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Trinidad_Head (Trinidad Head, CA)

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Image 1 - photo of sunphotometer site. Image 2 - photo of sunphotometer site. Image 1 Image 2   Site Coodinates and Elevation: Latitude: 41.05392° North Longitude: 124.15102° West Elevation: 105.0 Meters Site Description: Located on a point jutting into the ocean along the remote north coast of California, Trinidad Head is ideally suited for atmospheric measurements. Much of the time the site experiences baseline conditions, but it also allows for the monitoring of regionally influenced air, affected mainly by forested lands, but to a lesser extent, air having a small urban influence. An instrument trailer was installed in April 2002 allowing measurements of aerosols, surface ozone, radiation, and flask sampling for halocarbons and carbon cycle gases. Within a year, weekly airborne vertical profile measurements of carbon cycle gases will be collected in flasks above and upwind of Trinidad Head. GMD's measurements will provide a continuous baseline of pollution and climate forcing agents in air entering the U.S. Further plans include installing a GCMS for measuring PAN, hydrocarbons, and certain halocarbons. Additional measurements will be included as the Observatory matures. Already, at this location, SHumboldt State University http://www.humboldt.edu/ 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 Ellsworth G. Dutton E-mail: Ellsworth.G.Dutton@noaa.gov Ellsworth G. Dutton NOAA.ESRL Global Monitoring Division 325 Broadway R/GMD1 Boulder, CO 80305-3328 Phone: 303-497-6660 FAX: 303-497-6290 E mail: Ellsworth.G.Dutton@noaa.gov Site Manager(s) Information: Michael Ives Email: michael.ives@noaa.gov Michael Ives Humboldt State University Telonicher Marine Laboratory 570 Ewing Street Trinidad Head, California, 95570 Phone: (707) 407-5099 Fax: (707) 826-3682 Email: michael.ives@noaa.gov Responsible Institution(s): Humboldt State University http://www.humboldt.edu/

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