S-Pol Location

S-Pol IMPROVE-II, Oregon Cascades, December 2001

The NCAR S-Pol radar was located in the foothills of the Oregon Cascades, just west of Sweet Home, OR, during the IMPROVE-II project. The coordinates are provided. All coordinates from GPS.

Coordinates are preliminary, pending radar set-up.

Site       Coords(WGS84,ddd:mm.mmm)  Elev  Coords,dd:mm:ss.s         Coords,dd.ddddd
Name:      Lat         W-Long         (m)  Lat         W Long        Lat       W Long
-------    ----------  -----------   ----  ----------  -----------   --------  -----------
S-Pol      44:23.188   122:51.285     475  44:23:11.3  122:51:17.1   44.38647  122.85475

[See note on GPS position verification].

From the University of Washington IMPROVE-II site, we've borrowed the following image: