Post on 14-Jan-2016
Rebio Jaru towersRondônia
the old one (from ABRACOS, 1991)
the new one (since WETAMC, 1999)
The new tower issues
• deforestation
• biomass burning
• empty gun shells left at the tower
• cables from lightning protection pole stolen
• IBAMA boundary demarcation
• threat from land occupants near the tower
350 m to the east
Actions regarding the new tower
• dismount
• move somewhere else to the South still inside the Rebio Jaru area
Meeting with IBAMA, INCRA and UNIR
30 October, 2002
The old tower issues
• under used, needed elsewhere
• move – Ilha do Bananal– Manaus
• Manaus– Antonio Manzi,
Antonio Nobre– ..\lba\manaus.doc
• Ilha do Bananal– Humberto Rocha,
Divaldo Resende, Michael Keller
– ..\lba\bananal.doc
Bananal
• inundated area, transition between forest and cerrado
• need a aluminium tower of 35-40m• Insti. Milenio got the equipment but not
enough funds for the tower• other funding options (Cia Elétrica Tocantins)
very uncertain• 2 Ph.D students (1 from UFPA at IAG/USP,
1 from ULBRA/TO at ESALQ/USP) 2 Ms students (1 ESALQ 1 IAG)
Manaus
• ZF2 low lands close to the other tower (plateau)• invest in a reference site for the Amazon region• investigate lateral flow • representativeness of nocturnal eddy flux
measurement• other LBA tower groups involved (Wofsy,
Fitzjarrald)• after a convenient period of time, 2nd tower can
be moved elsewhere
SSC/LBA to decide ...