Compile climatic data at Barro Colorado Island & output a figure with relevant information (see below)
Original data arise from: http://biogeodb.stri.si.edu/physical_monitoring/pdf/Monthly%20summaries_BCI_vertical.xlsx
, and comprise notably:
- rainfall
- maximum and minimum temperature
- soil drainage
- solar radiation
- ENSO intensity
- CO2 *
Note that global mean annual atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) concentrations (ppm) were obtained from the NOAA ESRL (Earth Systems Research Laboratory) website https://www.esrl.noaa.gov/gmd/ccgg/trends/full.html.
The code (BCI_climate_code) extracts and formats relevant climate variables to produce the following figure (from Rutishauser et al. (in review)):
