Wuerzberg, L. (2026): <b>Root sap flux density, climate (VPD, precipitation, incoming short-wave radiation) and soil moisture data from the Laipuna forest plot 1 at 600m a.s.l. .</b> <i>Available online (http://www.tropicalmountainforest.org/data_pre.do?citid=2064) from DFG-FOR816dw.</i>
Resource Description
Title:
Root sap flux density, climate (VPD, precipitation, incoming short-wave radiation) and soil moisture data from the Laipuna forest plot 1 at 600m a.s.l.
Short Name:
Root sap flux, climate and soil data from Laipuna forest plot 1, 600m a.s.l.
FOR816dw ID:
2064
Publication Date:
2026-05-17
Last Update Date:
2026-05-22
License and Usage Rights:
FOR2730 data user agreement. (www.tropicalmountainforest.org/dataagreementp3.do)
| Ecuador | soil moisture | Andes | root sap flow | Climate Data | Sap flux | Tropical dry forest |
Associated entities to this dataset:
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1
. data table entity --------
Table Name:
LAF_600_1_climate_soil_data
Tech. Details ...
Physical Structure Description:
Object Name:
2064_LAF6001_climate_soil_data_complete.csv
Size (byte):
1347112
Text Format:
numHeaderLines:
1
attributeOrientation:
column
fieldDelimiter:
,
Number of Records:
26360
Attribute(s) ...
Attribute Name -- Attribute Label
Unit
Attribute definition
datetime
--
Date and Time
not mapped
The date and time
Method
(Sampling/processing description of the values of
this attribute by one ore more steps.)
--- Step
1
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Title
:
Date time (YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm)
Description
:
Date and time
vpd
--
Vapour pressure deficit
Hectopascal
Vapour pressure deficit
Method
(Sampling/processing description of the values of
this attribute by one ore more steps.)
--- Step
1
---
Title
:
Measuring air temperature with thermistor (Vaisala)
Description
:
Measuring air temperature with thermistor (Vaisala)
--- Step
2
---
Title
:
Measuring relative humidity with hygrometer (Vaisala)
Description
:
Measuring relative humidity with hygrometer (Vaisala)
soil_moisture_5cm
--
Soil moisture in 5 cm depth in m³/m³
cubic meter per cubic meter
Soil moisture in 5 cm depth in m³/m³
Method
(Sampling/processing description of the values of
this attribute by one ore more steps.)
--- Step
1
---
Title
:
Measuring soil moisture
Description
:
Measuring soil moisture
rad_sw_in
--
Incoming Shortwave Radiation
Watt per square meter
Global shortwave radiation incoming from the atmosphere
Method
(Sampling/processing description of the values of
this attribute by one ore more steps.)
--- Step
1
---
Title
:
Solar shortwave diffuse radiation
Description
:
Solar shortwave diffuse radiation
PCP
--
precipitation
Millimeter
precipitation independent of the measuerement hight
Method
(Sampling/processing description of the values of
this attribute by one ore more steps.)
--- Step
1
---
Title
:
Measuring Precipitation with Rainbucket (RM Young)
Description
:
Measuring Precipitation with Tipping Rainbucket (RM Young)
Instrumentation:
Instrument:
Description:
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Instrument: 52203
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Vendor: RM Young
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Entity name:
Root_sap_flux_density
Entity Description:
Table contains 30-min-resolution sap flux density data obtained from Ceiba trischistandra (Malvaceae), Eriotheca ruizii (Malvaceae), Armatocereus laetus (Cactaceae), and Vachellia macracantha (Fabaceae) from March 30, 2022 to September 4, 2023
Tech. Details ...
Physical Structure Description:
Object Name:
dataset_root_sapflux_complete.csv
Size (byte):
4765229
External Format:
.csv
Attribute(s) ...
Attribute Name -- Attribute Label
Unit
Attribute definition
datetime
--
Date and Time
not mapped
The date and time
Method
(Sampling/processing description of the values of
this attribute by one ore more steps.)
--- Step
1
---
Title
:
Date time (YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm)
Description
:
Date and time
--- Step
2
---
Title
:
Sap flow measurement
Description
:
Sap flow was measured based on the Heat Ratio Method (Burgess et al. 1998)
Instrumentation:
Instrument:
Description: Sap flow was measured based on the Heat Ratio Method (Burgess et al. 1998)
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Instrument: Heat ratio method
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Vendor:
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Metadata Provider:
Individual:
Maik Dobbermann
Contact:
email:
dobberma <at> staff.uni-marburg.de
Laboratory for Climatology and Remote Sensing
Faculty of Geography
Deutschhausstr. 12
Philipps University of Marburg
35032 Marburg
Germany
