Daily characterisation of air temperature and relative humidity profiles in a cocoa plantation

Authors

  • Ricardo Augusto Calheiros de Miranda
  • Luiz Carlos Eduardo Milde
  • Alberto Lavigne Bichara
  • Sarah Cornell

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S1678-3921.pab1994.v29.4061

Keywords:

dry season, wet season, rainfall, <i>Theobroma cacao</i>

Abstract

The behaviour of daily cycles of air temperature and relative humidity outside and inside a Brazilian cocoa (Theobroma cacao L.) plantation was studied under contrasting conditions, for one week in both the wet and dry seasons. It was found that temperature, relative humidity and rainfall are interrelated in affecting the seasonality of the microclimatic conditions inside the plantation. Rainfall was associated with rapid drops in temperature at all canopy levels immediately after a shower and a rise in relative humidity one or two hours later.

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Published

1994-03-01

How to Cite

de Miranda, R. A. C., Milde, L. C. E., Bichara, A. L., & Cornell, S. (1994). Daily characterisation of air temperature and relative humidity profiles in a cocoa plantation. Pesquisa Agropecuaria Brasileira, 29(3), 345–353. https://doi.org/10.1590/S1678-3921.pab1994.v29.4061

Issue

v.29, n.3, mar. 1994

Section

CLIMATOLOGY