Measurements at the Mauna Loa Observatory stopped after the 2022 eruption of the Mauna Loa volcano, when lava flow crossed the access road and took out power lines to the facility. The observatory remains inaccessible by vehicle and without power from the local utility company.
Observatory staff has established limited solar power in four observatory buildings and restored approximately 33 percent of the measurements onsite, including the Global Monitoring Laboratory and Scripps critical CO2 records and other atmospheric measurements.
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Drexel University (DU)
Aerosol, Water Vapor, UV-A (Ultra-Violet-A)
Sunphotometers and UV data loggers are brought and operated by Forrest Mims. Forrest will do all observations which consist of: 1) morning Langley calibrations of GLOBE sun photometers and infrared hygrometers; 2) UV-A (376 nm) data logged observations; 3) miscellaneous solar observations.
In order to perform calibrations of GLOBE’s handheld sunphotometers.
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Dr. David Brooks (DU) ,
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Forrest Mims
830-372-0548
Dr. John E. Barnes
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Darryl Kuniyuki
808-933-6965 (x236)
http://www.pages.drexel.edu/~brooksdr/DRB_ web_page/index.htm
http://www.globe.gov/globe_flash.html
http://www.forrestmims.org