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Railroad_Valley (Railroad Valley Playa, Nevada)

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Image 1 - View of the sun photometer. Image 2 - n/a Image 1 Image 2   Site Coordinates and Elevation: Latitude: 38.49700° North Longitude: 115.69100° West Elevation: 1437.0 Meters Site Description: Railroad Valley Playa is a large dry lakebed in central Nevada nestled between the towns of Ely and Tonopah. It's climate is typical of the high desert of the western US and the site is used extensively for the vicarious calibration of terrestrial imaging sensors. 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 Jeff Czapla-Myers E-mail: jscm@optics.arizona.edu Jeff Czapla-Myers Research Professor Wyant College of Optical Sciences University of Arizona 1630 E University Blvd Meinel Bldg, Room 602 Tucson AZ 85721-0094 USA Phone: +1.520.621.4242 Email: jscm@optics.arizona.edu Site Manager(s) Information: Jeff Czapla-Myers Email: jscm@optics.arizona.edu Jeff Czapla-Myers Research Professor Wyant College of Optical Sciences University of Arizona 1630 E University Blvd Meinel Bldg, Room 602 Tucson AZ 85721-0094 USA Phone: +1.520.621.4242 Email: jscm@optics.arizona.edu Responsible Institution(s): The University of Arizona http://www.arizona.edu/

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