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Table 2 Climatic conditions in various sites in the field cage.

From: Towards a sterile insect technique field release of Anopheles arabiensis mosquitoes in Sudan: Irradiation, transportation, and field cage experimentation

Day

4–5th April 2007

Site

kuseba

corner

ambient

Mean T (°C)

21.9 ± 3.1

24.8 ± 4.7

29.7 ± 6.8

Tmax

27.5

34.4

41.1

Tmin

17.5

19.4

19.0

Mean RH (%)

>95*

62.8 ± 10.7

16.3 ± 7.3

RHmax

100*

89

37.6

RHmin

57.6

35.9

6.5

  1. Conditions were measured for two days in two resting sites in Section B, i.e. the kuseba and one of the corner sites in the left side of the field cage; ambient conditions are logged by the permanent logger in Section B at 1 m height. Mean (± s.d.), maximum, and minimum values are given. *logger got too wet to deliver precise readings.