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SoilTemp: A global database of near-surface temperature

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 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.

Details

Number of pages 14
Volume 26
Magazine issue 11
Pages (to-from) 6616-6629
Type A1: Web of Science-article
Category Research
Magazine Global Change Biology
Issns 1354-1013
Language English
Bibtex

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title = "SoilTemp: A global database of near-surface temperature",
abstract = "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 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.",
author = "Jonas Lembrechts and Juha Aalto and Michael B. Ashcroft and Pieter De Frenne and Martin Kopecký and Jonathan Lenoir and Miska Luoto and Ilya M. D. Maclean and Olivier Roupsard and Eduardo Fuentes-Lillo and Rafael A. García and Loïc Pellissier and Camille Pitteloud and Juha M. Alatalo and Stuart W. Smith and Robert G. Björk and Lena Muffler and Amanda Ratier Backes and Simone Cesarz and Felix Gottschall and Joseph Okello and Josef Urban and Roman Plichta and Martin Svátek and Shyam S. Phartyal and Sonja Wipf and Nico Eisenhauer and Mihai Pușcaș and Pavel Dan Turtureanu and Andrej Varlagin and Romina D. Dimarco and Alistair S. Jump and Krystal Randall and Ellen Dorrepaal and Keith Larson and Josefine Walz and Luca Vitale and Miroslav Svoboda and Rebecca Finger Higgens and Aud H. Halbritter and Salvatore R. Curasi and Ian Klupar and Austin Koontz and William D. Pearse and Elizabeth Simpson and Michael Stemkovski and Bente Jessen Graae and Mia Vedel Sørensen and Toke T. Høye and M. Rosa Fernández Calzado and Juan Lorite and Michele Carbognani and Marcello Tomaselli and T'ai G. W. Forte and Alessandro Petraglia and Stef Haesen and Ben Somers and Koenraad Van Meerbeek and Mats P. Björkman and Kristoffer Hylander and Sonia Merinero and Mana Gharun and Nina Buchmann and Jiri Dolezal and Radim Matula and Andrew D. Thomas and Joseph J. Bailey and Dany Ghosn and George Kazakis and Miguel A. de Pablo and Julia Kemppinen and Pekka Niittynen and Lisa J. Rew and Tim Seipel and Christian Larson and James D.M. Speed and Jonas Ardö and Nicoletta Cannone and Mauro Guglielmin and Francesco Malfasi and Maaike Y. Bader and Rafaella Canessa and Angela Stanisci and Juergen Kreyling and Jonas Schmeddes and Laurenz M. Teuber and Valeria Aschero and Marek Čiliak and František Máliš and Pallieter De Smedt and Sanne Govaert and Camille Meeussen and Pieter Vangansbeke and Khatuna Gigauri and Andrea Lamprecht and Harald Pauli and Klaus Steinbauer and Manuela Winkler and Masahito Ueyama and Martin A. Nuñez and Tudor-Mihai Ursu and Sylvia Haider and Ronja E. M. Wedegärtner and Marko Smiljanic and Mario Trouillier and Martin Wilmking and Jan Altman and Josef Brůna and Lucia Hederová and Martin Macek and Matěj Man and Jan Wild and Pascal Vittoz and Meelis Pärtel and Peter Barančok and Róbert Kanka and Jozef Kollár and Andrej Palaj and Agustina Barros and Ana C. Mazzolari and Marijn Bauters and Pascal Boeckx and José-Luis Benito Alonso and Shengwei Zong and Valter Di Cecco and Zuzana Sitková and Katja Tielbörger and Liesbeth van den Brink and Robert Weigel and Jürgen Homeier and Carl Johan Dahlberg and Sergiy Medinets and Volodymyr Medinets and Hans J. De Boeck and Miguel Portillo-Estrada and Lore T. Verryckt and Ann Milbau and Gergana N. Daskalova and Haydn J. D. Thomas and Isla H. Myers-Smith and Benjamin Blonder and Jörg G. Stephan and Patrice Descombes and Florian Zellweger and Esther R. Frei and Bernard Heinesch and Christopher Andrews and Jan Dick and Lukas Siebicke and Adrian Rocha and Rebecca A. Senior and Christian Rixen and Juan J. Jimenez and Julia Boike and Aníbal Pauchard and Thomas Scholten and Brett Scheffers and David Klinges and Edmund W. Basham and Jian Zhang and Zhaochen Zhang and Charly Géron and Fatih Fazlioglu and Onur Candan and Jhonatan Sallo Bravo and Filip Hrbacek and Kamil Laska and Edoardo Cremonese and Peter Haase and Fernando Esteban Moyano and Christian Rossi and Ivan Nijs",
year = "2020",
month = nov,
day = "01",
doi = "https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15123",
language = "English",
publisher = "Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek",
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Authors

Jonas Lembrechts
Juha Aalto
Michael B. Ashcroft
Pieter De Frenne
Martin Kopecký
Jonathan Lenoir
Miska Luoto
Ilya M. D. Maclean
Olivier Roupsard
Eduardo Fuentes-Lillo
Rafael A. García
Loïc Pellissier
Camille Pitteloud
Juha M. Alatalo
Stuart W. Smith
Robert G. Björk
Lena Muffler
Amanda Ratier Backes
Simone Cesarz
Felix Gottschall
Joseph Okello
Josef Urban
Roman Plichta
Martin Svátek
Shyam S. Phartyal
Sonja Wipf
Nico Eisenhauer
Mihai Pușcaș
Pavel Dan Turtureanu
Andrej Varlagin
Romina D. Dimarco
Alistair S. Jump
Krystal Randall
Ellen Dorrepaal
Keith Larson
Josefine Walz
Luca Vitale
Miroslav Svoboda
Rebecca Finger Higgens
Aud H. Halbritter
Salvatore R. Curasi
Ian Klupar
Austin Koontz
William D. Pearse
Elizabeth Simpson
Michael Stemkovski
Bente Jessen Graae
Mia Vedel Sørensen
Toke T. Høye
M. Rosa Fernández Calzado
Juan Lorite
Michele Carbognani
Marcello Tomaselli
T'ai G. W. Forte
Alessandro Petraglia
Stef Haesen
Ben Somers
Koenraad Van Meerbeek
Mats P. Björkman
Kristoffer Hylander
Sonia Merinero
Mana Gharun
Nina Buchmann
Jiri Dolezal
Radim Matula
Andrew D. Thomas
Joseph J. Bailey
Dany Ghosn
George Kazakis
Miguel A. de Pablo
Julia Kemppinen
Pekka Niittynen
Lisa J. Rew
Tim Seipel
Christian Larson
James D.M. Speed
Jonas Ardö
Nicoletta Cannone
Mauro Guglielmin
Francesco Malfasi
Maaike Y. Bader
Rafaella Canessa
Angela Stanisci
Juergen Kreyling
Jonas Schmeddes
Laurenz M. Teuber
Valeria Aschero
Marek Čiliak
František Máliš
Pallieter De Smedt
Sanne Govaert
Camille Meeussen
Pieter Vangansbeke
Khatuna Gigauri
Andrea Lamprecht
Harald Pauli
Klaus Steinbauer
Manuela Winkler
Masahito Ueyama
Martin A. Nuñez
Tudor-Mihai Ursu
Sylvia Haider
Ronja E. M. Wedegärtner
Marko Smiljanic
Mario Trouillier
Martin Wilmking
Jan Altman
Josef Brůna
Lucia Hederová
Martin Macek
Matěj Man
Jan Wild
Pascal Vittoz
Meelis Pärtel
Peter Barančok
Róbert Kanka
Jozef Kollár
Andrej Palaj
Agustina Barros
Ana C. Mazzolari
Marijn Bauters
Pascal Boeckx
José-Luis Benito Alonso
Shengwei Zong
Valter Di Cecco
Zuzana Sitková
Katja Tielbörger
Liesbeth van den Brink
Robert Weigel
Jürgen Homeier
Carl Johan Dahlberg
Sergiy Medinets
Volodymyr Medinets
Hans J. De Boeck
Miguel Portillo-Estrada
Lore T. Verryckt
Ann Milbau
Gergana N. Daskalova
Haydn J. D. Thomas
Isla H. Myers-Smith
Benjamin Blonder
Jörg G. Stephan
Patrice Descombes
Florian Zellweger
Esther R. Frei
Bernard Heinesch
Christopher Andrews
Jan Dick
Lukas Siebicke
Adrian Rocha
Rebecca A. Senior
Christian Rixen
Juan J. Jimenez
Julia Boike
Aníbal Pauchard
Thomas Scholten
Brett Scheffers
David Klinges
Edmund W. Basham
Jian Zhang
Zhaochen Zhang
Charly Géron
Fatih Fazlioglu
Onur Candan
Jhonatan Sallo Bravo
Filip Hrbacek
Kamil Laska
Edoardo Cremonese
Peter Haase
Fernando Esteban Moyano
Christian Rossi
Ivan Nijs