Global maps of soil temperature

JJ Lembrechts, J van den Hoogen, J Aalto… - Global change …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Research in global change ecology relies heavily on global climatic grids derived from
estimates of air temperature in open areas at around 2 m above the ground. These climatic …

Decreasing fire season precipitation increased recent western US forest wildfire activity

ZA Holden, A Swanson, CH Luce… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - National Acad Sciences
Western United States wildfire increases have been generally attributed to warming
temperatures, either through effects on winter snowpack or summer evaporation. However …

The NorWeST summer stream temperature model and scenarios for the western US: A crowd‐sourced database and new geospatial tools foster a user community …

DJ Isaak, SJ Wenger, EE Peterson… - Water Resources …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Thermal regimes are fundamental determinants of aquatic ecosystems, which makes
description and prediction of temperatures critical during a period of rapid global change …

Microclimatic buffering in forests of the future: the role of local water balance

KT Davis, SZ Dobrowski, ZA Holden, PE Higuera… - …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Forest canopies buffer climate extremes and promote microclimates that may function as
refugia for understory species under changing climate. However, the biophysical conditions …

[HTML][HTML] Positioning methods and the use of location and activity data in forests

RF Keefe, AM Wempe, RM Becker, EG Zimbelman… - Forests, 2019 - mdpi.com
In this paper, we provide an overview of positioning systems for moving resources in forest
and fire management and review the related literature. Emphasis is placed on the accuracy …

Advances in monitoring and modelling climate at ecologically relevant scales

I Bramer, BJ Anderson, J Bennie, AJ Bladon… - Advances in ecological …, 2018 - Elsevier
Most ecological studies of the effects of climate on species are based on average conditions
above ground level (measured by meteorological stations) averaged across 100 km 2 or …

Climate at ecologically relevant scales: A new temperature and soil moisture logger for long-term microclimate measurement

J Wild, M Kopecký, M Macek, M Šanda… - Agricultural and Forest …, 2019 - Elsevier
Climate measurements are needed at a scale at which organisms live and die. Currently
available climate sensors, however, are not well suited for long-term field measurements at …

The role of one large greenspace in mitigating London's nocturnal urban heat island

KJ Doick, A Peace, TR Hutchings - Science of the total environment, 2014 - Elsevier
The term urban heat island (UHI) describes a phenomenon where cities are on average
warmer than the surrounding rural area. Trees and greenspaces are recognised for their …

[HTML][HTML] Monthly microclimate models in a managed boreal forest landscape

C Greiser, E Meineri, M Luoto, J Ehrlén… - Agricultural and Forest …, 2018 - Elsevier
The majority of microclimate studies have been done in topographically complex
landscapes to quantify and predict how near-ground temperatures vary as a function of …

Wildfire impacts on forest microclimate vary with biophysical context

KD Wolf, PE Higuera, KT Davis, SZ Dobrowski - Ecosphere, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Increasing wildfire activity in western North America has the potential to remove forest
canopy cover over large areas, increasing the vulnerability of understory plants and juvenile …