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

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.
These data were collected to study the elevational differences and climate trends influencing the large diversity of microbe and animal characteristics, soil dynamics, and vegetation properties in northeastern Puerto Rico.
For more information about this study and these data, see Van Beusekom et al. (2023). These data were published on 05/17/2022. Minor metadata updates were made on 11/22/2024.