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South_Pole_Obs_NOAA (South Pole, Antarctica)

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Image 1 - view of the sunphotometer. Image 2 - view of the sunphotometer. Image 1 Image 2   Site Coodinates and Elevation: Latitude: 89.99643° South Longitude: 70.30000° East Elevation: 2850.0 Meters Site Description: The instrument is located on a table atop the roof of the Atmospheric Research Observatory (ARO), the building that houses the NOAA/ESRL baseline observatory SPO at Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, Antarctica. ARO is approximately 1/2 kilometer upwind of the main station complex; the station itself is roughly 1400 kilometers from any other anthropogenic influences. 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 James Butler E-mail: james.h.butler@noaa.gov Dr. James Butler NOAA/ESRL R/GMD1 325 Broadway Boulder, CO 80305 Phone: (303) 497-6898 Email: james.h.butler@noaa.gov Site Manager(s) Information: Brian Vasel Email: brian.vasel@noaa.gov Off site: Brian Vasel NOAA/ESRL R/GMD1 325 Broadway Boulder, CO 80305 Phone: (303) 497-6655 Email: brian.vasel@noaa.gov On-site: Personnel rotate, but email remains the same: noaa@usap.gov Responsible Institution(s): NOAA/ESRL http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/gmd/index.html

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