NPP Tropical Forest Site Information, September 2001
                        Table TF-2.  Elevation, Climate and Soil Type

                            Elevation  Precip.    Min. Temp.   Max. Temp.   Soil type
Site Name                     m         mm          C            C          (FAO or USDA class)

Anguededou                  50         2364       24.9 (Aug)   28.7 (Mar)   N/A
Atherton                    700-760    1261-2100  14.7         20.2         typical krasnozem
Bacia Modelo                N/A        2164       N/A          N/A          yellow clay latosol
Banco                       20-50      2095       N/A          N/A          ferralitic, strongly desaturated, sandy
Barro Colorado              137        2600       20.3 (Oct)   31.9 (Apr)   yellow-brown silty clay oxisol  
Chamela                     70-150     707-780    14.3 (Mar)   33.5 (Jun)   entisol, sandy loam0
Cinnamon Bay                60-290     1130       N/A          N/A          N/A
Darien                      < 250      2000       N/A          N/A          clay
Gunung Mulu                 50-300     5090-5700  19.9 (Jan)   35.0 (Sep)   red-yellow podzolic and others
John Crow Ridge             1550       2230       8.5 (Jan)    24.0 (Jul)   yellow/pale brown loam; immature lithosol  
Kade                        150        1650       N/A          N/A          silty clay loam latosol
Khao Chong                  ???        2696       N/A          N/A          sandy, granitic origin
La Selva                    35-135     3962       16.0 (Mar)   36.6 (May)   various
Luquillo (El Verde)         250-600    3610       18.7 (Jan)   27.4 (Jun)   zarzal, typic kandiudox
Magdalena                   c. 200     3000       N/A          N/A          acid latosol
Manaus                      80-90      1800-2100  N/A          N/A          N/A
Marafunga                   2500       4000       5.0 (Feb)    22.0 (Mar)   humic brown clay, deeply weathered   
Pasoh                       100        2054       N/A          N/A          various, see literature 
San Carlos de RIo Negro     100        3565       21.7 (Jan)   33.0 (Mar)   sandy clay oxisol (oxisol sub-site)
San Eusebio                 2000-2500  1500       7.0 (Dec)    19.5 (Jun)   N/A
Turrialba                   650        2683       N/A          N/A          inceptisol, Colorado sandy clay   
Yapo                        70-80      1739       N/A          N/A          ferralitic, strongly desaturated, fine gravel