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+ | ===== Mission ===== | ||
- | + | The ECOTOWER is a contribution to ecological research in the Amazon basin. An eddy covriance system is used to determine vertical turbulent fluxes within the local atmospheric boundary layer above caopy. | |
+ | This method is used to support the analysis of $CO_2$ balance in the soil - vegetation - atmosphere system. | ||
===== Background ===== | ===== Background ===== | ||
**ECOTOWER** stands for the **Eddy Covariance Tower** in the Tambopata province in the Peruvian region Madre de Dios. | **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)**. | + | This research tower in the **Peruvian Amazon Rain Forest** at the banks of the Tambopata river is operated by Dr. Eric Cosio from the **Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (PUCP)**. |
- | It was built in 2014 under the initiative of Prof. John Grace (Edinburgh) with funds from the Scottish Alliance for Geosciences and the Environment (SAGES) and the EU-GEOCARBON project. | + | It was built in 2011 under the initiative of Prof. John Grace (Edinburgh) with funds from the Scottish Alliance for Geosciences and the Environment (SAGES) and the EU-GEOCARBON project. |
- | It is maintained by PUCP and a NOAA subcontract. | + | It is maintained by PUCP and a **[[https:// |
+ | The ECOTOWER is part of the **[[https:// | ||
+ | ===== Instrumentation ===== | ||
The 45 m self-supported tower has two upper platforms. | 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 | + | The highest one contains the solar panels, eddy covariance equipment and intakes for the particle meter, ozone sensor and calibrated |
The second level has the profiler and the short and long wave radiometers. | The second level has the profiler and the short and long wave radiometers. | ||
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===== Location ===== | ===== Location ===== | ||
- | The tower is located in the Madre de Dios region in southeastern Peru near the border with the Pando department in Bolivia and the state of Acre, Brazil. It is 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. | + | The tower is located in the Madre de Dios region in southeastern Peru near the border with the Pando department in Bolivia and the state of Acre, Brazil. It is situated |
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+ | //Fig.: ECOTOWER and the trail to Explorer' |