Luquillo Mountains meteorological and ceilometer data
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posted on 2024-09-12, 20:02authored byGrizelle González
This data publication contains hourly laser ceilometer data from Sabana, and hourly meteorological data collected from two weather stations in Bisley and Sabana located on the Luquillo Experimental Forest (El Yunque National Forest) in Puerto Rico. Bisley and Sabana are two watersheds in the Luquillo Experimental Forest. The ceilometer data include: minimum cloud base level, first quartile cloud base level, mean cloud base level, and cover cloud from 2013-2016. Weather data include: total precipitation, mean temperature, mean relative humidity, mean sea level pressure, mean wind speed, and mean wind direction from 2000-2016 for the Bisley station, and 2013-2016 for the Sabana Station. The ceilometer data were collected to study the frequency of clouds immersing the relatively low-elevation Luquillo Mountains, and supporting the tropical montane cloud forests in these mountains. The weather data were collected to study the weather affecting the tropical montane cloud forest, and to compare weather patterns to cloud base altitude.
These data were collected using funding from the U.S. Government and can be used without additional permissions or fees. If you use these data in a publication, presentation, or other research product please use the following citation:
González, Grizelle. 2017. Luquillo Mountains meteorological and ceilometer data. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2017-0023
The Luquillo Experimental Forest (LEF) is located in the northern tropics at 18.3° N, 65.7° W. The LEF area is in the Luquillo Mountains on the eastern end of the island of Puerto Rico; these moun...