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Image 1 - A view of the sun photometer on the meteorological tower. Image 2 - A view of the 25 m walk-up meteorological tower (lower left corner) within the forest. Image 1 Image 2   Site Coordinates and Elevation: Latitude: 45.20410° North Longitude: 68.74020° West Elevation: 120.0 Meters Site Description: Established in 1987, the Howland Forest research site is located about 35 miles north of Bangor at 45 12' N, 68 44' W. The site lies within a commercial, mature conifer/transitional hardwood forest owned by International Paper. More information on Howland Forest Ecosystem Research is available at http://www.envirophys.umaine.edu/forest/. 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: John Lee Email: jtlee@maine.edu John Lee Environmental Physics Group University of Maine 201 Environmental Sciences Labs Orono, ME 04469 USA Phone: 207-581-2930 E-mail: jtlee@maine.edu Responsible Institution(s): NASA'S AERONET http://aeronet.gsfc.nasa.gov National Institute for Global Environmental Change (NIGEC) http://nigec.ucdavis.edu/ U.S. Dept. of Energy (DOE) http://www.doe.gov/engine/content.do National Science Foundation (NSF) http://www.nsf.gov/ USDA Forest Service (USFS) http://www.fs.fed.us/

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