Daintree Rainforest Observatory Research Datasets and Monitoring

Datasets and Monitoring

The Daintree Rainforest Observatory maintains long-term monitoring programs and research datasets spanning climate, hydrology, forest structure, biodiversity, and ecosystem processes. Below you'll find overviews of active monitoring streams and past research conducted at the site, along with access and contact information. Additional datasets will be added as they are confirmed.

Note: This page currently lists weather station data only. The DRO has an extensive archive of datasets and research spanning decades of work at the site — additional entries covering hydrology, forest structure, biodiversity, and ecosystem processes will be added progressively.

DRO Met Station - mounted on top of the 47-meter tall canopy crane

  • Temperature
  • Relative humidity
  • Rainfall
  • PAR
  • Windspeed and direction
  • Barometric Pressure
  • Ozone

Download data:

Equipment

Parameter

Units reported

Notes

30W Solar Panel

  

Base station

CR310 datalogger

  

RMY 05103 Wind monitor

Wind speed/Direction

(m s-1, km h-1, knots)

Wind speed and direction integrates compass to allow for changes in crane orientation

RMY Electonic compass

Vaisala BARO presure sensor

Atmospheric Pressure

mbar

Atmospheric pressure (mbar)

Hyquest Solutions TB7 Rainguage

Rainfall

mm

Rainfall (mm)

Vaisala HMP60

Temperature and Relative humidity

°C, %

 

SQ521 Quantum sensor

PPFD/PAR

µmol m-2 s-1

Full spectrum quantum sensor with a spectral range of 389 to 692 nm ± 5 nm

Model 205

Ozone

ppb

2B technology