Thermal structure of a megadiverse Andean mountain ecosystem in southern Ecuador and its regionalization

Abstract: The thermal structure of a megadiverse mountain ecosystem in southern Ecuador is examined on the basis of temperature measurements inside the natural mountain forest and at open-sites along an altitudinal gradient from 1600 to 3200 m. The main methodological aim of the current study is to develop an air temperature regionalization tool to provide spatial datasets on average monthly mean, minimum and maximum temperature by using observation data. The maps, based on data of the period 1999–2007, are needed by ecological projects working on various plots where no climate station data are available. The temperature maps are generated by combining a straightforward detrending technique with a Digital Elevation Model and a satellite-based land cover classification which also provides the relative forest cover per pixel. The topical aim of the study is to investigate the thermal structure of both manifestations of our ecosystem (pastures and natural vegetation) with special considerations.... https://www.erdkunde.uni-bonn.de/article/view/2639

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Thermal structure of a megadiverse Andean mountain ecosystem in southern Ecuador and its regionalization ; volume:63 ; number:4 ; year:2009 ; Erdkunde ; 63, Heft 4 (2009)

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: Fries, Andreas ; Rollenbeck, Rütger ; Göttlicher, Dietrich ; Nauß, Thomas ; Homeier, Jürgen ; Peters, Thorsten ; Bendix, Jörg

Further information

• DOI: 10.3112/erdkunde.2009.04.03
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2410281817410.769314747071
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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