%0 Generic %A Paton, Steve %D 2020 %T Barro Colorado Island, Lutz tower 48m_Wind Speed %U https://smithsonian.figshare.com/articles/dataset/Barro_Colorado_Island_Lutz_tower_48m_Wind_Speed/10042427 %R 10.25573/data.10042427.v5 %2 https://smithsonian.figshare.com/ndownloader/files/22904333 %K environmental monitoring %K Meteorology %K climate %K Wind speed %K Environmental Monitoring %X
Barro Colorado Island (BCI), Lutz catchment tower
Location 9°9'42.36"N, 79°50'15.67"W

Wind speed, electronic sensor, interval max/min/avg

Lutz catchment is a 9.73ha protected watershed on BCI
The Lutz tower was built in 1972 and was originally 42m. In 2002 it was increased to 48m

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.
%I Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute