Yearly Reports_AVA Tower
Abstract
Yearly climate summaries for the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute's Physical Monitoring Program Barro Colorado Island, AVA tower. Established in Mar, 2011 as part of the ForestGEO Tropical Ecology, Assessment and Monitoring (TEAM) project. The original tower was Located near the center of the island at the north west corner of the 50ha plot (9.1568°, -79.8486°). In 2018 this tower was struck by a tree fall and rendered unusable. In Feb. 2019 a new 45m tower was build close by (9.1568°, -79.8486°). Historical datasets can be located here: https://smithsonian.figshare.com/articles/dataset/Yearly_Reports_AVA_Tower/18610646
Fields of Study & Subjects
Environmental Monitoring and Data Management
Environmental and biological studies
Climate variability and models
Publication details
- Journal / source
- UC Santa Barbara
- Publication date
- 1 January 2026
- Language
- EN
- Document type
- Dataset