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Fries, A. (2011): <b>Relative Humidity (RH) and Specific Saturation Deficit (Ds) maps (monthly and annual averages of mean, min, max).</b> <i>Available online (http://www.tropicalmountainforest.org/data_pre.do?citid=1055) from DFG-FOR816dw.</i>

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Title: Relative Humidity (RH) and Specific Saturation Deficit (Ds) maps (monthly and annual averages of mean, min, max)
Short Name: RH- and DS-Maps
FOR816dw ID: 1055
Publication Date: 2011-12-15
Last Update Date: 2011-12-20
License and Usage Rights: FOR816 data user agreement
Temporal Coverage:
Begin: 1999-12-01
End: 2010-01-31
Geographic Coverage:
Geographic Description: Temp and Hum maps (RBSF core area)
Bounding Coordinates:
- lon/lat [degrees]
- WGS 84
max latitude: -3.9544° Max: 3000.0 ( meter )
min longitude: -79.0966° max longitude: -79.0506° Elevation
min latitude: -3.99791° Min: 1900.0 ( meter )
Dataset creator(s):
Individual: Andreas Fries
Contact:
Associated Person(s):
Individual: Jörg Bendix
Individual: Ruetger Rollenbeck
Abstract:
The near surface humidity in a megadiverse mountain ecosystem in southern Ecuador is examined on the basis of Relative Humidity (RH) measurements inside the natural mountain forest and at open sites alon an altitudinal gradient from 1700 to 3200 m. The maps in the dataset are the product of a study with the main metodologocal aim to generate a humidity regionalization tool to provide spatial datasets on average monthly mean, minimum and maximum RH, Specific Humidity (q) and Specific Satuartion Deficit (Ds) by using observation data of RH. <br/> The maps based on data of the period 1999-2009 can be used by ecologocal projects working on various plots where no climate station data are available.
Additional Infos:
The generation of this maps is decsribed in the study:<br/> Fries, A.; Rollenbeck, R.; Nauss, T.; Peters, T. & Bendix, J. (2012): Near surface air humidity in a megadiverse Andean mountain ecosystem of southern Ecuador and its regionalization.. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 152, 17-30<br/> DOI: http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.1016/j.agrformet.2011.08.004.<br/> <br/> The used Temperatur Maps are available as a dataset here:<br/> Fries A. (2011): Air temperature maps (monthly and annual averages of mean, min, max) based on observation data (1999-2009) and topography . Available online (http://www.tropicalmountainforest.org/data_pre.do?citid=1054) from DFG-FOR816dw.
Keywords:
| climate | relative humidity | land humidity |
Associated entities to this dataset:
-------- 1 . spatial raster entity --------
Raster Name: annual mean relative humidity (RH)
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-------- 2 . spatial raster entity --------
Raster Name: annual min relativ humidity (RH)
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-------- 3 . spatial raster entity --------
Raster Name: annual max relative humidity (RH)
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-------- 1 . other entity --------
Entity name: RH monthly mean
Entity Description: The zip archive conatins 12 (Jan-Dec) asc raster files.
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-------- 2 . other entity --------
Entity name: RH monthly minimum
Entity Description: The zip archive conatins 12 (Jan-Dec) asc raster files.
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-------- 3 . other entity --------
Entity name: RH monthly max
Entity Description: The zip archive conatins 12 (Jan-Dec) asc raster files.
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-------- 4 . other entity --------
Entity name: Ds - specific saturation deficit (mean, min , max : annual and monthly)
Entity Description: The zip archive conatins 39 asc ratser files.
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-------- 5 . other entity --------
Entity name: e - saturated vapor pressure (mean, min, max: annual and monthly)
Entity Description: The zip archive conatins 39 asc ratser files.
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Metadata Provider:
Individual: Thomas Lotz
Contact:
Contact Person:
Individual: Thomas Lotz
Contact:
Individual: Andreas Fries
Contact:
Online Distribution:
Download File: http://www.tropicalmountainforest.org/data_pre.do?citid=1055
Data Publisher:
Organization: DFG-FOR816 Data Warehouse - University of Marburg, Department of Geography
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