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C3

TWP - Central Facility, Darwin, Australia

Established

1 January 2002

Removed

18 January 2015

Latitude

12.425° S

Longitude

130.892° E

Altitude

30 meters

Surface Type

Eucalyptus forest, woodlands, rainforest, swamps, heathlands

Instruments

24 (0 active)

Primary Measurement Types

41 (0 active)

The C3 site for ARM’s Tropical Western Pacific (TWP) began operations in 2002 in Darwin, Australia. This site was established in collaboration with the Australian Bureau of Meteorology to support the other two sites.

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Aerial View of TWP Darwin Site	Cloud Skies over TWP Darwin Site
Raman Lidar at TWP Darwin Site	Tropical Anvil-Shaped Cloud Named “Hector”