rebio jaru towers rondônia the old one (from abracos, 1991) the new one (since wetamc, 1999)

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 ...