Structure of the microclimate at a woodland/parking-lot interface

Abstract

Radiation balances and vertical and horizontal profiles of air temperature, vapor pressure and wind speed were measured across the interface of a large asphalt parking lot and an 18-m-tall Quercus velutina forest. The partitioning of available energy over the adjacent areas shows steep gradients between the parking lot and forest microclimates. Horizontal temperature and humidity gradients across the interface were on the same order of magnitude as the vertical gradients above the respective surfaces.

Parent Publication

• Proceedings of the conference on metropolitan physical environment

Citation

Miller, David R. 1977. Structure of the microclimate at a woodland/parking-lot interface. In: Heisler, Gordon M.; Herrington, Lee P., eds. Proceedings of the conference on metropolitan physical environment; Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-25. Upper Darby, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 109-114