ESP Data Set Summary
Accession: WIND Theme: Meteorology
Data Set Title: 15-min interval wind observations from Barro Colorado Island
Originator: Steven Paton
Study Type: Monitoring
Study Period: Nov 2, 1988 to Feb 03, 2003 - planned to continue indefinitely
Abstract: 15-min interval average wind speed, maximum wind speed and average wind direction records from Barro Colorado Island by STRI as part of the T-ESP.

Data are recorded electronically using a Young Anemometer at the of the Lutz Tower - until Oct. 6, 2001 this was 42m. After this data the anemometer is located at 48M.

Data are archived here..
Locations: STRI -- BCI, Republic of Panama
 
40M Lutz Tower, 40m level   Northing 626621, Easting 1012332
48M Lutz Tower, 48m level Northing 626621, Easting 1012332
Data Columns:
Column Name Units Type
1 Site   text
2 Date dd/mm/yyyy date
3 Wind_max Max wind speed (km/hr) floating-point
4 Wind_min Min wind speed (km/hr) floating-point
5 Wind_av Avg wind speed (km/hr) floating-point
6 Direction Avg. direction of wind to source (°) floating-point
Table Size: 295791 records
Review Status: reviewed by ESP
Publications: Windsor 1990
Public Release: Mar 25, 2002
Public File Downloads: bci_wind_day.zip (daily avg. wind speed, max. wind speed, avg. direction, comma-delimited ASCII text)
bci_wind_15.zip (hourly avg. wind speed, max. wind speed, avg. direction, comma-delimited ASCII text)