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Amsterdam_Island (Amsterdam Island )

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Image 1 - A close-up view of the sunphotometer. Image 2 - A view of the sunphoSylvain Barataud Image 1 Image 2   Site Coodinates and Elevation: Latitude: 37.81000° South Longitude: 77.57333° East Elevation: 30.0 Meters Site Description: Amsterdam Island is located approximately 2,600 miles southwest of Perth, Australia in the Indian Ocean and is part of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands. Principal Investigator(s) Information: Brent Holben E-mail: Brent.N.Holben@nasa.gov Brent Holben NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Code 614.4, Building 33, Room G412 Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA Phone: 301-614-6658 Fax: 301-614-6695 E-mail: Brent.N.Holben@nasa.gov AND Jean Sciare E-mail: sciare@cea.fr Jean Sciare LSCE Bat 702, Pce 11 CEA Orme des Merisiers 91191 Gif/Yvette Cedex France Phone: + 33 1 69 08 24 01 / 81 50; Fax : + 33 1 69 08 77 16 E-mail: sciare@cea.fr jean.sciare@lsce.ipsl.fr Site Manager(s) Information: Luc Blarel Email: blarel@loa.univ-lille1.fr Luc Blarel Universiti des Sciences et Technologies de Lille Laboratoire d'Optique Atmosphirique Bbt P5 59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq Cedex, FRANCE Phone: +33-3-20-43-40-63 Fax: +33-3-20-43-43-42 E-mail: blarel@loa.univ-lille1.fr AND Yoann Rebuffet Email: instrum@amsterdam.ipev.fr Yoann Rebuffet Email : instrum@amsterdam.ipev.fr AND Siverine Chapuis Email: instrum@amsterdam.ipev.fr Siverine Chapuis Email : instrum@amsterdam.ipev.fr AND Sylvain Barataud Email: instrum@amsterdam.ipev.fr Sylvain Barataud Email : instrum@amsterdam.ipev.fr Responsible Institution(s): IPEV, French Polar Institute http://www.ifremer.fr/ifrtp/

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Image 3 - A view of the sunphotometer and meterological observatory on AmsterdamSM
Image 4 - An aerial view of Amsterdam Island.

Last Generated: 9 FEB 2012