Meteorological data from El Verde Field Station: NADP Tower

Meteorological sensors are located at the top of a 20 m tower, the NADP Tower, behind the main buildings of El Verde Field Station, 350 masl. No large trees are present near the tower. Sensors are connected to a Campbell 1000X data logger, with a storage module, and downloaded every two weeks using a wireless radio connection from the laboratory to the tower. Data are compiled at the station before it is made available. The station was initiated in 2000. Complementary manual measurements of rainfall and maximum and minimum air temperatures are taken on a daily basis at a separate physical location. 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.