Height 325 m Architectural style Modern architecture | Opened 2015 | |
Similar Zotino Tall Tower Observati, Rio Negro Bridge, Gerbrandy Tower, Terminal Hidroviário de Ponta, Amazon Theatre - Manaus | ||
amazon tall tower observatory in brazil
The Amazon Tall Tower Observatory or ATTO (in Portuguese: Observatório de Torre Alta da Amazônia) is a scientific research tower in the Amazon rainforest with a height of 325 metres (1,066 ft). The site is distant from any human presence, about 150 kilometres northeast of Manaus.
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- amazon tall tower observatory in brazil
- Map of ATTO Torre Alta da AmazC3B4nia SC3A3o SebastiC3A3o do UatumC3A3 AM 69135 000 Brazil
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The measurement tower is a joint project between Germany and Brazil coordinated by the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, the Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, the Brazilian National Institute of Amazonian Research, INPA (Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia), and the University of the State of Amazonas, UEA (Universidade do Estado do Amazonas).
The tower, South America's tallest structure, is used to study the climate in the largely untouched rainforest surrounding it. It measures greenhouse gases, aerosols and weather data and provides information about a roughly 100 square kilometer area around the tower.
The joint project is dedicated to the exploration of the rainforest biosphere and how it responds to global warming. ATTO's counterpart “ZOTTO” (Zotino Tall Tower Observation Facility) is located in the Siberian Taiga.
The project was launched in 2009. Building of the tower began in 2014 and was completed in 2015. The cost of 8.4 million Euros was shared about equally by the German and Brazil partners.
According to a press release from the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), ATTO will allow "climate observations at different altitudes of the atmosphere, which will deliver completely new and so far not achievable results of the measurements on the greenhouse gases and the complex interactions between the land surface and the atmosphere." German and Brazilian scientists are now able to do research in a forest area "far from disturbances caused by human influences". Furthermore, the measuring tower will contribute to gather and assess “climate-relevant chemical and physical processes over the Amazon” and thus create new principles for climate protection”.