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

Abstract. 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. The Amazon Tall Tower Observatory (ATTO) has been set up in a pristine rain forest region in the central Amazon Basin, about 150 km northeast of the city of Manaus. Two 80 m towers have been operated at the site since 2012, and a 325 m tower is nearing completion in mid-2015. An ecological survey including a biodiversity assessment has been conducted in the forest region surrounding the site. Measurements of micrometeorological and atmospheric chemical variables were initiated in 2012, and their range has continued to broaden over the last few years. The meteorological and micrometeorological measurements include temperature and wind profiles, precipitation, water and energy fluxes, turbulence components, soil temperature profiles and soil heat fluxes, radiation fluxes, and visibility. A tree has been instrumented to measure stem profiles of temperature, light intensity, and water content in cryptogamic covers. The trace gas measurements comprise continuous monitoring of carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, methane, and ozone at five to eight different heights, complemented by a variety of additional species measured during intensive campaigns (e.g., VOC, NO, NO2, and OH reactivity). Aerosol optical, microphysical, and chemical measurements are being made above the canopy as well as in the canopy space. They include aerosol light scattering and absorption, fluorescence, number and volume size distributions, chemical composition, cloud condensation nuclei (CCN) concentrations, and hygroscopicity. In this paper, we discuss the scientific context of the ATTO observatory and present an overview of results from ecological, meteorological, and chemical pilot studies at the ATTO site.

Chul-Un Ro | Bettina Weber | Ulrich Pöschl | Susan E. Trumbore | Meinrat O. Andreae | Henrique M. J. Barbosa | Jonathan Williams | N. L. Dias | Antonio O. Manzi | Nelson Luís Dias | Martin Heimann | Bruce Walker Nelson | Otávio C. Acevedo | Ivonne Trebs | Hang Su | Paulo Artaxo | Ricardo H. M. Godoi | Ana F. L. Godoi | Thorsten Hoffmann | Carlos A. Quesada | M. Heimann | B. Nelson | C. Quesada | C. Sales | M. Andreae | P. Artaxo | R. Souza | U. Pöschl | B. Weber | C. Pöhlker | H. Su | T. Hoffmann | A. Araùjo | A. Manzi | L. D. Sá | J. Tóta | S. Trumbore | Jonathan Williams | I. Trebs | S. Carbone | F. Wittmann | Aline P Lopes | O. Acevedo | C. Barbosa | H. Barbosa | J. Brito | X. Chi | B. B. L. Cintra | N. Silva | C. Q. Dias‐Júnior | F. Ditas | R. Ditz | A. Godoi | R. Godoi | J. Kesselmeier | T. Könemann | M. Krüger | J. Lavrič | D. Martins | E. Mikhailov | D. Moran-Zuloaga | A. Nölscher | D. Nogueira | M. Piedade | L. Rizzo | C. Ro | Nina Ruckteschler | M. Sá | R. M. N. D. Santos | Jorge Saturno | J. Schöngart | M. Sörgel | C. M. D. Souza | N. Targhetta | A. V. Eijck | D. Walter | Zhibin Wang | J. Winderlich | S. Wolff | A. Yáñez-Serrano | Jochen Schöngart | Maria Teresa Fernandez Piedade | J. Kesselmeier | A. C. Nölscher | Xuguang Chi | Florian Wittmann | Eugene Mikhailov | Joel Brito | Luciana V. Rizzo | Florian Ditas | Christopher Pöhlker | Jorge Saturno | Samara Carbone | Reiner Ditz | Tobias Könemann | Jošt V. Lavrič | Daniel Moran-Zuloaga | David Walter | Stefan Wolff | Zhibin Wang | Leonardo D. A. Sá | Cléo Q. Dias-Júnior | Julio Tóta | Matthias Sörgel | J. Winderlich | Natalia Targhetta | Bruno Barçante Ladvocat Cintra | Alessandro Carioca de Araújo | Mira L. Krüger | Cybelli G. G. Barbosa | N. F. da Silva | Aline Lopes | D. L. Martins | D. Santos Nogueira | Nina Ruckteschler | M. de Oliveira Sá | C. B. Sales | R. M. N. dos Santos | C. M. de Souza | R. A. F. de Souza | A. van Eijck | Ana Maria Yáñez-Serrano | A. Araújo | B. B. Cintra | N. Dias | L. Sá | R. D. Santos | Tobias Könemann | C. Pöhlker

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