Yearly Reports_Parque Natural Metropolitano Crane
Abstract
Yearly climate summaries for the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute's Physical Monitoring Program Parque Natural Metropolitano (PNM) Crane Station. Established in 1995, the PNM canopy crane (8.994410°, - 79.543000°) is located at the North Western edge of Panama City, at the eastern edge of the Parque Natural Metropolitano (Metropolitan Nature Park) and is surrounded by 80-year old, lowland semi-deciduous forest. The crane is 42 meters tall with a radius of 51 meters. In 2021 the original crane was dismantled and replaced with a new, 68m crane in Jan. 2022. The temperature and humidity were moved to the top of the crane. An anemometer was mounted near just below the crane boom.Historical Datasets can be located here: https://smithsonian.figshare.com/articles/dataset/Yearly_Reports_Parque_Natural_Metropolitano_Crane/11799348
Fields of Study & Subjects
Environmental Monitoring and Data Management
Climate variability and models
Environmental and biological studies
Publication details
- Journal / source
- UC Santa Barbara
- Publication date
- 1 January 2026
- Language
- EN
- Document type
- Dataset