El Verde Field Station Air temperature from automatic sensor

Hourly air temperature for El Verde Field Station (2007 – present). Temperature is measured in the same box where we measure manual min-max temperature. The box is mostly shaded by surrounding trees, but it is more exposed to sunlight after hurricanes defoliate the forest canopy (e.g., hurricane Maria in 2017). Data is measured hourly using a HOBO Pendant data logger placed inside a wooden box. Notes: • Daily maximum and minimum air temperatures are available in separate data sets. This is a long-term monitoring of air temperature in the same box where we measure manual min-max temperature at El Verde Field Station. The data set is meant as a back up to the long-term manual data set. Data is measured hourly using a HOBO Pendant data logger placed inside a wooden box: under the shade of trees. The min-max thermometer that is measured manually during work days is located next to the HOBO in the same box. Support for this work was provided by grants BSR-8811902, DEB-9411973, DEB-9705814 , DEB-0080538, DEB-0218039 , DEB-0620910 , DEB-1239764, DEB-1546686, and DEB-1831952 from the National Science Foundation to the University of Puerto Rico as part of the Luquillo Long-Term Ecological Research Program. Additional support provided by the University of Puerto Rico and the International Institute of Tropical Forestry, USDA Forest Service.