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Image 1 - View of the Frying Pan Tower. Image 2 - Richard Neal with the Cimel Sunphotometer. Image 1 Image 2   Site Coordinates and Elevation: Latitude: 33.48530° North Longitude: 77.59010° West Elevation: 41.0 Meters Site Description: Frying Pan Tower or FPTower located offshore 36 mi east of Cape Fear, NC on eastern edge of Frying Pan shoals, 50‘ water depth. Nearest town Southport, NC. FPT formerly Coastal Guard’s lighthouse now privately owned. Aeronet SeaPrizm instrument installed on south east corner of top platform (16’x16’), fixed to rails safeguard, the platform’s helipad is 85 feet above water with the light tower at 135 feet. The instrument has unobstructed 360° view above 10° of horizon. The instrument has clear view of sea surface from east to south, west-south-west sea surface view obstructed by platform. Principal Investigator(s) Information: Pawan Gupta E-mail: pawan.gupta@nasa.gov Pawan Gupta NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Code 618. Bldg.33. Rm.G412 Greenbelt, MD. 20771 Tel: 301-614-6658 Email: pawan.gupta@nasa.gov Elena Lind E-mail: elena.lind@nasa.gov Elena Lind NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Code 618. Bldg.33. Rm.G414 Greenbelt, MD 20771 Tel: 301-614-6629 Email: elena.lind@nasa.gov Site Manager(s) Information: Richard Neal Email: richard@fptower.org Richard Neal FPTower Inc 4005 Watercraft Ferry Ave Unit 302 Wilmington NC 28412 Tel: +1 704-907-0399 Email: richard@fptower.org Responsible Institution(s): NASA Goddard Space Flight Center AERONET Project https://aeronet.gsfc.nasa.gov FPTower Inc 4005 Watercraft Ferry Ave Unit 302 Wilmington NC 28412

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