Daytime land surface temperature and its limits as a proxy for surface air temperature in a subtropical, seasonally wet region
Fig 2
Monthly SAT (°C), surface solar irradiance (W/m2), and rainfall (mm) for Miami-Dade County.
Box and whiskers display the 1st, 25th, 75th, and 99th percentiles of each variable for each month. The box line represents the median. (a) Plotted values represent hourly SAT observations averaged by month for seven weather stations (6 WeatherSTEM [70] and Miami International Airport) during 2015–2022 (n = 56 values per month). (b) Plotted values represent hourly solar irradiance observations (daytime, 7 am to 7 PM ET/EST) averaged by month for six WeatherSTEM stations during 2015–2022 (n = 48 values per month). (c) Plotted values represent monthly model estimates from PRISM [71, 72] of local rainfall totals within a 4-km grid centered at Miami International Airport (KMIA) for each month during 2000–2020 (n = 21 values per month).