Designing Sustainable Landscapes: Mean annual temperature, Growing season degree days, Heat index, Minimum winter temperature, and Maximum summer temperature settings variables

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Authors

Kevin McGarigal, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Brad Compton, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Ethan Plunkett, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Bill DeLuca, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Joanna Grand, University of Massachusetts Amherst

Publication Date

2017

Disciplines

Environmental Sciences | Sustainability

Description

These five temperture variables are among several ecological settings variables that collectively characterize the biophysical setting of each 30 m cell at a given point in time (McGarigal et al 2017). The temperature regime strongly affects species composition, as well as rates of ecological processes such as nutrient cycling. We’ve chosen five variables to represent different aspects of temperature. All five variables have future versions that incorporate climate change via General Circulation Models (GCMs) (as described in the technical document on climate, McGarigal et al 2017).

DOI

https://doi.org/10.7275/R5NG4NVV

Recommended Citation

McGarigal, Kevin; Compton, Brad; Plunkett, Ethan; DeLuca, Bill; and Grand, Joanna, "Designing Sustainable Landscapes: Mean annual temperature, Growing season degree days, Heat index, Minimum winter temperature, and Maximum summer temperature settings variables" (2017). Data and Datasets. 13.
https://doi.org/10.7275/R5NG4NVV https://scholarworks.umass.edu/data/13