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SoilTemp : A global database of near-surface temperature

Lembrechts, Jonas J. ; Aalto, Juha ; Ashcroft, Michael B. ; De Frenne, Pieter ; Kopecký, Martin ; Lenoir, Jonathan ; Luoto, Miska ; Maclean, Ilya M.D. ; Roupsard, Olivier and Fuentes-Lillo, Eduardo , et al. (2020) In Global Change Biology 26(11). p.6616-6629
Abstract

Current analyses and predictions of spatially explicit patterns and processes in ecology most often rely on climate data interpolated from standardized weather stations. This interpolated climate data represents long-term average thermal conditions at coarse spatial resolutions only. Hence, many climate-forcing factors that operate at fine spatiotemporal resolutions are overlooked. This is particularly important in relation to effects of observation height (e.g. vegetation, snow and soil characteristics) and in habitats varying in their exposure to radiation, moisture and wind (e.g. topography, radiative forcing or cold-air pooling). Since organisms living close to the ground relate more strongly to these microclimatic conditions than... (More)

Current analyses and predictions of spatially explicit patterns and processes in ecology most often rely on climate data interpolated from standardized weather stations. This interpolated climate data represents long-term average thermal conditions at coarse spatial resolutions only. Hence, many climate-forcing factors that operate at fine spatiotemporal resolutions are overlooked. This is particularly important in relation to effects of observation height (e.g. vegetation, snow and soil characteristics) and in habitats varying in their exposure to radiation, moisture and wind (e.g. topography, radiative forcing or cold-air pooling). Since organisms living close to the ground relate more strongly to these microclimatic conditions than to free-air temperatures, microclimatic ground and near-surface data are needed to provide realistic forecasts of the fate of such organisms under anthropogenic climate change, as well as of the functioning of the ecosystems they live in. To fill this critical gap, we highlight a call for temperature time series submissions to SoilTemp, a geospatial database initiative compiling soil and near-surface temperature data from all over the world. Currently, this database contains time series from 7,538 temperature sensors from 51 countries across all key biomes. The database will pave the way toward an improved global understanding of microclimate and bridge the gap between the available climate data and the climate at fine spatiotemporal resolutions relevant to most organisms and ecosystem processes.

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climate change, database, ecosystem processes, microclimate, soil climate, species distributions, temperature, topoclimate
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Global Change Biology
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26
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11
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14 pages
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Wiley-Blackwell
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  • scopus:85086643464
  • pmid:32311220
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1354-1013
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10.1111/gcb.15123
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English
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  abstract     = {{<p>Current analyses and predictions of spatially explicit patterns and processes in ecology most often rely on climate data interpolated from standardized weather stations. This interpolated climate data represents long-term average thermal conditions at coarse spatial resolutions only. Hence, many climate-forcing factors that operate at fine spatiotemporal resolutions are overlooked. This is particularly important in relation to effects of observation height (e.g. vegetation, snow and soil characteristics) and in habitats varying in their exposure to radiation, moisture and wind (e.g. topography, radiative forcing or cold-air pooling). Since organisms living close to the ground relate more strongly to these microclimatic conditions than to free-air temperatures, microclimatic ground and near-surface data are needed to provide realistic forecasts of the fate of such organisms under anthropogenic climate change, as well as of the functioning of the ecosystems they live in. To fill this critical gap, we highlight a call for temperature time series submissions to SoilTemp, a geospatial database initiative compiling soil and near-surface temperature data from all over the world. Currently, this database contains time series from 7,538 temperature sensors from 51 countries across all key biomes. The database will pave the way toward an improved global understanding of microclimate and bridge the gap between the available climate data and the climate at fine spatiotemporal resolutions relevant to most organisms and ecosystem processes.</p>}},
  author       = {{Lembrechts, Jonas J. and Aalto, Juha and Ashcroft, Michael B. and De Frenne, Pieter and Kopecký, Martin and Lenoir, Jonathan and Luoto, Miska and Maclean, Ilya M.D. and Roupsard, Olivier and Fuentes-Lillo, Eduardo and García, Rafael A. and Pellissier, Loïc and Pitteloud, Camille and Alatalo, Juha M. and Smith, Stuart W. and Björk, Robert G. and Muffler, Lena and Ratier Backes, Amanda and Cesarz, Simone and Gottschall, Felix and Okello, Joseph and Urban, Josef and Plichta, Roman and Svátek, Martin and Phartyal, Shyam S. and Wipf, Sonja and Eisenhauer, Nico and Pușcaș, Mihai and Turtureanu, Pavel D. and Varlagin, Andrej and Dimarco, Romina D. and Jump, Alistair S. and Randall, Krystal and Dorrepaal, Ellen and Larson, Keith and Walz, Josefine and Vitale, Luca and Svoboda, Miroslav and Finger Higgens, Rebecca and Halbritter, Aud H. and Curasi, Salvatore R. and Klupar, Ian and Koontz, Austin and Pearse, William D. and Simpson, Elizabeth and Stemkovski, Michael and Jessen Graae, Bente and Vedel Sørensen, Mia and Høye, Toke T. and Fernández Calzado, M. Rosa and Lorite, Juan and Carbognani, Michele and Tomaselli, Marcello and Forte, T'ai G.W. and Petraglia, Alessandro and Haesen, Stef and Somers, Ben and Van Meerbeek, Koenraad and Björkman, Mats P. and Hylander, Kristoffer and Merinero, Sonia and Gharun, Mana and Buchmann, Nina and Dolezal, Jiri and Matula, Radim and Thomas, Andrew D. and Bailey, Joseph J. and Ghosn, Dany and Kazakis, George and de Pablo, Miguel A. and Kemppinen, Julia and Niittynen, Pekka and Rew, Lisa and Seipel, Tim and Larson, Christian and Speed, James D.M. and Ardö, Jonas and Cannone, Nicoletta and Guglielmin, Mauro and Malfasi, Francesco and Bader, Maaike Y. and Canessa, Rafaella and Stanisci, Angela and Kreyling, Juergen and Schmeddes, Jonas and Teuber, Laurenz and Aschero, Valeria and Čiliak, Marek and Máliš, František and De Smedt, Pallieter and Govaert, Sanne and Meeussen, Camille and Vangansbeke, Pieter and Gigauri, Khatuna and Lamprecht, Andrea and Pauli, Harald and Steinbauer, Klaus and Winkler, Manuela and Ueyama, Masahito and Nuñez, Martin A. and Ursu, Tudor Mihai and Haider, Sylvia and Wedegärtner, Ronja E.M. and Smiljanic, Marko and Trouillier, Mario and Wilmking, Martin and Altman, Jan and Brůna, Josef and Hederová, Lucia and Macek, Martin and Man, Matěj and Wild, Jan and Vittoz, Pascal and Pärtel, Meelis and Barančok, Peter and Kanka, Róbert and Kollár, Jozef and Palaj, Andrej and Barros, Agustina and Mazzolari, Ana C. and Bauters, Marijn and Boeckx, Pascal and Benito Alonso, José Luis and Zong, Shengwei and Di Cecco, Valter and Sitková, Zuzana and Tielbörger, Katja and van den Brink, Liesbeth and Weigel, Robert and Homeier, Jürgen and Dahlberg, C. Johan and Medinets, Sergiy and Medinets, Volodymyr and De Boeck, Hans J. and Portillo-Estrada, Miguel and Verryckt, Lore T. and Milbau, Ann and Daskalova, Gergana N. and Thomas, Haydn J.D. and Myers-Smith, Isla H. and Blonder, Benjamin and Stephan, Jörg G. and Descombes, Patrice and Zellweger, Florian and Frei, Esther R. and Heinesch, Bernard and Andrews, Christopher and Dick, Jan and Siebicke, Lukas and Rocha, Adrian and Senior, Rebecca A. and Rixen, Christian and Jimenez, Juan J. and Boike, Julia and Pauchard, Aníbal and Scholten, Thomas and Scheffers, Brett and Klinges, David and Basham, Edmund W. and Zhang, Jian and Zhang, Zhaochen and Géron, Charly and Fazlioglu, Fatih and Candan, Onur and Sallo Bravo, Jhonatan and Hrbacek, Filip and Laska, Kamil and Cremonese, Edoardo and Haase, Peter and Moyano, Fernando E. and Rossi, Christian and Nijs, Ivan}},
  issn         = {{1354-1013}},
  keywords     = {{climate change; database; ecosystem processes; microclimate; soil climate; species distributions; temperature; topoclimate}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  month        = {{11}},
  number       = {{11}},
  pages        = {{6616--6629}},
  publisher    = {{Wiley-Blackwell}},
  series       = {{Global Change Biology}},
  title        = {{SoilTemp : A global database of near-surface temperature}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15123}},
  doi          = {{10.1111/gcb.15123}},
  volume       = {{26}},
  year         = {{2020}},
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