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Integrating thermal infrared stream temperature imagery and spatial stream network models to understand natural spatial thermal variability in streams

June 12, 2021

Under a warmer future climate, thermal refuges could facilitate the persistence of species relying on cold-water habitat. Often these refuges are small and easily missed or smoothed out by averaging in models. Thermal infrared (TIR) imagery can provide empirical water surface temperatures that capture these features at a high spatial resolution (

Publication Year 2021
Title Integrating thermal infrared stream temperature imagery and spatial stream network models to understand natural spatial thermal variability in streams
DOI 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2021.103028
Authors Matthew R. Fuller, Joseph L. Ebersole, Naomi Detenbeck, Rochelle Labisoa, Peter Leinenbach, Christian E. Torgersen
Publication Type Article
Publication Subtype Journal Article
Series Title Journal of Thermal Biology
Index ID 70222099
Record Source USGS Publications Warehouse
USGS Organization Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center
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