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Tumbarumba (Tumbarumba, Australia)

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Image 1 - View looking south west of the installed instrument. Image 2 - Tumbarumba installation in progress. Photo looking towards the east. Photo taken ~16:30 local time. Image 1 Image 2   Site Coordinates and Elevation: Latitude: 35.70830° South Longitude: 147.94990° East Elevation: 776.0 Meters Site Description: Site is located at the top of a hill in a pasture on a farming property at 351 Dunbritton Road, Courabyra NSW. The site is approximately 5 km west of the town of Courabyra and 10 km northwest of the town of Tumbarumba in the Western Snowy Mountains.The selected site allows for unobstructed views of the horizon.A study 1.8 m fence has been constructed around the site to prevent bovine ingress.The rural area is located near large expanses of eucalyptus woodland, which is logged for timber. Aerosols in the region may be sourced from wood burning for heating of farm houses in winter and burning off of forest in spring to reduce fuel loads, or wildfires in spring and summer.The Robot is installed on an electrical control box, which sits atop of a custom tripod. A pyranometer is installed to the east of the robot. An 80W solar panel charges a 35 Ah gel 12v battery. Inside the electrical control box is a smaller electrical control box containing the battery, solar charge controller and Cimel CE318-T control box. The Cimel CE318-T installed has the Aeronet number 969. Principal Investigator(s) Information: Ian Lau E-mail: ian.lau@csiro.au Ian Lau CSIRO Mineral Resources 26 Dick Perry Avenue Kensington, Western Australia Australia. (Post code) 6151 Phone is +61 86436 8646 Email: ian.lau@csiro.au Co-Investigator(s) Information David Barker E-mail: david.barker@csiro.au David Barker CSIRO Environment 107-121 Station Street Aspendale, Victoria, Australia (postcode) 3195 Ph: +61-3-92394450 Email: david.barker@csiro.au Site Manager(s) Information: James Bremner Email: James Bremner (Property owner) 351 Dunbritton Road Courabyra NSW Tel: +61 427710429 Responsible Institution(s): CSIRO www.csiro.au

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Image 3 - Tumbarumba installation looking towards the north.
Image 4 - Tumbarumba installation looking west-north-west, showing the fence is below the horizon view of the photometer head. Note the pyranometer on the Eastern side of the instrument.
Image 5 - Looking at the site from the North, approximately 1.2 km away.
Image 6 - Photo inside electrical control boxes of the instrument and battery. Photo looking north-northwest.

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