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admin [Welcome to ECOTOWER!]
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 ===== Mission ===== ===== Mission =====
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 +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 =====
  
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 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 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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 //Fig.: ECOTOWER and the trail to Explorer's Inn at Tambopata river. Click on symbols for more information.// //Fig.: ECOTOWER and the trail to Explorer's Inn at Tambopata river. Click on symbols for more information.//
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