10.25573/data.10042466.v5 Steven Paton Steve Paton Barro Colorado Island, AVA tower_Precipitation The Smithsonian Institution 2020 Meteorology climate environmental monitoring precipitation rainfall Environmental Monitoring 2020-06-04 19:28:29 Dataset https://smithsonian.figshare.com/articles/dataset/Barro_Colorado_Island_AVA_tower_Precipitation/10042466 <div>Barro Colorado Island, AVA tower.</div><div><br></div><div>Precipitation, electronic tipping bucket<br></div><div><br></div><div>Established in Mar, 2011 as part of the ForestGEO Tropical Ecology, Assessment and Monitoring (TEAM) project.<br>The original tower was Located near the center of the island at the north west corner of the 50ha plot (9.1568°, -79.8486°).<br>In 2018 this tower was struck by a tree fall and rendered unusable.<br>In Feb. 2019 a new 45m tower was build close by (9.1568°, -79.8486°). <br></div>