Articles | Volume 21, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-21-605-2024
© Author(s) 2024. This work is distributed under
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the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-21-605-2024
© Author(s) 2024. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Microclimate mapping using novel radiative transfer modelling
Florian Zellweger
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
Eric Sulmoni
Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
Johanna T. Malle
Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
Andri Baltensweiler
Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
Tobias Jonas
WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF, Davos Dorf, Switzerland
Niklaus E. Zimmermann
Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
Christian Ginzler
Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
Dirk Nikolaus Karger
Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
Pieter De Frenne
Forest and Nature Lab, Department of Environment, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
David Frey
Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
Clare Webster
Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF, Davos Dorf, Switzerland
Department of Geosciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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Short summary
The microclimatic conditions experienced by organisms living close to the ground are not well represented in currently used climate datasets derived from weather stations. Therefore, we measured and mapped ground microclimate temperatures at 10 m spatial resolution across Switzerland using a novel radiation model. Our results reveal a high variability in microclimates across different habitats and will help to better understand climate and land use impacts on biodiversity and ecosystems.
The microclimatic conditions experienced by organisms living close to the ground are not well...
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