Panama: Barro Colorado Island
Latitude: 9.15
Longitude: -79.83

- Networks: Ameriflux, ForestGEO
- Principal investigator: Matteo Detto
- PI-affiliated institution: Smithsonian Tropical Reserach Institute
- Primary IGBP ecosystem type: Evergreen Broadleaf Forests
- Dominant plant functional type: Evergreen Broadleaf trees
- Recent and historic disturbance and management events that may affect this site:
- Undisturbed: No disturbance or management has occurred on the site
- Flux data collection:
- Start date: December July 2017
- End date: Ongoing
- Start date: December July 2017
- Flux methods:
- Eddy covariance
- Optical data collection:
- Start date: January 2019
- End date: Ongoing
- Start date: January 2019
- Data collection period: Continuous operation: Variable collected continuously with the reported method.
- Data scale: Canopy
- Collection methods: Tower
- Types of data collected:
- Albedo
- Webcam
- Ancillary data collected:
- Canopy structure
- Species composition
- Canopy temperature
Flux data repository: https://ameriflux.lbl.gov/
Optical data repository: https://phenocam.nau.edu/
Publication: M Detto, SW Pacala, 2022. Plant hydraulics, stomatal control, and the response of a tropical forest to water stress over multiple temporal scales. Global Change Biology 28 (14), 4359-4376
