HS
Hydrological Sciences

Steven Paton

MSc, Physical Monitoring Program Director, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI), Panama Paton has worked at STRI since 1991. Beginning in 1993, he has led STRI’s terrestrial climate and hydrological monitoring program. Beginning in 2008 he also assumed responsibility of STRI’s physical oceanographic monitoring program as well. Currently, he also leads research studying the long-term effects of major climate impacts on mangrove forests in Panama.

The Lutz Creek watershed of Barro Colorado Island, Panama

, and June 16, 2021
The Lutz Creek watershed of Barro Colorado Island, Panama

The Lutz Creek watershed, administered by the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) on Barro Colorado Island (BCI), is one of the longest continually monitored, micro-catchments in the neotropics. This catchment is central to the long-term climate and hydrological monitoring program that STRI has operated on BCI since 1972. The information derived from this program plays an essential role ...[Read More]