"In order to detect the natural contents of various trace elements that represent the uniform mixing of the whole atmosphere, one must meet very high environmental requirements," said Sun Jinglan, deputy director of the comprehensive observation department of the China Meteorological Administration (CMA).
Wang and his colleagues thus eat pre-cooked meals three times a day all year round on the plateau to reduce the impact of cooking fumes on data collection, and many of them suffer from gastrointestinal diseases as a result.
The local government also took a host of measures to ensure the area is not affected by external factors. It has banned all projects discharging pollutants within a 50-km radius of the observatory and even the flight from Xining to Yushu, which had been scheduled to pass through the area, was rerouted.
Outside the station is an 80-meter observation tower, which the monitors often climb up and down in spite of the danger. Neither the heat and strong sunshine nor the cold and windy weather prevent them from dusting, clearing the ice and reinforcing the instruments to ensure the tower's smooth operation.
Over the past 25 years, the meteorologists here have built up an extended series of observations of greenhouse gas concentrations. The carbon dioxide curve based on this data is known as the "Qinghai-Tibet Plateau Curve," or "Maliguan Curve."
"The curves are very important and valuable. One of the main reasons the Chinese government supports the idea of climate change is that we have the relevant observational data," said Liu Ning, governor of Qinghai Province.
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