Temperature and relative humidity data for leeward sites in the Luquillo Mountains, eastern Puerto Rico, 2015-2016
Air temperature and relative humidity (T/RH) sensors (Onset Computer Corp. model U23-002) were measured from June 2015 to August 2016 at 100-m elevation intervals, from ~600 to ~1000 m, along a southeast-northwest trending ridge in the Luquillo Experimental Forest (LEF), eastern Puerto Rico. The prevailing wind direction is most frequently east to east-northeast and occasionally east-southeast so these locations are on the leeward side of the mountains; the data are within the timeframe and complementary to those collected at sites on the windward mountain slope. The T/RH sensors were installed with a custom-made PVC housing that had shade panels while allowing open air flow (Bassiouni et al., Fig. 2b). This housing was mounted on tree trunks 1.5-1.8 m above the ground. Air temperature and relative humidity data were downloaded every 2-3 months. Because air temperature and humidity were affected by site visits, data for one hour after downloading were excluded from the dataset.
Reference:
Bassiouni, M., Scholl, M. A., Torres-Sanchez, A. J., & Murphy, S. F. (2017). A method for quantifying cloud immersion in a tropical mountain forest using time-lapse photography. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 243, 100-112. doi:10.1016/j.agrformet.2017.04.010.
Complete Metadata
| accessLevel | public |
|---|---|
| bureauCode |
[
"010:12"
]
|
| contactPoint |
{
"fn": "Sheila Murphy",
"@type": "vcard:Contact",
"hasEmail": "mailto:sfmurphy@usgs.gov"
}
|
| description | Air temperature and relative humidity (T/RH) sensors (Onset Computer Corp. model U23-002) were measured from June 2015 to August 2016 at 100-m elevation intervals, from ~600 to ~1000 m, along a southeast-northwest trending ridge in the Luquillo Experimental Forest (LEF), eastern Puerto Rico. The prevailing wind direction is most frequently east to east-northeast and occasionally east-southeast so these locations are on the leeward side of the mountains; the data are within the timeframe and complementary to those collected at sites on the windward mountain slope. The T/RH sensors were installed with a custom-made PVC housing that had shade panels while allowing open air flow (Bassiouni et al., Fig. 2b). This housing was mounted on tree trunks 1.5-1.8 m above the ground. Air temperature and relative humidity data were downloaded every 2-3 months. Because air temperature and humidity were affected by site visits, data for one hour after downloading were excluded from the dataset. Reference: Bassiouni, M., Scholl, M. A., Torres-Sanchez, A. J., & Murphy, S. F. (2017). A method for quantifying cloud immersion in a tropical mountain forest using time-lapse photography. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 243, 100-112. doi:10.1016/j.agrformet.2017.04.010. |
| distribution |
[
{
"@type": "dcat:Distribution",
"title": "Digital Data",
"format": "XML",
"accessURL": "https://doi.org/10.5066/P9UQCN4T",
"mediaType": "application/http",
"description": "Landing page for access to the data"
},
{
"@type": "dcat:Distribution",
"title": "Original Metadata",
"format": "XML",
"mediaType": "text/xml",
"description": "The metadata original format",
"downloadURL": "https://data.usgs.gov/datacatalog/metadata/USGS.5ff88283d34ea5387df0421c.xml"
}
]
|
| identifier | http://datainventory.doi.gov/id/dataset/USGS_5ff88283d34ea5387df0421c |
| keyword |
[
"USGS:5ff88283d34ea5387df0421c",
"air temperature",
"climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere",
"relative humidity"
]
|
| modified | 2021-02-02T00:00:00Z |
| publisher |
{
"name": "U.S. Geological Survey",
"@type": "org:Organization"
}
|
| spatial | -66.0059, 18.0806, -65.5444, 18.5004 |
| theme |
[
"Geospatial"
]
|
| title | Temperature and relative humidity data for leeward sites in the Luquillo Mountains, eastern Puerto Rico, 2015-2016 |
