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Mauna_Loa (Mauna Loa, Hawaii)

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Image 1 - Close up of sunphotometer pad with Mauna Kea in the back ground. Image 2 - Sunphotometer pad is located to the right of the 40 meter tower in the picture. Image 1 Image 2   Site Coodinates and Elevation: Latitude: 19.53900° North Longitude: 155.57800° West Elevation: 3397.0 Meters Site Description: Mauna Loa Observatory (MLO) is located on the northern slope of the Mauna Loa Volcano on the Island of Hawaii at an elevation of 11,140 ft (3.4 km). MLO is the main calibration site for AERONET reference instruments due to its high altitude and isolation from most local and regional sources of aerosols. 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 Site Manager(s) Information: Paul Fukumura-Sawada Email: paul.fukumura@noaa.gov Paul Fukumura-Sawada Mauna Loa Observatory 1437 Kilauea Avenue Ste.102 Hilo, Hawaii 96720 Phone# 808-933-6965 Fax#808-933-6967 E-mail: paul.fukumura@noaa.gov Responsible Institution(s): NASA's AERONET http://aeronet.gsfc.nasa.gov

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