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AERONET Site Information Database
Thule (Thule, Greenland)
Site Index
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Image
1 - Thule Air Base seen from approaching helicopter. Main Base area and North Mountain can be seen. South Mountain is not visible to the right. |
Image
2 - South Mountain casting shadows over the Main Base area. The location of the Aeronet instrument is Building 1971 which is at the center of the photo. |
Image 1
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Image 2
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Site Coordinates and Elevation:
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- Latitude: 76.51450° North
- Longitude: 68.74310° West
- Elevation: 225.0 Meters
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Site
Description:
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- Thule Air Base, known as Pituffik in Greenlandic, is located in a small rectangular shaped West-to-East running valley surrounded by the sea (North Star Bay) to the West, by hills to the North and South (North- and South Mountain) and the Inland Icesheet to the East. The Aeronet instrument is located on the roof of building 1971 (B1971) located on the South Mountain (225m) with a very good horizon. This building also serves as the primary building for the NDACC station operated by the Danish Meteorological Institute. The air is generally very clean, the only nearby pollution source is in fact the Air Base itself (fuel based electricity generation, car and aircraft exhausts).
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Principal
Investigator(s)
Information:
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- Pawan Gupta
- E-mail: pawan.gupta@nasa.gov
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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
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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
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Site
Manager(s) Information:
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- Nis Jepsen
- Email: nje@dmi.dk
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Nis Jepsen
Danish Meteorological Institute Danish Climate Centre Lyngbyvej 100 DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark http:\\www.dmi.dk e-mail: nje@dmi.dk Tel : +45 3915 7500 (switchboard) Tel : +45 3915 7336 (direct) Cell: +45 2121 9184 FAX : +45 3915 7461
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- James W. Hannigan
- Email: jamesw@ucar.edu
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James W. Hannigan
Optical Techniques Project Atmospheric Chemistry Observations & Modeling National Center for Atmospheric Research POBox 3000 Boulder, CO 80305 Tel: 303 497 1853 Fax: 303 497 1492 Email: jamesw@ucar.edu
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Responsible
Institution(s):
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NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
AERONET Project
https://aeronet.gsfc.nasa.gov
Danish Meterological Institute
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Email Amy Scully
for content and picture updates.
Additional Photographs and Images
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Image 3 - Building 1971, Thule AirBase, South Mountain, Aeronet location (roof).
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Image 4 - Aeronet on the roof of building 1971, Thule Air Base, South Mountain.
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Last Generated: 28 MAY 2024
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