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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 Image 2   Site Coordinates and Elevation: Latitude: 76.51450° North Longitude: 68.74310° West Elevation: 225.0 Meters Site Description: 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). 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 Site Manager(s) Information: Nis Jepsen Email: nje@dmi.dk 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 AND James W. Hannigan Email: jamesw@ucar.edu 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 Responsible Institution(s): NASA Goddard Space Flight Center AERONET Project https://aeronet.gsfc.nasa.gov Danish Meterological Institute

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Image 3 - Building 1971, Thule AirBase, South Mountain, Aeronet location (roof).
Image 4 - Aeronet on the roof of building 1971, Thule Air Base, South Mountain.

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