HJA Andrews Temperature Mapping Project

 

Jonathan W. Smith

Research Assistant

Spatial Climate Analysis Service

Oregon State University

322 Strand Ag. Hall

Corvallis, OR    97331   USA

(541) 737-8970

smithjw@coas.oregonstate.edu

 

OVERVIEW OF THIS PROJECT

 

            This project is a master’s thesis in the Department of Geosciences at Oregon State University, defended on April 23, 2002.  With the help of Dr. Christopher Daly at the Spatial Climate Analysis Service, I have mapped the temperature regimes of the HJ Andrews Experimental Forest, a Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) site in the central Oregon Cascades.  The goal of the project was to create the most accurate possible maps of the monthly maximum and minimum temperatures in the HJ Andrews. 

 

Click here to view the thesis abstract.

           

Any questions or comments about any items herein should be directed to the author at smithjw@coas.oregonstate.edu.  This site is best viewed using Internet Explorer.

 

Click on the appropriate link to view the following:

 

Text of thesis.

Bibliography for this thesis.

Project research proposal.

Description of the end products and what makes the project unique among temperature interpolation studies.

Thesis defense presentation (click here to download powerpoint file).

 

Mean monthly maximum and minimum temperature maps and GIS grids, adjusted and unadjusted for radiation and sky view factor effects.

Radiation maps and GIS grids of the HJ Andrews.

Temperature datasets for all HJ Andrews sites, past and present.

 

Data list (dates of sensor operation and dates of processed data) for all sites in HJ Andrews LTER network.

Data inventory (chart) of max & min temps for all sites in HJ Andrews LTER network.

A list of sensor heights for all sites in HJ Andrews LTER network.

Detailed site summaries of each site used in the study (radiation regimes, canopy characteristics, etc).

 

Other useful tables.

 

A map of the HJ Andrews with locations of all sites used in the study.

A map of the surrounding area showing sites outside of the HJ Andrews in the LTER network.

Panoramic images and other photographs of sites in HJ Andrews LTER network.

Fisheye photographs taken at climate stations, past and present.


RELATED STUDIES AND GENERAL HJ ANDREWS CLIMATE CHARTS

 

PRIMET and CS2MET temperature and precipitation comparisons

PRIMET, CENTRAL, VANILLA, and UPLO precipitation comparisons

Historical climate charts for PRIMARY, CENTRAL, VANILLA, and UPLO met sites

Historical temperature charts for reference stands, thermograph sites, and met sites


LINKS

 

Information about the author

HJ Andrews LTER Site

PRISM Group

Oregon State University

Department of Geosciences, Oregon State University


This site was last updated on June 25, 2002.