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Image 1 - View of sunphotometer. Image 2 - Another view of the sunphotometer. Image 1 Image 2   Site Coordinates and Elevation: Latitude: 38.19750° North Longitude: 15.56683° East Elevation: 15.0 Meters Site Description: The Sun-photometer is located on the roof of the Institute for Coastal Marine Environment - Section of Messina (National Research Council of Italy). The site is facing the Straits of Messina which corresponds to the confluence of currents coming from Tyrrhenian and Ionian seas. Along the year Messina straits is commonly monitored with sea and remote sensing campaigns.  Principal Investigator(s) Information: Angelo Palombo E-mail: angelo.palombo@cnr.it Angelo Palombo CNR IMAA (Istituto di Metodologie per l'Analisi Ambientale) Via del Fosso del Cavaliere 100 00133 Roma, Italy Phone: +39 06 45488080 Fax: +39 06 45488211 email: angelo.palombo@cnr.it AND Stefano Pignatti E-mail: stefano.pignatti@cnr.it Stefano Pignatti CNR IMAA (Istituto di Metodologie per l'Analisi Ambientale ) Via Fosso del cavaliere 100 00133 Roma, Italy Phone: + 39 06 9100312 E-mail: stefano.pignatti@cnr.it Site Manager(s) Information: Michele Furnari Email: michele.furnari@cnr.it Michele Furnari CNR IRBIM (Istituto per le Risorse Biologiche e le Biotecnologie Marine) Spianata Ranieri 86 98122 Messina, Italy Phone: + 39 090 6015427 Fax +39 090 669007 E-mail: michele.furnari@cnr.it Responsible Institution(s): CNR IMAAInstitute of Methodologies for Environmental AnalysisArea Ricerca Tor VergataVia Fosso del Cavaliere 10000133 Roma . Italytel: +39 06 45488023Mob: +39 340 9039091

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