Monthly summary_AVA Tower

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Authors: Steven R. Paton
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Abstract

Barro Colorado Island, AVA tower.Yearly, monthly and daily summary Excel spreadsheet. Contains interval average/maximum/minimum/variance statistics plus summary graphsTwo Sensors: North and SouthParameters: air temperature, relative humidity, wind speed and direction, precipitation, solar radiation (pyranometer, photosynthetically active radiation)Established in March, 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/Monthly_summary_AVA_Tower/10059461

Fields of Study & Subjects

Environmental Monitoring and Data Management Environmental and biological studies Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics

Publication details

Journal / source
UC Santa Barbara
Publication date
1 January 2026
Language
EN
Document type
Dataset