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Tallest meteorological tower to be in use soon
(CRI)
Updated: 2008-09-03 22:55
皇冠体育app's tallest meteorological tower, located in Jiayuguan city in northwest 皇冠体育app's Gansu province with a height of 94.94 meters, will be in use on September 10th, 皇冠体育app Foto Press reports. The tower, named "Bihaimingzhu", or "the Blue Sea and Shining Pearl", has eighteen stories above the ground. The tower is surrounded by a steel framework featuring a dolphin propping up a ball. It contains a metrological radar. The tower will provide extreme weather forecasts, such as gales, thunderstorms and sleet and play a key role in meteorological monitoring along the Hexi Corridor, the northwestern province's grain producing base. |
