Dataset for a reduced-scale canyon street to study tree climate benefits: summer 2020 data with well-watered apple trees - V1

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The dataset was acquired in an outdoor reduced-scale canyon street in Angers, France during summer 2020 to study the impact of well-watered trees on urban microclimate and human thermal comfort. The data can benefit to researchers in urban meteorology, bioclimatology and ecophysiology. It can also provide reference data to run and evaluate microclimate models, especially regarding plant-atmosphere interactions.

Collection: Environmental physics variables in highly anthropized environments (Institut Agro)

creationDec 18, 2023publicationFeb 21, 2024

Temporal CoverageJul 10, 2020Aug 4, 2020

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Dataset produced by Institut Agro - EPHor research unit (microclimate, soil data, leaf temperature data, light interception, transpiration data) and IRHS (tree leaf area and crown dimension).
The street is oriented north-south, with an aspect ratio of 1, and a reduction factor of 5. It is organized in three zones: two zones with a central alignment of 5 ornamental apple trees, and one zone without trees. The 3 zones are instrumented over the soil-plant-atmosphere continuum. The water inputs are controlled through a drip-irrigation system.
The data include microclimate variables, energy fluxes, soil water status data, tree leaf temperature, tree transpiration as well as crown light interception . The trees are characterised in terms of leaf area and crown dimensions.