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)