Climatic variables | Plant | SITE 1 (CENTRAL PARK) | SITE 2 (TAIFA ROAD) | ||||||||||
8 am | 1 pm | 6 pm | 8 am | 1 pm | 6 pm | ||||||||
Trunk | 5 m | Trunk | 5 m | Trunk | 5 m | Trunk | 5 m | Trunk | 5 m | Trunk | 5 m | ||
Air Temp. (˚C) | P1 | 20.9 | 22.8 | 25.9 | 26.2 | 23.0 | 23.1 | 21.0 | 21.4 | 31.2 | 31.2 | 23.6 | 23.8 |
P2 | 21.2 | 22.6 | 25.9 | 25.9 | 23.4 | 23.7 | 21.3 | 21.4 | 29.9 | 33.4 | 23.6 | 23.6 | |
P3 | 20.5 | 20.9 | 24.3 | 24.3 | 20.9 | 21.5 | 20.8 | 20.8 | 27.5 | 27.2 | 22.0 | 22.4 | |
P4 | 20.7 | 21.5 | 24.1 | 23.5 | 21.4 | 21.5 | 20.8 | 21.1 | 28.8 | 28.9 | 22.1 | 22.7 | |
Control | 23.3 | 24.5 | 33.3 | 33.9 | 24.0 | 24.2 | 23.5 | 25.5 | 35.4 | 36.2 | 25.2 | 25.5 | |
CP: K.W 8 am (p = 0.003) K.W 1 pm (p = 0.012) K.W 6 pm (p = 0.02) K.W Overall (p = 0.03) | |||||||||||||
TR: K.W 8 am (p = 0.007) K.W 1 pm (p = 0.032) K.W 6 pm (p = 0.002) K.W Overall (p = 0.007) | |||||||||||||
*M.W 8 am (p = 0.880) M.W 1 pm (p = 0.008) M.W 6 pm (p = 0.025) M.W Overall (p = 0.035) | |||||||||||||
Relative Humidity (%) | P1 | 70.2 | 69.5 | 50.9 | 48.6 | 63.7 | 59.8 | 67.2 | 67.6 | 44.8 | 43.7 | 57.3 | 57.0 |
P2 | 63.9 | 64.4 | 48.4 | 47.3 | 59.8 | 57.6 | 63.4 | 62.9 | 41.2 | 39.0 | 56.1 | 55.2 | |
P3 | 74.6 | 73.6 | 57.7 | 57.4 | 68.7 | 67.1 | 71.7 | 70.0 | 53.2 | 52.1 | 61.4 | 59.8 | |
P4 | 71.3 | 70.0 | 55.6 | 55.5 | 67.9 | 66.9 | 68.2 | 67.8 | 48.8 | 47.6 | 60.2 | 60.0 | |
Control | 64.9 | 64.3 | 38.7 | 38.2 | 65.4 | 64.4 | 63.9 | 62.9 | 32.2 | 30.0 | 55.4 | 55.1 | |
CP: K.W 8 am (p = 0.006) K.W 1 pm (p = 0.002) K.W 6 pm (p = 0.02) K.W Overall (p = 0.04) | |||||||||||||
TR: K.W 8 am (p = 0.003) K.W 1 pm (p = 0.004) K.W 6 pm (p = 0.007) K.W Overall (p = 0.007) | |||||||||||||
M.W 8 am (p = 0.012) M.W 1 pm (p = 0.009) M.W 6 pm (p = 0.004) M.W Overall (p = 0.049) | |||||||||||||
Surface Temp. (˚C) | P1 | 17.1 | 17.4 | 23.2 | 25.7 | 19.2 | 19.4 | 19.2 | 19.2 | 33.5 | 34.5 | 21.4 | 23.1 |
P2 | 17.5 | 18.5 | 26.2 | 28.0 | 19.6 | 19.9 | 19.5 | 19.8 | 35.7 | 36.9 | 23.9 | 25.0 | |
P3 | 16.5 | 17.1 | 21.1 | 22.2 | 18.2 | 18.9 | 17.5 | 17.8 | 28.2 | 29.0 | 19.6 | 21.9 | |
P4 | 16.9 | 17.5 | 22.6 | 24.0 | 19.2 | 19.4 | 18.4 | 18.6 | 30.2 | 31.2 | 20.8 | 22.0 | |
Control | 19.6 | 19.7 | 31.6 | 31.8 | 20.8 | 21.0 | 22.2 | 23.2 | 37.4 | 38.2 | 28.4 | 29.4 | |
CP: K.W 8 am (p = 0.01) K.W 1 pm (p = 0.02) K.W 6 pm (p = 0.03) K.W Overall (p = 0.01) | |||||||||||||
TR: K.W 8 am (p = 0.020) K.W 1 pm (p = 0.008) K.W 6 pm (p = 0.029) K.W Overall (p = 0.026) | |||||||||||||
M.W 8 am (p = 0.015) M.W 1 pm (p = 0.001) M.W 6 pm (p = 0.001) M.W Overall (p = 0.005) | |||||||||||||
Wind Velocity (m/s) | P1 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.9 |
P2 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 1.1 | |
P3 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.8 | |
P4 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.8 | |
Control | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 0.9 | |
CP: K.W 8 am (p = 0.03) K.W 1 pm (p = 0.023) K.W 6 pm (p = 0.024) K.W Overall (p = 0.02) | |||||||||||||
TR: K.W 8 am (p = 0.028) K.W 1 pm (p = 0.042) *K.W 6 pm (p = 0.143) K.W Overall (p = 0.001) | |||||||||||||
*M.W 8 am (p = 0.820) M.W 1 pm (p = 0.010) M.W 6 pm (p = 0.011) M.W Overall (p = 0.006) |