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Image 1 - View of the sunphotometer. Image 2 - View of the sunphotometer. Image 1 Image 2   Site Coordinates and Elevation: Latitude: 0.19624° South Longitude: 78.43559° West Elevation: 2414.0 Meters Site Description: The Atmospheric Measurement Station at Universidad San Francisco de Quito (EMA USFQ, Spanish acronym) began operations in June 2014. EMA is a rooftop facility sited on the Science and Engineering building at USFQ's main campus. USFQ is located in Cumbaya, a valley town east of Quito, Ecuador. At EMA we continously monitor weather varibles (temperature, humidity, precipitation, solar radiation, and wind speed and direction) as well as surface ozone and NOx. In addition, we monitor tropospheric and stratospheric ozone above the equatorial Andes through monthly ozonesonde launches on board of high altitude balloons Principal Investigator(s) Information: Maria del Carmen Cazorla E-mail: mcazorla@usfq.edu.ec Maria del Carmen Cazorla, PhD USFQ Professor Department of Environmental Engineering Universidad San Francisco de Quito Edificio Maxwell BS 211 Av. Interoceánica s/n y Pampite Quito, Ecuador Phone: (593) 2 2971700 ext. 1128 or 1576 Email: mcazorla@usfq.edu.ec Site Manager(s) Information: Maria del Carmen Cazorla Email: mcazorla@usfq.edu.ec Maria del Carmen Cazorla, PhD USFQ Professor Department of Environmental Engineering Universidad San Francisco de Quito Edificio Maxwell BS 211 Av. Interoceánica s/n y Pampite Quito, Ecuador Phone: (593) 2 2971700 ext. 1128 or 1576 Email: mcazorla@usfq.edu.ec AND Edgar Herrera Email: ema@usfq.edu.ec Edgar Herrera Station Engineer USFQ Campus cumbaya Av, Interoceanica y Pampite Quito, Ecuador Phone: (593) 2 2971700 ext. 1576 E-mail: ema@usfq.edu.ec Responsible Institution(s): www.usfq.edu.ec www.usfq.edu.ec/programas_academicos/colegios/politecnico/institutos/iia

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