The stations’ data serve weather nowcasts, forecasts and student trainings. These include three solar-powered SHM30 snow depth sensors from Lufft placed in the Yala Glacier and the Kyanjin Gompa, which is a part of the Langtang valley. In order to save energy, it’s operated without any heater delivering measured values at prevailing temperatures above -10 °C reliably.
ICIMOD was supplied by the Lufft distributor Real Time Solutions, located in Lalitpur, Nepal.