Barro Colorado Island, Lutz tower 48m_Wind Speed Steven Paton 10.25573/data.10042427.v1 https://smithsonian.figshare.com/articles/dataset/Barro_Colorado_Island_Lutz_tower_48m_Wind_Speed/10042427 <div>Barro Colorado Island (BCI), Lutz catchment tower</div><div>Location 9°9'42.36"N, 79°50'15.67"W</div><div><div><br></div>Wind speed, electronic sensor, interval max/min/avg</div><div><br></div><div>Lutz catchment is a 9.73ha protected watershed on BCI</div><div>The Lutz tower was built in 1972 and was originally 42m. In 2002 it was increased to 48m</div><div><br></div><div>The data from 48m should be considered a separate data series from the data at 42m. Wind speed is significantly higher at 48m due to the distance to the top of the canopy.<br></div> 2019-10-28 12:59:49 environmental monitoring Meteorology climate Wind speed Environmental Monitoring