Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
University of Washington
T° Toolbox

Literature/References

Evergreen trees as radiation shields

Near-surface ground temperature

Guidelines for Sensor Deployment in TALL trees

Study Sites

EOFs

Mapping Cold-Air Pools


This site is designed for people studying processes related to temperature in complex terrain. Extensive site-specific studies have been carried out across the globe. Here we strive to collect that information in one place and provide a set of tools that can easily be downloaded and used by anyone.

Sensor Evaluation:

Hubbart, J., T. Link, C. Campbell, and D. Cobos (2005), Evaluation of a low-cost temperature measurement system for environmental applications. Hydrol. Process. 19, 1517–1523.

Evaluation of Onset HOBOs:  Whiteman, C. D., J. M. Hubbe, and W. J. Shaw (2000), Evaluation of an inexpensive temperature datalogger for meteorological applications, J. Atm. Oceanic Tech., 17, 77-81.

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Radiation Shield Discussions:

Tarara, J. M. and G. Hoheisel (2007), Low-cost shielding to minimize radiation errors of temperature sensors in the field, Hort. Science, 42, 1372-1379.

Arck, M. and D. Scherer (2001), A physically based method for correcting temperature data measured by naturally ventilated sensors over snow. J. Glaciology, 47, 665-670. 

Georges, C., and G. Kaser (2002), Ventilated and unventilated air temperature measurements for glacier-climate studies on a tropical high mountain site, J. Geophys. Res., 107(D24), 4775, doi:10.1029/2002JD002503.


Studies using distributed temperature sensors:


Chen, J., S. C. Sauners, T. R. Crow, R. J. Naiman, K. D. Brosofske, G. D. Mroz, B. L. Brookshire, and J. F. Franklin (1999), Microclimate in forest ecosystem and landscape ecology, BioScience, 49, 288-297.

Chung, U., H.H. Seo, K.H. Hwang, B.S. Hwang, J. Choi, J.T. Lee, and J.I. Yun (2006), Minimum temperature mapping over complex terrain by estimating cold air accumulation potential, Agric. Forest  Meteorol., 137, 15–24.

Lookingbill, T. R. and D. L. Urban (2003), Spatial estimation of air temperature differences for landscape-scale studies in montane environments, Agric. Forest  Meteorol., 114, 141–151. 

Lundquist, J.D., D.R. Cayan and M.D. Dettinger (2003), Meteorology and hydrology in Yosemite National Park: A sensor network application. In Information Processing in Sensor Networks, F. Zhao and L. Guibas (eds.): IPSN 2003, LNCS 2634, 518-528.

Lundquist, J. D., and D. R. Cayan (2007), Surface temperature patterns in complex terrain: Daily variations and long-term change in the central Sierra Nevada, California, J. Geophys. Res., 112, D11124, doi:10.1029/2006JD007561.

Mahrt, L. (2006), Variation of Surface Air Temperature in Complex Terrain, J. Appl. Met. and Clim., 45, 1481-1493. 

Pepin, N. and D. Kidd (2006), Spatial temperature variation in the Eastern Pyrenees, Weather, 61, 1-11.


Ways to interpolate temperature in complex terrain:

       Jarvis, C. H. and N. Stuart (2001), A Comparison among Strategies for Interpolating Maximum and Minimum Daily Air Temperatures. Part I: The Selection of ‘‘Guiding'' Topographic and Land Cover Variables, J. Appl. Met., 40, 1060-1074.

       Thornton, P. E., S. W. Running, and M. A. White (1997), Generating surfaces of daily meteorological variables over large regions of complex terrain. J. Hydrol., 190, 214-251.