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AERONET Site Information Database
Site Index
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1 - view of the sunphotometer. |
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2 - view of the sunphotometer. |
Image 1
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Image 2
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Site Coordinates and Elevation:
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- Latitude: 40.05425° North
- Longitude: 105.58237° West
- Elevation: 3513.0 Meters
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Site
Description:
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- Photometer is mounted on the SW Corner of the NEON observation tower. Tower is metal frame, 26' tall. NOTE: the tower height is NOT included in the elevation stated above in part d. (NIWO - Niwot Ridge Mountain Research Station - University of Colorado at Boulder, U.S. Forest Service, LTER). The Niwot Ridge sits approximately 27 km west of Boulder, Colorado, and 6 km east of the Continental Divide. Topography, climate, and biota of the site are representative of Rocky Mountain alpine ecosystems, including extensive alpine tundra and subalpine coniferous forests, talus slopes, wetlands and a variety of glacial landforms.
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Principal
Investigator(s)
Information:
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- Janae Csavina
- E-mail: jcsavina@battelleecology.org
Janae Csavina
1685 38th Street, Suite 100 Boulder CO 80301 Email: jcsavina@battelleecology.org Tel: (720) 330-1549, (720) 330-1526
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Site
Manager(s) Information:
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Responsible
Institution(s):
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National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) http://www.neonscience.org/
NEON is a project sponsored by the National Science Foundation and operated under cooperative agreement by Battelle
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Last Generated: 10 MAY 2024
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