Using Estimated On-Site Ambient Temperature Has Uncertain Benefit When Estimating Postmortem Interval
Table 1
Characteristics of the sites and data loggers’ climatic exposure; comparison with their meteorological station associated (A, B, or C: periods of experimentation for a same spot).
Spot (s)
Period of experiment
Town/Characteristic of location (S)
Data loggers climatic exposure
Distance Meteorological station (MS)—S
Altitude MS/(Altitude MS-Altitude S)
S1
03/10/2002 to 11/11/2002
Rosny sous Bois/On lawn
exposed
0.03 km
112 m/0 m
S2 (A, B, C)
A: 13/05/2004 to 21/06/2004
Nouzilly/Fallow field—on the ground
exposed
15.10 km
148 m/2 m
B: 27/09/2004 to 05/11/2004
C: 04/03/2005 to 12/04/2005
S3
03/10/2002 to 11/11/2002
Joinville Le Pont/Under cover of vegetation
partially protected
0.20 km
37 m/0 m
S4
03/10/2002 to 11/11/2002
Joinville Le Pont/Banks of Marne river—Under cover of vegetation 1.8 m from the river
partially protected
0.20 km
37 m/0 m
S5
15/04/2004 to 24/05/2004
Cairon/Stone shelter with roof in tile 30 m²—totally open on its South façade
protected
6.60 km
62 m/26 m
S6 (A, B)
A: 20/04/2004 to 29/05/2004
Fontenet/Breeze block shelter with roof in cement 2 m²—Partially open-Facing West
protected
12.20 km
148 m/2 m
B: 22/07/2004 to 30/08/2004
S7 (A, B, C)
A: 28/08/2005 to 06/10/2005
Fontenet/Breeze block shelter with roof in corrugated iron roof 2 m²—totally open on its North East façade
