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Tree cooling effects and human thermal comfort under contrasting species and sites

Rahman, Mohammad A., Hartmann, Christian, Moser-Reischl, Astrid, von Strachwitz, Miriam Freifrau, Paeth, Heiko, Pretzsch, Hans, Pauleit, Stephan, Rötzer, Thomas·2020·Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
DOI 10.1016/j.agrformet.2020.107947
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The potential of urban greenspaces in regulating temperature is widely known; however, in the heterogeneous urban landscape the process and the magnitude of human thermal comfort as well as the cumulative effects of natural and built surfaces are not yet well understood. We selected two ecologically contrasting species Tilia cordata Mill. and Robinia pseudoacacia L. planted in eight plots across five different sites in Würzburg, one of the major cities in Northern Bavaria, Germany. We monitored meteorological and edaphic variables and tree sap-flow along with the air temperature, relative humidity, within tree canopy and outside, between January 1 and December 31, 2018. Additionally, we measured surface temperature, meteorological variables below the tree canopies and outside, during the hottest summer days of 2018 (July 23 to 31). With 35% higher leaf area index, T. cordata tree canopies prevented higher incoming radiation compared to R. pseudoacacia trees. Moreover, with diffuse porous wood anatomy, T. cordata trees provided four times more transpiration compared to R. pseudoacacia, therefore, up to 2.8 °C air temperature reduction (ΔAT) within the tree canopy, and increase in absolute humidity (ΔAH) up to 2.6 g m ⁻ ³ compared to the 1.9 °C of ΔAT and 1.9 g m ⁻ ³ of ΔAH for R. pseudoacacia respectively. Thus, physiological equivalent temperature reduction was up to 4 °C under the shade of a R. pseudoacacia tree compared to 11 °C under a T. cordata tree. Finally, the research showed the importance of urban topography, such as street orientation, surrounding environment such as geometry, urban design to reduce the hindrance of wind flow and proportion of greenspaces in terms of outdoor human thermal comfort.

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Authors
Rahman, M. A., Hartmann, C., Moser-Reischl, A., von Strachwitz, M. F., Paeth, H., Pretzsch, H., Pauleit, S., & Rötzer, T.
Affiliations
  • Technical University of Munich (DE)
  • University of Würzburg (DE)
Corresponding author
Rahman, Mohammad A.
ORCID
Venue
Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2020-06
Volume
287
Pages
107947
ISSN
0168-1923 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/j.agrformet.2020.107947
OpenAlex
W3007516058
Cited by
236
References
61
Citations by year
2026: 43 · 2025: 58 · 2024: 48 · 2023: 26 · 2022: 25 · 2021: 23 · 2020: 13
FWCI
7.80
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
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Locations
  • Agricultural and Forest Meteorology (publishedVersion)
  • Minerva Access (University of Melbourne) (submittedVersion)
  • mediaTUM (Technical University of Munich) (submittedVersion)
Funders
Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Umwelt und Verbraucherschutz
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Environmental Engineering › Urban Heat Island Mitigation
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law › Urban Arborization and Environmental Studies
  • Social Sciences › Urban Studies › Urban Green Space and Health
Keywords
urban trees, thermal comfort, Tilia cordata, Robinia pseudoacacia, tree transpiration, leaf area index, canopy air temperature, relative humidity, physiological equivalent temperature, urban green space, urban topography, street orientation, wind flow, urban heat island, surface temperature

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