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Raw microclimate data from plots at burned areas from the 2020 Holiday Farm fire in the Andrews Experimental Forest and Hagan Block, 2022-2024
This dataset includes a suite of microclimate sensor data from areas burned by the 2020 Holiday Farm fire within the McKenzie River basin. A total of 42 microclimate sensor suites were installed in July and August of 2022 distributed across RS01, RS08, RS15, WS02, WS09, WS01, HGBK. All sensor locations are within the Holiday Farm Fire footprint and within Permanent Sample Plots (PSPs). An additional sensor was placed within the Primary meteorological station (PRIMET) of the HJ Andrews Experimental Forest for comparison and calibration between open-air measurements. Sites are stratified across three treatment variables including 1) fire severity: high or low; 2) management: managed or unmanaged; 3) water balance: moister or drier topographic positions. This resulted in eight treatment blocks, each with 5 sensor suite replicates. Each microclimate site includes a suite of measurements: Hobo temperature and relative humidity sensor installed at 1.5m within a gill shield (recording at 30 minute interval), one TOMST TMS-4 temperature and soil moisture sensor was located within 1 m of plot center (recording at 15 minute interval). The TOMST sensors include air temperature sensors at 15cm, 2cm, and soil temperature at -6cm in soil near-surface. Soil moisture is measured across the ~10cm near surface zone.
Microclimate in CRUI Land Use Project at Harvard Forest 1997
Understory microenvironmental patterns are strongly influenced by both the forest community and substrate, which are in turn affected by site factors, disturbance history and recovery processes. We measured ground-level microclimates across the growing season as part of a multi-faceted study of soil-plant-atmosphere interactions in sites with different agricultural land-use legacies (formerly plowed, formerly pastured, permanent woodlots) in Prospect Hill. A permanent 30 x 50 m plot was established in each of six sites (2 per land use category) and gridded into 5 x 5 m sub-plots. Fifteen microclimate stations were used to measure photosynthetic photon flux (PPF, umol m-2 s-1, LI-190 quantum sensor, Li-Cor, Inc), soil temperature (107B thermistor, Campbell Scientific, Logan, Utah), and air temperature (107 thermistor, Campbell Scientific, Logan, Utah) at 5 locations each in three sites simultaneously. PPF and air temperature were measured at 50 cm, while soil temperature was measured 5 cm. The central sample station was located in the center (sub-plot D6) of the 30 x 50 m grid and four additional stations were positioned 10 m from the central station in the cardinal directions. In addition to the variables described above, relative humidity (%, 207 air temperature/relative humidity probe, Campbell Scientific, Logan, Utah) was measured at 50 cm at the central station. All sensors were connected to a Campbell Scientific 23X datalogger and sampled continuously every 10 sec and averaged every 10 minutes for 5 days at a time. The stations were switched between two sets of sites (P1-S2-W2 followed by P2-S1-W1) at the end of every week, so the data record for any one site includes alternate weeks. Measurements were made during April through September, 1997. The data archived here are daily means per variable per station. Missing records are due to inclement weather, while blank fields represent occasional sensor or datalogger connection problems.
Microclimate at Harvard Forest HEM, LPH and EMS Towers since 2005
Microclimatic data are collected continuously within footprint areas of the flux towers in order to (1) understand relationships between climatic and microclimatic conditions and carbon dioxide and water vapor exchange between forest and atmosphere, (2) to develop predictive models for the exchange rates of these gases, based on microclimate data, (3) detect long-term trends in climate and microclimate at the sites and (4) determine whether the response of carbon dioxide and water vapor exchange processes to climate or microclimate is changing over time. The primary climatic and microclimatic variables measured at these sites include: above-canopy photosynthetically active radiation (PAR), forest understory PAR at 1 m height, total net radiation exchange measured above the forest canopy, air temperature and relative humidity above the forest canopy, forest understory air temperature at 20 cm and 1 m above ground level (shielded but not ventilated thermocouple sensors, used only to estimate nighttime understory air temperature), soil temperature at 10 cm depth, and soil moisture.
Microclimate at Harvard Forest HDW Tower since 2014
The HDW (Hardwood) microclimate and walkup tower at Harvard Forest became operational in April 2014. The site was chosen to represent the mixed hardwood forest around the EMS and NEON towers and to provide a platform for research projects without access to those towers. Microclimate data are archived annually and recent data are available upon request. Measured values include air temperature, relative humidity, PAR, net radiation, albedo, wind speed and direction, soil temperature and soil moisture.
Soil and litter microclimate data from NEON and LTER Sites Across Eight U.S. Ecoregions (CliMush Project), 2022–2023
Data include soil and litter measurements for moisture, pH, and carbon-to-nitrogen ratio. Samples were collected from 8 different ecoregions, as determined by NEON, at various NEON/LTER and/or other experimental sites. Soil cores and litter samples were taken in the spring and fall of 2022.
Canopy Phenology, Remote Sensing and Microclimate at Harvard Forest 2006-2011
Our research at the Harvard Forest walk-up tower site examines how seasonality of canopy leaf area, or canopy phenology, influences, and is influenced by, local climate. As part of this activity we are studying methods for (and limits to) remote sensing of canopy phenology. To address this research topic, we have initiated measurements to quantify how radiation fluxes through a deciduous forest canopy are modified by seasonal canopy leaf dynamics. We continuously measure above- and below-canopy radiation fluxes at a variety of spectral bands (shortwave, photosynthetic) and with digital photography. These measurements provide a surrogate measures of canopy leaf area dynamics, and directly represent the radiation component of the surface energy balance. These measurements complement ongoing microclimate and eddy covariance measurements of water and carbon exchange at the EMS flux tower.
A Comprehensive Study of the Microclimate-Induced Conservation Risks in Hypogeal Sites: The Mithraeum of the Baths of Caracalla (Rome)
<p>The peculiar microclimate inside cultural hypogeal sites needs to be carefully investigated. This study presents a methodology that aimed at providing a user-friendly assessment of the frequently occurring hazards in such sites. A Risk Index was specifically defined as the percentage of time for which the hygrothermal values lie in ranges that are considered to be hazardous for conservation. An environmental monitoring campaign that was conducted over the past ten years inside the Mithraeum of the Baths of Caracalla (Rome) allowed for us to study the deterioration before and after a maintenance intervention. The general microclimate assessment and the specific conservation risk assessment were both carried out. The former made it possible to investigate the influence of the outdoor weather conditions on the indoor climate and estimate condensation and evaporation responsible for salts crystallisation/dissolution and bio-colonisation. The latter took hygrothermal conditions that were close to wall surfaces to analyse the data distribution on diagrams with critical curves of deliquescence salts, mould germination, and growth. The intervention mitigated the risk of efflorescence thanks to reduced evaporation, while promoting the risk of bioproliferation due to increased condensation. The Risk Index provided a quantitative measure of the individual risks and their synergism towards a more comprehensive understanding of the microclimate-induced risks.</p>
Microclimate temperature effects propagate across scales in forest ecosystems, Berchtesgaden National Park, Bavaria, Germany
Context: Forest canopies shape subcanopy environments, affecting biodiversity and ecosystem processes. Empirical forest microclimate studies are often restricted to local scales and short-term effects, but forest dynamics unfold at landscape scales and over long time periods. Objectives: We developed the first explicit and dynamic implementation of microclimate temperature buffering in a forest landscape model and investigated effects on simulated forest dynamics and outcomes. Methods: We adapted the individual-based forest landscape and disturbance model iLand to use microclimate temperature for three processes [decomposition, bark beetle (Ips typographus L.) development, and tree seedling establishment]. We simulated forest dynamics with or without microclimate temperature buffering in a temperate European mountain landscape under historical climate and disturbance conditions.
Microclimate data associated with green infrastructure in Lancaster Pennsylvania, 2022
Green stormwater infrastructure (GSI) is being increasingly implemented as a stormwater management practice. A key reason for its popularity is the potential for co-benefits, such as heat mitigation, in addition to stormwater management functions. This data is the result of field investigation of heat patterns around GSI in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, providing some of the first ever direct measurements of microclimate and thermal comfort near GSI. During summer 2022, we collected data along transects at 10 rain gardens. Microclimate variables were quantified using a Kestrel 5400 Heat Stress Tracker and were used to calculate metrics that represent heat stress experienced by a human such as wet bulb globe temperature (WBGT) and mean radiant temperature (MRT). Measurements were also made at nearby impervious surface and lawn reference sites.
Forest composition and diversity buffer microclimates and enhance productivity
The Forest and Biodiversity (FAB2) experiment uses native tree species in varying levels of species richness, phylogenetic diversity, and functional diversity planted in 100 m2 and 400 m2 plots at 1 m spacing, appropriate for testing long-term ecosystem consequences. FAB2 was designed and established in conjunction with a prior experiment (FAB1) in which the same set of twelve species was planted in 16 m2 plots at 0.5 m spacing. Both are adjacent to the BioDIV prairie-grassland diversity experiment, enabling comparative investigations of diversity and ecosystem function relationships between experimental grasslands and forests at different planting densities and plot sizes. This data package examines mortality in the first six years of the experiment. This data package examines the relationships between forest biodiversity, forest structure, microclimates, leaf-level physiology, and tree growth. A wide variety of data types are included, such as metrics of tree diversity, UAV-LiDAR metrics, spectral indices, microclimate data, gas exchange measurements, and tree growth inventories. This data package is included in the submission of the manuscript entitled “Forest composition and diversity buffer microclimates and enhance productivity.”
AMC01 Growing season microclimate by topographic position for annually-burned and 4-yr burned watersheds at Konza Prairie
Dataset contains 30min averages of many variables used to record changes in microclimatic conditions. Microclimate sensor stations were arrayed in discrete topographic positions (upland, slope, lowland) in 4 watersheds: 1D, 1B, 4B, 4F. No microclimate sensor stations were present in upland-1D or lowland-4B because eddy flux towers are present in these locations. Similar microclimate data is available from these flux towers during the time period of this study.
Shrub Edge Community and Microclimate Data from Hog Island, VA 2021-2022
This data was collected from 2021-2023 on Hog Island, VA in the swale along the south end of the island where there is active shrub expansion of Morella cerifera (Southern wax myrtle). The microclimate data includes water table depth, soil moisture, soil nutrients, PAR (Photosynthetically active radiation), and temperature in (℃). These data were collected along the shrub edge and in the open grassland plots (n=10). The vegetation community data includes percent cover, stem density, and height measured in a 0.25 m2 plot. The 4 species identified to dominate in both communities were: Andropogon virginicus, Spartina patens, Panicum amarum, and Solidago sempervirens. These species were used for trait analyses. The trait data includes: specific leaf area (SLA), stem specific density (SSD), leaf dry matter content (LDMC), and leaf nutrients.
Code and data for Mire microclimate: groundwater buffers temperature in waterlogged versus dry soils.
<p>Version of record of the manuscript's code and data, as accepted by the International Journal of Climatology.</p>
Data and documentation from: Microclimate explains little variation in year-round decomposition across an Arctic tundra landscape
<p>The zip file contains data and code to reproduce the analysis in the submitted manuscript entitled <i>Microclimate explains little variation in year-round decomposition across an Arctic tundra landscape</i>. Please see the manuscript for further details on background, methodology, results and discussion.</p>
Data from: Cross-scale regulation of seasonal microclimate by vegetation and snow in the Arctic tundra
<p>The zip file contains data and code from the analyses for von Oppen et al. (2022) <em>Global Change Biology</em> (<a href="https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16426">https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16426</a>). Access through the provided R project file (e.g. with RStudio) is recommended for seamless running of the code. Please see the paper (link below) for methodological details, results and discussion, and the ReadMe included in the archive for further detail and usage policy.</p>
Microclimate predicts frost-hardiness of alpine Arabidopsis thaliana populations better than elevation
<p>In mountain regions, topological differences on the micro-scale can strongly affect microclimate and may counteract the average effects of elevation, such as decreasing temperatures. While these interactions are well understood, their effect on plant adaptation is understudied.</p> <p> </p> <p>We investigated winter frost hardiness of Arabidopsis thaliana accessions originating from 13 sites along altitudinal gradients in the Southern Alps during three winters on an experimental field station on the Swabian Jura and compared levels of frost damage with the observed number of frost days and the lowest temperature in eight collection sites.</p> <p> </p> <p>We found that frost-hardiness increased with elevation in a log-linear fashion. This is consistent with adaptation to a higher frequency of frost conditions, but also indicates a decreasing rate of change in frost hardiness with increasing elevation. Moreover, the number of frost days measured with temperature loggers at the collection sites correlated much better with frost-hardiness than the elevation of collection sites, suggesting that populations were adapted to their local microclimate. Notably, the variance in frost days across sites increased exponentially with elevation. Together, our results suggest that strong microclimate heterogeneity of high alpine environments can preserve functional genetic diversity among small populations.</p> <p> </p> <p>Synthesis. Here we tested how plant populations differed in their adaptation to frost exposure along an elevation gradient and whether microsite temperatures improve the prediction of frost hardiness. We found that local temperatures, particularly the number of frost days, is a better predictor of the frost hardiness of plants than elevation. This reflects a substantial variance in frost frequency between sites at similar high elevations. We conclude that high mountain regions harbor microsites that differ in their local microclimate and thereby can preserve a high functional genetic diversity among them. Therefore, high mountain regions have the potential to function as a refugium in times of global change.</p>
The microclimate, surface energy flux and human skin burn risks of artificial turf as compared to natural turf
<p>This dataset contains the measured hourly mean microclimate and surface energy flux data from a field experiment. The experiment consisted of three treatments: unirrigated artificial turf, unirrigated natural turf, and irrigated natural turf (4 mm/day, 13:00-13:23 local time). The experiment was conducted from 2024-01-28 to 2024-03-18 in Burnley, Melbourne, Australia.<br><br>For each treatment, the measured hourly mean data included albedo, soil moisture content, air temperature, vapour pressure of water, wind speed, black globe temperature, mean radiant temperature, universal theraml climate index, wet-bulb globe temperature, soil temperature, turf surface temperature, incoming and outgoing longwave and shortwave radiant fluxes, sensible heat flux, latent heat flux, and ground heat flux. <br><br>Turf surface temperature, and incoming and outgoing longwave and shortwave radiant fluxes were measured at 1.5 m above ground surface.<br>Air temperature and vapour pressure of water were measured at 0.6 and 1.1 m above ground surface.<br>Wind speed, black globe temperature, mean radiant temperature, universal thermal climate index, and wet-bulb globe temperature were measured at 1.1 m above ground surface.<br>Soil moisture content, soil temperature and ground heat flux were measured at 0.1 m below ground surface.<br>Sensible heat flux and latent heat flux were calculated using the Bowen ratio-energy balance method.<br><br>Additionally, the hourly mean background weather conditions (air temperature and cloud amount) from the nearest public climate station in the study period were included in 'ReferenceClimateStation.csv'. Hourly total rainfall data measured at the study site was also included. <br><br>The aims of this study was to:<br>1. Compare the microclimate and human heat stress among the three treatments.<br>2. Assess and compare the human skin burn risks of the three treaments from their turf surface temperatures.<br>3. Analyse the surface energy fluxes of the three treatments to identify the mechanisms by which artificial turf develops any microclimate, human heat stress and turf surface temperature differences.<br><br>This study was published in:</p> <p><span>Cheung, P. K., & Livesley, S. J. (2025). The microclimate, surface energy flux and human skin burn risks of artificial turf as compared to natural turf. <em>Building and Environment</em>, 112679. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2025.112679<br></span><br>Contact person: Dr Paul Cheung (cheung.p@unimelb.edu.au)</p>
TOM.D: Taking Advantage of Microclimate Data for Urban Building Energy Modeling
<p>Data required to rebuild the study: "TOM.D: Taking Advantage of Microclimate Data for Urban Building Energy Modeling". In this dataset of New York City, one can find building footprints, monthly energy consumption data for each of these buildings, and matching / cleaned microclimate data from a variety of data sources which are referenced in the work. Among them, thermal infrared measurements may be found, climate models from NOAA and ERA5 may be found, and preprocessed vision systems from Google are used.</p>
Logger Microclimate Data from Californian Drylands
Logger microclimate data (temperature, sunlight intensity, and relative humidity) were collected using the HOBO ONSET 64K data logger and OMEGA engineering temperature and RH pendant two aridity gradients across California. Microsites included the open, shrub, and two artificial shelter types: square and triangle.
Spiders in a Desert City: What the Behavior and Microclimate of Western Black Widows Can Teach Us About the Impacts of Urbanization
With the planet rapidly urbanizing, understanding the ecological effects of urbanization is a grand challenge for modern biology. For example, increased city temperatures known as the urban heat island effect, disproportionately impact nocturnal taxa and this consideration is widely overlooked. Slight shifts in the thermal microclimate have a cascade of ramifications that directly impact species density and distribution. Animal behavior is a trait that may explain why some species thrive after urbanization when others go locally extinct. In this study we followed 22 adult females of the western black widow, Latrodectus hesperus, from both urban and undisturbed Sonoran Desert habitats. We began looking for differences between urban and desert spiders under field conditions: boldness, voracity, web size and body condition. Both urban and desert spiders were then brought to the laboratory to see how their behavior changed. We found no behavioral differences between urban and desert spiders in the field or the laboratory. We did find that spider behavior differed between the field and the laboratory. Specifically, boldness in the laboratory was significantly lower compared to the field. Voracity was more repeatable in the laboratory versus the field, and boldness was strongly positively correlated with voracity in the laboratory, but not in the field. These behavioral shifts from the field to the laboratory favor the conclusion that black widow behavior is highly plastic and context dependent. Lastly, we monitored web temperature of black widow microhabitat continuously for an entire year using thermochron data loggers. We found microhabitat temperatures differences between urban and desert sites were greatest at night and absent during the daytime. We uncovered a seasonal effect with the highest magnitude temperature difference occurring during the springtime. Additionally, behavior was significantly correlated with field temperatures; the boldest spiders come from the
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