high-altitude station

A weather observing station at a sufficiently high elevation to be nonrepresentative of conditions near sea level; 6500 feet (about 2000 meters) has been given as a reasonable lower limit.

Related terms:

• pressure-altitude variation
• climatological station pressure
• station elevation
• station pressure
• first-order station
• polar automatic weather station
• station model
• climatological station elevation
• high clouds
• pressure altitude