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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: 6.77635° North Longitude: 73.18318° East Elevation: 13.0 Meters Site Description: The Maldives Climate Observatory at Hanimaadhoo (MCOH) is located in the northernmost atoll of the Maldives, on the northernmost of its major inhabited islands, and at the northern point of the 6000 x 700 m sized island of Hanimaadhoo. The MCOH laboratory is located 1.5 m above sea level and is surrounded by ocean within 100 m on the W, N and E sides. MCOH has a 15 m atmospheric tower that rises above the local vegetation to allow unobstructed aerosol sampling and solar radiation measurements at the top platform. 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 AND Örjan Gustafsson E-mail: orjan.gustafsson@aces.su.se Prof. Örjan Gustafsson Stockholm University Department of Environmental Science and Analytical Chemistry (www.aces.su.se) Bolin Centre for Climate Research (www.bolin.su.se) 106 91 Stockholm, Sweden Director of Science Team, Maldives Climate Observatory Hanimaadhoo (MCOH) Email: orjan.gustafsson@aces.su.se Cell phone: +46 70 324 7317 Co-Investigator(s) Information V. Ramanathan E-mail: vramanathan@ucsd.edu Prof. V. Ramanathan Chair, UNEP's ABC_International Science Team Distinguished Professor of Climate Sciences Scripps Institution of Oceanography University of California at San Diego Email: vramanathan@ucsd.edu Site Manager(s) Information: Krishnakant Budhavant Email: kbbudhavant@gmail.comKbbudhavant@yahoo.co.in Dr. Krishnakant Budhavant Resident Scientist Maldives Climate Observatory-Hanimaadhoo (MCOH) Hanimaadhoo, The Republic of Maldives Tel; +960 6520512 Mobile: +960 7537185 Email: kbbudhavant@gmail.com Kbbudhavant@yahoo.co.in Responsible Institution(s): NOAA

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