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Image 1 - The Cimel in operation with a view to the south. Image 2 - The platform with the instruments and a view to the east. Image 1 Image 2   Site Coordinates and Elevation: Latitude: 17.97045° North Longitude: 67.04538° West Elevation: 12.4 Meters Site Description: The sun photometer is located at the University of Puerto Rico's Department of Marine Sciences' Isla Magueyes Field Station, La Parguera, southwestern Puerto Rico. A platform was built to place the instrument at the highest point of the main research building. Principal Investigator(s) Information: Pawan Gupta E-mail: pawan.gupta@nasa.gov Pawan Gupta NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Code 618. Bldg.33. Rm.G412 Greenbelt, MD. 20771 Tel: 301-614-6658 Email: pawan.gupta@nasa.gov Elena Lind E-mail: elena.lind@nasa.gov Elena Lind NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Code 618. Bldg.33. Rm.G414 Greenbelt, MD 20771 Tel: 301-614-6629 Email: elena.lind@nasa.gov Site Manager(s) Information: Roy Armstrong Email: roy.armstrong@upr.edu Roy A. Armstrong, Ph.D University of Puerto Rico Department of Marine Sciences Po Box 9000 Mayaguez, PR 00681-9000 tel. (787) 899-2048, ext. 249 fax (787) 899-5500 Email: roy.armstrong@upr.edu AND Yasmin Detres Email: yasmin.detres@upr.edu Yasmin Detres, Ph.D. University of Puerto Rico Department of Marine Sciences Isla Magueyes Field Station Road# 304 La Parguera Lajas, P.R. 00667 Tel: (787)899-2048 Ext 283 Email: yasmin.detres@upr.edu Responsible Institution(s): NASA's AERONET http://aeronet.gsfc.nasa.gov University of Puerto Rico http://bio-optics.uprm.edu/ http://www.uprm.edu/

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