Having no dry tropical TMY3 sites, we turn to deserts of the American
southwest.
http://wwwpaztcn.wr.usgs.gov/rsch_highlight/articles/200508.html
provides a map of the Sonoran and Mojave deserts. Clockwise from top
left, the states are California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, and Baja
California (Mexico). Containing the large populations centers of Las
Vegas Nevada and Phoenix Arizona, simulations of these TMY3 sites
should be of interest for their own sake.
Sonoran Desert
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| USAF | Site Name | State | Latitude | Longitude | TZ | Elev | Class | Pool
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| 722740 | Tucson International AP | AZ | 32.133 | -110.950 | -7 | 777 | I | 24
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| 722745 | Davis Monthan AFB | AZ | 32.167 | -110.883 | -7 | 809 | II | 12
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| 699604 | Yuma MCAS | AZ | 32.650 | -114.617 | -7 | 65 | II | 12
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| 722800 | Yuma Intl Arpt | AZ | 32.667 | -114.600 | -7 | 63 | II | 12
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| 747185 | Imperial | CA | 32.833 | -115.583 | -8 | -17 | II | 12
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| 722780 | Phoenix Sky Harbor Intl AP | AZ | 33.450 | -111.983 | -7 | 337 | I | 24
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| 722785 | Luke AFB | AZ | 33.550 | -112.367 | -7 | 331 | II | 12
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| 747188 | Blythe Riverside Co Arpt | CA | 33.617 | -114.717 | -8 | 119 | II | 12
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| 722789 | Scottsdale Muni | AZ | 33.617 | -111.917 | -7 | 460 | II | 12
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| 747187 | Palm Springs Thermal AP | CA | 33.633 | -116.167 | -8 | -34 | II | 12
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| 722784 | Deer Valley/Phoenix | AZ | 33.683 | -112.083 | -7 | 450 | II | 12
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| 722868 | Palm Springs Intl | CA | 33.833 | -116.500 | -8 | 145 | II | 12
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Mojave Desert
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| USAF | Site Name | State | Latitude | Longitude | TZ | Elev | Class | Pool
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| 690150 | Twentynine Palms | CA | 34.300 | -116.167 | -8 | 626 | II | 12
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| 723820 | Palmdale Airport | CA | 34.633 | -118.083 | -8 | 769 | II | 12
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| 723816 | Lancaster Gen Wm Fox Field | CA | 34.733 | -118.217 | -8 | 713 | II | 12
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| 723805 | Needles Airport | CA | 34.767 | -114.617 | -8 | 279 | II | 12
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| 723815 | Daggett Barstow-Daggett AP | CA | 34.850 | -116.800 | -8 | 586 | I | 24
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| 723810 | Edwards AFB | CA | 34.900 | -117.867 | -8 | 706 | II | 12
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| 723700 | Kingman (AMOS) | AZ | 35.267 | -113.950 | -7 | 1033 | II | 12
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| 746120 | China Lake NAF | CA | 35.683 | -117.683 | -8 | 677 | II | 12
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| 723860 | Las Vegas McCarran Intl AP | NV | 36.083 | -115.150 | -8 | 648 | I | 24
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| 723865 | Nellis AFB | NV | 36.250 | -115.033 | -8 | 573 | II | 12
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| 723870 | Mercury Desert Rock AP [SURFRAD] | NV | 36.630 | -116.020 | -8 | 935 | I | 12
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Copyright © 2010 Aubrey Jaffer
I am a guest and not a member of the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory.
My actions and comments do not reflect in any way on MIT.
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