Yearly Reports_AVA Tower

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Authors: Steven R. Paton
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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