Patterns and Processes of Change
in the Amazon River Basin

Welcome to the EOS Amazon Project at the University of Washington

This project is a NASA Earth Observing System (EOS) Interdisciplinary Investigation. The purpose of this research project is to understand biogeochemistry, hydrology, and sedimentation of the Amazon River and its drainage basin. We have chosen the Amazon as the first target in our study of Earth's continental scale river systems, which represent some of the largest and most dynamic environmental units on the planet. Today they are foci of settlement for vast human populations and thus they have enormous social as well as ecological significance. The researchers involved in this project, while located at various institutes, share a common focus, the Patterns and Processes of Change in the Amazon River Basin.

Areas of Research

EOS-Amazon Data Information System Hydrology Biogeochemistry Remote Sensing Applications EOS-Amazon and LBA