Set up jointly by Prof Ma Yaoming of the Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research and his Japanese collaborators from JICA, the atmospheric system was set up in Lynchi (29°45′56″,94°44′18″,3327m a.s.l) on Nov 23, 2006. It targets at the understanding of the transportation process of water and heat brought in by the monsoon along the valley, its effect on regional climate, and the relationship among global change, monsoonal strength and water-heat alteration. This set of system consists of a 20-meter-tall boundary layer observation tower, which can keep the record of four-layer wind temperature/humidity, precipitation, air pressure, three-layer soil hear flux and five-layer soil temperature/humidity. It also contains a set of air vortex system aiming at near surface wind temperature/humidity, vapor and pulse of CO₂, a radiation system observing up/downward short-/long-wave radiation.

The entire system has been submitted to normal operation now.