At noon on May 4, the members of the mainland Everest expedition team successfully reached the summit and used high-precision radar for the first time to measure the thickness of ice and snow at the summit. At about 12:46, the team successfully erected the world's highest automatic weather station on Mount Everest. This is the first time that the scientific expedition of Mount Everest on the mainland has exceeded the altitude of more than 8,000 meters, which is of epoch-making significance in the history of scientific investigation and research on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.
Meteorological expedition team launches meteorological support mechanism (01:12)
In order to complete the task of summit climbing and scientific expedition, the Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, and the Meteorological Bureau of the Tibet Autonomous Region have joined hands to launch a meteorological support mechanism. After the meteorological support service team arrived at the Base Camp of Mount Everest, it set up high-altitude detection equipment, debugging instruments, balloon filling, releasing balls, collecting high-altitude data, producing and publishing service reports, and so on. The team members ensured the normal operation of the instruments and equipment and accurately served the Everest scientific expedition.
On May 3, 2022, the "Peak Mission" Everest Scientific Expedition Meteorological Support Team Camp.
On May 2, 2022, at the Base Camp of Everest Mountaineering, researchers checked the wind measurement radar.
On May 3, 2022, at the Everest Mountaineering Base Camp, researchers view atmospheric data.
On May 3, 2022, at the Base Camp of Everest Mountaineering, researchers inspected the operation of the ozone flux device.
On May 3, 2022, in the meteorological emergency support vehicle of the Everest Mountaineering Base Camp, the staff of the Meteorological Bureau of the Tibet Autonomous Region viewed real-time meteorological data.
On May 3, 2022, at the Base Camp of Everest Mountaineering, researchers inflated the atmospheric ozone probe balloon.
On May 3, 2022, at the Everest Mountaineering Base Camp, researchers inspected a microwave radiometer.
On May 3, 2022, in the meteorological emergency support vehicle of the Everest Mountaineering Base Camp, the staff of the Meteorological Bureau of the Tibet Autonomous Region discussed the weather situation.
"Peak Mission 2022 - Comprehensive Scientific Expedition and Research on the Extremely High Altitude Area of Mount Everest" was attended by 16 scientific expedition teams from 5 scientific expedition teams and a total of more than 270 scientific expedition team members. This is a comprehensive scientific expedition with the widest subject coverage, the largest number of participants, and the most advanced instruments and equipment since the launch of the comprehensive scientific expedition on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in 2017. The "Peak Mission" Everest scientific expedition will for the first time break through the altitude of more than 8,000 meters and complete the comprehensive scientific investigation task of the summit of Mount Everest, which is a feat of human beings to carry out extremely high altitude comprehensive scientific investigation and research in the Everest region.
Source: Xinhua News Agency, CCTV News