Research Article

Observing and Modeling the Vertical Wind Profile at Multiple Sites in and above the Amazon Rain Forest Canopy

Table 1

Instruments and data periods used.

Experimental sitesInstrumentsReferenceMeasurement heightsSampling rateMeasurement period

K34 [4]3D-sonic anemometerCSAT3, Campbell scientific1.5, 7.0, 13.5, 18.4, 22.1, 24.5, 31.6, 34.9, 40.4, 48.220 HzJune 2014 to January 2015

Rebio-Jarú [22]Cup anemometerLow Power A100L2, Vector Instruments Inc.55.0, 50.55, 47.7, 42.9, 40.25, 37.8, 32.8, 26.65, 14.300.1 HzFebruary 1999

Santarém [30]Cup anemometer5103, R.M. Young Company64.1, 52, 38.2, 30.71 Hz July to November 2013
3D-sonic anemometerCSAT, Campbell scientific57.810 Hz
2D-sonic anemometerCATI/2, Applied Technologies, Inc.1.81 Hz
3D-sonic anemometerATI, Applied Technologies, Inc.510 Hz

Caxiuanã [31]sonic anemometersCSAT, Campbell scientific57.810 HzApril 18–24, 1999

ATTO – Triangular tower [35] 3D-sonic anemometerWindMaster, Gill Instruments Ltd.78, 41 e 3010 Hz February to April 2012
2D-sonic anemometerWindSonic, Gill Instruments Ltd.23, 36, 45 e 504 Hz
Automatic weather stationMetPak, Gill Instruments Ltd.57, 60 e 721 Hz

ATTO Square tower [3] 3D-sonic anemometerR3, Gill Instruments Ltd.23 40 8010 Hz January to February 2012
Cup anemometer5103, R.M. Young Company30, 42, 551 Hz