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Bending strains on the trunks of trees on Barro Colorado Island, Panama, 2022

Publisher
Environmental Information Data Centre
Updated
4 September 2026
Topic
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Licence
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Summary

This dataset contains time-series measurements of trees bending in the wind. The data was collected in 2022 in Barro Colorado Island, Panama. 105 trees were measured, with two sensors per tree recording bending strains at 4 Hz. This data was collected for the purpose of estimating the risk of wind damage to these trees. It could also be used to estimate the fundamental sway frequencies of the trees, and how they change over time, which varies with leaf phenology and tree water content. There are lots of short data gaps due to transmission issues in the forest. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/f03806fa-3596-4119-90c5-70254f39cfc0

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Additional information

Source Metadata
XML, HTML
Date added
02 September 2026
Harvest GUID
f03806fa-3596-4119-90c5-70254f39cfc0
Extent (Latitude)
9.18° to 9.133°
Extent (Longitude)
-79.876° to -79.819°
Dataset reference date (publication)
2023-10-25
Access constraints
If you reuse this data, you should cite: Jackson, T.D., Bittencourt, P., Coomes, D.A. (2023). Bending strains on the trunks of trees on Barro Colorado Island, Panama, 2022. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/f03806fa-3596-4119-90c5-70254f39cfc0
Responsible party
University of Cambridge (author, pointOfContact); University of Exeter (author); (publisher, owner, custodian)
ISO 19139 resource type
dataset
Metadata language
eng