Variation of climate and its temporal shifts across an altitudinal gradient of tropical rainforests of Sri Lanka

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Authors

Janendra De Costa , Chameesha Madhumali , Nimalka Kankanamge

Abstract

Climate and its variability strongly influence the structure and dynamics of tropical rainforests, a biome which is critical for regulation of the global climate. We characterized the climate of a series of rainforest plots in Sri Lanka across a wide altitudinal range (117 to 2132 m above sea level) during 1990-2018 and determined its temporal shifts from the climate of 1961-1989. Long-term (1961-2018) climatic data were obtained from WorldClim2 and CRU-TS-4.03 global databases. Soil water deficit was computed, on a monthly (SWD) and cumulative (CSWD) basis, as the difference between rainfall and evapotranspiration using a validated model. Du...  more

DOI

https://doi.org/10.31223/X5772R

Subjects

Forest Sciences

Keywords

Climate variability, Diurnal temperature range, Maximum temperature, Minimum temperature, With-year variation

Dates

Published: 2024-12-25 22:57

Last Updated: 2024-12-26 06:57

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CC BY Attribution 4.0 International

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Conflict of interest statement:
The authors declare no competing interests.