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Image 1 - A view of the sun photometer and pyranometers. Image 2 - A view of the sun photometer and pyranometers. Image 1 Image 2   Site Coordinates and Elevation: Latitude: 41.38925° North Longitude: 2.11206° East Elevation: 125.0 Meters Site Description: This photometer is located in Barcelona city on the roof of the Technical University of Catalonia in Barcelona (Spain). The building is 5 km west of the city center and 6 km from the Mediterranean sea. Additionally, Barcelona site is part of SolRad-Net (http://solrad-net.gsfc.nasa.gov/) and EARLINET (www.earlinet.org/) networks. This set of instruments provides an opportunity to investigate the presence for different aerosol types and its influence on regional meteorological processes. Principal Investigator(s) Information: Michael Sicard E-mail: michael.sicard@univ-reunion.fr Michael Sicard LACy - Laboratoire de l'Atmosphère et des Cyclones UMR 8105 UR CNRS MF Université de La Réunion 15 avenue René Cassin - CS 92003 97744 SAINT DENIS CEDEX 9 Tel. +262 2 62 52 89 63 / Internal 2763 Email: michael.sicard@univ-reunion.fr Co-Investigator(s) Information Alejandro Rodriguez Gomez E-mail: alejandro.rodriguez.gomez@upc.edu Alejandro Rodriguez Gomez UPC, Campus Nord Dept. TSC c/ Jordi Girona, 1-3, Edif. D4-008 08034 Barcelona, Spain Tel. 0034 93 413 7237 Fax. 0034 93 401 7200 Email: alejandro.rodriguez.gomez@upc.edu Site Manager(s) Information: Alejandro Rodriguez Gomez Email: alejandro.rodriguez.gomez@upc.edu Alejandro Rodriguez Gomez UPC, Campus Nord Dept. TSC c/ Jordi Girona, 1-3, Edif. D4-008 08034 Barcelona, Spain Tel. 0034 93 413 7237 Fax. 0034 93 401 7200 Email: alejandro.rodriguez.gomez@upc.edu Responsible Institution(s): CommSensLab Dept. of Signal Theory and Communications Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) 08034-Barcelona, Spain

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