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Research article
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16 Jun 2017
Research article |
| 16 Jun 2017
Analyzing cloud base at local and regional scales to understand tropical montane cloud forest vulnerability to climate change
Ashley E. Van Beusekom
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
USDA Forest Service International Institute of Tropical Forestry,
Jardín Botánico Sur, 1201 Calle Ceiba, Río Piedras, Puerto
Rico 00926, USA
Grizelle González
USDA Forest Service International Institute of Tropical Forestry,
Jardín Botánico Sur, 1201 Calle Ceiba, Río Piedras, Puerto
Rico 00926, USA
Martha A. Scholl
US Geological Survey National Research Program, 12201 Sunrise Valley
Drive, Reston, VA 20192, USA
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Short summary
For three years of data in the Luquillo Mountains of Puerto Rico, cloud base was lowest during the mid-summer dry season, and cloud bases were lower than the mountaintops as often in the winter dry season as in the wet seasons. The results indicate climate change threats to cloud forests are not limited to the dry season; changes in synoptic-scale weather patterns that increase frequency of drought periods during the wet seasons (periods of higher cloud base) may also impact ecosystem health.
For three years of data in the Luquillo Mountains of Puerto Rico, cloud base was lowest during...
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