Research project ATTO

At the Amazon Tall Tower Observatory (ATTO), the research station of a joint German-Brazilian project in the Brazilian rainforest, scientists have been studying the ecosystems of the Amazon and their interactions with the atmosphere and climate for more than 10 years. Recently, representatives of the Brazilian Ministry of Research and foreign ambassadors visited the station. mehr

Within the framework of the German-Brazilian joint project ATTO (Amazon Tall Tower Observatory) with its research station in the Brazilian rainforest, scientists for several years have gained valuable data and insights for climate and environmental research. For German partners, the Max Planck Society will continue to ensure the operation of the station and the research. In addition, the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) will fund the project for another three years with around 5 million euros through ATTO+. mehr

bout 50 scientists of different nationalities gathered in Manaus (Brazil) for two days at the National Institute of Amazonian Research (INPA) to present their work related to the Amazonian Tall Tower Observatory (ATTO) and plan future joint research at the ATTO site to strengthen the scientific collaboration. mehr

The establishment of the Amazon Tall Tower Observatory (ATTO) is an exceptional research infrastructure, supported jointly by Brazil and Germany. The next phase of the Brazilian-German collaboration project aims at fully exploiting the technical ATTO infrastructure, to study the role of Amazon tropical forests in the Earth system and fill a large gap in global climate monitoring networks. From the German side, the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) funds a large 3-year network proposal starting May 2017 on climate-relevant projects in this key tropical region. mehr

Our colleagues from the MPI for Chemistry in Mainz are celebrating the official start of the Amazon Tall Tower Observatory (ATTO) located in the Amazon rainforest. The 325 m tall tower will be the counterpart of our 304 m ZOTTO tower located in central Siberia which we built in 2006. Within the Earth System Research Partnership (ESRP) the MPI's from Mainz, Hamburg and Jena closely cooperate in studying Earth system processes. Scientists of our institute are part of the ATTO consortium and contributed to the tower equipment by planning and constructing the measurement system for carbon dioxide and methane. mehr