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This tropical forest is classified under the Walter system as (i) tropical climate with high overall rainfall (typically in the 1000–2500 mm range; 39–98 inches) and (ii) having a very distinct wet season with (an often cooler “winter”) dry season.
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Aug 23, 2023 · Here we found that pantropical canopy temperatures independently triangulated from individual leaf thermocouples, pyrgeometers and remote sensing (ECOSTRESS) have midday peak temperatures of...
Tropical seasonal forest is defined here as lowland tropi-cal forest (mean annual temperature 20 C, mean temperature of the coolest month 18 C) which averages 1600 mm yr 1 of rainfall and 100 mm for at least seven months of the year, with a single severe dry season averaging <175 mm for the year’s driest quarter and <100 mm for at least 3 consec...
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Jan 23, 2024 · The diurnal temperature range is on average 1.7 °C lower inside the forests, in comparison to open-air conditions. More importantly, we demonstrate a substantial spatial variability in the...
Aug 19, 2024 · Mean temperatures in tropical rainforest regions are between 20 and 29 °C (68 and 84 °F), and in no month is the mean temperature below 18 °C (64 °F). Temperatures become critical with increasing altitude; in the wet tropics temperatures fall by about 0.5 °C (0.9 °F) for every 100 meters (328 feet) climbed.
Mar 9, 2021 · In tropical forests, tree diversity is structured by edaphic factors, climate, and biotic interactions, with seasonality playing an essential role at landscape scales: wetter and less seasonal...
Oct 17, 2008 · The forest at km-83 appears to be close to a high temperature threshold, above which CO 2 uptake drops sharply.