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Image 1 - View of the instrument platform. Image 2 - view of the sunphotometer Image 1 Image 2   Site Coordinates and Elevation: Latitude: 82.49000° North Longitude: 62.42000° West Elevation: 210.0 Meters Site Description: Alert is located 12 km (7.5 mi) west of Cape Sheridan, the northeastern tip of Ellesmere Island, on theshore of the ice-covered Lincoln Sea. Alert lies just 817 km (508 mi) from the North Pole; the nearestCanadian city is Iqaluit, the capital of the territory of Nunavut, 2,092 km (1,300 mi) away. The settlementis surrounded by rugged hills and valleys. The shore is composed primarily of slate and shale. The sea iscovered with pack ice for most of the year but the ice pack does move out in the summer months,leaving open water. Evaporation rates are also very low, as average monthly temperatures are abovefreezing only in July and August. In 1986, the Dr. Neil Trivett Global Atmospheric Watch Observatory wasopened as Canada's first research station for the continuous monitoring of background concentrationsof trace gases and aerosols. The Alert GAW Observatory is approximately 400 m2 in size and is situated210 m above sea level and 6 km SSW of CFS Alert. It is located on the northeastern tip of EllesmereIsland in Nunavut, Canada at 82°;28'N and 62°30'W Principal Investigator(s) Information: Vitali Fioletov E-mail: vitali.fioletov@ec.gc.ca Vitali Fioletov Senior Research Scientist Air Quality Research Division Science and Technology Branch Environment Canada 4905 Dufferin Street Toronto, Ontario, M3H 5T4 Canada E-mail: vitali.fioletov@ec.gc.ca Phone: 416 739 4915 Fax: 416 739 4281 Site Manager(s) Information: Ihab Abboud Email: Ihab.Abboud@ec.gc.ca Ihab Abboud Measurement and Analysis Research Section Air Quality Research Division Science and Technology Branch Environment Canada Centre for Atmospheric Research Experiments (CARE) 6248 Eighth Line Egbert, Ontario, Canada L0L 1N0 (705) 458-3302 (voice) (416) 802-1071 (mobile) (705) 458-3301 (fax) Email: Ihab.Abboud@ec.gc.ca Responsible Institution(s): Environment and Climate Change Canada/AEROCAN https://www.ec.gc.ca

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