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Document Title: Instrumented tower at EXPRESSO program (DI00758) Photo by Lee Klinger
Description: Instrumented towers were part of the data-gathering strategy for an African field campaign in 1996. Scientists from the National Center for Atmospheric Research and colleagues took part in the Experiment for Regional Sources and Sinks of Oxidants, which documented biosphere-atmosphere interactions taking place in and near the African tropics. Researchers collected data at two main sites--along with meteorological data throughout the study area--to explore how the vegetation and fires interact with the atmosphere. Ground-based and tower-mounted instruments and a research aircraft supported studies of biomass burning, rainforest-savanna dynamics, and the influence of tropical vegetation on global air chemistry.
Creditline: copyright University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, Photo by Lee Klinger
Keywords: DI00758,climate change,Africa,tropics,EXPRESSO,field research,tower,research equipment,Lee Klinger
Filename: DI00758.tif