Fig. 2: Maps of diurnal cropland biophysical impacts on land surface temperature (ΔTs) over tropical Africa. | Communications Earth & Environment

Fig. 2: Maps of diurnal cropland biophysical impacts on land surface temperature (ΔTs) over tropical Africa.

From: Cropland biophysical impacts on land surface temperature show diurnal differences across tropical Africa

Fig. 2: Maps of diurnal cropland biophysical impacts on land surface temperature (ΔTs) over tropical Africa.

Panels show the map for (a) 00 LST, (b) 06 LST, (c) 12 LST, and (d) 18 LST, with the pink line indicating humidity index (HI) = 0.4, which separates the more arid (north) and less arid (south) hydroclimatic regimes. ΔTs at these four specific hours is calculated as cropland minus grassland using the space-for-time substitution approach (Methods). Ts is derived using 17-year mean hourly Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) geostationary satellite observations.

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