10.25573/data.10042430.v4 Steven Paton Steve Paton Barro Colorado Island, Lutz tower 48m_Wind Direction The Smithsonian Institution 2020 environmental monitoring Meteorology climate wind direction Environmental Monitoring 2020-05-11 20:41:13 Dataset https://smithsonian.figshare.com/articles/dataset/Barro_Colorado_Island_Lutz_tower_48m_Wind_Direction/10042430 <div>Barro Colorado Island (BCI), Lutz catchment tower</div><div>Location 9°9'42.36"N, 79°50'15.67"W</div><div><br></div><div>Direction, Interval, mean vector</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><div><br></div>The data from 48m should be considered a separate data series from the data at 42m. Wind may have been affected by the distance to the top of the canopy.</div>