LANGMUIR LABORATORY FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH


New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology
801 Leroy Place
Socorro, New Mexico 87801
Office Phone: (575) 835-5423
Office Fax: (575) 835-5913


DATA ON LANGMUIR LAB


The origin of the coordinate system used at Langmuir Laboratory is at sea level directly below a point near the NW corner of the Annex Building:

Latitude 33 degrees 58' 31",
Longitude 107 degrees 10' 50.6"

The point on the Annex Building is 3255 m above mean sea level, and therefore the Langmuir Laboratory coordinates of that point are (0, 0, 3255 m)

The point is 1740.6 m south, 626.8 m west, and 30.0 m below bench mark "South ET" on South Baldy Peak.

Geomagnetic coordinates (approximate): 43 degrees N latitude; 314 degrees longitude.

Magnetic declination (1975): 12.1 degrees E.

Local strength of earth's magnetic field: horizontal component 24.7 uT; vertical component 45.8 uT; Total 52.1 uT.

Magnetic dip angle: 61.7 degrees.

Here is a chart of meteorological data, dating from 1964. (Click on the image for a larger view.)
Weather data plots from Langmuir
Lab


Last updated 15 May 2002 by kieft@nmt.edu.