Objectives and Goals of the EUSTACH-LBA project:

EUSTACH-LBA will be part of the Large Scale Biosphere-Atmosphere Experiment in Amazonia (LBA) , which is an international research initiative lead by Brazil.

The Main Objectives of EUSTACH-LBA focuses on the contribution of Amazonia to

• the global atmospheric carbon balance
  
  
• the global atmospheric budgets of radiatively and chemically active trace gases and aerosol particles.

The Goals of the project are

• to quantify the diurnal seasonal and interannual dynamics of CO2, water and energy at three selected sites in the Amazon Basin by long term measurements
  
  
• to understand the basic characteristics and spatial variability of CO2, water and energy fluxes across the Amazon basin by applying state of the art modelling techniques
  
  
• to quantify the diurnal and seasonal dynamics of concentrations and fluxes of radiatively active trace gases (N2O, CH4) and aerosol particles
  
  
• to understand the direct and indirect radiative effect of aerosols from the Amazon basin by interpretive modelling
  
  
• to quantify the diurnal and seasonal dynamics of concentration and exchange of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC), O3 and NOx at three selected sites in the Amazon basin
  
  
• to assess the role of anthropogenic and biogenic trace gases of the Amazon basin to the (local and regional) ozone budget/photochemistry and to the global environment
  
  
• to assess the validity of flux measurement devices used in the project