Luquillo Experimental Forest atmospheric and high and mid elevation weather data

This data publication contains daily means from laser ceilometer data from Sabana, ozone data from Bisley, and meteorological data collected from Bisley and the mountain top station of East Peak, all located on the Luquillo Experimental Forest (El Yunque National Forest) in Puerto Rico. Atmospheric data include: mean cloud observed frequency, mean lowest height cloud (cloud base), mean daytime mixing layer height observed frequency, mean lowest mixing layer height from hours 7am and 7pm only, and mean daytime mixing layer height collected from February 2013 through April 2021. Also included is mean ozone amount collected from April 2008 through early April 2021. The cloud and mixing layer frequency and low values were calculated using the Automated Surface Observing System (ASOS) method employed at airports in the area. Weather data include high elevation East Peak mean northeast wind speed (wind rose quartiles 45° to 90°), mean southeast wind speed (wind rose quartiles 90° to 135°), and mean total wind speed measured from October 2009 through 2020 (and a few months in 2021). Additional weather data collected from January 2008 through mid October 2020 include mid elevation Bisley mean precipitation, mean relative humidity, and mean temperature.
The atmospheric and high and mid elevation weather data were collected to study the regional atmospheric patterns surrounding in the Luquillo Mountains, a protected tropical montane cloud forest situated between the coast and the large urban area of San Juan.
For more information about this study and these data, see Van Beusekom and González (2022). These data were published on 05/17/2022. On 10/24/2024, minor metadata updates were made.