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Publication Date
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2025-12-09 |
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Title
| The Amazon Tall Tower Observatory (ATTO): Overview of pilot measurements on ecosystem ecology, meteorology, trace gases, and aerosols [* Cross-Reference *] |
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Other Identifier
| https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-10723-2015 |
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Author
| Andreae, M. O. (Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Scripps Institution of Oceanography)
Acevedo, O. C. (Universidade Federal de Santa Maria)
Araùjo, A. (Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária - Embrapa)
Artaxo, P. (Universidade de São Paulo)
Barbosa, C. G.G. (Universidade Federal do Parana)
Barbosa, H. M.J. (Universidade de São Paulo)
Brito, J. (Universidade de São Paulo)
Carbone, S. (Universidade de São Paulo)
Chi, X. (Max Planck Institute for Chemistry)
Cintra, B. B.L. (Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Da Amazonia)
Da Silva, N. F. (Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Da Amazonia)
Dias, N. L. (Universidade Federal do Parana)
Dias-Júnior, C. Q. (Instituto Federal de Educação, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Da Amazonia)
Ditas, F. (Max Planck Institute for Chemistry)
Ditz, R. (Max Planck Institute for Chemistry)
Godoi, A. F.L. (Universidade Federal do Parana)
Godoi, R. H.M. (Universidade Federal do Parana)
Heimann, M. (Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry)
Hoffmann, T. (Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz)
Kesselmeier, J. (Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Da Amazonia)
Könemann, T. (Max Planck Institute for Chemistry)
Krüger, M. L. (Max Planck Institute for Chemistry)
Lavric, J. V. (Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry)
Manzi, A. O. (Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Da Amazonia)
Lopes, A. P. (Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Da Amazonia)
Martins, D. L. (Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Da Amazonia)
Mikhailov, E. F. (Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Saint Petersburg State University)
Moran-Zuloaga, D. (Max Planck Institute for Chemistry)
Nelson, B. W. (Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Da Amazonia)
Nölscher, A. C. (Max Planck Institute for Chemistry)
Santos Nogueira, D. (Centro Gestor Operacional do Sistema de Proteção da Amazônia (CENSIPAM), Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais)
Piedade, M. T.F. (Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Da Amazonia)
Pöhlker, C. (Max Planck Institute for Chemistry)
Pöschl, U. (Max Planck Institute for Chemistry)
Quesada, C. A. (Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Da Amazonia)
Rizzo, L. V. (Universidade de São Paulo)
Ro, C. U. (Inha University)
Ruckteschler, N. (Max Planck Institute for Chemistry)
Sá, L. D.A. (Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais)
De Oliveira Sá, M. (Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Da Amazonia)
Sales, C. B. (Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Da Amazonia, Centro de Estudos Superiores de Parintins (CESP/UEA))
Dos Santos, R. M.N. (Universidade do Estado do Amazonas)
Saturno, J. (Max Planck Institute for Chemistry)
Schöngart, J. (Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Da Amazonia)
Sörgel, M. (Max Planck Institute for Chemistry)
De Souza, C. M. (Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Da Amazonia, Universidade Federal do Amazonas)
De Souza, R. A.F. (Universidade do Estado do Amazonas)
Su, H. (Max Planck Institute for Chemistry)
Targhetta, N. (Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Da Amazonia)
Tóta, J. (Universidade do Estado do Amazonas, Universidade Federal do Oeste do Pará)
Trebs, I. (Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology)
Trumbore, S. (Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry)
Van Eijck, A. (Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz)
Walter, D. (Max Planck Institute for Chemistry)
Wang, Z. (Max Planck Institute for Chemistry)
Weber, B. (Max Planck Institute for Chemistry)
Williams, J. (Max Planck Institute for Chemistry)
Winderlich, J. (Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry)
Wittmann, F. (Max Planck Institute for Chemistry)
Wolff, S. (Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Da Amazonia)
Yáñez-Serrano, A. M. (Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Da Amazonia) |
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Description
| The Amazon Basin plays key roles in the carbon and water cycles, climate change, atmospheric chemistry, and biodiversity. It has already been changed significantly by human activities, and more pervasive change is expected to occur in the coming decades. It is therefore essential to establish long-term measurement sites that provide a baseline record of present-day climatic, biogeochemical, and atmospheric conditions and that will be operated over coming decades to monitor change in the Amazon region, as human perturbations increase in the future.
The Amazon Tall Tower Observatory (ATTO) has been set up in a pristine rain forest region in the central Amazon Basin, about 150 km northeast of the city of Manaus. Two 80 m towers have been operated at the site since 2012, and a 325 m tower is nearing completion in mid-2015. An ecological survey including a biodiversity assessment has been conducted in the forest region surrounding the site. Measurements of micrometeorological and atmospheric chemical variables were initiated in 2012, and their range has continued to broaden over the last few years. The meteorological and micrometeorological measurements include temperature and wind profiles, precipitation, water and energy fluxes, turbulence components, soil temperature profiles and soil heat fluxes, radiation fluxes, and visibility. A tree has been instrumented to measure stem profiles of temperature, light intensity, and water content in cryptogamic covers. The trace gas measurements comprise continuous monitoring of carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, methane, and ozone at five to eight different heights, complemented by a variety of additional species measured during intensive campaigns (e.g., VOC, NO, NO2, and OH reactivity). Aerosol optical, microphysical, and chemical measurements are being made above the canopy as well as in the canopy space. They include aerosol light scattering and absorption, fluorescence, number and volume size distributions, chemical composition, cloud condensation nuclei (CCN) concentrations, and hygroscopicity. In this paper, we discuss the scientific context of the ATTO observatory and present an overview of results from ecological, meteorological, and chemical pilot studies at the ATTO site. (2015-01-01)
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Keyword
| Amazon Basin plays
plays key roles
Basin plays key
Amazon Basin
Amazon Tall Tower |
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Deposit Date
| 2015-01-01 |
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Data Type
| Article |