TY - JOUR
TI - Temperature and other microclimate conditions in the oak forests on Fruška Gora (Serbia)
AU - Babić Violeta P
AU - Krstić Milun R
AU - Govedar Zoran V
AU - Todorić Jovana R
AU - Vuković Nebojša T
AU - Milošević Zoran G
JN - Thermal Science
PY - 2015
VL - 19
IS - 12
SP - 415
EP - 425
PT - Article
AB - The paper presents the most important data on temperature and other  microclimate conditions (solar radiation and light regime) in the 127 year  old even-aged pure sessile oak forest in the National Park ‘Fruška Gora’ in  Serbia. Data collection was conducted in July 2008, using an automatic  weather station ‘WS-GP1’ and a luxmeter with a selenium photocell. The study  stands are located on the east and west facing sides of a ridge at an  altitude of 475m. The slope inclination is 27° and 32°. The canopy is sparse  to complete (0.6 to 0.7). The paper presents comparative research results for  the eastern and western aspect, which are further compared with the data from  the reference weather station ‘Rimski Šančevi’. The intensity and trend of  microclimate changes depend on the type of forest, its structure,  geographical location, canopy closure and other features. Microclimate  research results indicate that during the research period the maximum air  temperature of the eastern aspect was 24.8°C, which was 3.6°C below the  maximum measured at the reference station. The maximum air temperature of the  western aspect amounted to 31.0°C, which was 2.8°C below the value measured  in the open. The maximum total solar radiation of the eastern aspect was  769W/m2 (at 11.08), and 634W/m2 (at 15.31) of the western. The research  determined that the east-facing stand had the light intensity of  6,766.3Lx/m2, while the light transmission coefficient amounted to 14.8%; the  west-facing stand had the light intensity of 9213.8Lx/m2 and the light  transmission coefficient of 19.3%. [Projekat Ministarstva nauke Republike  Srbije, br. 43007: Survey of the impact of the climate change on the  environment: monitoring of impacts, adaptation and mitigation]