GCE Dataset Summary

Accession:

METDAY

Theme:

Data Set Title:

Daily average meteorological observations from Parque Natural Metropolitano (PNM) Canopy Access Crane weather station, from Jan 1996 to Apr 3, 2002

Originator:

Steven Paton

Study Type:

Monitoring

Study Period:

Jan 24, 1996 to June 01, 2004 - planned to continue indefinitely

Abstract:

Hourly average meteorological observations records from PNM by STRI as part of the T-ESP and Canopy Crane Access Project.

Data are recorded using electronic sensors at the PNM crane.

Data are archived here.

Locations:

STRI -- Parque Natural Metropolitano Canopy Crane, Republic of Panama, (8°56'N, 79°33'W)

Data Columns:

Column	Name	Units	Type
1	Date	dd/mm/yyyy	date
2	Hour	hhhh	integer
3	Rain	mm	floating-point
4	Temper	°C	floating-point
5	Humidity	%	floating-point
6	Wind	m s^-1	floating-point
7	Temp_max	°C	floating-point
8	Tmax_hour	hhhh	integer
9	Hum_max	%	floating-point
10	Hmax_hr	hhhh	integer
11	Wind_max	m s^-1	floating-point
12	Wmax_hr	hhhh	integer
13	Temp_min	°C	floating-point
14	Tmin_hour	hhhh	integer
15	Hum_min	%	floating-point
16	Hmin_hr	hhhh	integer
17	Wind_min	m s^-1	floating-point
18	Wmin_hr	hhhh	integer
19	Direction	°	floating-point
20	Dir_sd	°	floating-point
21	Leaf_wet	proportion wet	floating-point

Table Size:

3340 records

Review Status:

reviewed by ESP

Public Release:

Mar 25, 2002

Public File Downloads:

pnm_humi_day.zip (average/max/min daily relative humidity, comma-delimited ASCII text)
pnm_temp_day.zip (average/max/min daily temperature, comma-delimited ASCII text)
pnm_rain_day.zip (total daily precipitation, comma-delimited ASCII text)
pnm_wind_day.zip (average daily wind speed, comma-delimited ASCII text)

T-ESP Data Set Summary