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Image 1 - n/a Image 2 - n/a Image 1 Image 2   Site Coordinates and Elevation: Latitude: 61.02700° North Longitude: 138.41000° West Elevation: 773.0 Meters Site Description: This instrument is located at Kluane Lake Research Station part of the Arctic Institute of America (AINA) in Silver City, Yukon. Located on the continental foothills of the St. Elias Mountains this high latitude environment is also habitually arid with an average of 275 mm or precipitation a year. Since the early 1970s academic research on mineral dust emissions have been recorded from the proglacial system draining the St. Elias Range that has has no intensified since a dramatic shift in meltwater discharge from this system to another valley. Founded in 1961 the station serves as an important longterm base for a range of scientific endeavors as it is situated within a strong gradient of environmental attributes as a function of its location. The research station is situated on the traditional lands of the Kluane First Nations and Champagne and Aishihik First Nations, and is in close proximity to the Kluane National Park and Reserve, which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Silver City is the location of the research station, Icefields Discovery, and several bed and breakfast hotel, situated on the southern shoreline of Kluane Lake, 220 km northwest of the city of Whitehorse Principal Investigator(s) Information: Vitali Fioletov E-mail: vitali.fioletov@ec.gc.ca Vitali Fioletov Senior Research Scientist Air Quality Research Division Science and Technology Branch Environment Canada 4905 Dufferin Street Toronto, Ontario, M3H 5T4 Canada E-mail: vitali.fioletov@ec.gc.ca Phone: 416 739 4915 Fax: 416 739 4281 AND James King E-mail: js.king@umontreal.ca James King Associate Professor, Département de géographie Université de Montréal 1375 Avenue Thérèse-Lavoie-Roux Montréal (Québec), H2V 0B3 Email: js.king@umontreal.ca Phone : 514-343-6111, poste 29923 Site Manager(s) Information: Ihab Abboud Email: Ihab.Abboud@ec.gc.ca Ihab Abboud Measurement and Analysis Research Section Air Quality Research Division Science and Technology Branch Environment Canada Centre for Atmospheric Research Experiments (CARE) 6248 Eighth Line Egbert, Ontario, Canada L0L 1N0 (705) 458-3302 (voice) (416) 802-1071 (mobile) (705) 458-3301 (fax) Email: Ihab.Abboud@ec.gc.ca Responsible Institution(s): Environment and Climate Change Canada/AEROCAN https://www.ec.gc.ca https://www.aerocanonline.com Université de Montréal http://geographie.umontreal.ca/repertoire-departement/vue/king-james-stephen/

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