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A comparison of urban and forest microclimates in the midwestern United States

✍ Scribed by Forrest L. Johnson; David T. Bell; Stanley K. Sipp

Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
1974
Weight
484 KB
Volume
14
Category
Article
ISSN
0002-1571

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✦ Synopsis

Weather data for 1973 from seven deciduous forest sites were compared with corresponding data from two nearby urban sites in central Illinois. The forest air and soil temperatures, rainfall, and wind travel were found to be significantly lower throughout the year. Daily temperature ranges were lower in the forest during the period when leaves were present on the trees. Most of the differences between urban and forest microclimates result from structural characteristics of the forest vegetation and their effects on radiation interception, rainfall interception, and reduction of wind velocities and from the physical characteristics of cities which result in greater absorption of solar radiation and retention of heat.

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