The Amazon Tall Tower Observatory (ATTO): overview of pilot measurements on ecosystem ecology, meteorology, trace gases, and aerosols.

ANDREAE, M. O.; ACEVEDO, O. C.; ARAUJO, A.; ARTAXO, P.; BARBOSA, C. G. G.; BARBOSA, H. M. J.; BRITO, J.; CARBONE, S.; CHI, X.; CINTRA, B. B. L.; SILVA, N. F. da; DIAS, N. L.; DIAS-JÚNIOR, C. Q.; DITAS, F.; DITZ, R.; GODOI, A. F. L.; GODOI, R. H. M.; HEIMANN, M.; HOFFMANN, T.; KESSELMEIER, J.; KÖNEMANN, T.; KRÜGER, M. L.; LAVRIC, J. V.; MANZI, A. O.; LOPES, A. P.; MARTINS, D. L.; MIKHAILOV, E. F.; MORAN-ZULOAGA, D.; NELSON, B. W.; NÖLSCHER, A. C.; NOGUEIRA, D. S.; PIEDADE, M. T. F.; PÖHLKER, C.; PÖSCHL, U.; QUESADA, C. A.; RIZZO, L. V.; RO, C.-U.; RUCKTESCHLER, N.; SÁ, L. D. A.; SÁ, M. de O.; SALES, C. B.; SANTOS, R. M. N. dos; SATURNO, J.; SCHÖNGART, J.; SÖRGEL, M.; SOUZA, C. M. de; SOUZA, R. A. F. de; SU, H.; TARGHETTA, N.; TÓTA, J.; TREBS, I.; TRUMBORE, S.; EIJCK, A. van; WALTER, D.; WANG, Z.; WEBER, B.; WILLIAMS, J.; WINDERLICH, J.; WITTMANN, F.; WOLFF, S.; YÁÑEZ-SERRANO, A. M.

The Amazon Tall Tower Observatory (ATTO): overview of pilot measurements on ecosystem ecology, meteorology, trace gases, and aerosols.

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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.