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Image 1 - A view of the sunphotometer site. Image 2 - Another view of the sunphotometer site. Image 1 Image 2   Site Coodinates and Elevation: Latitude: 36.60667° North Longitude: 97.48639° West Elevation: 318.0 Meters Site Description: The U.S. Southern Great Plains (SGP) Cloud and Radiation Testbed (CART) Site was the first field measurement site established by DOE's Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Program. Scientists are using the information obtained from the SGP to improve cloud and radiative models and parameterizations and, thereby, the performance of atmospheric general circulation models used for climate research. Principal Investigator(s) Information: Rick Wagener E-mail: wagener@bnl.gov Rick Wagener Brookhaven National Laboratory P.O. Box 5000 Bldg.490D Upton, NY 11973 Phone: 631-344-5886 Email: wagener@bnl.gov Site Manager(s) Information: Dan Rusk Email: drusk@ops.sgp.arm.gov Dan J. Rusk Site Operations Manager Southern Great Plains ARM Climate Research Facility 309600 EW 28 Billings OK 74630 Voice: (580) 388-4053 Fax: (580) 388-4052 drusk@ops.sgp.arm.gov AND Mark Klassen Email: markk@ops.sgp.arm.gov Mark Klassen ACRF Southern Great Plains Site 309600 EW28 Billings, OK 74630-2045 Phone: (580) 388-4053 Fax: (580) 388-4052 e-mail: markk@ops.sgp.arm.gov Responsible Institution(s): Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Program, Southern Great Plains http://www.arm.gov/docs/sites/sgp/sgp.html

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Image 3 - Another view of the sunphotometer site.
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Image 6 - Another view of the sunphotometer site.

Last Generated: 9 FEB 2012