4. Results

Hydroclimate
Figure 3 shows the variability in hydroclimatic variables during the study period in the context of a longer 6-month period. Summer and autumn precipitation were close to the seasonal average; with a large convectional event in July and numerous smaller events in August and September when monitoring was ongoing. Air temperatures reflected radiation, and decreased from July until December, though they were also near-average in the monitoring period. Relative humidity was lower in summer, when temperatures were highest and declined thereafter. Wind speeds were low (<1 m/s) through most of the sampling.