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Image 1 - View of sunphotometer with WenWu Han. Image 2 - view of sunphotometer with Shichang Khag. Image 1 Image 2   Site Coordinates and Elevation: Latitude: 30.77252° North Longitude: 90.96245° East Elevation: 4746.0 Meters Site Description: The photometer was set up at the Nam Co Station. Nam Co Station (N30¡ã46.44¡ä, E90¡ã59.31¡ä, 4730 m a.s.l.), located in the southeast shore of the Nam Co (attached picture), northern slope of the Nyainqentanglha Mts, 220 km away from Lhasa, established by the Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences. The vegetation is alpine meadow. 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 Co-Investigator(s) Information Shichang Kang E-mail: shichang.kang@itpcas.ac.cn Dr. Shichang Kang Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research Chinese Academy of Sciences 18 Shuangqing Rd. Haidian District Beijing 100085 China Tel: 010-62849681 (13691037228) Fax: 010-62849886 Email: shichang.kang@itpcas.ac.cn Site Manager(s) Information: Zhiyuan Cong Email: zhiyuancong@itpcas.ac.cn Zhiyuan Cong Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research Shuangqing Rd. Haidian District Beijing, China, 100085 Phone/Fax: 0086-10-62849681 Email: zhiyuancong@itpcas.ac.cn AND Guoshuai Zhang Email: guoshuaizhang@itpcas.ac.cn Guoshuai Zhang Email: guoshuaizhang@itpcas.ac.cn Phone: +86 13466795033 Responsible Institution(s): Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research Chinese Academy of Sciences. http://www.itpcas.ac.cn Nam Co Station http://www.itpcas.ac.cn/System/ClassShow.asp?ClassID=104 NASA Godard Space Flight Center AERONET Project http://aeronet.gsfc.nasa.gov

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Image 3 - View of sunphotometer with Shichang Khag.
Image 4 - View of sunphotometer with Shichang Khag and WenWu Han.
Image 5 - view of sunphotometer with WenWu Han.
Image 6 - set up of instrument.

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