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Image 1 - A view of instrument #347 at JPL's Table Mountain Facility, southwest of building TM-2.* Image 2 - The Mojave Desert as seen from the CIMEL location Image 1 Image 2   Site Coordinates and Elevation: Latitude: 34.38000° North Longitude: 117.68000° West Elevation: 2200.0 Meters Site Description: JPL's Table Mountain Facility is about three km northwest of Wrightwood, CA, in the San Gabriel mountains. The facility is used as an astronomical observing site both for its altitude and its convenient proximity to JPL. Moreover, the facility houses a state of the art 1 m telescope dedicated to optical communications and ranging. Starting in June 2006, a permanent CIMEL sun-photometer has been deployed for purposes, among other things, of characterization of the atmospheric transmittance and radiance at the site. * The view is looking due east. The instrument is mounted on a stable cement pad that guarantees stability against occasional strong winds and other meteorological factors. Note the grey uplink antenna, Fig. 1; the system (sun-photometer and satellite transmitter) is powered using a nearby electrical outlet which allows the equipment to avoid the use of solar panels and batteries. * Table Mountain Instrument # 374 overlooks the Mojave Desert, FIG. 2, to the north and it is an one drive from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory * http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/ Principal Investigator(s) Information: Sabino Piazzolla E-mail: Sabino.Piazzolla@jpl.nasa.gov Sabino Piazzolla, Ph.D. Optical Communications Group NASA/ Jet Propulsion Laboratory Mail Stop 161-140 4800 Oak Grove Dr. Pasadena, CA 91109-8099 http://lasers.jpl.nasa.gov/ Phone : 818-354-4086 Fax : 818-393-6142 Site Manager(s) Information: Pam Glatfelter Email: Pam.C.Glatfelter@jpl.nasa.gov Pam Glatfelter Jet Propulsion Laboratory M/S TMO- Table Mountain Facility 24490 Table Mountain Road, P.O. Box 367 Wrightwood, CA 92397 http://tmf-web.jpl.nasa.gov Phone#(760)249-4151 AND Heath Rhoades Email: Heath.A.Rhoades@jpl.nasa.gov Heath Rhoades Table Mountain Observatory 24490 Table Mountain Road Wrightwood CA, 92397 Phone# (760) 249-6610 Email: Heath.A.Rhoades@jpl.nasa.gov AND William Buehlman Email: William.Buehlman@jpl.nasa.gov Buehlman, William (329H) NASA/ Jet Propulsion Laboratory Mail Stop 161-140 4800 Oak Grove Dr. Pasadena, CA 91109-8099 Email: William.Buehlman@jpl.nasa.gov Responsible Institution(s): NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/

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