Intra-Urban Microclimate Effects on Phenology

dc.contributor.authorParece, Tammy E.en
dc.contributor.authorCampbell, James B. Jr.en
dc.contributor.departmentGeographyen
dc.date.accessioned2018-03-23T13:07:52Zen
dc.date.available2018-03-23T13:07:52Zen
dc.date.issued2018-03-16en
dc.date.updated2018-03-22T12:46:27Zen
dc.description.abstractThe urban heat island effect is commonly defined as the thermal differences between cooler rural and warmer urban areas, but it also refers to microclimatic differences within an urban area that arises from varied combinations of land cover related to different land uses. Microclimatic variations should also produce intra-urban differences in vegetation phenophases, although few studies have investigated urban phenology. Most phenological studies are usually regional to continental in scale, predominantly tracking changes in start of season related to climate change. This study reports results of an exploratory analysis using TIMESAT (Lund University, Lund, Sweden) software and MODIS NDVI 250-m resolution data (Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA) to identify intra-urban differences in start of season for the City of Roanoke, Virginia. We compare these results to our in-situ temperature collection campaign. Additionally, we completed an in-situ start of season data collection by observing select tree species. Our results demonstrate that MODIS, processed by TIMESAT software, identified intra-urban start of season variations, and these variations are consistent with differing intra-urban microclimates and our in-situ start of season observations. Furthermore, results from such analyses can aid plans for increasing the urban tree canopy or in cultivating locations for urban agriculture—i.e., warmer areas with a longer growing season could accommodate warmer weather trees and crops.en
dc.description.versionPublished versionen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.citationParece, T.E.; Campbell, J.B. Intra-Urban Microclimate Effects on Phenology. Urban Sci. 2018, 2, 26.en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.3390/urbansci2010026en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/82549en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherMDPIen
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 Internationalen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en
dc.subjecturban heat islanden
dc.subjecturban phenologyen
dc.subjectTIMESATen
dc.subjectMODISen
dc.subjecturban agricultureen
dc.titleIntra-Urban Microclimate Effects on Phenologyen
dc.title.serialUrban Scienceen
dc.typeArticle - Refereeden
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten

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