Table 3. Fluctuation statistics of humidity, temperature and wind speed values for a typical measurement trip through a deciduous forest.

Measurement trip	fragmented deciduous forest
Trip duration	120 min
Trip distance	48 km
Mean travel speed	7.7 m/s
Parameters	relative humidity	saturation deficit	temperature	wind speed
Number of peaks	402	398	405	330
Number of troughs	401	397	404	329
Number of transients	803	795	809	659
Mean interval between transients	8.9 s	9.0 s	8.8 s	10.9 s
Mean distance between transients	59.7 m	60.3 m	59.3 m	72.8 m
Maximum peak value	87.5	21.6	30.0	+1.7
Minimum trough value	45.2	4.5	26.4	−0.4
unit	[%]	[mbar]	[°C]	[m/s]
Maximum amplitude	25.7	19.9	1.8	1.6
Minimum amplitude	4.9	1.9	0.3	0.5
unit	[%]	[mbar]	[°C]	[m/s]
Mean peak value	76.9±5.4	13.8±2.5	29.0±0.6	+0.5±0.2
Mean trough value	62.5±6.4	9.4±2.1	28.4±0.7	−0.1±0.1
Mean amplitude	14.2±3.7	4.4±1.3	0.6±0.2	0.6±0.1
unit	[%]	[mbar]	[°C]	[m/s]
Maximum rate of change
upward	+26.8	+19.7	+1.0	+7.5
downward	−13.5	−7.8	−1.1	−3.6
unit	[% rH/s]	[mbar/s]	[°C/s]	[m/s2]
Mean rate of change
upward	+2.8±2.4	+1.5±1.0	+0.1±0.1	+0.3±0.7
downward	−2.6±2.9	−1.2±1.0	−0.1±0.1	−0.3±0.5
unit	[% rH/s]	[mbar/s]	[°C/s]	[m/s2]

The mean peak values, the mean trough values, the mean amplitudes between peaks and troughs, as well as the mean rates of upward change and of downward change are significantly different (t-test, p<0.001) from the corresponding values of the open grassy field (Table 2).