巴德合建亚马逊高塔天文台

 　　Brazil's National Institute of Amazonian Research and Germany's Max Planck Institute have joined efforts to build the Amazon Tall Tower Observatory¹ (ATTO).

　　Located along the waterways of a northern tributary² of the Amazon River, the observatory was finally finished this year after 8 years of construction.

　　Jurgen Kesselmeier, the German coordinator³ of the project gives an update on where the tower is right now.

　　"The tower is ready, it's ready to get inside instruments as soon as possible, so it's not operational but it's ready to be equipped with all the materials we would like to see there to measure all the trace gases, we would like to do."

　　The specialist equipment to collect data will be installed in the coming months. The tower is expected to be fully⁴ operative in 2017.

　　巴德合建亚马逊高塔天文台 监测气候变化

　　The equipment will collect data about greenhouse gases, aerosol⁵ particles, cloud properties, boundary-layer processes, and the transport of air masses every day.

　　Kesselmeier says the primary goal of the tower is to track greenhouse gases.

　　" This tower is looking for, mainly for greenhouse gases like CO2, methane⁶, N2O and ozone⁷, which are heating up the atmosphere and these gases are exchanged with the surface at the ground, from these gases. We would like to learn about the quantity of these gases which are coming out of the system, of the forest, or which are getting in, and to understand how this exchange is working. So, these are the primarily goals, these are the greenhouse gases. "

　　Kesselmeier adds the tower will also look for secondary and primary aerosol particles, which help to build up clouds and indirectly⁸ influence climate.

　　Data collected from the tower will be incorporated into models to predict climate change. Antonio Manzi, the Brazilian coordinator on the ATTO project, says such information will help to influence government decisions on environmental policies.

　　"Those models will be incorporated to the models that measure pressure of weather, quality of air -pollution- and also to the models of the earth system that work on the forecast of the future climate. All the results, especially those (obtained) in the long term, will be very important to define the public policies, public policies for conservation and management of the ecosystems⁹."

　　The tower will be in operation for at least 30 years.

　　Germany and Brazil are sharing the costs of the project, which stand at 9.5 million USD. The amount includes construction costs and operation expenses for the first five years.

1 observatory   

n.天文台，气象台，瞭望台，观测台

参考例句：

• Guy's house was close to the observatory.盖伊的房子离天文台很近。
• Officials from Greenwich Observatory have the clock checked twice a day.格林威治天文台的职员们每天对大钟检查两次。

2 tributary   

n.支流；纳贡国；adj.附庸的；辅助的；支流的

参考例句：

• There was a tributary road near the end of the village.村的尽头有条岔道。
• As the largest tributary of Jinsha river,Yalong river is abundant in hydropower resources.雅砻江是金沙江的最大支流，水力资源十分丰富。

3 coordinator   

n.协调人

参考例句：

• The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, headed by the Emergency Relief Coordinator, coordinates all UN emergency relief. 联合国人道主义事务协调厅在紧急救济协调员领导下，负责协调联合国的所有紧急救济工作。
• How am I supposed to find the client-relations coordinator? 我怎么才能找到客户关系协调员的办公室？

4 fully   

adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地

参考例句：

• The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
• They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。

5 aerosol   

n.悬浮尘粒，气溶胶，烟雾剂，喷雾器

参考例句：

• They sprayed aerosol insect repellent into the faces of police.他们将喷雾驱虫剂喷在了警察的脸上。
• Aerosol particles affect visibility,climate,and our health and quality of life.气溶胶对大气能见度、气候变化以及人类健康等有重要影响。

6 methane   

n.甲烷，沼气

参考例句：

• The blast was caused by pockets of methane gas that ignited.爆炸是由数袋甲烷气体着火引起的。
• Methane may have extraterrestrial significance.甲烷具有星际意义。

7 ozone   

n.臭氧，新鲜空气

参考例句：

• The ozone layer is a protective layer around the planet Earth.臭氧层是地球的保护层。
• The capacity of ozone can adjust according of requirement.臭氧的产量可根据需要或调节。

8 indirectly   

adv.间接地，不直接了当地

参考例句：

• I heard the news indirectly.这消息我是间接听来的。
• They were approached indirectly through an intermediary.通过一位中间人，他们进行了间接接触。

9 ecosystems   

n.生态系统( ecosystem的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• There are highly sensitive and delicately balanced ecosystems in the forest. 森林里有高度敏感、灵敏平衡的各种生态系统。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Madagascar's ecosystems range from rainforest to semi-desert. 马达加斯加生态系统类型多样，从雨林到半荒漠等不一而足。 来自辞典例句