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Image 1 - View of the sunphotometer. Image 2 - View of the sunphotometer. Image 1 Image 2   Site Coordinates and Elevation: Latitude: 24.16220° North Longitude: 120.61690° East Elevation: 91.0 Meters Site Description: The Cimel sunphotometer is mounted on a campus rooftop in Xitun, is the district of Taichung. Taichung is a big city located in central Taiwan. There are some higher buildings in the southeast side, and Taichung Industrial Park in the northwest side(about 4km). The main aerosol source for this station is traffic emission and industrial activities. A MPL is also at the same place Principal Investigator(s) Information: Sheng-Hsiang (Carlo) Wang E-mail: carlo@g.ncu.edu.tw Dr. Sheng-Hsiang (Carlo) Wang Department of Atmospheric Sciences National Central University Taoyuan 320, TAIWAN Tel: +886-3-4227151 ext 65527 E-mail: carlo@g.ncu.edu.tw AND Ping-Fei Shieh E-mail: pfshieh@epa.gov.tw Director General Ping-Fei Shieh Department of Environmental Monitoring and information Management Environmental Protection Administration Executive Yuan, R.O.C. TEL: +886-2-23754012 E-mail: pfshieh@epa.gov.tw Site Manager(s) Information: Sheng-Hsiang (Carlo) Wang Email: carlo@g.ncu.edu.tw Dr. Sheng-Hsiang (Carlo) Wang Department of Atmospheric Sciences National Central University Taoyuan 320, TAIWAN Tel: +886-3-4227151 ext 65527 E-mail: carlo@g.ncu.edu.tw Responsible Institution(s): Department of Atmospheric Sciences, National Central University, Taiwan http://www.atm.ncu.edu.tw/ Environmental Protection Administration Executive Yuan, R.O.C. (Taiwan) http://epa.gov.tw/

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