SoilTemp: A global database of near‐surface temperature

• Autores: Lembrechts, Jonas J.; Aalto, Juha; Ashcroft, Michael B.; De Frenne, Pieter; Kopecký, Martin; Lenoir, Jonathan; Luoto, Miska; Maclean, Ilya M. D.; Roupsard, Olivier; Fuentes Lillo, Eduardo; García, Rafael A.; Pellissier, Loïc; Pitteloud, Camille; Alatalo, Juha M.; Smith, Stuart W.; Björk, Robert G.; Muffler, Lena; Cesarz, Simone; Gottschall, Felix; Okello, Joseph; Urban, Josef; Plichta, Roman; Svátek, Martin; Phartyal, Shyam S.; Wipf, Sonja; Eisenhauer, Nico; Puscas, Mihai; Turtureanu, Pavel D.; Varlagin, Andrej; Dimarco, Romina Daniela; Barros, Ana Agustina; Mazzolari, Ana Clara
• Año de publicación: 2020
• Idioma: inglés
• Tipo de recurso: artículo
• Materia: CLIMATE CHANGE; DATABASE; ECOSYSTEM PROCESSES; MICROCLIMATE; SOIL CLIMATE; SPECIES DISTRIBUTIONS; TEMPERATURE; TOPOCLIMATE
• Institución: Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas

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.
Fil: Lembrechts, Jonas J.. Universiteit Antwerp; Bélgica
Fil: Aalto, Juha. University of Helsinki; Finlandia
Fil: Ashcroft, Michael B.. University of Wollongong; Australia
Fil: De Frenne, Pieter. Ghent University; Bélgica
Fil: Kopecký, Martin. Institute of Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences; República Checa. Czech University of Life Sciences Prague; República Checa
Fil: Lenoir, Jonathan. Universidad de Picardie Julio Verne; Francia
Fil: Luoto, Miska. University of Helsinki; Finlandia
Fil: Maclean, Ilya M. D.. University of Exeter; Reino Unido
Fil: Roupsard, Olivier. Université Montpellier II; Francia
Fil: Fuentes Lillo, Eduardo. Universidad de Concepción; Chile
Fil: García, Rafael A.. Universidad de Concepción; Chile
Fil: Pellissier, Loïc. Institute of Terrestrial Ecosystems; Suiza. Swiss Federal Research Institute; Suiza
Fil: Pitteloud, Camille. Swiss Federal Research Institute; Suiza. Institute of Terrestrial Ecosystems; Suiza
Fil: Alatalo, Juha M.. Qatar University; Qatar
Fil: Smith, Stuart W.. Norwegian University of Science and Technology; Noruega. Nanyang Technological University; Singapur
Fil: Björk, Robert G.. University of Gothenburg; Suecia
Fil: Muffler, Lena. University of Greifswald; Alemania. University of Goettingen; Alemania
Fil: Cesarz, Simone. Universitat Leipzig; Alemania. German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research; Alemania
Fil: Gottschall, Felix. German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research; Alemania. Universitat Leipzig; Alemania
Fil: Okello, Joseph. University of Ghent; Bélgica
Fil: Urban, Josef. Mendel University; República Checa. Siberian Federal University; Rusia
Fil: Plichta, Roman. Mendel University; República Checa
Fil: Svátek, Martin. Mendel University; República Checa
Fil: Phartyal, Shyam S.. Nalanda University; India. Garhwal University; India
Fil: Wipf, Sonja. Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research; Suiza. Swiss National Park; Suiza
Fil: Eisenhauer, Nico. Leipzig University; Alemania. German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research; Alemania
Fil: Puscas, Mihai. Babes Bolyai University; Rumania
Fil: Turtureanu, Pavel D.. Babes Bolyai University; Rumania
Fil: Varlagin, Andrej. Russian Academy of Sciences; Rusia
Fil: Dimarco, Romina Daniela. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria. Centro Regional Patagonia Norte. Estación Experimental Agropecuaria San Carlos de Bariloche. Instituto de Investigaciones Forestales y Agropecuarias Bariloche. - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Patagonia Norte. Instituto de Investigaciones Forestales y Agropecuarias Bariloche; Argentina
Fil: Barros, Ana Agustina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mendoza. Instituto Argentino de Nivología, Glaciología y Ciencias Ambientales. Provincia de Mendoza. Instituto Argentino de Nivología, Glaciología y Ciencias Ambientales. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Instituto Argentino de Nivología, Glaciología y Ciencias Ambientales; Argentina
Fil: Mazzolari, Ana Clara. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mendoza. Instituto Argentino de Nivología, Glaciología y Ciencias Ambientales. Provincia de Mendoza. Instituto Argentino de Nivología, Glaciología y Ciencias Ambientales. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Instituto Argentino de Nivología, Glaciología y Ciencias Ambientales; Argentina