LCZO -- Meteorology, Ozone -- Bisley -- (2008-2013)

The Luquillo Critical Zone Observatory has a series of sites collecting information about the landscape and climate of the Luquillo Mountains in Puerto Rico. The Bisley Lower Tower (pictured in Figure 5), which is a 25 m high walk-up tower in the Bisley watershed, is one of the eight stations monitoring weather and rainfall. Bisley is at tree canopy level and at an elevation of 352 m above sea level. It is precisely located at Bisley Lower Tower 18° 18' 51.8616' N, 65° 44' 41.676' W in a Tabanuco forest. Bisley Lower Tower includes many instruments for measuring climate conditions. The ozone instrument is a 2B technologies Model 202 Ozone Monitor (see Figure 4) and has collected ozone level information every fifteen minutes since April 24, 2008.

Data a product of USDA Forest Service -IITF:

Grizelle González - Project Leader, Research Unit
USDA FS - International Institute of Tropical Forestry
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