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Welcome to ECOTOWER!

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Fig.: The ECOTOWER instrument platform at 45m above ground.

Background

ECOTOWER stands for the Eddy Covariance Tower in the Tambopata province in the Peruvian region Madre de Dios. This research tower in the Peruvian Amazon Rain Forest at the banks of Tambopata river is operated by Dr. Eric Cosio from the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (PUCP).

The 45 m self-supported tower has two upper platforms. The highest one contains the solar panels, eddy covariance equipment and intakes for the particle meter, ozone sensor and calibrated CO2 measurement and meteorological equipment. The second level has the profiler and the short and long wave radiometers

A detailed description of the instrumentation can be found here.

Location

The tower is located within the Tambopata National Reserve, 1~km from the Tambopata river, which marks the reserve limit. The other shore of the river is in the buffer zone and has limited human activity. There is a lodge named Explorer's Inn at 1.5 Km to the site.

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