Authors

• Darrel Jenerette  –  University of California Riverside
• Peter Ibsen – University of California Riverside

Purpose

Determine how local city wide vegetation derived near-surface air temperature cooling responds to regional climate.

Description

Air Temperature
Region: Nationwide
Scale: City
Data:
   • 3 months of hourly microclimate (Air Temperature & Relative Humidity) in 8 cities.
      o ~100 air temperature sensors in each city
      o ~20 relative humidity sensors in each city
   • GPS Locations of each sensor
   • Cities
      o Los Angeles
      o Las Vegas
      o Phoenix
      o Tucson
      o Portland
      o Baltimore
      o Denver
      o Miami
   • Satellite derived vegetation density (Normalized Difference Vegetation Index, NDVI)
   • Satellite derived land surface temperature (LST)
   • Calculated Vapor Pressure Deficit (VPD, kPa)

Attributes

e.g., daily precipitation, land cover, water rate, etc.
Air Temperature (Tair; °C)
Relative Humidity (RH)
Vegetation density (NDVI)
Calculated Vapor Pressure Deficit (VPD; kPa)
Satellite derived vegetation density (Normalized Difference Vegetation Index, NDVI, 30m2 pixel size)
Satellite derived land surface temperature (LST, 30m2 pixel size)