Drones provide spatial and volumetric data to deliver new insights into microclimate modelling
dc.contributor.author | Duffy, JP | |
dc.contributor.author | Anderson, K | |
dc.contributor.author | Fawcett, D | |
dc.contributor.author | Curtis, RJ | |
dc.contributor.author | Maclean, IMD | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-01-21T15:21:48Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2021-01-21 | |
dc.description.abstract | Context Microclimate (fine-scale temperature variability within metres of Earth’s surface) is highly influential on terrestrial organisms’ ability to survive and function. Understanding how such local climatic conditions vary is challenging to measure at adequate spatio-temporal resolution. Microclimate models provide the means to address this limitation, but require as inputs, measurements, or estimations of multiple environmental variables that describe vegetation and terrain variation. Objectives To describe the key components of microclimate models and their associated environmental parameters. To explore the potential of drones to provide scale relevant data to measure such environmental parameters. Methods We explain how drone-mounted sensors can provide relevant data in the context of alternative remote sensing products. We provide examples of how direct micro-meteorological measurements can be made with drones. We show how drone-derived data can be incorporated into 3-dimensional radiative transfer models, by providing a realistic representation of the landscape with which to model the interaction of solar energy with vegetation. Results We found that for some environmental parameters (i.e. topography and canopy height), data capture and processing techniques are already established, enabling the production of suitable data for microclimate models. For other parameters such as leaf size, techniques are still novel but show promise. For most parameters, combining spatial landscape characterization from drone data and ancillary data from lab and field studies will be a productive way to create inputs at relevant spatio-temporal scales. Conclusions Drones provide an exciting opportunity to quantify landscape structure and heterogeneity at fine resolution which are in turn scale-appropriate to deliver new microclimate insights. | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | Met Office Hadley Centre Climate Programme | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | European Union Horizon 2020 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.citation | Published online 21 January 2021 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1007/s10980-020-01180-9 | |
dc.identifier.grantnumber | 721995 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10871/124459 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | Springer | en_GB |
dc.rights | © The Author(s) 2021. Open Access. This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | en_GB |
dc.subject | Climate | en_GB |
dc.subject | UAV | en_GB |
dc.subject | Radiation | en_GB |
dc.subject | Vegetation structure | en_GB |
dc.subject | Temperature | en_GB |
dc.subject | Topography | en_GB |
dc.title | Drones provide spatial and volumetric data to deliver new insights into microclimate modelling | en_GB |
dc.type | Article | en_GB |
dc.date.available | 2021-01-21T15:21:48Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0921-2973 | |
dc.description | This is the final version. Available on open access from Springer via the DOI in this record | en_GB |
dc.identifier.journal | Landscape Ecology | en_GB |
dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | en_GB |
dcterms.dateAccepted | 2020-12-15 | |
exeter.funder | ::Met Office | en_GB |
rioxxterms.version | VoR | en_GB |
rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate | 2021-01-21 | |
rioxxterms.type | Journal Article/Review | en_GB |
refterms.dateFCD | 2021-01-21T15:18:28Z | |
refterms.versionFCD | VoR | |
refterms.dateFOA | 2021-01-21T15:22:01Z | |
refterms.panel | A | en_GB |
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