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Application of UAV and ground measurements for urban vegetation cooling benefit assessment, Wilanów Palace case study Cover

Application of UAV and ground measurements for urban vegetation cooling benefit assessment, Wilanów Palace case study

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|Feb 2024

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FIGURE 1.

Study area within Wilanów Palace, with dots representing the specific locations of detailed ground temperature measurementsSource: Points, overlay area – own elaboration; background – OpenStreetMap contributors (2023) Planet dump [data file from 2023]. Retrieved from https://planet.openstreetmap.org.
Study area within Wilanów Palace, with dots representing the specific locations of detailed ground temperature measurementsSource: Points, overlay area – own elaboration; background – OpenStreetMap contributors (2023) Planet dump [data file from 2023]. Retrieved from https://planet.openstreetmap.org.

FIGURE 2.

Fragment of LST map acquired from the drone aerial photographySource: own elaboration.
Fragment of LST map acquired from the drone aerial photographySource: own elaboration.

FIGURE 3.

Infrared (right), and RGB (left) picture, taken down one of the paths in the Wilanów ParkSource: own elaboration.
Infrared (right), and RGB (left) picture, taken down one of the paths in the Wilanów ParkSource: own elaboration.

FIGURE 4.

Boxplot illustrating topsoil temperature (TST) across different vegetation typesSource: own elaboration.
Boxplot illustrating topsoil temperature (TST) across different vegetation typesSource: own elaboration.

FIGURE 5.

Boxplot illustrating land surface temperature (LST) derived from UAV equipped with thermal cameraSource: own elaboration.
Boxplot illustrating land surface temperature (LST) derived from UAV equipped with thermal cameraSource: own elaboration.

Correlations matrix between temperature characteristics and normalized difference vegetation index (p < 0_05) Spearman's correlation

ParameterMeanSD1
Normalized difference vegetation index NDVI0.29−0.19
Topsoil temperature (field measurements)28.972.00−0.57
Land surface temperature (UAV)34.583.57−0.41

Comparison of vegetation characteristics and temperature (TST and LST) for distinguished vegetation classes, significant differences represented by homogenous groups (a–e) at p < 0_05

Vegetation classMean LAILAI SDMean TSTHomogenous groups – Tukey's p < 0.05TST SDMean LST (UAV)Homogenous groups – Dunn's p < 0.05LST SD
Dense high vegetation4.503.1327.74c1.4633.32e1.34
Sparse high vegetation3.523.1128.54bc1.9933.61d2.69
Dense low vegetation4.352.8628.14bc1.9333.37c3.95
Sparse low vegetation2.882.5629.12b1.3934.16b3.23
Without vegetationNANA30.51a1.5836.89a4.13
DOI: https://doi.org/10.22630/srees.5619 | Journal eISSN: 2543-7496 | Journal ISSN: 1732-9353
Language: English
Page range: 53 - 68
Submitted on: Nov 2, 2023
Accepted on: Jan 5, 2024
Published on: Feb 26, 2024
Published by: Warsaw University of Life Sciences - SGGW Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 2024 Michał Trzeciak, Daria Sikorska, published by Warsaw University of Life Sciences - SGGW Press
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