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Kuujjuarapik (Kuujjuuarapik, Canada)

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Image 1 - A view of the instrument on the roof. Image 2 - Another view of the sunphotometer. Image 1 Image 2   Site Coordinates and Elevation: Latitude: 55.28000° North Longitude: 77.76000° West Elevation: 20.0 Meters Site Description: This sun photometer site is located at the Centre d'Etudes Nordiques (CEN), which has a research station at Whapmagoostui-Kuujjuarapik (55° N, 78° W), a small isolated community in sub arctic Quebec, on the east coast of Hudson Bay at the mouth of the Great Whale River. It is only accessible by plane and boat. The research station is the main infrastructure of the CEN northern facilities. It is open year-round. It was built in the 1970's and includes accommodations, a cafeteria, a workshop and warehouses. A station of the CEN Environmental Telemetry Network is located on the site. Principal Investigator(s) Information: Norm O'Neill E-mail: norm.oneill@USherbrooke.ca Norm O'Neill Centre d'applications et de recherches en teledetection (CARTEL) Universite de Sherbrooke Sherbrooke, Quebec Canada J1K 2R1 Phone: 819-821-8000 ext 62965 E-mail: norm.oneill@USherbrooke.ca AND Ihab Abboud E-mail: Ihab.Abboud@ec.gc.ca Ihab Abboud Measurement and Analysis Research Section Air Quality Research Division Science and Technology Branch Environment Canada Centre for Atmospheric Research Experiments (CARE) 6248 Eighth Line Egbert, Ontario, Canada L0L 1N0 (705) 458-3302 (voice) (416) 802-1071 (mobile) (705) 458-3301 (fax) Email: Ihab.Abboud@ec.gc.ca AND Vitali Fioletov E-mail: vitali.fioletov@ec.gc.ca Vitali Fioletov Senior Research Scientist Air Quality Research Division Science and Technology Branch Environment Canada 4905 Dufferin Street Toronto, Ontario, M3H 5T4 Canada E-mail: vitali.fioletov@ec.gc.ca Phone: 416 739 4915 Fax: 416 739 4281 Site Manager(s) Information: Ihab Abboud Email: Ihab.Abboud@ec.gc.ca Ihab Abboud Measurement and Analysis Research Section Air Quality Research Division Science and Technology Branch Environment Canada Centre for Atmospheric Research Experiments (CARE) 6248 Eighth Line Egbert, Ontario, Canada L0L 1N0 (705) 458-3302 (voice) (416) 802-1071 (mobile) (705) 458-3301 (fax) Email: Ihab.Abboud@ec.gc.ca Responsible Institution(s): AEROCAN Network, Canada Centre for Remote Sensing (CCRS), http://www.aerocanonline.com/templates/nature/index.html

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Image 3 - A view of the CEN station at Whapmagoostui-Kuujjuarapik.

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