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Extensive atmospheric research project gets underway in Price County

Motorists on Highway 182 last week may have glimpsed three men working to construct a small, science-fictionesque device in a field off the road. Measuring about 10 feet high, this gangly structure will soon be part of an international atmospheric research project slated to take place this summer.Funded by the National Science Foundation, the project will build upon the nearly 30 years worth of atmospheric data gathered at the WLEF-TV tall tower, located about 10 miles east of Park Falls. Quotes AOS Professor Ankur Desai.