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Here, we compile resources related to microclimate and microclimate monitoring:

  • Ten practical guidelines for microclimate research

De Frenne, P., Beugnon, R., Klinges, D., Lenoir, J., Niittynen, P., Pincebourde, S., … & Van Meerbeek, K. (2025). Ten practical guidelines for microclimate research in terrestrial ecosystems. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 16(2), 269-294. https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.14476

  • A comprehensive microclimate data usage guidebook

Brůna, J., Klinerová, T, Kopecký, M, Macek, M., Man, M., Růžičková A., Wild, J. (2025). Methodology for working with climate time series and microclimate maps.
Github: https://github.com/ibot-geoecology/Microclimate-Methodology
Zenodo: https://zenodo.org/records/16759237 

  • Useful R-package for microclimate data processing (especially for, but not limited to, TOMST-sensors)
Man M., Kalčík V., Macek M., Brůna J., Hederová L., Wild J. & Kopecký M. (2023) myClim: Microclimate data handling and standardised analyses in R. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 14: 2308–2320. https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.14192
  • Important notes on microclimate air temperature monitoring: 

Maclean, I. M., Duffy, J. P., Haesen, S., Govaert, S., De Frenne, P., Vanneste, T., … & Van Meerbeek, K. (2021). On the measurement of microclimate. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 12(8), 1397-1410.  https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.13627

  • Designing regional and country-wide microclimate networks:

Lembrechts, J. J., Lenoir, J., R Scheffers, B., & De Frenne, P. (2021). Designing countrywide and regional microclimate networks. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 30(6), 1168-1174.
https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13290

  • Review on forest microclimate and climate change

De Frenne, P., Lenoir, J., Luoto, M., Scheffers, B. R., Zellweger, F., Aalto, J., … & Hylander, K. (2021). Forest microclimates and climate change: Importance, drivers and future research agenda. Global Change Biology, 27(11), 2279-2297. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15569

  • Scientific publication on the TOMST TMS4:

Wild, J., Kopecký, M., Macek, M., Šanda, M., Jankovec, J., & Haase, T. (2019). Climate at ecologically relevant scales: A new temperature and soil moisture logger for long-term microclimate measurement. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 268, 40-47.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2018.12.018

  • Musings on which microclimate sensor to use:

https://the3dlab.org/2022/04/25/what-microclimate-sensor-to-use/