LUQ DATA SET METADATA

Long-Term
Ongoing

Data Files and Variables

Data File Identifier Data File Collected
El Verde Field Station MinimumTemperature in Fahrenheit and Celsius (1975-1989)
text/plain iconevmn1975-1989.txt
 01/01/1975 - 12/31/1989
El Verde Field Station MinimumTemperature in Fahrenheit and Celsius (1990-1999)
text/plain iconevmn1990-1999.txt
 01/01/1990 - 12/31/1999
El Verde Field Station Minimum Temperature in Fahrenheit and Celsius (2000-2009)
text/plain iconevmn2000-2009.txt
 01/01/2000 - 12/31/2009
El Verde Field Station MinimumTemperature in Fahrenheit and Celsius (2010-current)
text/plain iconevmn2010-current.txt
 01/01/2010 - 03/31/2013

Measurements:

Date of collection
Year of collection
Julian day of measurement
Minimum Temperature Fahrenheit
Minimum Temperature Centigrades

Project

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Minimum temperature at El Verde Field Station, Rio Grande, Puerto Rico since 1975

Research Sites:

El Verde Field Station rooftop

Abstract

Daily emperature has been measured at the El Verde Field Station since 1975 (see methods). Monthly averages have been calculated. Lowest average values for minimum temperature were recorded from January to April with nearly 18 Centigrades during this period of time (see chart). During these months, the lowest average minimum temperature was recorded in 1976 ranging from 20 to 22 Centigrades (see chart). Highest minimum montly average records are shown from June to October with peak in the vecinity of 20 Centigrades. The year with lowest minimum tempearture was 1995 and 2000 with the low values near 14 and 15 Centigrades, respectively.

Methods:

During first period of record the El Verde Field Station was administered by the Center for Energy and Environmental Research (CEER). Since 1988 the Station has been administered by what was known then as the Terrestrial Ecology Division (TED) of the University of Puerto Rico. In 1997 TED became the Institute of Tropical Ecosystem Studies (ITES) under the Natural Science Faculty of the University of Puerto Rico at the Rio Piedras Campus.

Additional Information:

CLIMDB DATA

The data from this data set is harvested by the LTER ClimDB (http://climhy.lternet.edu/harvest.pl.) and available to the public at: http://climhy.lternet.edu/. See the location for the LUQ ClimDB El Verde site data in this website at: http://luq.lternet.edu/datamng/nis/luqclimdb.txt

Owner:

Alonso Ramirez

Contact(s):

Alonso Ramirez

Associated:

Douglas Schaefer
John Bithorn
William H. McDowell

Researcher's Keywords:

el verde field station (EVFS)
Luquillo Experimental Forest (LEF)
Luquillo
Puerto Rico
Greater Antilles
Caribbean
Sites
Sites Projects Programs
minimum temperature
Fields of ecology
Ecological phenomena processes

LTER Vocab Keywords:

minimum temperature
temperature
physical properties
measurements

LTER Core Area(s):

primary production

Complete Metadata:

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