ESP Data Set Summary

Accession: TEMPER2 Theme: Meteorology
Data Set Title: Daily average/maximum/minimum temperature observations from Barro Colorado Island
Originator: Steven Paton
Study Type: Monitoring
Study Period: Apr 1, 1972 to June 01, 2004 - planned to continue indefinitely
Abstract: Daily  records from Barro Colorado Island by STRI as part of the T-ESP.

Data are recorded manually at approximately 8:30 am from max/min thermometers at the Laboratory Clearing (SITE='CLARO *'), at the 1m, 40m & 48m levels of the Lutz Tower (SITE='1M *', '40M *', '48M *').

Data are also recorded daily using electronic sensors at the Laboratory Clearing and at the 1m, 10m, 20m, 30m, 40m & 48m levels of the Lutz Tower (SITE='1M *', '10M', '20M', '30M', '42M', '48M').

 Data are archived here.
Locations: STRI -- BCI, Republic of Panama
 
CLARO Laboratory Clearing, tipping bucket station Northing 627675, Easting 1012951
CLARO * Laboratory Clearing, manual Northing 627675, Easting 1012951
1M Lutz Tower,   1m level, electronic Northing 626621, Easting 1012332
10M Lutz Tower, 10m level, electronic Northing 626621, Easting 1012332
20M Lutz Tower, 20m level, electronic Northing 626621, Easting 1012332
30M Lutz Tower, 30m level, electronic Northing 626621, Easting 1012332
40M Lutz Tower, 40m level, electronic Northing 626621, Easting 1012332
48M Lutz Tower, 48m level, electronic Northing 626621, Easting 1012332
1M * Lutz Tower,   1m level, manual Northing 626621, Easting 1012332
40M * Lutz Tower, 40m level, manual Northing 626621, Easting 1012332
48M * Lutz Tower, 48m level, manual Northing 626621, Easting 1012332
Data Columns:
Column Name Units Type
1 Site   text
2 Date dd/mm/yyyy date
3 Temp_av Avg temperature (°C) floating-point
4 Temp_max Max temperature (°C) floating-point
5 Temp_min Min temperature (°C) floating-point
Table Size: 55718 records
Review Status: reviewed by ESP
Publications: Windsor 1990
Public Release: Mar 25, 2002
Public File Downloads: bci_temp_1m_day.zip  (data from 1m level of Tower, comma-delimited ASCII text)
bci_temp_40m_day.zip (data from 1m level of Tower, comma-delimited ASCII text)
bci_temp_48m_day.zip (data from 40m level of Tower, comma-delimited ASCII text)
bci_temp_cl_day.zip  (data from Laboratory Clearing, comma-delimited ASCII text)