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Figure 2-Luminosity Figure 3-Soil Temp Figure 4- Air_Temp Figure 5-Humidity Table 1
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Light Intensity and its Effects on the Topography at La Selva Biological Station |
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Secondary Forest
Open Field
Primary Forest |
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50 |
20 |
10 |
0 |
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10 |
20 |
50 |
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LUX – Lumens per meter square (sunlight) |
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730 hours |
5700 |
4040 |
10930 |
15900 |
32600 |
32600 |
21000 |
2900 |
2800 |
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1300 hours |
11065 |
10570 |
25700 |
70000 |
105300 |
9300 |
3140 |
4920 |
10760 |
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1710 hours |
2240 |
2870 |
2080 |
12200 |
7580 |
2180 |
240 |
330 |
260 |
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Soil Temperature oF |
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730 hours |
78 |
78 |
78 |
78 |
82 |
78 |
74 |
74 |
76 |
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1300 hours |
79 |
81 |
82 |
82 |
82 |
78 |
74 |
74 |
74 |
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1710 hours |
76 |
76 |
76 |
76 |
78 |
76 |
75 |
74 |
74 |
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Air Temperature oF |
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730 hours |
80.2 |
78.2 |
78.4 |
78 |
79 |
80.2 |
79.7 |
78.9 |
80.1 |
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1300 hours |
82 |
82.7 |
81.3 |
80.8 |
83 |
79.5 |
80.2 |
79.4 |
79.6 |
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1710 hours |
78 |
78.7 |
78.7 |
77.1 |
77.4 |
77.6 |
77.3 |
79 |
78.7 |
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Wind Speed m/s |
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730 hours |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.5 |
0.3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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1300 hours |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.4 |
0.45 |
0.2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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1710 hours |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Relative Humidity |
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730 hours |
87% |
95% |
98% |
98% |
97% |
95% |
95% |
96% |
95% |
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1300 hours |
91% |
90% |
89% |
90% |
92% |
89% |
88% |
88% |
91% |
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1710 hours |
96% |
96% |
92% |
96% |
97% |
90% |
90% |
88% |
86% |
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Heat Index oF |
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730 hours |
86.6 |
84 |
87.4 |
86.7 |
84.6 |
90 |
89.5 |
88.2 |
86.2 |
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1300 hours |
91.8 |
95.6 |
92.2 |
92.9 |
92.4 |
86.5 |
88.4 |
86.1 |
88.1 |
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1710 hours |
84.5 |
85.9 |
82.2 |
82.5 |
85.7 |
84.3 |
85.1 |
85 |
85 |
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Dew Point oF |
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730 hours |
76 |
76.1 |
78 |
78.3 |
75.4 |
95.3 |
89.8 |
77.7 |
77.1 |
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1300 hours |
79.7 |
80.1 |
78.3 |
77.3 |
74.3 |
75.2 |
76.4 |
75 |
75.7 |
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1710 hours |
76.2 |
76 |
75.4 |
75.5 |
77.3 |
75.5 |
77.6 |
76.6 |
76 |