Monthly summary_AVA Tower
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