Today we collected the
final batch of temperature data from our pilot banana-growing site at
West Town Farm, and took down the posts and shields that held the
dataloggers. Not all of the datalogger batteries lasted right to the end of the
programme, but we do have almost a full year's data from the site,
which we'll now evaluate and turn into graphs and charts so it's
easier to see how this site compared with average temperatures for
Exeter during the same period.
Overall there were seven sensors on
the south-facing slope of Easterbrooks and two on a north-facing
slope opposite. They were installed with the help of Dr Jonathan Bennie from
Exeter University Environment & Sustainability Institute. The
sensors took readings every 30 minutes, 24 hours a day from 6th July
2014 to 27th June 2015.
