Title:

Northeastern Puerto Rico open-canopy and under-canopy temperature and moisture data on an elevational gradient

Author(s):

González, Grizelle; Van Beusekom, Ashley E.; Rivera, María M.

Publication Year:

2022

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González, Grizelle; Van Beusekom, Ashley E.; Rivera, María M. 2022. Northeastern Puerto Rico open-canopy and under-canopy temperature and moisture data on an elevational gradient. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2022-0051

Abstract:

This data publication contains monthly means of temperature and moisture data collected from August 2006 through September 2021 from 22 locations along an elevational gradient, from 0 to 1045 meters, in Northeastern Puerto Rico. The higher elevational data are in the Luquillo Experimental Forest (El Yunque National Forest). Five kinds of data are included: air temperature and precipitation measured in the open (not under canopy) at 20 locations, air temperature and soil temperature both measured under the canopy at all 22 locations, and soil moisture under the canopy at 4 locations. Two locations have 3 sites each, measured in different canopy types at the same location. The other 20 locations have one site each, making a total of 26 measurement sites. Data are provided as monthly averages at each site.

Keywords:

biota; climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere; Climate change; Climate change effects; Forest & Plant Health; Inventory, Monitoring, & Analysis; climate change; disturbance; hurricanes; tropical forests; Luquillo Experimental Forest; Puerto Rico; Sabana Field Station; El Yunque National Forest; Luquillo Mountains

Related publications:

• Van Beusekom, Ashley E.; González, Grizelle; Rivera, María M. 2023. Tropical forest microclimatic changes: Hurricane, drought, and 15-20 year climate trend effects on elevational gradient temperature and moisture. Forests. 14(2): 325. https://doi.org/10.3390/f14020325 https://research.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/65723

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