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Learmonth (Learmonth, Australia)

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The AeroSpan/AERONET cimel sun photometer set up at Learmonth, Western Australia. The buildings in the background other instruments are associated with the Australian Bureau of Meteorology.
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Image 1 - The AeroSpan/AERONET cimel sun photometer set up at Learmonth, Western Australia. The buildings in the background other instruments are associated with the Australian Bureau of Meteorology.
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Site Coordinates and Elevation:

  • Latitude: 22.24070° South
  • Longitude: 114.09670° East
  • Elevation: 9.0 Meters

Site Description:
  • (f) The Learmonth Solar Observatory (LSO) is located approx.. 3 km North of the Met Bureau station. The LSO is jointly operated by the U.S. Army and the Australian Bureau of Meteorology. (e) The Australian Bureau of Meteorology operates a station about 500m from the Learmonth airport terminal. The Learmonth AeroSpan/AERONET station is located near the Bureau of Meteorology instruments. Classified as RAAF ‘bare base’: Land owned by Department of Defence; can become active RAAF base if necessary; was used as such during WWII owing to its extreme westerly location. The region shows high frequency of dust storms, the source of which is possibly due to advection of dust from the Australian interior via the “North-Western dust pathway”. It is adjacent to the Ningaloo reef (coral) in the nearby Indian Ocean. The nearest town is Exmouth, 36km north of Learmonth

Principal
Investigator(s)
Information:
  • Ian Lau
  • E-mail: ian.lau@csiro.au
    • Ian Lau
    CSIRO Mineral Resources
    26 Dick Perry Avenue
    Kensington, Western Australia
    Australia. (Post code) 6151
    Phone is +61 86436 8646
    Email: ian.lau@csiro.au

Co-Investigator(s)
Information
  • David Barker
  • E-mail: david.barker@csiro.au
    • David Barker
    CSIRO Environment
    107-121 Station Street
    Aspendale, Victoria,
    Australia (postcode) 3195
    Ph: +61-3-92394450
    Email: david.barker@csiro.au
Site Manager(s) Information:
  • Andréa Bride
  • Email: andrea.bride@bom.gov.au
  • Andréa Bride
    Manager – Learmonth Solar Observatory
    Space Weather Network
    Observing Systems & Operations, Data & Digital Group
    Minilya-Exmouth Rd
    Learmonth, WA, 6707
    PO Box 199, Exmouth, WA, 6707
    Email: andrea.bride@bom.gov.au
    T: 08 9949 1472
    M:0439 183 329
    www.bom.gov.au
Responsible Institution(s):
  • Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO), Australia

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