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Table 1 Spring to autumn mean daily air temperature, potential evapotranspiration, and precipitation recorded in the study area during the growing season, and supplied irrigation

From: Short-term stem diameter variations in irrigated and non-irrigated stone pine (Pinus pinea L.) trees in a xeric non-native environment

Month

Mean air temperature1 (°C)

Accumulated Precipitation2 (mm)

Potential evapotranspiration3 (PET, mm)

Irrigation (L day−1 tree−1)

June 2014

10.4 ± 0.16

232.5

46

0.0

July 2014

10.6 ± 0.17

31

53

0.0

August 2014

11.9 ± 0.12

79.5

75

0.0

September 2014

13.0 ± 0.12

34.5

102

1.9

October 2014

14.6 ± 0.13

3

154

1.4

November 2014

14.9 ± 0.09

8

173

4.6

December 2014

16.0 ± 0.10

6.4

182

4.7

January 2015

17.4 ± 0.08

1.4

188

5.0

February 2015

16.9 ± 0.11

0

154

4.3

March 2015

18.3 ± 0.14

0

162

2.2

April 2015

16.0 ± 0.15

19

112

2.7

May 2015

12.9 ± 0.17

25.4

77

0.0

Overall

14.4 ± 0.07

440.7

1,476

 
  1. 1Data obtained from dendrometers
  2. 2Data obtained from DGA Pichilemu, Chile
  3. 3Values estimated from automatically collected average, minimum and maximum temperatures from dendrometers, with extraterrestrial radiation values taken from FAO, following Hargreaves and Samani (1985)