Collecting Data on the UWEC campus!

This is what should not be done with micro climates.

Map Created By: Joey Robertson

All of the points were taken at different times of a given day and a variety of days within a given week.  This temperature map is not accurate and would not describe a micro climate of any reality.  The temperatures vary to such a high degree that it does not convey actual temperatures at a given time but for multiple days and times in a week.  Micro climates should show some patterns of temperatures and dew points etc.  The temperatures shown have too much variability to be in the same time period.  The temporal similarities are not there.

"Things close to one another should be more similar to things that are farther away" - Tobbler's Law

Map Created By: Joey Robertson

The data that was collected included the UWEC campus.  The dispersion of points were not the greatest but what was covered gave a great idea of the given temperatures in that area.  The lowest temps were on upper campus and near the bend of the river.  Those were also the areas with the strongest winds.  The warmer temps were in areas congested with buildings and in the forested areas.   The worst distribution of points was on the North side of the river.  The points could have been spread out more.  The points I collected could have gone a tad more to the East on upper campus.  

Map Created by: Joey Robertson

The dew point temps along with the first data set could have been more dispersed.  However, it shows a similar trend to the temps with the cooler dew points and cooler temps are similar.  The areas with the highest and lowest dew point temperatures are very close to one another.  

Map created by Joey Robertson

The wind map is not too exciting with the smaller values and a great deal of the wind were coming out of the West.  The only exceptions were located in the areas with a number of large buildings that can warp the winds locations and could increase flows between larger buildings.  The river also has a major impact with wind direction and speed.  The river provides a great surface of less friction because of the water.  This would allow the wind to travel faster and follow a general path of the river.   

These maps include a number of estimations that fill in the gaps between the points that were taken.  This gives a better idea to the viewer of what is occurring in a micro climate and at larger scaled maps as well.
This map is what the point map shows but in a different way.  It is much easier to get a better idea quicker than examine tiny points.  However, this is a generalized map and there is estimation that occurs.    

The dew point temperature is very similar as well but the temperatures in the legend are much lower than the temperature of the air.  This could be misinterpreted to be a warmer temperature.  A consideration could be to change the color scheme to help with that issue.  However, the reason that I kept the same color scheme was that the colors are easily discernible and represent both warmer and cooler temperatures.  

I do like this map because it reveals what land forms and man maid structure impact the wind direction and speed.  This is a much better map to show wind speed and direction than the lines because of the easier visibility and it includes a greater detail with the speed of the wind and where those differences are.  However, the direction of the wind would be nice to know.