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Amazon Tall Tower Observatory

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The Amazon Tall Tower Observatory (ATTO) emerged from a German-Brazilian research project begun in 2009. Centred around a 325m steel tower, the observatory records meteorological, chemical, and biological data to explore cycles between the forest, the soil , and the atmosphere, and climate impacts in the Amazon.

ATTO Research

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The 325m tower at the Amazon Tall Tower Observatory. Image source: Jorge Saturno / ATTO [photograph]. Retrieved 27 July 2022, from https://www.attoproject.org/about-atto/atto-basics/

Research at ATTO uses data collected at the station to study meteorology, greenhouse gases, forest ecology , and cycles of matter in the Amazon, among other processes. Some of ATTO's datasets are freely available to the public via the observatory's data portal. Importantly, long-term multi-scalar environmental research at ATTO takes place in socio-political contexts, including national governmental challenges to climate science.

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