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Wallops (Wallops Island, Virginia)

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View of the instrument.
Image 1 - View of the instrument.
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Site Coordinates and Elevation:

  • Latitude: 37.93285° North
  • Longitude: 75.47195° West
  • Elevation: 37.0 Meters

Site Description:

  • The instrument is mounted on the platform of an old radar tower located on top of an aircraft hangar at the NASA GSFC Wallops Flight Facility. This site is situated ~2 km from Chincoteague Bay and ~15 km from the Atlantic Ocean to the east and ~25km from the Chesapeake Bay to the west. Agriculture activities are prominent along the Virginia Eastern Shore of the Delmarva peninsula. **When accessing the tower for maintenance, stay on the metal grinding of the tower and stay off the wooden covers on the top level of the tower

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:
  • Jim Yungel
  • Email: james.k.yungel@nasa.gov
  • Jim Yungel
    Wallops Flight Facility
    Bldg N-159, Room E203
    Wallops Island, VA, 23337
    Phone: 757-824-1060; Fax: 757-824-1036
    E-mail: james.k.yungel@nasa.gov




  • AND

  • Matt Linkswiler
  • Email: Matthew.A.Linkswiler@nasa.gov
  • Matt Linkswiler
    NASA / Wallops Flight Facility
    Bldg N-159, Room E203
    Wallops Island, VA 23337
    Phone: 757-824-1020
    Email: Matthew.A.Linkswiler@nasa.gov

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Image 3 - Old radar tower located on top of an aircraft hangar at the NASA GSFC Wallops Flight Facility Old radar tower located on top of an aircraft hangar at the NASA GSFC Wallops Flight Facility

Last Generated: 28 MAY 2024

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