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Appledore_Island (Appledore Island)

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Image 1 - View of Appledore Island. The UNH observatory and Sun Photometer are located in the 60 foot tall concrete tower centered in the picture. Image 2 - View of the Sun Photometer mounted on the top of the observatory tower looking South. . Image 1 Image 2   Site Coordinates and Elevation: Latitude: 42.98706° North Longitude: 70.61536° West Elevation: 35.0 Meters Site Description: The UNH Observing Station at Appledore Island is located at the Shoals Marine Lab on Appledore Island (42.97N, 70.62W, elevation 55 ft.) in the Isles of Shoals. The instruments our housed in an 60 ft high concrete WWII lookout tower on the top floor. This site, provides us an unique sampling location off the coast of Maine and New Hampshire. This location, during certain meteorological conditions, allows us to measure air masses that do not cross over northern New England giving us information on pollution sources. Principal Investigator(s) Information: Kevan Carpenter E-mail: kevan.carpenter@unh.edu Kevan Carpenter Research Scientist Climate Change Research Center University of New Hampshire 356 Morse Hall, 8 College Rd. Durham, NH 03824 Phone# 603-862-2463 Email: kevan.carpenter@unh.edu Co-Investigator(s) Information Douglas Vandemark E-mail: doug.vandemark@unh.edu Doug Vandemark UNH/OPAL Morse Hall, Rm 142 Durham NH 03801 E-mail: doug.vandemark@unh.edu TEL (603) 862-0195 FAX 603) 862-0195 Site Manager(s) Information: No Site Manager Information Available Responsible Institution(s): University of New Hampshire's Climate Change Research Center and the AIRMAP Institute. NOAA

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