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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://www.noaa.gov/|National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)]]** subcontract
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 +The ECOTOWER is part of the **[[https://ameriflux.lbl.gov/sites/siteinfo/PE-TNR|AmeriFlux network]]**. Its site ID is **PE-TNR**.
  
 ===== Instrumentation ===== ===== Instrumentation =====
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 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 CO2 measurement and meteorological equipment.+The highest one contains the solar panels, eddy covariance equipment and intakes for the particle meter, ozone sensor and calibrated $CO_2$ measurement and meteorological equipment.
 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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 +//Fig.: ECOTOWER and the trail to Explorer's Inn at Tambopata river. Click on symbols for more information.//
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