MOUNT RWENZORI (4750 M ASL, UGANDA): METEOROLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION AND AIR-MASS TRANSPORT ANALYSIS

The meteorological conditions at Mount Rwenzori (RWZ), in Western Uganda, are explored by analysing meteorological observations carried out during the years 2006-2009 by an Automatic Weather Station (AWS) installed at 4750 m a.s.l, in the eastern part of the Mount Stanley (0 degrees 22' N and 29 degrees 52' E), the most extensive RWZ glacial mass.