    • Beach
  • Glacier characteristics
    • Glacier area
    • Topography
    • Elevation change
    • Terminus position
    • Ice velocity
    • Ice thickness
    • Debris cover
    • Surface albedo/reflexion coefficient

Station name and owner

Location

Climate data

Grey colours are WMO Climate Normals including maximum and minimum values. Blue colours are individual years.

Export to PDF

Climate data for the stations where extracted via Copernicus Climate Data Store, from the global gridded reanalysis product:
ERA5 monthly averaged data on single levels from 1940 to present. Description and source code: Roemer J.K. 2023. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10214922 Data Source: Hersbach et al. 2023. Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) Climate Data Store (CDS), https://doi.org/10.24381/cds.f17050d7

Biodiversity and natural environment

History and facilities

General research and databases

Station Monitoring

Human dimension

Access

Member of: