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Image 1 - View of the sunphotometer. Image 2 - Andy Russ and the sunphotometer. Image 1 Image 2   Site Coordinates and Elevation: Latitude: 39.03000° North Longitude: 76.88000° West Elevation: 50.0 Meters Site Description: The sunphotometer is installed at the USDA Henry A. Wallace Beltsville Agricultural Research Center (BARC) in Beltsville, MD. The instrument is located in a fenced enclosure adjacent to an area of small experimental field plots. The sunphotometer’s primary function is to provide data for the atmospheric correction of aerial and satellite imagery in support of large, interdisciplinary remote sensing field campaigns held across the U.S. While resident at BARC, the sunphotometer serves to provide data comparisons with instruments located at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) in Greenbelt, MD approximately 5.5 miles to the southeast. Principal Investigator(s) Information: Charlie Walthall E-mail: charlie.walthall@ars.usda.gov Charles L. Walthall PhD National Program Leader Soil and Air Resources Management Program USDA ARS NPS 5601 Sunnyside Avenue Room 4-2278 Beltsville, MD 20705-5140 Email: charlie.walthall@ars.usda.gov 301-504-4634 301-504-6231 (Fax) 443-968-0660 (Cell) Site Manager(s) Information: Wayne Dulaney Email: Wayne.Dulaney@ars.usda.gov Wayne Dulaney USDA-ARS-HRSL 10300 Baltimore Ave. Beltsville, MD 20705 Voice: (301) 504-6076 Fax: (301) 504-8931 Email: Wayne.Dulaney@ars.usda.gov AND Charlie Walthall Email: charlie.walthall@ars.usda.gov Charles L. Walthall PhD National Program Leader Soil and Air Resources Management Program USDA ARS NPS 5601 Sunnyside Avenue Room 4-2278 Beltsville, MD 20705-5140 Email: charlie.walthall@ars.usda.gov 301-504-4634 301-504-6231 (Fax) 443-968-0660 (Cell) Responsible Institution(s): Hydrology and Remote Sensing Laboratory USDA-Agricultural Research Service http://hydrolab.arsusda.gov/

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