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Granite_Island (Granite Island, Michigan)

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Image 1 - View of the sunphotometer Image 2 - View of the sunphotometer Image 1 Image 2   Site Coordinates and Elevation: Latitude: 46.72080° North Longitude: 87.41200° West Elevation: 183.0 Meters Site Description: The instrument site is located at Granite Island, a 10,077 square meter (2.49 acre) island located in Lake Superior. The nearest land point is approximately 10 km (6 miles) and Marquette, Michigan is the closest city 19 km (12 miles) away. The island is largely unaffected by land influences but can be affected if winds are out of the SW sector, but it’s not particularly common. 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: Bryan Fabbri Email: bryan.e.fabbri@nasa.gov Bryan Fabbri Science Systems and Applications, Inc. One Enterprise Parkway, Suite 200 Hampton, VA, USA 23666 phone: (757) 951 1639 fax: (757) 951-1902 AND Fred Denn Email: frederick.m.denn@nasa.gov Fred Denn Science Systems and Applications, Inc. One Enterprise Parkway Suite 200 Hampton, VA 23666 Tel: 757- 951-1636 Email: frederick.m.denn@nasa.gov Responsible Institution(s): NASA Goddard Space Flight Center AERONET http://aeronet.gsfc.nasa.gov

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