Jen’s paper, “Drivers of canopy temperature dynamics across diverse ecosystems”, has been published in Environmental Research Letters. This is the first of Jen’s thesis chapters to be published. Using data from 36 NEON sites across a range of vegetaion types, the paper takes an empirical approach to understanding how different environmental factors interact to drive the gradient between canopy temperature (Tcan) and air temperature (Tair). Incoming shortwave radiation was the dominant driver of daytime ∆T, and within vegetation types, the analysis shows similar sensitivities to all environmental drivers. An important finding is that the maximum Tcan–Tair gradient was well-correlated with vegetation height, which is thought to be related to the correlation between vegetation height and surface roughness, and impacts of roughness on canopy-atmosphere cooling. Congratulations, Jen!
Terrestrial Ecosystem Ecology