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The overall scientific programs and administrative functions of the observatories are handled from Boulder with on-site station chiefs caring for day-to-day station activities. </p> <hr> <figure class='text-center'> <IMG SRC='obsmap.png' USEMAP='#obsmap' class="img-fluid" alt="Observatory Map"> <MAP NAME='obsmap' id='obsmap'> <AREA SHAPE='CIRCLE' COORDS='266,179,12' title='[SMO] Tutuila, American Samoa' href="/obop/smo/" alt="American Samoa"> <AREA SHAPE='CIRCLE' COORDS='289,39,12' title='[BRW] Barrow, Alaska, United States' href="/obop/brw/" alt="Barrow" > <AREA SHAPE='CIRCLE' COORDS='295,286,12' title='[SPO] South Pole, Antarctica' href="/obop/spo/" alt="South Pole"> <AREA SHAPE='CIRCLE' COORDS='290,121,12' title='[MLO] Mauna Loa, Hawaii, United States' href="/obop/mlo/" alt="Mauna Loa"> </map> </figure> <div class="row mt-4 mb-4"> <div class="col-md-6"> <a href="/obop/brw/"><img src="/images/ssimg4.jpg" class="img-fluid" alt="Barrow"><h5 class="text-center">Barrow, Alaska</h5></a> </div> <div class="col-md-6"> <a href="/obop/mlo/"><img src="/images/ssimg2.jpg" class="img-fluid" alt="Mauna Loa"><h5 class="text-center">Mauna Loa, Hawaii</h5></a> </div> </div> <div class="row mb-4"> <div class="col-md-6"> <a href="/obop/smo/"><img src="/images/ssimg5.jpg" class="img-fluid" alt="Samoa"><h5 class="text-center">American Samoa</h5></a> </div> <div class="col-md-6"> <a href="/obop/spo/"><img src="/images/ssimg1.jpg" class="img-fluid" alt="South Pole"><h5 class="text-center">South Pole, Antarctica</h5></a> </div> </div> <p> The NOAA Trinidad Head, California and Summit Greenland Atmospheric Baseline Observatories were downgraded from thier status as a full “Observatory” to a “Sampling Site”. 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