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Setting & Research

Data

Partner Organizations

Files

• Setting & Research

  The Sabana Field Research Station is in the Rio Sabana watershed, contains a monitoring station on the Rio Sabana, and is a short drive from the Bisley Long-term Ecological Research watersheds. The Sabana field station in managed by the USDA Fores Service- IITF. 

  

  Rio Sabana at the Sabana Field Station

  For more information about the Sabana Field Station visit their website here.

  For Forms about conducting Research in Sabana and Guidelines visit. This includes a newly developed visitor's guide for conducting research in the Luquillo Experimental Forest and an addendum to the Institutes Occupant Emergency Plan.

  The Sabana Station includes nine buildings:

  Administrative building housing all administrative support;

  Laboratory building for water analyses;

  Storage building;

  Back-up generator to ensure that electrical power is available for continuous operation during power blackout, and two potable water tanks that can provide drinking water during water shortages;

  Office building for scientists and technicians;

  Communications and physical security building;

  Multipurpose building that includes office space, laboratory space, oven room, sample preparation room, storage areas, laundry room, and flammable storage area;

  Dormitory building, with restrooms, kitchen, living and balcony areas; and

  Mycology laboratory.

  For more information please contact:

  USDA Forest Service -IITF:

  Grizelle González - Project Leader, Research Unit
  USDA FS - International Institute of Tropical Forestry
  voice: 787-764-7800
  ggonzalez@fs.fed.us

  Rio Sabana at the Sabana Field Station

• Data

  Sabana Field Station - Meteorology (2009-2016)
  3 components  •   Sabana Field Station  •   Climatology / Meteorology  •   Gonzalez, Grizelle; IITF

  Sabana Field Station - Meteorology - Hourly (2001-2009)
  9 components  •   Sabana Field Station  •   Climatology / Meteorology  •   Gozalez, Grizelle

  Sabana Field Station - Meteorology - Daily (2001-2010)
  2 components  •   Sabana Field Station  •   Climatology / Meteorology  •   Grizelle, Gonzalez; IITF

  Sabana, Bisley - Meteorology - ceilometer and meteorological data (2000-2016)
  2 components  •   Bisley, Sabana Field Station  •   Climatology / Meteorology  •   Grizelle Gonzalez

• Partner Organizations

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    IITF

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    El Yunque NF

• Associated Files

  Visitor's guide for conducting research in the Luquillo Experimental Forest
  (30 MB pdf)
  Visitor's guide for conducting research in the Luquillo Experimental Forest

  Occupant Emergency Plan.
  (2 MB pdf)
  Occupant Emergency Plan.

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