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Image 1 - Cimel Model T installed on the roof of the Gaslab at the Universidad de Costa Rica. Image 2 - Ticosonde Project logo Image 1 Image 2   Site Coordinates and Elevation: Latitude: 9.93944° North Longitude: 84.04250° West Elevation: 1230.0 Meters Site Description: The unit will be located on top of the building (near the roof) with clear line of site of the sky at the GasLab of the University of Costa Rica. The site is located at the E-NE of San Jose (SJ) downtown, the capital of Costa Rica. Trade wind es East to West, so aerosols will not come from the main city but there is some active vehicle circulation near the site. Turrialba volcano (passive degassing with occasional ash eruptions) and Irazu volcano (dormant) are located to the East of the site, so wind will bring volcanic plume on top of the site when there is significant activity. Site conduct regular ozonesonde and CFH sonde launches por NASA satellite calibration and validation projects. A PANDORA instrument will be added to the site later this year. Principal Investigator(s) Information: Jorge Andres Diaz E-mail: Jorge.diaz@ucr.ac.cr Prof. Jorge Andres Diaz, Ph.D. Universidad de Costa Rica Physics School Head. GasLab. CICANUM. Edificio Beta. Ciudad de la Investigación. UCR San José. COSTA RICA Cell: +506 7242 9323 Office: +506 2511 2417 USA: +1 651 315 7828 Email: Jorge.diaz@ucr.ac.cr Alt: Jorge.andres.diaz@gmail.com Site Manager(s) Information: Ernesto Corrales Email: ernestocorr@gmail.com Ing. Ernesto Corrales Universidad de Costa Rica Physics School Staff. GasLab. CICANUM. Edificio Beta. Ciudad de la Investigación. UCR San José. COSTA RICA Cell: +506 8339 3750 Office: +506 2511 2428 Email: ernestocorr@gmail.com Responsible Institution(s): Universidad de Costa Rica https://www.ucr.ac.cr/ http://cicanum.ucr.ac.cr/es/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6y2B0yleH9E

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